Blogs / 2008 / April

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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 / April

Imagine this; all your co-workers walking around the office with a white collar strapped over their heads to block out distractions. A photograph portraying this scenario was included in the Globe and Mail article Research proves it – your colleag... More...

The Fortune.com article How to deal with your crazy boss by Stanley Bing leaves readers wondering how individuals with the characteristics described are ever promoted in the first place. In reality, sometimes an employee will be saddled with having... More...

Long gone are the days when you could keep employees around with promises of a 5% annual raise, a corner office, and a prestigious title. After nearly 15 years of collecting data from a nationwide survey, February’s issue of HR Magazine reported “fo... More...

Now we've covered many aspects of retirement and the last to consider is where your retirement will occur, in your present location or a new place. This is a major part of your retirement and there are many things to consider.First, do you want to r... More...

Excerpted from Mississippi Employment Law Letter and written by attorneys at the law firms of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. Congress has never come close to making it mandatory for employers to provide health insurance to employees. But y... More...

Certain departments, such as sales, have greater demand for a mobile strategy than others. Consider the individuals, often called knowledge workers, who use the Internet, e-mail, and telephone to source, manage, and share information. IT departments ... More...

In a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court in Jones v. The Lodge at Torry Pines Partnership, found that nonemployer individuals (e.g., supervisors) are not personally liable for claims of retaliation brought under California's Fair Employment an... More...

Once we embrace that conflict is inevitable in social relationships, the question we have to ask is "how do we respond? Responsibly, we'd hope. Yet, for the most part, when we are in conflict, we are not very responsive, and tend to be reactive. Shi... More...

If you're telling a joke, directing a screenplay, or writing a TV sitcom, your audience will give you a few minutes to interest them before they walk away, walk out, or flip the channel. Business colleagues aren't always that patient. Audiences for... More...

Here's a word of advice for managers who have ever had an unpleasant meeting with a key employee and cannot fathom why Give-and-Take turned into Tug-of-War. Get out your employee manual and look under troubleshooting for Failure to Communicate. Oh, ... More...

Providing employees with adequate skills training tops the list of staffing concerns for technology executives today, a new survey shows. More than a quarter (26 percent) of chief information officers (CIOs) polled said providing adequate professiona... More...

Avoid hiring psychopaths using pre-employment tests, key job interview questions, background and reference checks, and even their aura. PSYCHOPATHS IN THE NEWS (& maybe in your company) Recently, the news has been buzzing about high-level peop... More...

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White Collar Productivity

Supporting and Selecting Managers: Getting it Right

Getting Creative with Specialty Benefits

Retirement: The Biggest Job You'll Ever Have Part Two

So You Want to Have a Wellness Program?

Managing Mobile Devices for Knowledge Workers

Individuals Are Not Liable for Retaliation in Some Circumstances

From Reaction to Response: Conflict As a Choice

Make Your Bottom-Line Your Opening Line

Measuring Your Compatibility Quotient

Professional Development and Skills Training a Challenge for Many CIOs, Survey Shows

5 Ways to Avoid Hiring Psychopaths