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Max Messmer
Max Messmer is chairman and CEO of Robert Half International, the world's largest specialized staffing firm. He is one of the leading experts on human resources and employment issues.
Articles & Books From Max Messmer
Article / Updated 09-15-2023
Mentoring among employees can be a great tool for fostering overall career development for your staff. It provides an eye toward career development that can last a professional lifetime. That means using mentoring to build attributes that are effective today as well as farther down the road.Some abilities, such as people skills, are not easily taught in the classroom or through online courses.
Article / Updated 08-14-2023
Your ability to get the most out of the interviews you conduct for your business invariably depends on how well prepared you are. Here’s a checklist of things you should do before you ask the first interview question:
Thoroughly familiarize yourself with the job description, especially its hiring criteria. Do so even if you draw up the criteria yourself.
Article / Updated 06-28-2023
The job interview is perhaps your best opportunity to determine if a potential hire will succeed with your firm. But most applicants now have ready-made answers to standard questions such as "Where do you see yourself in five years?" Here are five questions that can help elicit more candid responses:
"What interests you about this job, and what skills and strengths can you bring to it?
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
There's no substitute for the guidance of an attorney, but HR professionals need to have a basic understanding of the many legal issues and challenges that come with hiring and managing employees. Here are several important federal laws you should be aware of.
Many states have enacted laws similar to those listed here, and some state laws provide more generous benefits and protections to employees than the federal counterpart.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) can be a great tool for your business to use to track and manage employees and potential employees. Many systems include benefits administration and payroll administration systems.
Benefits administration systems
One of HR’s biggest challenges is overseeing the administrative complexities of a business’s benefits plan.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Plenty of websites address various aspects of the human resources function in a business. These ten sites are the ones every HR professional should know about and use.
American Society for Training & Development: Access to most of the ASTD website is limited to members, but nonmembers can browse through the library and get useful information on a variety of training-related topics.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Employees can develop leadership abilities entirely on their own initiative. But it is more likely to happen if you create a comprehensive leadership development program. Like career development itself, identifying and nurturing potential leaders can prove central to your business’s success — and its future.
To begin building a leadership development plan, consider the following questions:
Do you have or anticipate any leadership gaps?
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Even if your business has only a handful of employees, keeping your basic policies and procedures well documented through an employee handbook and procedures manual is always a good practice. Whatever effort may be required to get basic company information in print or on your intranet can save you time and headaches down the road.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Making your company a great place to work will help you attract — and keep — great employees. But creating an employee-friendly work environment involves more than just offering an attractive paycheck. Keep the following tips in mind to build an appealing and stimulating workplace:
Invest in your employees. Offering a variety of training programs shows your workers that your firm is dedicated to helping them improve their skills and grow professionally.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
When hiring, the résumé is your first contact with a job candidate. To get the most from this important document and determine if someone is worth calling in for an interview, you'll need to know how to read between the lines. Here are some telling characteristics.
Signs of a solid résumé:
Sufficient detail: Although you don't want an overly wordy résumé, you do want complete descriptions of the applicant's accomplishments in previous jobs and a sense of the skills she's gained over the course of her career.
