Top 5 HR Mistakes Businesses Make Which Cost Them Big Profits

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Top 5 HR Mistakes Businesses Make Which Cost Them
Big Profits!

• By
• Victoria K. Mavis, President

162 N. Lehigh Ave. Wind Gap, PA
18091 877-CPR-4BIZ
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We see the world not as it is, but as we
are.-- Stephen Covey
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1 Hiring in the Mirror

• On average, people tend to hire people with
  behavioral traits that are just like them
• Job may require a different match of skills,
  values and attributes
• What does good look like?
• What does the best look like?

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2 Love You, No Matter What

• Identify employees that are not a good fit and
  move on
• Waiting on terminations is costly
• Better to rid of a problem than deal with effect
  on productivity and profits.
• Good employees dont understand why you wait

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3 Giving Too Many Chances

• Lack of accountability
• Documentation
• Makes firing tough
• Unemployment claims
• Open for lawsuits/charges of discrimination

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4 Failure to Properly Pay Employees

• New OT Regulations
• Over 1 Billion in Backpay Awards during 2006
• Hot jobs
• IT
• Admin Assistants

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5 HR is just payroll and benefits

• Having inexperienced staff in charge of HR
• No budget/investment for people programs
• Not realizing the true cost of the problem
• Its the personal touch

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All it takes is one mistake
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QUESTIONS?
Thank you for your time and attention! Victoria
K. Mavis 610-863-0329 162 N. Lehigh Ave Wind Gap,
PA 18091