Blogs / 2009 / May

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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 / 2009 / May

An innovative recruiting practice is one that reduces the time spent on recruiting, allowing you to fill positions in half the time, with higher quality candidates. You can achieve this either by way of adopting advanced technology or by implementing... More...

Navigator #152 The Navigator is published by Greg Smith, "Lead Navigator and Captain" of Chart Your Course International Inc. View this newsletter on our website:http://www.chartcourse.com/Enav-152.htmlSee the bottom of this newsletter to ... More...

With only a few days until the official start of vacation season, money, anxiety and guilt are causing some workers to scrap their vacation plans. More than a third (35 percent) of workers say they haven’t gone on or aren’t planning to t... More...

The development of a great successor is one of the most important accomplishments a CEO can achieve. But should you develop an internal or an external successor? There are many reasons, both personal and professional, to make the investment in deve... More...

Dear Joan: I have a question regarding references. I was laid off from my last position after being there 7 years as part of a reduction in force of about 10 employees out of 300. In the past, my boss and I didn’t see eye to eye on certa... More...

http://www.youtube.com/v/_xZ3la5MhEU&hl=en&fs=1 There is a job loss home remedy. An alternative to just getting tossed out of a job -- or to pushing someone out of a job. Computer workers facing layoff in this economy can tell thei... More...

Employers have long recognized that conducting due diligence on new hires is a mission critical task. Firms cannot afford to be sidetracked by employee problems such as workplace violence, theft, false resumes, embezzlement, harassment or trumped-up ... More...

In today’s tough economy, the job market is highly competitive and the applicant pool is more experienced. The cost for background screening is increasingly scrutinized and evaluated due to budget concerns, and organizations are looking for more affo... More...

What Works When Working with Recruiters By Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing With an explosion of job seekers competing for fewer jobs, many people are turning to recruiters to try to tap into little-known opportunities in the job market. If you'... More...

www.connectitnews.com has been posting a series of my articles on their site. Recently they ran this one: Many Managers Disempower Themselves Many managers unwittingly believe that leadership only comes down from the top. They give away their power b... More...

2008 is over but has not left a very great feeling for the people world over with the worries of recession and global slowdown taking the front seat everywhere. The discussions are centered on layoffs, cost cutting, and closures. In midst of all this... More...

The numbers are not in your favor... When tested for creativity, somewhere in the neighborhood of 98 percent of 5-year-old kids score at the highest levels. Test them five years later and about 30 percent still shine. Test the general populatio... More...

Bill Bart, the owner of a commercial heating, air-conditioning and electrical company in Scottsdale, Arizona, noticed that revenues were consistently falling short of the marks he had reasonably expected. Bill was repeatedly dismayed by the final fig... More...

One of Carl Jung's favorite words was "synchronicity", that unexplainable convergence of unplanned events which offer insights and opportunities. When I agreed to join a trekking expedition through two remote provinces of the Indian Himalayas, I had ... More...

A recent study we conducted on behalf of the NOA (National Outsourcing Association) found that seven percent of organizations think SaaS will assist in improving business costs, and nearly 100 percent believe that SaaS plus BPO services will red... More...

What would boost your engagement at work? The answer is surprisingly different if you’re sitting in the employee’s seat or the manager’s. In a study developed by OfficeTeam and the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)... More...

A Failure of Leadership By Pamela Bilbrey Leaders set the context for recognizing, developing, and leveraging everyday greatness that exists within any organization. Leaders must ensure that the environment is one that encourages everyone to work... More...

Keep ‘em Happy! In February 4.8 million people lost their jobs. However, 4.3 million people secured new ones. Despite the recent recession, companies are still hiring. Because so many are looking for work, hiring managers find that finding candida... More...

We decided to hire a Technical Manager. This was a critical position & we did not want to take any chances. So we decided that money should not be a factor. We decided to give a Newspaper advertisement, publish the Jobs in Job boards, and allocat... More...

A 2009 Watson Wyatt survey of HR executives, representing just under 150 companies, reveals that “Companies have done what they can in terms of using layoffs, hiring freezes and salary freezes to combat the recession. Some are now turning to ... More...

Have you ever received a thank you card that contained a printed message but no personal handwritten message? How did you feel? Were you insulted? When we express appreciation, first and foremost, it must be sincere. Employee engagement and satis... More...

These days, there may seem to be a shortage of jobs, but absolutely no shortage of information on how to get one! Recently, I’ve noticed an influx of experts touting all sorts of solutions for job seekers. Various sources of advice label themselves w... More...

Medical travel, or medical tourism, the process of seeking medical care outside the U.S., is a growing trend predominantly being driven by the rising costs of healthcare in the U.S., growing demand for consumer choice and recognition that quality med... More...

Do you have a handle on your investment in recognition across all your locations? Are you confident all expenditures on employee recognition are being properly accounted for and taxed – especially in your international locations? Do those recognition... More...

For those who work in an office, do not feel that you are restricted in terms of a workout regiment in any way. There are creative ways, with very simple tools and equipment, in which you can easily get a complete body workout without even leaving y... More...

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Navigator | "The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Invent It"

Thirty-Five Percent of Workers Aren’t Planning to Take a Vacation This Year

The Case for Internal Successors

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: Job Hunters Send Questions on References, Age Discrimination

Job Loss Home Remedy

Introduction to International Background Screening of Job Candidates

Background Screening in Today’s Economy

What Works When Working with Recruiters

Strong Leadership Means Using Persuasion More than Position Power

"Time to be different, not just efficient”.BY Suman Reddy Eadunuri, MD, Pegasystems India

Are You Highly Creative?

Playing the Numbers: Employee Fraud

From the World's Highest Mountains-Lessons for Leaders

HRO Gets SaaS-y

The Appreciation Disconnect * What Employees Want

A Failure of Leadership

Keep em' Happy

The Head Hunting Story

Performance Conversations of the Future

“I Appreciate” - The Two Magic Words

TMI, advice, opinions & other confusion for job seekers

Measuring the Quality of Global Healthcare

Towers Perrin on Rewards Governance

Strength Training At Your Desk