Mar 012010
Posted in Business Management, Charles Krugel, Hiring, Human Resources, Interview, Labor and Employment Law, Media
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Don Paullin the owner and founder of Hiring Firing Experts, Inc., and the author of the book reviewed here Hire Hotdogs, Fire Baloney; Hiring the Best. Don has 20-plus years of experience in the HR and operations field working for large corporations and now consulting to them.
The book is good and practical, and at less than 200 pages it’s a quick read. The key element to Don’s approach is to craft a meaningful job description. Hiring the best is a direct result of the analytical process that goes into the creation of a good job description and sticking to that job description in the hiring and assessment process. Don also provides hundreds of great real world examples of interviewing questions, criteria and hiring tips.
One of the best things about Don’s book is that it’s common sense oriented and immediately applicable to running a business. Once you understand the purpose and how to create a decent job description, everything else (e.g., interviewing, hiring criteria, selection, rejection, assessment) is logically based on that job description.
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Feb 152010
Posted in Business Management, Charles Krugel, Practicing Law, Starting a Law Practice • Tags: Avvo
Evidently, there are more attorneys and members of the public who are disappointed and upset with Avvo’s attorney rating system. I won’t link to Avvo here because I’m not interested in driving traffic to their site. Some visitors to my site get here by using Avvo related searches linking to my posts from a couple of years ago that are critical of Avvo. You can read those posts here.
In summary, Avvo asks attorneys to “claim” their attorney profile by completing a profile much like that on LinkedIn or Facebook. However, unlike any other online networking site, which permits you to cancel your membership and erase your information, Avvo doesn’t permit this. Once an attorney “claims” their profile, they’re stuck; it can’t be “unclaimed.”
Yesterday, I received two emails from an attorney in another state who wishes to remain anonymous (without substantially editing, I combined the two emails into one:
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Feb 022010
Posted in Business Development, Business Management, Charles Krugel, Client Relations, Practices, Practicing Law
One of my favorite activities is visiting a client or prospective client’s workplace.
There’s nothing like face-to-face contact and on-site experience to help me better understand a client’s concerns and needs. Moreover, most business owners and operators (maybe even all owners and operators) love to showoff their business.
It was during my tenure in labor and employee relations for the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) that I started visiting worksites as part of my job. I noticed that many CPS principals and administrators would complain about how many of the central office employees made decisions directly impacting their schools without any regard for them. In other words, they complained about the same thing many employees complain about, top down management with little effort to understand their jobs or obtain their buy in concerning workplace initiatives.
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Jan 252010
Posted in Business Management, Charles Krugel, Human Resources, Labor and Employment Law, Practices, Presentation/Seminar Handout, Presentations, Seminar, Small Business
I’m excited to announce that on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM, I’ll be presenting the “Employment Law and HR Primer for Small Businesses” co-sponsored by the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce, www.northbrookchamber.org, and SCORE, www.scorechicago.org. The seminar will be held at the Northbrook Chamber, 2002 Walters Ave., Northbrook. It costs $15 in advance and $20 at the door and includes lunch. You may register by phone at 847-513-6361. Comprehensive handouts/resources will be provided.
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Jan 222010
Posted in Employment Agreements, Presentations, Seminar
A friend of mine, Daliah Saper, of Saper Law Offices, is giving the following seminar. Daliah is an intellectual property and business attorney, and an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago College of Law.
Does your company manufacture, distribute, or sell products and/or services by utilizing a sales force?
Are you a sales professional, selling for a company on either a base salary plus commission basis or as an independent contractor?
Not sure what terms you should be negotiating in your sales representative agreements?
Concerned that your agreement is not comprehensive enough in case there is a dispute?
January’s seminar at Saper Law focuses on the topic of Sales Representative Agreements. Daliah Saper, Principal Attorney at Saper Law, will lead the presentation using case studies and sample contracts. Her discussion will address payment and commission structures, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, territorial and geographical boundaries, intellectual property ownership, as well as the Illinois Sales Representative Act.
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