Posts by Gia Rolen
5 Steps to Setting the Perfect Salary Range
When it comes to setting salary ranges, business owners, chief financial officers (CFOs), and HR managers are overwhelmed with finding a magic number. If you overpay, you’ll struggle to make payroll. If you underpay, you’ll be unable to hire and retain quality employees—especially in our current job market. Salaries (67%) and benefits (63%) are the…
Read MoreBreaking Up with Your Payroll Provider: Ask 10 Questions Before Moving On
Is your current payroll provider not communicating? Are you losing trust in them? Do you find yourself often reminiscing about the good times and making excuses for their behavior? Ok so maybe your current payroll provider is just not that into you. You’ve been passed off to a customer service hotline where you never speak…
Read MoreWe’re Always Hiring: 3 Ways to Find the Perfect Employee
It’s 2022. You own a restaurant and you’ve survived the last two years. Congratulations! It really is something to celebrate. Your doors are open again. Customers, new and old, are filling up your tables and bar tops. Spring weather is making random appearances. Basketball season is here. Weekends have never been busier. You’re back in the saddle. But…
Read More7 Perks Home Health Care Can Offer to Retain Employees
This year, hiring has been a challenge for several different industries, meaning that an employee’s experience is more important than ever for the home health care industry to retain and attract ideal candidates. The U.S. Labor Bureau estimates a 33% increase in jobs in the home health industry by 2030. But with a median pay…
Read MoreQuickbooks vs Whirks: Which is Better for You?
Some of us love working on our house. We enjoy painting the rooms, retiling the bathroom, or sprucing up our backyard, relying on our local hardware store and YouTube for guidance. But others prefer to call in help because there’s too much risk involved. Instead of potentially making a huge mistake, they would rather call…
Read MoreThe 4 Payroll Frequencies and Which One is Best for Your Business
If you’re a business owner or manage payroll for your organization, one of the first decisions you will make before setting up your payroll system is how often to pay your employees. While most employees prefer to get paid weekly, it makes administrative tasks difficult for you or your manager. Remembering and setting apart time…
Read MoreThe Top 5 Small Business Payroll Providers
If you’re looking for a new home, you have an idea of what you want. You also know which aspects of a house are the most important to you. For example, you may decide to sacrifice square footage for the price, or a larger kitchen may be more ideal than a sprawling backyard. As you…
Read MoreWho is Paycom?
At Whirks, we like to think about shopping for a payroll provider in the same way you shop for a new house. There are non-negotiables that you need (like a kitchen) and additional features you may want (like a pool). When you’re looking for a new payroll and HCM provider, you have the same non-negotiables…
Read More6 Tips for Promoting a First-Time Manager
You think you’ve identified the perfect employee to fill a management role at your business. What’s next? Unfortunately for many first-time managers, the next step is figuring out how to lead or manage people without having formal leadership training. In other words, they’re going to wing it. According to the Ken Blanchard Companies’ First-Time Manager…
Read MoreWhat is an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)?
It seems like every southern 90s movie has an old, creepy house with a twisted fence, bottles in the trees, and an elderly lady who’s thought to be the town witch. In reality, she’s usually the kindest, wisest, and most intriguing character. Unfortunately, her frightening front yard precedes her reputation. In the same way, excessive…
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