Xenium Participates in 2015 KGW School Supply Drive
Xenium is once again participating in the KGW School Supply Drive! This annual drive is organized by KGW Portland. All supplies will go to...
IAP-09: Leading and Working With Millennials
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 12:01 Molly, Brandon, and Suzi discuss the articles "5 Tips for Leading Millenials" from Entrepreneur and "What you...
Podcast: Strategic Interviewing with Lacey Halpern
Subscribe via iTunes | Download the MP3 | Run Time: 25:52 Lacey Halpern joins the HR for Small Business podcast to talk about strategic...
Xenium Volunteers at Project Lemonade
On two Friday June afternoons, groups of Xenium employees volunteered at Project Lemonade, a nonprofit organization that provides Oregon foster...
July 2015 Legal Update for Oregon Employers
Find below a brief description of several recent and pertinent legal updates, the status of each bill, and its potential effective date. Department...
IAP-08: Tony Hsieh and the Holacracy Model at Zappos
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 11:32 Suzi, Molly and Brandon discuss an article from Business Insider in regards to Zappos' CEO Tony Hsieh moving the...
'Hardwiring Happiness' Book Review
In one way or another, we are all trying to find ways to achieve greater happiness in the workplace. For me, happiness at work translates to...
Employees on Social Media: What's Not to "Like"?
Molly Kelley, Xenium Senior HR Business Partner, also contributed to this post. Technology really does some fantastic things for us. However, some...
Podcast: How to Manage Conflict in the Workplace
Subscribe via iTunes | Download the MP3 | Run Time: 18:30 Megan Leatherman, a human resources consultant in Portland, Oregon, joins the HR for Small...
Supreme Court Rules Against Abercrombie in Civil Rights Case
The Supreme Court ruled Monday, June 1, in an 8-1 decision that Abercrombie & Fitch violated civil rights law when it chose to not hire a Muslim...
IAP-07: One Company's New Minimum Wage – $70k a Year
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 10:31 Brandon, Suzi, and Molly discuss a New York Times article about how Dan Price, the founder of Gravity Payments,...
IAP-06: Tips for Building Company Culture
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 12:02 Brandon, Suzi and Molly discuss an article by the Harvard Business Review titled "6 Rules for Building and...
Podcast: Workforce Planning and Conducting a Gap Analysis
Subscribe via iTunes | Download the MP3 | Run Time: 18:19 Lacey Halpern joins Brandon Laws on the HR for Small Business podcast to discuss workforce...
IAP-05: Coaching Remote Employees
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 14:49 Molly, Suzi and Brandon discuss an article from Harvard Business Review on managing and coaching remote...
Podcast: Creating an Employer Brand, Attracting Talent and Working with Millennials
Subscribe via iTunes | Download the MP3 | Run Time: 26:12 Wendy Maynard, Strategic Director & Founding Partner of Kinesis, joins the HR for...
Podcast: Anne Donovan on the Past and Future of HR
Subscribe via iTunes | Download the MP3 | Run Time: 15:59 Anne Donovan, President of Xenium HR, joins the HR for Small Business podcast to discuss...
IAP-04: Will a Walking Treadmill Desk Boost Your Productivity at Work?
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 6:54 Brandon Laws and Suzi Alligood discuss an article from Fast Company titled, "Treadmill Desks Aren't Just...
Anne Donovan on Re-Entering the Job Market as part of KGW's Get Ahead
Xenium President Anne Donovan was interviewed on KGW Portland last night, April 21st, at 7pm during the Live @ 7 show! The discussion centered...
IAP-03: How Will Technology and Automation Impact the Workplace?
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 12:17 Suzi Alligood, Molly Kelley and Brandon Laws of Xenium HR discuss how cognitive technology and increased...
Grey Matters: How To Cure W.B.S. (White Box Syndrome)
Dan Afrasiabi and Dick Hobbs of Geneva Woods Pharmacy and Tana Thomson of Xenium HR contributed to this article. Being in the healthcare business,...
Podcast: Legalize It – Implications for employers and employees as a result of Measure 91
Subscribe via iTunes | Download the MP3 | Run Time: 18:14 Need answers to your employee’s questions around Oregon’s legalization of marijuana...
Book Review: Search Inside Yourself by Chade Meng Tan
I recommended this book to the Xenium Book Club after becoming intrigued by what I have read about Google and their positive culture. Search Inside...
IAP-02: Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Regulations Proposal Delay and its Impacts
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 10:29 Molly Kelley of Xenium HR has been closely watching the new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations proposal,...
Xenium's Suzi Alligood to Reveal 'Top Employer Traps' at Upcoming Empowered Northwest Conference in Portland
Xenium's Director of Training & Development Suzi Alligood will be speaking at an event as part of the Empowered Northwest Conference on May 8 in...
IAP-01: 2015 HR Trends and Predictions
Download the MP3 | Run Time: 11:57 In the "It's About People" podcast premiere, Suzi Alligood leads a discussion with Brandon Laws and Molly...
