Matchr&#8217;s HR Blog

How Much Should You Expect to Get Paid as an HR Professional?

Starting off as an HR professional can be exciting. You have the opportunity to directly influence the way that people are treated within your organization and potentially even on a grander scale in the workforce. While the ideals for starting out as an HR professional are noble, it’s important to consider pay in order to …

How Do You Know if Your Employees Are Unhappy?

Every good employer wants to create a workplace where employees feel content and satisfied. In reality, you can’t please everyone all the time — but you may be able to identify unhappy employees and take steps to fix the situation before you lose good employees. By taking a proactive approach to spotting and mitigating unhappiness, …

What’s the Best Way to Address Job Abandonment?

Job abandonment is a situation in which an employee stops showing up for work without giving an employer any notice. This is an annoying problem that has the potential to temporarily cripple a workplace. Assuming that an employee has abandoned the job can garner legal consequences if it actually turns out that the employee had …

Time for HR Spring Cleaning!

Spring is the perfect time to clean up, get organized, and let some fresh air into your HR department. The hectic end/beginning of a new year is in the rear view and most companies have a little bit of downtime that can be used to make sure that everything is ship-shape. If you’re not sure …

What Do HR and Sustainability Have to Do with One Another?

When you think of a company “going green,” HR probably doesn’t come immediately to mind. HR plays a pivotal role in implementing sustainable practices, though, and sustainable practices affect many HR related matters. The following are a few ways that HR and sustainability are connected that may be helpful to remember when trying to reshape …

Is Your Cell Phone Policy Outdated?

As of 2019, 96% of American workers own some sort of cell phone, making it highly likely that every employee in your workplace brings a mobile phone to work every day. Cell phones have become an extension of ourselves; through a single device, we constantly stay connected to our friends and family and carry around our planners, …

The Benefits of Offering Tuition Reimbursement

Tuition reimbursement provides a lot of benefits for employees. They can return to school for a higher degree and recover some of the costs. Tuition reimbursement programs aren’t always limited to tuition. Other expenses, such as the cost of books, may also be included. The benefits of tuition reimbursement programs aren’t only for employees. Employers …

When Should You Give Your Employees a Raise?

The best asset of any company is the employees. While employees leave for a wide variety of reasons, the pay is a major cause of employee turnover. Employees who feel that they aren’t valued by the company or paid enough for their positions tend to search for other jobs. It’s essential to recognize employees as …

Why You Should Pay Employees a Competitive Salary

Paying employees a higher salary in order to grow your business sounds like it’s counterintuitive. After all, if you paid employees less money, wouldn’t there be more money left for the business? Low Salaries Don’t Save Money A major cause of employee turnover is salary. If employees feel that they aren’t getting paid enough and …