Because business isn’t just about what you know, it’s about who you know.
Chesky Weinberger of Topaz HR Advisory
Topaz HR Advisory is a dream come true. If you’re a business leader, that is. Here’s how the narrative can play out. You start a business. Business does well. You hire more people. Business TAKES OFF. You expand FAST and hire even more people. Now the REAL headaches begin!
Because having a profitable business doesn’t mean you know how to manage your HR needs, or that you even know what your HR needs and goals should be. That’s where Topaz steps in to save the day. Topaz offers a full array of HR-related services from talent acquisition, to drafting policies and procedures, maintaining your employees ongoing needs processes, and terminations. Topaz offers project based and ongoing HR services for small to mid-sized businesses. They help businesses get their HR policies and procedures straightened out and can also help implement the right mechanism to manage the employee relations function.
One of the valuable services Topaz offers is advice on the right hires. Sometimes companies think they need to carry multiple executive salaries to get the job done. But many times these may not be necessary or even beneficial to the company. Topaz offers expert advice on hiring the “right person, right chair”. For some of Topaz’s clients, retaining their services means they can avoid an extra executive salary and get their HR needs taken care of by experienced professionals for a fraction of the cost. And that’s where in Chesky’s words, “You get the most squeeze out of your lemon.”
Some of the issues facing companies these days include a gap between expectations of management and expectations of employees. “Things have changed a lot,” Chesky explains “Young people are much quicker to leave a job. They won’t tolerate a toxic or even tough work environment the way people used to. There are legal measures in place protecting employees and they are much more likely to take legal action than twenty years ago.” Employers need to know the compliance rules, and keep to them.
Chesky does see a positive shift in the way people are dealing with their employees as opposed to the old rigid corporate culture. “You need to really understand what your talent pool is looking for. Today, people care a bit less about salary and a lot more about job satisfaction and career opportunity.” Helping owners decode what their employees really want and delivering it is part and parcel of what Topaz HR does best.
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