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5 Social Recruiting Mistakes — and How to Avoid Them

ERIN VAN HANDEL
HNI Marketing Coordinator

Social recruiting is using social networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook to discover and woo new talent for your firm. But social recruiting is more than tweeting “We’re hiring!” It’s about interaction and filling your talent pipeline with candidates before you post a job.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Why You Can't Go Without Catastrophic Coverage

JILL WITTING
Vice President and Relationship Manager

Does your current policy have catastrophic location coverage, or do you pay a deductible for each piece of equipment? This is an important question for firms that have equipment (such as tractors and trailers) spread across many locations.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Blooper Reel: Making a Holiday Video is Tougher Than It Looks [VIDEO]

ERIN VAN HANDEL
HNI Marketing Coordinator

We hope you've been enjoying the holidays and have a special resolution in mind for the new year (if you're the resolution-making type)!

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

How to Throw a (Nearly) Liability-Free Holiday Office Party

JODI MATHY
HNI Senior Claims Consultant

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

The Littlest Game Changers Wish You Happy Holidays! [VIDEO]

ERIN VAN HANDEL
HNI Marketing Coordinator

This time of year, we here at HNI like to express our gratitude to clients, collaborators, insurance carriers, and prospects. You keep us inspired, challenged, and very, very busy (in the best way possible!). This year was fantastic, and we're excited to see where our relationships take us in 2014.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

The Ins and Outs of Fitness for Duty Exams

There's a simple way for employers to avoid work comp claims: Don't put the wrong worker to work. (Simple, but not easy, right?) The wrong worker is anyone who is physically unready or unable to perform essential job functions. Fitness for duty exams can help you ID the wrong worker. These exams can protect this individual from injury and you from your next work comp claim.

Topics: Construction Transportation Safety / Compliance Manufacturing

Benefits for Truck Drivers: The Secret Weapon for Retention

Driving trucks is more than a job. It's a lifestyle. And it's a lifestyle that's not for everyone. Drivers frequently work in the middle of the night. They live for weeks at a time on the road in cramped confines. They maneuver massive trucks in major metropolitan areas and through traffic that most people go out of their way to avoid. It's easy to see why turnover is high for truck drivers.
Topics: Transportation HR / Employee Benefits

Debate Heats Up Over Extending Federal Terrorism Insurance Backstop

ART JOSETTI
HNI Account Executive

Many in the insurance industry believe it's time to pass a long-term extension for the terrorism insurance law. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act is set to expire Dec. 31, 2014, and industry representatives and legislators have been vigorously debating the act this fall.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing

Questions to Ask When Exploring Onsite Health Care Clinics

PATTY MURPHY
Health Care Consultant

There are a lot of variables to consider when exploring onsite health care for your business. Onsite health care clinics have been used to to increase productivity among employees and to manage health costs of many types of employers.

Topics: Construction Transportation Manufacturing HR / Employee Benefits

Proposed Changes Would Allow Updates to FMCSA Violation Data

DON JERRELL
HNI Associate Vice President

FMCSA proposed changes to how adjudicated state citations are treated in its Motor Carrier Management Information System. The changes were inspired by concerns from the transportation industry.

Topics: Transportation