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Employee personnel files — what should and shouldn’t be included

BMT Office Administration

Setting up employee personnel files is an important part of the recordkeeping process. However, sometimes people mistakenly think of these files as a catch-all for an individual’s paperwork. Rather, understand that general personnel files serve a distinct purpose. What to include in an employee’s personnel file.

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Employee Files: What to include, what to leave out, and what’s confidential

BMT Office Administration

While dealing with lots of paperwork doesn’t rank as most HR professionals’ favorite task, proper recordkeeping for employee personnel files is a must for any organization. In addition, if an employee is involuntarily let go, their employee file must be kept for one year following the termination date. Why is that?

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The Admin’s Guide to Career Organization

All Things Admin

Go to your human resources department and ask to see your employee file so you can write down all of the job titles, dates, and salary details for each position you’ve held with your current company. Cover letter. The content for both letters can be similar, but they aren’t necessarily identical. Professional Portfolio.

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What does it take to be a successful HR Assistant?

Page Personnel

The role can also include training. In addition, the HR assistant will provide assistance to senior members of the team in a range of areas, including recruitment, training, performance management, employee orientation, payroll administration, employee welfare and health and safety. What does an HR Assistant do?

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

The first project – transcribe a one hour speech from an audio file. Each had a resume, test scores of the tests they’d volunteered to take to show their abilities and each provided a cover letter and their hourly rate. Hourly rates ranged from $2 and change to over $46. Candidates were from around the world.

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

Be upfront in your cover letter. Now I’ve said it a hundred times before in my blogs, that the cover letter is the opportunity to sell yourself. The key to writing a cover letter and resume is to imagine you are never going to get the opportunity to talk to them (which sometimes is the case).