Effective recruitment sometimes requires people to think outside the box. Finding the right hire can mean looking beyond your ideal candidate profile—or even outside of your industry.

Should you be reading this, chances are your organization has recently gone through the process of Open Enrollment for employee benefits.

In an ideal world, every employee would have a perfectly balanced workload. Everyone would spend their days being productive and busy—but not too busy.

Historically, Human Resources was (and sometimes still is) regarded as a back-office function, rather than a strategic one. And in the case of many small and mid-sized businesses, the C-suite defines strategy, and then HR is called upon to help execute.

Each month, around 1.2 million American workers take illness-related time off from work. That's a staggering number, equivalent to 75% of Walmart's entire U.S. workforce taking sick leave!