About Beth Braccio Hering
Beth Braccio Hering has been a freelance writer for 20 years. In addition to extensive contributions to various Encyclopaedia Britannica products, her work has been published by outlets such as CareerBuilder, Johnson & Johnson's BabyCenter, Walt Disney Internet Group, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Hering graduated from Northwestern University with honors in sociology.
How to Hire Customer Service Representatives That Retain Customers
The numbers can't overstate how important retention and quality customer service is for companies. Here's how to hire for customer service jobs!
3 Key Factors to Measuring Remote Employee Productivity
In times when anybody who can work from home is working from home, here's how to measure the performance of remote employees.
Remote Work Checklist for Companies With Work-from-Home Employees
Companies can use this remote work checklist to set the stage for an organized, no-detail-overlooked approach to managing work-from-home employees.
Attracting and Retaining Top Talent in a Hot Job Market
Competitive wages are a start, but here are some other tactics that your company can utilize to attract and retain top talent.
How to Reduce Your Company's Cost-Per-Hire
The average US employer spends $4,000 to hire a new worker. To gain a better understanding of hiring expenses, companies must understand its cost-per-hire.
Why Employers Are Hiring More Women in 2019
With unemployment never higher than 4% for any of the first 8 months of 2019, employers are paying particular attention to women and getting results.
Another Reason to Offer Work Flex: You'll Lose out on Great Talent if You Don't
Employers need to up their game to find and keep great workers. While competitive wages certainly draw interest, companies also should consider offering flexible work options.
How Work Flexibility Can Improve Company Culture
Looking for a way to reduce turnover, improve employee loyalty and performance, and brand your business as a great place to work? Consider trying to improve company culture. Here's how work flexibility can help.
How Remote Work Can Help the Environment
Want to be a more responsible and environmentally friendly corporate citizen? Consider allowing your employees to work remotely. Here’s a look at two of the most prominent ways in which committing to remote work can help the environment.
How and Why to Encourage Employees to Take Vacations
People need time away from work to recharge. Without it, productivity and creativity can suffer, mental and physical problems can escalate, and burnout can take a toll. Here's how and why to encourage employees to take vacations.
How to Prevent Remote Workers from Feeling Isolated at Work
Remote work comes with a range of benefits. However, spending so much time alone can leave remote workers feeling isolated at work. Keep your finger on the pulse of remote staff and take action to combat loneliness with these ideas.
7 Ideas to Build Trust with Remote Workers
Remote work arrangements thrive when built on trust. So, don’t let distance deter the creation of a mutually trusting environment. Use these ideas to build trust with remote workers.
3 Ways to Encourage Work-Life Balance for Your Remote Employees
It shouldn’t be assumed that offering workers the ability to telecommute immediately solves all balancing issues. Help your telecommuters and encourage work-life balance with these three strategies.
5 Things You Should Be Telling Your Flexible Staffers
You value your flexible staffers, but are you truly maximizing their potential? Include these five statements during interactions with flexible staffers.
5 Best Communication Practices for Your Remote Team
Is your remote team communicating effectively? Improve communication practices among your remote team by evaluating how well you fare in these five areas.
3 Fun Ways to Celebrate Halloween with Your Remote Employees
Just because your remote workers aren’t in the office doesn’t mean you can't celebrate Halloween. Use these tips to throw a great remote celebration.
How Flexible Work Decreases Caregiver Discrimination
While numerous employers are supportive of caregivers, others are not. Here's how offering flexible work can decrease caregiver discrimination.
3 Team Building Exercises for Remote Employees
Want to boost morale and improve communication among your remote team? Try out these three team building exercises to achieve both!
5 Questions About Remote Work You Should Always Ask Candidates
When hiring, you should treat the ability to work remotely as a skill in and of itself. Use these questions about remote work to judge competency.
Engage Employees by Recognizing Them
Looking for an easy way to engage employees? Make regular, thoughtful recognition a company staple. Here's why you should put this into practice!
Job Interview Questions to Avoid When Hiring a Remote Employee
Hiring a remote employee differs from hiring for an on-site position. Keep the discussion professional by avoiding these job interview questions.
4 Ways the Massachusetts Pay Equity Act May Affect Your Business
The Massachusetts Pay Equity Act goes into effect in July 2018. Here's how it may affect you as an employer and what you should do.
5 Best Practices for Your Telecommuters
Achieving goals can require a few tweaks when dealing with telecommuters. Use these best practices to help your team members maximize potential.
5 Pitfalls of Working Remotely
Remote work is not without its challenges. Check out these five pitfalls of working remotely that employers commonly cite and ways to deal with them.
7 Ways to Find Freelancers and Keep the Best
Looking to find freelancers? Don’t bring on just anyone. Approach the opening with the same seriousness as hiring permanent staff.
Why You Should Consider Skipping the Popular Salary Interview Question
Salary ranks as a top concern among employers and job seekers. But here's why you should think twice about asking the common salary interview question.
5 Ways to Keep Remote Employees Engaged During Training
Outstanding onboarding is crucial for corporate revenue growth and profit margins. Here's how to keep remote employees engaged during training.
5 Things All Employers Should Know About Generation Z
The first members of generation z are just starting in the workforce, but smart leaders will start thinking about their arrival sooner rather than later.
Millennials Want Employee Perks, Survey Finds
A new survey finds that employee perks are crucial to millennial job satisfaction? But are you offering the right perks at your company?
Dispelling Myths About Older Workers
Think technology flusters baby boomers and keeps them from working effeciently? You may be buying into myths about older workers.
4 Ways to Create an Ideal Millennial Work Environment
Attracting and retaining talented millennials can help your business thrive, so it pays to make your work environment jive with their desires.
Tap into Tech to Recruit for the Future Workforce
Members of the future workforce are turned off by substandard technology. Learn how you can use tech to attract and retain top talent.
How to Build Trust with Employees
A new study says that less than half of full-time employees place a “great deal of trust” in their employer. Use these tips to build trust with employees.
Sexism at Work Still a Serious Problem: Report
Companies in the 21st century might be more committed to gender diversity, but progress remains slow when it comes to sexism at work.
Talent Search: You’ve Found the Best Candidate . . . or Have You?
Think you've found the best candidate for the job? Here’s why your “perfect” candidate might not be so ideal, and why it pays to dig a little deeper.
Women Want Flexibility at Work, FlexJobs Survey Finds
Ahead of salary, health insurance, company reputation, and retirement benefits, women want flexibility at work, according to a FlexJobs survey.
