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The Ronald McDonald House main focus is providing comfortable, low-cost housing to out-of-town mothers and fathers needing to be near their hospitalized children.  Helping a sick child fight their illness takes a big enough emotional toll on a family. Adding a financial strain can make it all almost too much to bear. The House can ...

Over the past 2 years, we have had the pleasure of working on significant projects in Texas such as a salary survey for an oil and gas company in Houston with over 200 employees, along with the placement of over 100 employees for a retail client with offices in Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio.  The ...

By Heidi Johnson   6/9/2016 On May 18th the Department of Labor announced the much anticipated changes to regulations within the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which essentially governs rules surrounding compensation, including when employees are eligible for overtime (hours in excess of 40 during a given work week).  The new changes that will impact all ...

This week marks Lucia’s 1 year anniversary.  Well done!!! The growth of Investment HR over the past year is in no small part due to the hard work and dedication that she has shown the company.  The effort Lucia puts in to her job has enabled the company to maintain its reputation and service to ...

Recently I came across an article that suggested 85% of job openings are not public and that the key to the job search is in networking.  The article focused on the candidate and was more about advice for job seekers. Let’s take a look at how this applies to the hiring company. 85% is a ...

There is an unfortunate lie being spread in corporate America.  The lie goes like this…all employees are incentivized with monetary rewards.  This is a widely held belief amongst business owners and corporations, despite previous research disputing its effect to promote motivation.  Going as far back as the 1940s, psychologists and experts in organizational development discovered ...

Consider the following innovative approach in hiring practices: The first thing you must do is identify your culture.  The culture of your company is the life blood pumping through your organization.  Any employee that joins the team must fit into the culture if they are to be successful.  If you promote a laid back, casual ...

Take time to honestly assess your answers to the above questions.  Consider the following points: Do you offer opportunities for growth?  Employees appreciate the ability to grow, thus training and development initiatives help solidify professional relationships.  The employer gains additional knowledge, and perhaps more effective employees, with on-going training and development, while the employee sees ...

The stress in these sorts of situations can often be immeasurable, thus preparation helps avoid common mistakes managers make during the process.  Review the following suggestions to create your own process for terminations: Always have a witness Do not misclassify the termination as a “layoff” to ease the pain Remember the FLSA (the Fair Labor ...