Blogs / 2008 / March

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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 / March

The United States Central Intelligence Agency has come under scrutiny by taxpayers in recent years for excessive spending under a 'Black Budget:,' secret money used to fund operations at home and abroad. This secret stash of cash is allowed for nati... More...

On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008. Among other things, H.R. 4986 (the "Amendment) significantly amends the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to extend coverage to empl... More...

Career contentment is a state of mind that enables employees to enjoy their work without complaining. True contentment comes from within; it does not come from perks, programs, and pay the employer provides.An employee who is in the wrong job or lack... More...

No one wants to think about the prospect of a recession, but unfortunately, the term has been tossed around quite a bit recently. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was at 14,000 four months ago, currently hovers at around 12,400, a drop of 11%... More...

March Madness is prime betting time --- especially in US workplaces. Over $12 BILLION is expected to be bet on college basketball throughout the 2008 NCAA Tournament, according to R.J. Bell of Pregame.com. While much of the betting will take place ... More...

“If you only do what you know you can do, you never do very much.” - Tom Krause, motivational speaker, teacher and coach. Sooner or later after a significant promotion, this challenge seems to hit all leaders between the eyes. Letting go of previ... More...

I don’t know about you but I lived on an island for the first eight years of owning my management consulting business. Not an actual geographic island, but a metaphoric one. I was a true solo-preneur with SOLO in bold-face and caps. Oh sure, I i... More...

( The Beacon Group - Mar. 18, 2008) Emotional Intelligence is a popular theme in many organizational development programs at large corporations. Workopolis TV recently aired a short episode on the basics of Emotional Intelligence and the work that... More...

While we're on the subject of great places to work, let's add one more study:Every year, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conducts an employee satisfaction survey. According to the 2007 results, the top concerns of employees are:" Com... More...

Over the last 8-10 years, many of us have read articles about the value of people and the knowledge they have, and what that means to an organization. This is also known as "knowledge assets or "human capital. There have even been studies commissio... More...

Whether working post-retirement age is out of necessity or choice, one thing amongst older workers is clear: work must be satisfying. Statistics show that in the next 10 years, workers aged 55 and older will make up nearly a quarter of the workforce.... More...

The popularity of behavioral testing presents an interesting set of challenges to those concerned with test cheating, especially with regard to pre-employment testing delivered over the Internet (see https://crm.hr.com/servlets/sfs?t=/blogs/blog.show... More...

QUESTION: Can I Learn to be More Assertive?Dear Merry,I have been told that in order to advance in my company I need to be more assertive and take on a more public role. I have never been comfortable with high visibility situations and have turned ... More...

Surely you've seen the bumper sticker that reads: "Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." The slogan may seem a tad harsh, but some exasperated HR managers must have days when they embrace the sentiment. And the ex... More...

( The Beacon Group - Mar. 14, 2008) We’ve seen many companies turn to computer games to train employees in many different areas. It’s seemingly the new trend to reach out to the gamer generation. Deloitte & Touche is reaching even younger to high ... More...

Training and workplace learning is developing and breaking new boundaries faster than ever before. You recognize that learning can occur in many different ways. You know the importance of a continuous cycle of learning for any organization that inten... More...

Executive Pay: What is Not Said Fred Whittlesey, Principal Compensation Venture Group, Inc. "You have to listen to not only what is being said, but what is not said -- which is often more important than what they say." — Kofi Annan There may be da... More...

If your company is like thousands of others, you have made the commitment to be more environmentally friendly this year. Now is the time to start implementing new green programs.In a 2007 survey of 500 business executives by Grant Thornton LLP, 77 ... More...

The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands located in Southeast Asia. It has a population of 91 million, and English is the common language of business due to American ties and multiple local languages. Although its GDP has grown at an a... More...

Few enterprises stay the same over a period of five to ten years. Their business grows. Their products, operating locations, and channels change. Their bias toward centralization or business unit independence shifts. Supported technologies change. In... More...

An organization's behavior ripples out from the management team leading it.So why is it that attempts to improve an organization rarely start in the boardroom with the management team? That's like hiring a contractor to renovate the kitchen but refus... More...

Prepping for the job interview is much more common today than a decade ago, a new survey shows. Seventy-nine per cent of executives polled said candidates they meet with display at least some knowledge of the company or its industry, up from 59 per c... More...

Avoiding tough conversations has become the norm for many organizations. As most have found, problems are rarely solved when they are left unaddressed. In fact, they take on Moose-like size and increase in complexity. Moose on the Table: A Novel App... More...

Selecting vendors to provide hardware, software, or services is a common and important task for IT management. It is good practice to delegate qualified individuals to carry out the evaluation of potential vendors and make recommendations. However, I... More...

A recent survey found that potent scents ranked #4 on the list of employees' workplace pet peeves (see below). Yet for some who suffer from multiple chemical sensitivity, strong odors aren't just an annoyancethey're a real health concern. Is it seri... More...

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HR’s Black Budget: The Hidden Costs of the HR Function

Amendment to the Family Medical Leave Act Provides New Leave Rights for Families of Servicemembers

Six Ways HR Can Help Employees Realize Career Contentment

A Better Way to Cut Costs During a Recession

March Madness Fuels Office Gambling; Impacts Productivity

Letting Go of What Got You Here

Voting Yourself Off The Island

Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

The Top Five Aspects of Employee Job Satisfaction

Managing the Whole System of Work

What Older Workers Want

Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!

Ask the Coach – Issue 58: Learning to be More Assertive

Saving for Retirement: Whose Job Is It?

Reaching out to Gamers

How to Market the Training Function

Executive Pay: What is Not Said

How Human Resources Can Help Companies Go Green

Philippines HR Update

Is the Current IT Organization Structure Right for Today's Business?

Culture Change Starts with the Management Team

More Job Seekers Recognize Value of Researching Potential Employers, Survey Shows

Moose on the Table: The Dread Poets Society

Delegate Vendor Selection, But Participate

Scents And Sensible Policy: Must You Accommodate An Employee’s 'Chemical Sensitivity'?