The Watercooler

The Watercooler Blog is full of workplace tips and trends related to employee retention, engagement, interviewing and more. The Watercooler is frequently refilled, so gather ‘round often.

Tips for Effective Year-End Reviews

A quality, helpful year-end review should go far beyond filling out requisite forms and quickly meeting with each employee if you want to make it effective. Take these tips so you can use this year's reviews to inform and improve overall performance for the year to come. Prepare. This may sound obvious, but many employers [...]

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Steps to Success

Here’s to 2016 and Relaunching Your Career

Can you believe that 2016 is just a few weeks away? After the holiday season draws to a close, we’ll be started off to a brand new year. January is meant for New Year’s resolutions and fresh starts, so there’s no better time to relaunch your career. Whether you’re finally ready to transition into a [...]

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Top 3 HR Posts of 2015

As employers vied for top talent in 2015, it was critical that they kept their eyes on the prize. This meant nurturing relationships with team members, giving them room to stretch and grow, and performing as effective, efficient leaders. Our PrideStaff Fresno blog followers were keen to learn more about setting the right tone with [...]

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Start Focusing on 2016: Setting New HR Goals & Records

Failing to plan = planning to fail. Of all your myriad HR functions, annual and long-term planning – including the establishment of updated goals and objectives – is the most important. Recent studies show that HR has taken a bigger role in strategic business planning. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently noted that [...]

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Top Job Seeker Posts of 2015

The U.S. and global labor markets continue to get back on track as 2015 winds down. It has been a year of cautious optimism following the crippling recession years of recent history. In October, 271,000 net new jobs were added across all U.S. industries. Notable in recent months was a rise in wages in an [...]

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Email is Killing Your Productivity: Staying Productive amid Distraction

With ongoing onslaughts of work emails, personal emails and multiple open browser windows, the workplace is becoming increasingly distracting. We’ve all experienced a colleague’s phone buzzing during a meeting or conversation,  and it’s tough to get back on track following these digital distractions. According to a recent University of California study, there are typically only [...]

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