Beat the 3:30 Slump with These 7 Tricks

Ah, the 3:30 slump. Lunch has been over for hours, but you’re nowhere near the end of the workday. Your eyelids are heavy, your brain is drained, and you can’t seem to focus on your tasks. You shouldn’t drink coffee because you won’t be able to sleep at night, and you can’t take a nap […]

5 Ways to Help Employees Deal with Tax Season

Tax season is not the most wonderful time of the year. Nobody wishes anyone a happy Tax Day, and families don’t come together on Tax-Day morning to celebrate standard deductions. Taxes are a pain in the neck, and we all know it. Tax season can also bring up all sorts of stressful issues that most […]

Here’s Why You Should Recruit Ex-Offenders

Carrying seaweed at night is against the law in New Hampshire. In North Carolina, playing bingo for more than five hours straight can get you thrown in the slammer. Live in West Virginia? Don’t even think about using a ferret to help you hunt. Breaking any of these silly laws can give someone a criminal […]

Discount Platforms Versus Voluntary Benefits: Which Will Your Employees Use?

Before you take the time to implement an employee program, you should feel confident that your employees will use it. You don’t want a perk you put work into establishing to sit unused. That’s why we’ve broken down two of the most popular employee programs, voluntary benefits and discount platforms, and which employee demographics are […]

Four Ways LTC Can Help Your Employees

Long-term care insurance (LTC) can feel overwhelming to both HR departments and employees. It’s all about preparing for situations most people don’t even like to consider, and all the jargon in provider pamphlets and on provider websites can make LTC products seem complicated, even daunting. But LTC plans are making a comeback in a lot […]

Five HR Conferences You Need to Attend

Too many conferences, not enough time? We’re here to help with a list of five conferences HR professionals across disciplines will find insightful and meaningful, a.k.a., worth the travel. If you hope to increase employee engagement, work with changing technology, or want to improve your recruitment techniques, we’ve got something for you. 1. The SHRM […]

Five HR Headlines You Need to Read

Spring can be a busy season. If you’ve been focusing on paperwork, new hires, and to-do lists, possibly while surviving the polar vortex, we’re here to bring you up to speed on some of the recent developments in your field. We’ve got the HR news you need, from changes in the global workforce to laws […]

I Hate Open-Office Plans and You Should Too: Part Two

We’ve already confirmed that open offices stink. But here at Beneplace, we never want to address a problem without proposing a solution, so we’ve researched three ways to open and modernize your workplace without resorting to an open office. Every organization has its own unique needs when it comes to office design, which is why […]

Five Recruitment Mistakes That Deter Job Hunters

When it comes to recruiting, the pressure is always on: pressure from above to fill the position yesterday, pressure from the hiring manager to find a pool of flawless, magical individuals who may not exist in real life, and pressure from job applicants to reply ASAP with information that won’t be available for another week. […]

I Hate Open-Office Plans and So Should You: Part One

Between exercise balls styled into office chairs and the word synergy, some wacky office trends have made their way through the modern workplace. But almost none have been as harmful and annoying as the open-office plan. Open-office plans replace cubicles with communal work areas featuring long tables or desks without divisions. When employers combine open […]