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As the marketplace begins to rebound from one of the most significant economic challenges in our history, are you positioned to lead the way? Those who subscribe to a reactionary, “wait-and-see” mentality are destined to keep waiting – for the kind of lasting success that never comes.

But if you’re the kind of entrepreneur who favors extraordi-nary over “business as usual,” you’re not going to stand by and let the economy dictate your fate. It’s up to you. It’s time to regain control. It’s time to make a bold move. That’s where Administaff can help.

Every bold move a company makes is executed by its people. So it takes a sophisticated people plan to make it happen. Administaff creates a custom-designed HR service plan that provides an instant infrastructure – to give you valuable relief, increase your focus and align your people with your company’s objectives.

The following 10 strategies, nine of which we introduced last year, are designed with your long-term success in mind. And as so many of our clients have told us, they work.

10. Protect Your Business From Government Expansion

9. Improve Employee Communication

8. Make the Most of Your Training Resources

7. Reduce Your Company’s Operating Expenses

6. Head off Rising Employment Risks

5. Make Use of Incentive Compensation Plans

4. Provide Peace of Mind in Trying Times

3. Upgrade Your Workforce

2. Capitalize on New Opportunities

1. Focus Intensely on Profit-Generating Activities

Protect Your Business From Government Expansion Higher taxes. Health care overhauls. Aggressive enforce-ment. Harsher penalties. And dozens of restrictive workplace policies in the pipeline. The government is engaging in an unprecedented money-and-power grab, and the potential for increased regulatory burdens is enormous – on national, state and local fronts. To stay compliant and minimize interruptions to your business, it’s vitally important that you engage a dedicated team to act as your eyes and ears, provide a voice for your concerns and protect your interests.

The Administaff Advantage Poised on the front line, Administaff will work as a buffer between you and the Department of Labor, immigration authorities, the IRS and a host of other government agencies. Our Government Affairs group is active in Washington, working to help shape legislation and offer our clients the best possible solutions. Closer to home, you’ll have access to a dedicated team that provides customized strategies, well-informed guidance and full-service assistance. With Administaff, you’ll gain a solid advantage. For starters, according to a Towers-Perrin survey, our 2010 projected medical costs per employee are more than 25 percent lower than those of large companies. We don’t just say we offer a competitive edge to control regulatory expenses; the numbers prove it.

“All the successes from last year’s Top 9 initiative inspired us to share yet another strategy for 2010. But while it may be new on the list, working to protect your business has always been at the core of what we do. It’s in our DNA.”

Paul Sarvadi, President and CEO Administaff

Make a Bold Move in 2010Top 10 HR Strategies to Lead the Recovery

9Improve Employee Communication Economic uncertainty almost always leads to apprehension in the workplace. However, by clearly and openly communicating the facts and sharing your plans to use the circumstances to your advantage, you can refocus your employees’ heightened anxiety into positive energy. By equipping employees with the specifics, inviting them to contribute their ideas and adding your support, you enable them to work instead of worry. When employees know that you care and they feel like they’re an integral part of the plan for moving forward, you’ll be amazed at how readily they’ll work together to turn opportunities into profitable actions.

The Administaff Advantage Whether you choose to enhance your communication skills through our comprehensive training programs or enlist us to write certain HR-related communications on your behalf, Administaff can help get your message across to those who matter most – your people. For more than 23 years, and through good times and bad, our HR professionals have served thousands of small and medium-sized companies as a trusted source to align employees with organizational goals and help their businesses succeed. It’s a message worth sharing, and we appreciate the opportunity to do so with you.

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“When we were working to revamp employee communications, only Administaff took the time to sit and talk with every single employee, one by one. It’s made a huge difference in morale and productivity for our business.”

Lynn Meyer, Founder and President IntegReview Client Since 2009

Make the Most of Your Training Resources While training should always be high on the list of priorities for a growth-minded business, it’s especially valuable during slowperiods when you’re looking to upgrade employee skills and prepare workers for busier times to come. In fact, when you maximize productivity through business-focused training, you may be able to meet increasing workloads without signifi-cantly increasing headcount. In addition, supervisor training can make a big difference in how your team manages performance in a down time.

