Blogs / 2008 / January

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	Onboarding Best Practices

	Good Guy = Bad Manager :: Bad Guy = Good Manager. Is it a Myth?

	Five Interview Tips for Winning Your First $100K+ Job

	Base Pay Increases Remain Steady in 2007, Mercer Survey Finds

	Online Overload: The Perfect Candidates Are Out There - If You Can Find Them

	Cartus Global Survey Shows Trend to Shorter-Term International Relocation Assignments

	New Survey Indicates Majority Plan to Postpone Retirement

	What do You Mean My Company’s A Stepping Stone?

	Rewards, Vacation and Perks Are Passé; Canadians Care Most About Cash

	Do’s and Don’ts of Offshoring

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Blogs / 2008 / January

Excerpted from Indiana Employment Law Letter and written by an attorney at the law firm of Baker & Daniels An employer that needs to verify a worker's employment eligibility gathers the required proof of identity and employment eligibility from t... More...

Co-authored by Paul Chisholm and Jeffrey Kaplan Overview Even as information technology (IT) systems, software and networks become more sophisticated, they are also becoming more complicated and difficult to manage in a cost-effective fashion. Ad... More...

News from the stock market is dominating the news. Companies are bracing themselves for difficult times. Among a number of suggestions provided by Reuters.com writer Deborah Cohen in the article Tips for small businesses on surviving a recession , o... More...

The internet has become a wonderful tool in many different ways. We can find out pretty much anything we want to know from anywhere around the world. Want to know what the weather is currently like where you are going on vacation? Internet it. Wa... More...

Here we go, now stock options did something wrong again. Have I not been saying for many years that the US Government data, coming from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and other agencies are just plain wrong? Most recent... More...

The actual line from Macbeth was, of course, “Double, double toil and trouble.” Factual documented information often gets twisted into a widespread misunderstanding. And so we have executive pay. For the past twenty or more years the media have repo... More...

This entry updates a previous blog item from June 2006 I was once in a Board of Directors meeting in which one director said the compensation plan I proposed was complicated and his fellow director corrected him saying that it was not complicated, j... More...

When you get started on the right foot the interview will flow easily. This is one impression you cannot leave to chance. 1. Appearance counts. When you look good, you feel good. Make sure you look groomed and neat. If you were a book, would someone ... More...

What would you do if you had a professional who could improve the company's profit margins, positively impact the cost of goods sold, lower the days sales outstanding, and increase the price/earning ratio all while liquidating some overhead costs to ... More...

"Cybrarian" n. a person whose job it is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the World Wide Web. More...

We all have the potential, if not the obligation, to do great things in great ways. Use this page to check your progress while reflecting on the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. Click here to take the survey. More...

Visualize a work environment (maybe your work environment?) full of pressing deadlines and an endless stream of top priority items or crises where time for one-on-one performance related conversations repeatedly gets moved to the back burner. Add co... More...

Ripples stemming from rising commodity prices, the subprime mortgage crisis and concern over a pending recession are spreading throughout the HR community. Although more job seekers might be deciding to stay put due to economic uncertainty, the impac... More...

The Helicopter Plan Imagine building a staircase with one hundred steps. The foundation for each and every step must be in place in order to support the steps as you go upwards. Clearly as you build a solid foundation you will find that adding and... More...

Background checking has exploded in the workplace over the last 10 years. Companies have some very compelling reason to do background checks on their employees. One group of people often overlooked on background checks is the volunteer. Generally ... More...

Effective January 1, 2008, a new California law (AB 650) requires that employers with employees covered under California Unemployment Insurance Code provide all such employees a special notice of their possible eligibility to take advantage of the fe... More...

Raising a family while working can be a challenge for most parents, but it seems many businesses are lending a helping hand. According to a survey, close to two-thirds (65 per cent) of companies have made policy changes to better accommodate working ... More...

( The Beacon Group - Jan. 17, 2008) You've heard about all the wild schemes for employee well-being and corporate team-building... Rock-climbing, workplace massages, poem writing, song singing and other creative benefits. There's another one to ad... More...

Your company has just decided to outsource your background screening. Now come the thousands of options that can be confusing, starting with which firm to use. After you have selected the firm, you have to decide what services you want to do for yo... More...

Accounting is a technical field, but job candidates who also possess strong soft skills now have an edge over those who stick strictly to the numbers, a recent survey suggests. Close to two-thirds (65 per cent) of chief financial officers (CFOs) said... More...

Companies everywhere are experiencing labor and skills shortages due in part to the mass retirement of baby boomers and the global competition for talent. Time to fill cycles are getting longer and vacancy rates are increasing. So one has to ask: Is... More...

If you're on the other end of the conversation when someone initiates small talk, recognize its value to them, if not to you personally. Conversation isn't simply for passing on useful information or getting a job done. More and more in our high-tec... More...

Organizations utilize a variety of methods to contain and reduce costs, and while trends exist nationally, they often vary at the regional level. The Benefits USA 2007/2008 survey of more than 5,400 benefit plans found 65.8 percent of organizations n... More...

This brief checklist is derived from management literature and my experience with successful leaders. Of course, depending on the circumstances, some of these skills, values, or activities are more important than others.As a leader I: Reward great e... More...

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