156: Power Talk Friday: Carmen Torres- Human Resource Specialist

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Design, Business, Arts

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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It’s time for another power talk Friday! I am happy to say that I have Carmen Torres with me today! Carmen Torres is a HR specialist. She has over twenty years in experience helping employers create equitable and safe work space environments for both employers and employees. She is a trusted advisor to many organizations and has helped many small to midsize businesses and non-profits produce reliable and stable HR departments. She has a 360 analysis of the human resource function that results in building job descriptions, policy and procedure manuals, conflict resolution, employee retention, employee termination structures, compliance, audits and standards and employee communications. This is for everybody whether you have fifty employees or just one. You need to know these procedures so that an employee can’t come back and sue you. Show Notes: What should a business owner be looking for on a candidate’s resume? Are there red flags on a resume to look for? How should you approach calling references? What do you do when you have a hard time trying to get in contact with a reference? What can you say legally if you don’t have a great reference to give about a previous employee? What are some different ways to give a reference? How do you have the conversation with an employee that is not right for the job? What sorts of the things should be discussed when talking to an employee that is not meeting expectations? When should an employer talk to an employee about their performance if it’s not where it needs to be? Resources: www.myhrspecialist.com

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0:00.0	Have you heard about the exciting new exhibit by the Black Artists and Designers Guild,
0:05.6	which was commissioned by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City?
0:11.1	Big news, right?
0:12.6	The Cooper Hewitt's exhibition is called Making Home, Smithsonian Design Triennial.
0:18.2	Now, the batch designers exhibit is titled the Underground Library,
0:23.8	inspired by the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the clandestine network
0:28.6	established in the early 19th century through which many enslaved African Americans
0:33.6	traveled in search of freedom. This library installation represents a 21st century sanctuary surrounded by art, objects,
0:43.5	artifacts, and books of black legacy.
0:46.9	In reimagining and repurposing the Andrew Carnegie Personal Library,
0:52.7	badge invites you to examine the power of home libraries
0:56.1	and the significance of literacy, remembering that African Americans were denied the right to read
1:02.3	under slavery. I'm honored to share that Window Works in Livingston was asked by badge to create
1:08.7	the flat panels for the windows. We used a custom design fabric
1:12.5	by badge members, and the fabric was fabricated by Stacey Garcia's team at Libatex. So please make a
1:20.0	point to visit this inspired space the next time you are in New York City. The exhibition runs
1:25.5	from November 24 all the way through August 10th,
1:30.0	2025. So you have plenty of time to get this on your calendar. We will put links in the show notes.
1:40.0	Welcome to a well-designed business with your host, Luan Nigara.
1:49.5	Luan has a lifetime of experience building a multi-million dollar business with her husband and cousin,
1:54.8	and she knows the challenges you've faced in your interior design business.
1:58.8	Luan brings you real-life answers to your most pressing problems, as well as practical strategies to explode your interior design business. Luan brings you real life answers to your most pressing problems, as well as practical strategies
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