The Administaff Advantage Administaff clients have access to more than 3,700 training courses – plus leadership development programs and a comprehensive learning management system, as well as both instructor-led and online courses. That’s well beyond the offerings of most large corporations. So where would you begin? We can conduct a needs analysis to identify your specific performance improvement opportunities and target the training courses that best move you toward your goals. That’s what full service is all about – and with Administaff, full service is what you’ll get.

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Reduce Your Company’s Operating Expenses When your pipeline for new business slows down, you have the time – as well as the need – to take a closer look at company expenditures and uncover new ways to trim costs. While right-sizing your organization is a common strategy for reducing costs, it’s certainly not your only option. For example, is your employee benefits plan in need of a restructure? Also, while certain recurring expenses are unavoidable, you can avoid overpaying by finding better deals.

The Administaff Advantage From conducting employee appraisals to overseeing organizational redesigns and even implementing staff reductions, our HR professionals can help you rightsize the right way. And because making adjustments to your benefits program or employee contributions is another way to realize significant savings, Administaff offers a wide range of benefits programs to meet different circumstances. There’s also the pure money-saving potential of our MarketPlaceSM alliances. Through exclusive offers from more than 50 top providers, your business will enjoy big-company buying power on everything from business insurance to high-end technology.

“When it comes to helping us reduce operating expenses, Administaff has been an incredi-bly valuable tool. Since signing on, we’ve seen annual savings ranging from $200,000 to $300,000.”

Daniel Pizano, General Manager AeroComputers Client Since 2007

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Larry Nemeth, President Logistics Management Group Client Since 2009

Make Use of Incentive Compensation Plans When your employees’ day-to-day activities are in line with your mission-critical objectives, your odds for success increase tremendously. Incentive plans can kindle the competitive spirit in your workforce, enhance productivity in the workplace, and even increase satisfaction among your client base – so it pays to create incentives that directly reinforce companywide objectives by switching your staff’s focus to tasks that are vitally important in the changing here and now. Something as simple as a gift card, celebratory lunch or an extra day off can go a long way toward accomplishing important goals or new priorities.

The Administaff Advantage At your disposal will be the full array of Administaff perfor-mance management tools, designed to maximize your people power. And because our services will already be tailored to your business plan, we can help you design and implement a coordinated incentive compensation plan that is directly tied to company goals and effectively delivers results to the bottom line.

“With Administaff handling liabilities like compliance, safety training, workers’ comp and unemployment claims, I can dedicate more focus to providing for my employees. So I started an incentive compensation initiative, and productivity has gone way up – which is a very nice incen-tive for me.”

Scott Lisec, President Compliant Healthcare Technologies Client Since 2008

4Provide Peace of Mind in Trying Times You can send a strong message of caring to all employees, including those leaving your firm, by adhering to solid HR policies that show your willingness to provide valuable services to them when they’re needed most. By demonstrating professional compassion, you send a very positive and encouraging message to employees, customers and the community. Word of mouth travels quickly, and when it sends a positive message about your company, it can be worth its weight in gold.

The Administaff Advantage Administaff can help transition outplaced employees, handle COBRA administration, and even put them on the inside track for a new job opportunity through the extensive Administaff Talent Network. There, outplaced employees will be able to explore hundreds of openings with our nationwide client base of America’s best small and medium-sized businesses. And for those in need of counseling or just an open ear, Administaff’s Employee Assistance Program can be a valuable and helpful resource.

Head off Rising Employment Risks As you adjust your workforce in response to a changing economy, your employment-related claims and litigation exposure become greater. But by properly assessing and managing these risks, you can reduce potential drains on your profitability and maintain a productive work environment.

