Illinois’ New Salary History Inquiry Ban Law: What you Need to Know!

Contributed by Bethanne McFadden, HRBOOST® Support Specialist In an effort to dissuade employers from blatant, or even inadvertent, discriminatory actions, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a law (House Bill 834), which goes into effect September 29, 2019 prohibiting Illinois employers from asking job applicants, or their previous employers, about salary history.  Additionally, the law protects an…

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5 Ways to Improve Your Benefits Program-Without Changing It

By Lisa Hughes Daniel, Guest Blogger It’s a competitive hiring environment, and employee engagement and retention are more important than ever. Losing employees because they’re searching for greener pastures isn’t good for your company’s bottom line or its overall health. But when workers don’t feel a strong connection to an employer, jobs become interchangeable. So,…

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A Booster Shot from HRBOOST® (June 2019): Summer Vibes

By now, you have the summer vibes and your talent is likely seeking to hear about summer fun events, casual dress, summer hours and more! While we can certainly provide you ideas on those points, we are thinking it’s mid-year and time to talk Performance Achievement.  Watch our June webinar replay on this topic here. Many of you are seeking to…

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Attracting & Retaining Young Talent: Flexibility is Key!

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by Katie Cummins, HR Consultant, HRBOOST® Recruiting top talent is a challenge for many organizations. Recruiting and retaining top Millennial talent can be an even bigger challenge. Given this generation represents 50% of the talent pool today, many companies try to fine tune their recruitment process to find and keep top talent. But, are they…

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A Booster Shot from HRBOOST® (May 2019): Spring has Sprung!

Spring has sprung and so has the new look on our website. Nine years ago I founded HRBOOST®, LLC to embody the definition of the word, “boost” — to help or encourage something to increase or improve. At HRBOOST®, we believe in Strategic HR, Day one and Employee one. And you deserve it too! Here’s what you can…

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Peer Recognition Reinforced Online to Boost Productivity & Morale

Written by Martie Carpenter HR Consultant, HRBOOST® LLC.   With appreciation trumping recognition in building brand ambassadors these days, I’d like to share some important insights from my experience that may help your company as you look forward. I have been working with a retained client for four years. This client had an internal peer…

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Everyone’s Hiring, but do you have a process?

by Erin Waltemate, HR Support Specialist Our clients are typically high growth. Recently, I was working with one of our clients during a peak hiring time. We identified their hiring need had suddenly increased. Since we staff our retained clients, we needed to reevaluate the current recruitment process with the client. Our goal was to…

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