Indeed.com, known for free job ads, offers businesses two additional free features: Indeed Company Pages and Indeed Career Pages. Both can help you find employees and improve your employer brand. We’ll explain how to claim your Indeed Company Page and add an Indeed Career Page to maximize your business recruiting efforts. We use regularly for…
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How To Find Employees on LinkedIn: Free, Premium & Recruiter
LinkedIn is a social media website that’s built around its user’s professional networks. Individuals can connect with current and former colleagues, join industry groups, and search and apply for jobs with businesses on the platform. And as a small business, you can leverage the platform to find your next employee from its captive pool of…
How to Do Payroll in Maryland in 5 Steps
Maryland has unique rules affecting shift breaks, sick leave, and equal pay that affect how you do payroll in Maryland. It’s best to educate yourself on Maryland payroll laws, use payroll software or partner with an experienced payroll provider to avoid potential fines based on these laws when doing payroll in Maryland. Multistate employers and…
Gusto vs Zenefits: Which is Best 2019
Gusto and Zenefits are online HR software that manage employee data, run payroll, and provide employer-sponsored benefits. Gusto is easier to use and includes payroll and contractor payments in its base price, whereas Zenefits provides payroll as an add-on. However, Zenefits’ HR options like performance management are helpful once you scale beyond your first 100…
41 Unique & Creative Expert Tips to Find Employees
It’s difficult to find great employees who will add value to your business and expensive if you pay for job ads. Therefore we asked small- to medium-business owners to share how they go about recruiting employees beyond using online job boards. Below are 41 unique ways to find employees they shared with us. 1. Contact…
Cafeteria Plan (Section 125): Features, Costs & Providers
A section 125 cafeteria plan lets a business owner offer affordable employee benefits while giving themselves a payroll tax break. Section 125 is officially an IRS pretax vehicle nicknamed “cafeteria plan” because employees can choose pretax benefits like medical or dental insurance or opt to receive the equivalent amount on their paycheck, paying taxes on…
Professional Employer Organization (PEO): Cost, Features & More
A Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is a co-employment alternative for small businesses that want to offer human resources (HR), payroll, and employee benefits – similar to what larger companies provide. PEOs charge based on headcount and can run from under a hundred a month per employee to tens of thousands of dollars a year. If…
How to Do Payroll in California in 5 Steps
Businesses in California with one or more employees need to do payroll in compliance with federal, state, and local laws – like paid sick leave and commuter benefits. Due to the potential to incur penalties and fines, the best way to do payroll in California is to outsource it using these five steps. is a…
7 Best Payroll Software for Accountants in 2019
The best payroll software for accountants integrates with existing accounting software to give bookkeepers and CPAs easy access to client accounts and allows them to manage multiple clients’ payroll processing through one login. The best software can cost your clients from $5-$45 per month plus fees in the range of $1-$6 per month per employee….
Semi-Monthly Pay: Definition & When to Offer [+Pros & Cons]
Semi-monthly pay is a payroll frequency that processes twice a month — typically on the 1st and 16th or the 15th and 30th of the month. This results in 24 payrolls a year (versus bi-weekly, which runs 26 payrolls annually). That may save you money if your payroll service charges you for each payroll run….
HR Employee Self-service Portals: Definition, Costs, & Providers
An HR employee self-service portal is a web page that employers and employees can use to access HR documents and data. An HR employee self-service portal lets your employees find their own information online and thus saves HR staff and managers time from answering routine questions. These portals typically cost $1-15 per employee per month….
Top 39 Human Resources (HR) Metrics & How to Calculate Them
Human resources (HR) metrics are a way to measure how human resource activities contribute to your business performance. They calculate the cost and benefits of people aspects of the business, such as the number of people at various stages in the hiring pipeline, labor law compliance, employee retention, performance management, worker satisfaction, or completion of…