The Administaff Advantage With Administaff, you won’t have to face the weighty concerns of employment-related issues on your own – and that can potentially help your business avoid thousands in risk-related losses. Our experienced HR specialists will be at your service to provide assistance and guidance with rightsizing, reorganization and facilitating employee communications. By transferring certain employment liability obligations to us, sharing others and better managing those that remain, you can reduce your risk and even prevent many claims from being filed in the first place.

“When a complicated workplace issue took us off guard, Administaff was there to help us head off the risk, so we could stay on track to double our revenues in ’09, just like we plan to do again this year.”

Phil Panzarella, President and CEO CPS Professional Services Client Since 2007

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23Upgrade Your Workforce Talented, motivated employees have a tremendous impact on your company’s success and profitability – and even more so in slow periods. Layoffs at large firms across the country have made available the best talent pool we’ve seen in years. Keep in mind that this is definitely not the time to make hiring and layoff mistakes. The worst things you can do in downsizing are to keep someone you should have let go or eliminate someone you should have kept. This is an exciting opportunity to assemble a winning team that will be instrumental in selling and serving your clients, enhancing your product and service offerings, and putting your objectives on the fast track.

The Administaff Advantage Administaff can help you develop a staffing plan to rightsize, reorganize and optimize your workforce. Our HR professionals can provide employee appraisal support to evaluate employee performance, identify individuals’ strengths and weaknesses and help you decide who should be on your team and what positions they should play. From developing profiles of your best employees to set the standard for your recruiting efforts to training supervisors in applicant interviewing and selection, Administaff’s full regimen of recruiting services can give you a definite edge.

Capitalize on New Opportunities The silver lining to a cloudy economic forecast is the fact that there are plenty of new opportunities on the horizon. For example, weakness in the marketplace leads to lower company valuations, increased business failures and firms spinning out or selling off their non-core business units. As the economy continues to adjust, you’ll have an ideal chance to redirect your energies toward opportunities that weren’t even available when business was booming – like expanding your company through acquisition or adding lines of business adjacent to your current offerings.

The Administaff Advantage When you come up with actionable ideas, we can help you bring them to life by providing your staff with the resources they need to execute your game plan. Administaff can play a key role in evaluating the costs of integrating an acquisition or starting a new line of business. From there, we can facilitate meetings with your staff to develop missions, strategies and plans for moving forward. In addition, with big-company benefits and a full array of human resources services, Administaff can give you the tools you need to attract and retain the key personnel to lead your new ventures.

Focus Intensely on Profit-Generating Activities In a difficult economic environment, it’s critical for business owners and key personnel to spend as little time as possible behind a desk. Instead, invest as much time as you can with current, prospective and even former customers. For small and medium-sized companies, that face-to-face contact is especially valuable. Outsourcing your non-core, but essential, human resources functions is a proven strategy to gain the time you need to focus on actions that lead to growth and profitability. And ideally, not only does outsourcing saves you time, but it also helps your company succeed by providing your business with valuable people management resources.

The Administaff Advantage With Administaff handling regularly scheduled business interruptions like payroll administration, government compliance – and even shopping for benefits – you’ll have additional time to sell new clients, ensure current customer satisfaction and even win clients from the competition. Those extra hours can separate your company from competitors who are still sitting behind their desks filling out paperwork and tending to the tasks that Administaff will take care of for you. And unlike the cookie-cutter services you might find elsewhere, Administaff creates an HR service plan that is custom-designed to complement your unique business plan. Only Administaff can proactively identify and help implement the kinds of human resources strategies and processes that optimally align your employees with your goals and move your business forward.

Administaff is here to help. For more information on how Administaff ’s services

can help your business gain a solid economic

advantage, call Administaff, weekdays between

7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT, at 866-476-8516.

“By identifying specific skill sets that best fit the requirements of our industry, Administaff has helped us upgrade our workforce and reduce turnover by more than 40 percent. Annually, that translates to over $500,000 in savings.”

Andrew Casas, COO UT Physicians Client Since 1996