The latest from PARiM
Workforce management ideas and product announcements
Timesheets – challenges of paper recording and the online alternatives
Love them or hate them, paper timesheets have been used by companies for years and years despite the many problems and challenges to overcome when dealing with them.
How to make your employees happy, motivated and productive
The UK is now one of the fastest growing western economies. Unemployment in the 3 months to the end of May has fallen to a 5 year low. This is good news, especially if these new jobs are good, long term sustainable jobs in growing profitable industries. However, latest labour market reports suggest that plans for job creation are tentative and that there is a ‘productivity hangover’ affecting the UK economy. Tore Haggren, Senior Vice President at Confirmit, explains what’s going on and gives advice on how to motivate and keep yo
Need a shortcut to staff profiles from almost anywhere?
On most pages, there is a list of staff members on the left hand side of the screen. To get to a user’s profile fast, double click on their name in the list and it will instantly take you there!
New feature in PARiM - staff availability calendar!
Yesterday evening we released another exciting new feature we’ve been working on - the staff availability calendar!
How to meet the challenges of the new flexible working hours policy and manage your staff rota
Managing a company with a flexible workforce requires expertise, knowledge, patience and good communication skills and adds another level of complexity and administration that needs to be coped with. With the new flexible working hours legislation we look at the challenges and ways to minimise any administrative hassle when staff scheduling.
PARiM - improved workforce management software with six additional features
Last weekend we released yet another new version of PARiM along with some very exciting new features and updates. Let’s have a closer look at what’s different!
The value of transparent communication in business
Committing to being more transparent in your company operations and communication is becoming more important. It’s one thing for a company to celebrate their wins in public, but it takes a lot more to show and tell clients and employees how things are really being done and admit if something hasn’t gone as planned. Why is it important and what should we k
5 tips to Luis Suárez on building customer relationships
Nibbling on opponents during a game of football isn’t cool. You know what is, though? Building long lasting business relationships. Like with any other relationship, building a strong one between you and your clients doesn’t come easy, but needs to be done. What are the key things to keep in mind? We combined five steps from Inc. and Entrepreneur that we agree are the most important ones when establishing and improving lon
Do some of your staff members have a personal pay rate?
You can appoint an individual staff member rate if needed - just go to an employee’s profile page and you’ll see their personal rate section right under their main info.
The event organising obstacle course
There’s so much to do when organising an event. That’s why you choose a professional - one who can effortlessly create and organise a memorable event, manage their time and resources, schedule their staff effectively, keep you informed, request and welcome your feedback, all whilst displaying transparency and visibility.
How to protect lone workers
Do you employ people who work alone at your premises? If so, have you considered the potential risks posed to both their safety and your business? Venturesec recently published an article highlighting the dangers of lone working including preventive measures. We added a few additional sources of information on how to protect your employees.
Cloud computing and how it benefits your business
Over the last 5 to 10 years, cloud computing has matured and offers several advantages that, according to recent studies, many businesses are unfortunately unaware of. What kind of benefits are we talking? We’ll break it down for you with the help of a few fantastic articles we found on the subject.
Do your staff members sometimes need just half a day off?
All you need to do is allow half day absences and set the half day point in your absence settings - go to Account Settings from the last icon in your tool bar and then on to Absence Settings.
How to cut down on recruitment costs
Recruitment is undoubtedly a major part of any organization’s overall costs and containing these costs is something that management pros frequently have to consider. Recruiter has put together some excellent tips and advice businesses should keep in mind to contain recruitment costs without sacrificing the talent pipeline.
Do you have employees that are preferred on certain sites or that clients are especially happy with?
Every site has a preferred employees list. You can find the option to add an employee into that list by going to a staff member’s name in Schedule view and hovering over the little gearwheel shaped icon next to their name.
PARiM now available around the world
PARiM was originally designed for the UK in mind. However, in the past few months, word about us has started getting around outside of the UK as well, which meant that we inevitably needed more options for our new worldwide friends to customize their PARiM environment according to their needs.
One less thing to remember. Introducing single sign-on
From today you can enjoy PARiM a bit more: we are launching an easier login experience and a better way to manage multiple PARiM environments.
6 Tips on Social Media for Business
Are you using social media for business to widen the reach of your company or brand and increase the size of your digital footprint?
PARiM's new features add even more versatility
Yesterday evening we released a PARiM update along with some exciting new features we’ve been planning to incorporate for a long time now. Here’s a short overview of what we changed and how the new tools help with organizing your business even further.