The Beginners Guide to Employment Contracts

Finding qualified candidates to fill open positions at your business can be a job in itself. Once you’ve found the perfect match, you need to officially hire them to complete the process.

Employment contracts are an excellent way to formally set expectations and requirements for new hires. These documents help protect employers and employees alike.

A solid employment agreement sets the tone for success and eliminates confusion for all crucial aspects of this new relationship.

What is an Employment Contract?

An employment contract is a legally binding written agreement that explains the working relationship between an organization and an employee.

Employment contracts are not an official requirement for the hiring process, and these agreements come in all different shapes and sizes. In many cases, a formal offer letter and signed employee handbook may be sufficient enough to cover all bases.

However, employment contracts help eliminate ambiguity in the relationship and clearly define what’s expected of the employee and employer—so it’s typically in your best interest to create a formal agreement.

The Basics of Employment Contracts

The terms of an employment contract will be unique for every new hire. Here’s a closer look at some of the most common elements to include in an employment contract:

Job Description, Duties, and Responsibilities

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9 Tips for Aligning Creative and Marketing for Better Content Outcomes

Like many in marketing, creatives have been doing more with less for a long time. Last year, however, brought things to new extremes.

Despite resources cut by about one-third, in both staffing (31%) and budget cuts (31%) more than half (58%) of creative and design teams say they were met with larger workloads.

Those are among the findings from the 2021 Creative Management Report, which polled over 400 creatives and marketers. The fourth annual report is a collaborative effort fielded by inMotionNow and InSource, an industry association for creatives.

The study shows creative teams rose to the occasion. They brought their problem-solving talents and adaptability together in a time when marketing and the business needed it the most.

For example, more than half (57%) of creatives say they became more productive. Further, two-thirds said they were asked to learn new technical skills such as digital interactivity, video, live streaming, and podcasting.

These skills proved essential to marketing as work went remote, events went virtual, and most of the budget went to digital. In other words, marketing became increasingly reliant on creatives… Read More

Does Fixing Old Broken Links Still Matter to SEO?

Fixing broken links has long stood as an SEO best practice. But if you’ve run into situations where you’ve fixed a broken link and nothing happened, you’re not alone. In today’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, SEO expert Cyrus Shepard discusses whether these fixes still matter, and takes you through steps to increase your chances of seeing the benefits.

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The 12 Best TikTok Tools For Fast Audience Growth in 2021

TikTok became the world’s most downloaded app on Apple devices in 2018 and has been growing quickly ever since.

It’s now firmly embedded in Gen Z’s daily lives and spans across 154 countries with 500 million active users.

If you are an aspiring influencer, business, or brand and aren’t on TikTok, you may need to re-think that approach!

It takes time and effort to grow your TikTok following, and for many people, it’s time they simply don’t have. This article shares the 12 best TikTok tools available to help grow your profile without burning out or spending all day in a TikTok vortex.

Tip: You may also hire a TikTok expert or a freelancer on Fiverr.

#1. Stormlikes

Stormlikes is the place to go if you want to buy TikTok followers, likes, or views. It’s a done-for-you-service with instant delivery, real people, 24/7 customer support, and competitive pricing.

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