Blogs / 2008 / July

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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 / July

In Canada, federally regulated workplaces are now required “to develop policies and programs dealing with such issues as bullying, teasing and other harmful behaviour.” (5) This is good news for the victims, considering the devastating effect of bu... More...

A large number of significant IT projects are carried out by third parties. Many are less than stellar successes. Some take too long, cost too much or are abandoned before completion. Others are completed successfully by the vendor, but fail to deliv... More...

Officially, since 2003, Vietnamese law has prohibited enterprises from employing more than 3% or 50 (whichever is less) foreigners in their total workforce. This rule received heavy criticism from FIEs operating in Vietnam, which often experience di... More...

Great service companies share common beliefs about the importance of culture, behaviors, people, and relationships. These beliefs manifest themselves in different ways, but they form the core of each company's operating principles. There is great val... More...

A very interesting article has been published by Dear Abby. In it, a business owner who does the company hiring offered some words of wisdom for job seekers. For those of us who have been in the work force for some time, a lot of these seem like co... More...

When you present your processes and ideas that are best practices or that have the potential to be repeatable best practices, you are likely to get some professional respect and a lot more open ears listening. People are always looking for new ideas ... More...

Beginning July 1, tens of thousands of drivers in California may be surprised by a $20 ticket for talking on their mobile phone. That's when the state's new law goes into effect. For subsequent offenses, it's $50. Separate legislation that becomes... More...

A HR.com member recently posted the following question: “Can anybody explain the major steps necessary to build a personal development plan?” A personal development plan should identify the resources, support and learning opportunities that an empl... More...

On July 14, 2008 Singapore's Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will implement new conditions for companies hiring unskilled foreign workers. The regulations are designed to prevent profiteering by employers and employment agencies through placing foreign w... More...

Now that you have put in all the work, it's time to rollout your new technical support team to the other departments in your company and your customers. This article will focus on the best practices for marketing your improvements. The Importan... More...

Have you ever thought about the efficiency of your twice-weekly staff meetings? Do your employees have to fill out umpteen forms just to get a new stapler? Must underlings get approval from higher-ups for every little thing from requisitioning a bo... More...

In 2006, the National Labor Relations Board held in Sacred Heart Medical Center that employers had the right to restrict the wearing of union-related buttons and other insignia in immediate patient care areas. See Littler's July 2006 ASAP "Increasing... More...

Your organization is looking to fill a senior management position. You have already carefully defined the skills and concrete work experience necessary for someone to succeed in the specific leadership position for which your organization is hiring a... More...

In the face of a slowing US economy and weakening corporate performance, CEO total direct compensation among many large companies is declining, as boards have heard the message that pay has to be linked to performance. That is the conclusion of Merce... More...

I don't know about you, but I'll admit I'm worrying more about money lately. If your money pressures were already steaming and approaching the boiling point, today's economic climate will surely make your pot boil over. How can you turn down the hea... More...

July 9, 2008 - Lima, Ohio - Executives of HR Sevices, myStaffingPro applicant tracking system, conducted their first User Advisory Board session in conjunction with the National SHRM Conference in Chicago. The all day event consisted of a historical ... More...

San Diego, Calif./July 2, 2008ACI Specialty Benefits announced today that it has been named a Top 10 Employee Assistance Program Provider by Business Insurance Magazine. ACI Specialty Benefits was ranked the #8 Largest Employee Assistance Program Pr... More...

LONG BEACH, Calif. - July 7, 2008 - The Strategic Talent Acquisition Roundtable (STARoundtable) today announced its 2008 schedule of Corporate Recruiting & Staffing Leadership Academies. This fall staffing and recruiting professionals seeking to ... More...

In the past year, wage and hour class actions against California employers have continued to proliferate, with many cases resulting in skyrocketing settlements or judgments against employers (such as the recent $105 million verdict against Starbucks)... More...

"Drive fear out of the workplace was one of W. Edwards Deming's fourteen mantras for total quality management. Of course, he was referring to core employees who grew up in highly controlling, initiative-stifling work environments, causing them to be... More...

Employers face major challenges when they consider the increasing difficulty of finding skilled people, a younger workforce with different attitudes about work, and a growing population of older workers heading toward retirement. A recent study sh... More...

Excerpted from Alabama Employment Law Letter and written by attorneys at the law firms of Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland, P.C. It's time to start preparing to keep employees safe during those sweltering days. Here comes the sun ... More...

Before working for a Fortune 500 company, I spent 15 years in a monastic community as a Catholic priest. One of my first assignments as a priest was to hear Confessions at a local boys' high school. Being newly ordained, I was a bit nervous. The fi... More...

In the recent article entitled "How to Understand Sales Performance Management" published here in HR.com I discuss an outline of understanding sales performance management. There may be an impression that you are already measuring sales performance... More...

The long weekend may become more commonplace. For those of you who just celebrated Independence Day, I hope it was safe and happy. Along with holiday weekends like July 4th/Independence Day, another type of long weekend is getting attention: one that... More...

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The High Cost of Workplace Bullying

Abdicating Project Management to Vendors Can Be Hazardous

Vietnam Loosens Restrictions on Foreign Employees

How Others Serve Internally

Words of Advice for Job Seekers

Increase Your Value With Your Own Best Practices

New Mobile Phone Law Creates Additional Liabilities for Business

A Question about Development Planning

Singapore to Implement New Regulations for Hiring Foreign Workers

Change for the Better: Marketing Your New Technical Support Team - Part Three

The Red Tape Blues

Ninth Circuit Rules that Hospital’s Restriction on Nurses’ Union-Related Buttons Violated NLRA

Making the Right Hire: Assessing a Candidate’s Fit with Your Nonprofit

Mercer Issues Study of US CEO Compensation Trends

Keeping the Lid On Financial Stress

myStaffingPro Executives Meet with First User Advisory Board

ACI Specialty Benefits Named Top Ten Employee Assistance Program Provider by Business Insurance

STAROUNDTABLE ANNOUNCES 2008 EDUCATIONAL ACADEMIES SCHEDULE

Preventing Wage and Hour Class Actions Should Be Top Priority for Employers

Management In Real Life: Driving Out Leadership Fear

Recruitment and Retention Strategies: How to Attract, Keep and Motivate Today's Workforce

Keep Workers Safe During Hot Weather

How to Get Employees to Behave Like a Bunch of 6th Graders

HR Executive.. We Need To Talk.. signed VP of Sales

Could Regular Long Weekends Improve Productivity?