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If You Don’t Own a Circus… You Shouldn’t Be Hiring Clowns!

Dec 22nd, 2009 | By Aaron Queen | Category Employee Issues, Lead Articles, Management, Press

A Layman’s Journey to Effortless Human Resources, author Lola Kakes

As a business owner, you want to expand your company by building a solid team, not a three-ring circus.
There’s a reason human resources work is often compared to running…



Managing Change

Nov 6th, 2009 | By Lola Kakes | Category Lead Articles

The elections are finally behind us and the political ads are over – at least for now. President Obama has reiterated that he is an agent for change – change in how government works, change in who we are in…



Health Care Reform – Some thoughts

Sep 9th, 2009 | By Lola Kakes | Category Lead Articles

What’s a small company to do if required to offer health insurance? This is a question many small business owners are facing. The federal government is gearing up to tell the American business owner:

When or how to form a…



Carnival of HR for July 08

Jul 8th, 2009 | By Aaron Queen | Category Lead Articles

EffortlessHR is honored to be hosting this week’s Carnival of HR.
Thanks to HR Minion for keeping track and organizing the carnivals! As this is our first time hosting the carnival, please forgive any mistakes.
Plenty of posts came in…



EffortlessHR.com Introduces New Pricing Model

Jul 2nd, 2009 | By Aaron Queen | Category Lead Articles

We have been hard at work with our new pricing plans and are proud to announce that effective today, you can find our new pricing at http://www.effortlesshr.com/
Our lowest cost plan is just $29.95/month and includes a full featured online…



Join EffortlessHR.com on Twitter and Facebook!

Jul 2nd, 2009 | By Aaron Queen | Category Lead Articles

This post should have been made a long time ago. This is just friendly reminder that we are (and have been) on Twitter and Facebook.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/effortlesshr
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34653399510 (for all HR bloggers and Professionals)
That’s all for now.…



Are You Ready for a TRIP?

Jun 30th, 2009 | By Lola Kakes | Category Lead Articles

Everyone says the economy will be turning around by the end of the 4th quarter 2009, with the employment outlook ticking upwards the first part of 2010. As a business owner, we can only imagine what the journey over the…



EffortlessHR launches “Effortless Forms” for Business and HR

May 29th, 2009 | By Aaron Queen | Category Lead Articles

Well.. We finished up our programming and design ahead of schedule and are proud to introduce Effortless Forms.
http://www.EffortlessForms.com has 325 business and HR forms (many of which are free!) , templates, and spreadsheets available at the time of launch.…



Can You Make an Angry Customer Loyal?

May 29th, 2009 | By Darrell Griffiths | Category Customer Service, Lead Articles

One of the most difficult situations we come across in business, is the “angry customer”. We want nothing more than to slap this person and send them on their way. Please resist this urge as it’s not worth losing that…



Human Resource Management at Work

May 22nd, 2009 | By Lola Kakes | Category Lead Articles, Management

Human Resource management is the process a company uses to ensure the effective and efficient use of their “people” talents to accomplish organizational goals. If these resources are managed properly and effective, the organization would most likely increase profits,…