Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/Fostering-a-Specialized-and-Improved-Workforce.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/Fostering-a-Specialized-and-Improved-Workforce.html As a small business owner, there is seemingly no end to your challenges. Finding, fostering, maintaining and growing your talent can often seem more cumbersome than producing and selling your product. The days of one man/one job for 30 years and then retiring are long gone. People are moving and shifting and as a business owner or hiring manager you need to be cognizant of this. Enter the Professional Employer Organization, or PEO. 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Your managers can then focus on their own core competencies and, more importantly, concentrate on the task of building your business. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/Finding-and-Developing-an-Elite-Workforce--How-NASA-Does-It.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/Finding-and-Developing-an-Elite-Workforce--How-NASA-Does-It.html An HRIS can automate the more routine parts of the process so that the owner and his managers can concentrate on the more important aspects of HR and free up their time in general. A PEO can relieve a small business of essentially every HR function while still leaving the owner in control. Take a page from one of the most successful organizations in history. NASA has always been a highly skilled team of scientists and engineers but even they knew when to look for help when finding and managing their elite workforce. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/ObamaCare-Yes-He-Does.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/ObamaCare-Yes-He-Does.html Is ObamaCare good for small businesses? That question remains to be answered, although many predict that PPACA will burden small businesses extensively with government compliance activity and costs. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/How-to-Read-a-Resume.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/How-to-Read-a-Resume.html Learn how to read a resume. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/Are-Your-Employees-Tweeting-Your-Company-Secrets.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/Are-Your-Employees-Tweeting-Your-Company-Secrets.html In today’s new social media frenzy, how can you as a business owner ensure that confidential company information is not being tweeted or “facebooked” for competitors to see? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/PPACA-Pushing-a-Political-Act-of-Congressional-Aggravation.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Human-Resources/6287/PPACA-Pushing-a-Political-Act-of-Congressional-Aggravation.html Like Melville’s great white whale, the law of unintended consequences has risen yet again to smash the merry crew of Ahabs who designed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)