Kmet Consulting

Toward your final years of college, the pressure to find a good, solid, career can begin to set in. In your last year, if you aren’t on the ball, opportunities can slip away. Kmet Consulting is the expert when it comes to job seeking, and we have several tricks up our sleeve to help YOU land your dream job. If you’re a college student getting ready to head out into “the real world,” don’t worry. The best HR consulting company is here to let you know that “the real world” isn’t all that different from the one you’re living in right now! YOUR RESUME That little piece of paper can be intimidating! Your resume can make or break an opportunity for you and should differentiate you from the crowd. We can help you craft a resume to showcase all your greatest qualities and accomplishments, such as industry-specific awards, certifications and advanced degrees. Unfortunately, most companies can’t afford to get to know the person behind every resume they receive. By properly and uniquely c...

If someone leaves a company, often the reasoning is, “they had poor management.” But what does this mean? How do you know the status of your company’s management? Kmet Consulting is “Your One Stop HR Shop,” and we don’t want your company to suffer because of miscommunication, inconsistency, or lack of connection. Our HR consulting firm is ready to help you improve your management style with this list of dos and don’ts. DO: Communicate You’ve heard the saying, “communication is key,” because it is! It’s better to over-communicate within your company to ensure that everyone is always on the same page. Keeping everyone as informed as possible will prevent miscommunication and leave little room for assumptions. If you are not completely sure that someone is aware of something, be it big or small, it’s best not to assume and just fill them in. If a piece of information can’t be communicated to your team for confidential or other reasons, be professional about this. There is a differ...

New employee orientation day can be such a frightening day to a new hire. All the new faces and information can be overwhelming. Many new hires decide within the first day if they should consider switching to a different company. An effective, yet welcoming new employee orientation can be huge when retaining new employees. Your local HR consulting firm would like to give you 5 tips on providing a better new employee orientation for employees. 5 Tips for Providing a Better New Employee Orientation 1. “Humanize” your new employee orientation. Remember, your new hires are human, which means they are prone to get bored and not pay attention if you don’t make the effort to KEEP their attention. Here are some common mistakes companies make when holding first-day new employee orientation.  • Don’t overwhelm the new hire with facts and figures. It’s their first day, so don’t load them up with a lot of material that they most likely won’t understand. Realize that their exp...

In today's BUSY job market, QUALIFIED applicants can be easily overlooked simply by not having the RIGHT resume. You really need to make yourself stand out from the other potential employees and have a glowing resume! Our HR consulting firm at the Lake of the Ozarks can help you identify possible careers that relate to YOUR passions, string together your skills and past experience to show you are GREAT for the position, and then help you reach out to your connections and network. Part of this process is getting your resume and up to date and making it shine like a new penny. In this blog, we are going to give you some KEY TIPS to creating an effective resume. KEY Resume Writing Tips Format Your Resume in an EYE CATCHING Way Generally, job interviewers are only scanning the resume the first time. Scanning a resume is hard if your resume is already difficult to read. It can also be difficult if it's poorly organized and exceeds 2 pages. Try the following to bet...

Finding the RIGHT job candidate is very important. Find people who will share in your vision and be loyal and passionate when working toward the same shared goals as you are. This task can be easier said than done. How do you know someone is going to have the right attributes and qualifications you are going to need 6 months or even a year later. There are certain questions you can ask yourself and the job candidate to help you determine if they are the RIGHT candidate for your company. The best HR consulting firm at the Lake of the Ozarks , Kmet Consulting is happy to give you 5 questions you can ask yourself or the candidate when interviewing. Questions To Ask 1. Did the job candidate ask GREAT questions? The questions the job candidate will ask in a job interview can tell you a lot about the type of person they are. For example, potential candidates are expected to research the company before interviewing. The questions they ask can tell you whether or not the...

At Kmet Consulting , your business is our passion. We offer human resources, HR help to companies in Missouri and Iowa. We offer many services and we are going to unveil them to you in this 2 part blog series. In today's blog, part 1, we will discuss our HR audits, consulting, and services we provide job seekers. HR Audits With Kmet Consulting 's help, we can find employment issues and help you resolve them to avoid costly issues and mistakes. Areas that should be audited include: Legal Compliance (EEO, AA, FMLA, IRCA, etc.) Record Keepring (Personnel Files, I-9s, Applications, etc.) Compensation/Pay Equity Employee Relations Performance Appraisal Systems Policies and Procedures Terminations Health, Safety, and Security (OSHA compliance, Drug-Free Workplace, AIDS in the workplace, etc.) Our goal is to work together to identify employment issues, make recommendations for improvement, and offer a plan of solutions the meet your business needs.  ...

Kmet Consulting is a human resources company dedicated to provide quality HR consulting to our clients.  People are our passion, and each client is unique.  We are now on several social media channels including blogging!  Each week we will feature a new blog that will give rich, instructional information about outsourcing, training, recruiting, job seeker support, and so much more.  Subscribe to our blog to stay on top of what is happening in human resources, and make sure to follow all of our social media channels. About Kmet Consulting Our job is to understand your business and listen to you. Cookie cutters are for cookies. We believe every company is unique, which is why we offer customized solutions for your human resources (HR) needs. Maybe you are a smaller company in needs of ongoing HR help at the Lake of the Ozarks or a medium sized company that needs help with a specific project; we fit our packages around you and your needs. Our Missio...