Sign Up for the 2015 What People Want From Work Survey & Report
To better understand our market and how small to mid-size employers can get the most from their people, Xenium is launching an inquiry titled, “What...
The Case For and Against Innovative Company Practices
There’s rarely a singular “right way” to go about any task, and this is especially true when discussing workplace culture and innovation. Many...
Minimum Wage Increases for City of Portland Employees and Contractors
On Wednesday, February 18, the Portland City Council voted unanimously (5-0) to raise the minimum hourly wage to $15 for 173 contractors and...
‘Search Inside Yourself’ Brings Mindfulness Practices to Business – Book Review and Summary
At Xenium, we are constantly looking for ways to grow as people, and so we often push ourselves to learn new things and step out of our comfort...
Commentary – Short Work Weeks, Unlimited Vacation, and More
Ryan Carson of Portland tech company Treehouse works 32 hours weekly, resulting in a four day workweek. His unique work schedule prioritizes his...
Podcast: How to Build an Onboarding Process that Drives Culture and Performance
Subscribe via iTunes | Download the MP3 | Running Time: 25:09 The onboarding process can have a significant impact on whether or not new employees...
Is Sleep Helping or Hurting Your Performance?
I have always known that when I get a solid 8-9 hours of sleep, I feel better and am more productive; yet I was surprised to learn about the...
Xenium Participates in Big Brothers Big Sisters’ “BIG Event”
Xenium HR and Express employees with our BBBS contact (far right) at The BIG Event last Friday! For the past year and a half, Xenium and our sister...
Xenium Launches New Website
We are excited to share our newly designed website with you that highlights our people and provides more resources than ever. Go for a test drive...
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2015 Tax Rates and Limits [Download]
Once a year, the IRS and the states come out with new tax rates, wage base limits and retirement contributions. We have compiled a 2015 reference...
Podcast: Why Employer Branding is More Important Now Than Ever
Download the MP3 | Subscribe on iTunes | Running Time: 22:21 In this episode, Brandon Laws is joined by Lacey Halpern, HR Business Partner at...
Transcript: How an HR Manager Developed a Successful Wellness Program
The following transcript is from an interview between Sheri Kuretich, HR Manager at Sunstone Circuits, and Brandon Laws, Marketing Manager at Xenium...
Podcast: How an HR Manager Developed a Successful Wellness Program
Sheri Kuretich, a Human Resources Manager at Sunstone Circuits, shares how she and the leadership team at Sunstone built a successful wellness...
"Culture" named as Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2014
In December Merriam-Webster announced "culture" as their word of the year for 2014. The word was selected after an analysis of online top search...
How to Leverage Employee Assistance Programs to Retain Talent
Lacey Halpern of Xenium HR joins Brandon Laws on the Human Resources for Small Business podcast to discuss employee assistance programs (EAPs)....
Transcript: How to Create Guiding Principles for an Organization
The following transcript is from an interview between Lacey Halpern, HR Business Partner at Xenium HR, Joy McCormick, Senior Payroll Specialist at...
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Business Leaders Discuss 'Options & Impacts' of the Affordable Care Act [Transcript]
On Tuesday, October 7, Xenium invited local business to the Benson Hotel in Portland for a panel discussion addressing compliance strategy and what...
Q&A with Xenium President Anne Donovan on Outsourcing
On November 12, Xenium President Anne Donovan spoke on a panel at the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network monthly PubTalk event where they discussed the...
Podcast: How to Create Guiding Principles for an Organization
Ever wonder what it is like to create a set of guiding principles for an organization—the type that all employees believe in and live every single...
Workplace Impacts of the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in Oregon
On November 4, 2014, Measure 91, the Control, Regulation, and Taxation of Marijuana and Industrial Hemp Act, passed in Oregon. This act legalizes...
The Tightrope Walk of ADA in the Workplace
Molly Kelley, HR Business Partner at Xenium, and Allison Julander, Marketing Assistant at Xenium, contributed to this post. Managing employee...
Transcript: How to Engage Employees at Work
The following transcript is from an interview between Lacey Halpern, HR Business Partner at Xenium HR, Alfred Dual, HR Business Partner at Xenium...
Podcast: How to Engage Employees at Work
In this episode, Brandon Laws is joined by Alfred Dual and Lacey Halpern, both of which are HR Business Partners at Xenium, to discuss an article...
Xenium Participates on Panel at the 2014 AHA Worksite Wellness Summit
On September 17, the American Heart Association of Greater Portland and SW Washington hosted the annual Worksite Wellness Summit at the Oregon...
What's Xenium's Brandon Laws Reading?
This article is part of a series of blog posts entitled, “What’s Xenium Reading?” To find out more about this series, click here. This week’s post...
Transcript: Growing Business Through People, Culture
The following transcript is from an interview between Tim Winner, VP of People at Metal Toad Media, and Brandon Laws, Marketing Manager at Xenium...