"HR LINK helped me bring the employee handbook to the next level. Jackie took the time to really understand our business and day-to-day operations. She customized our handbook to fit our needs and also provided greater insight to me on ways I could approach issues and policies."

- R.H., Executive Director, Nonprofit Symphony

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Services

HR LINK offers a variety of services depending upon your individual needs.

Development of Customized Employee Handbooks

The HR foundation for any company, large or small, is a good employee handbook. HR LINK develops and customizes this handbook specifically to reflect your culture and environment.

“HR LINK helped me bring the employee handbook to the next level. Jackie took the time to really understand our business and day-to-day operations. She customized our handbook to fit our needs and also provided greater insight to me on ways I could approach issues and policies.”

Des Moines Symphony, Ms. Ruth Haus, Executive Director

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Help with Hires

“Employees are like buttons on an elevator…they will either take you up or take you down.”

HR LINK takes the work and worry out of hiring your next employee. Much of the process can be done by HR LINK, no matter where you’re located, including writing the ad, screening candidates and then presenting you with the top ones so you can make your selection.

HR LINK utilizes an unbeatable personality survey—priced so smaller clients can afford it—to match the personality profiles of your candidates to your job needs. Let’s just say if you want a” refrigerator” and you get a “stove,” it won’t work out. Predictive Index will help you choose the best match for your job.

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A Success Story: Doing Things Right

This retailer had a very successful business going and about eight employees. Most of their staff decisions were a "shoot from the hip" and they did not have written policies and procedures.

The first step was to do the employee handbook. While in this process we had discussions about what they wanted and we could lay out several alternatives for them to make choices from. For instance they didn't know exactly how they wanted their vacation plan to work and after hearing several options and the pros and cons of each, they were able to choose what was best for them. Each client has its own set of needs that might be unique to them. (One size doesn't fit all.)

After we finished the employee handbook, we turned to hiring practices. They were good interviewers and savvy about people, but occasionally they got the lemon employee, or the person who was a big disappointment in not doing the important things in the job.

We began to utilize Predictive Index, the personality instrument which matches the candidate with the job. We have been able to get much better job fits since then. They are such big believers in this they use it on every hire.

While we haven't ruled out all the "lemons," it certainly has allowed most of them to go into "lemonade" somewhere else.

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