Blogs / 2009 / December

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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 / December

New story from RFP News published by Daniel Pleasant December 4, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Peopleclick Named Leader In e-Recruitment Software Gartner, Inc. has positioned Peopleclick as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for E-... More...

New story from SkyNews published by Mortimer Goth December 4, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. The Bank Bonus Row Escalates It’s going to be some baptism of fire. Robin Budenberg, who as I revealed last month is to be the new guar... More...

New story from Jarrow and Hebburn Gazette published by Mortimer Goth December 4, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. S Tyne NHS chiefs on 'rich list' A RICH list of high-earning public sector workers has been revealed – with four fro... More...

New story from The Vancouver Sun published by Mortimer Goth December 4, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Tory assembly members paid thousands to sit on committees advising own government Conservative members of Alberta’s legislati... More...

A report out of the UK reveals how thinly stretched the employee/employer contract is becoming as the effects of the recession linger in organizations. The study from the Hay Group highlights that a large majority of employees are choosing to work... More...

Ed Fraunheim wrote an excellent summation of many of the challenges, benefits and techniques for employee engagement in “Commitment Issues” in the November 16, 2009, issue of Workforce Management. Some highlights: • “If businesses want fired-up, d... More...

One of the challenges of being in HR is that we have career goals and lifetime desires that have been put in abeyance or forfeited in order to climb the HR ladder of fulfillment and success. Sometimes those goals get set aside in deference to the one... More...

“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority,” according to Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager. Influence in the C-suite, or lack thereof, has been a long-standing challenge for leaders of support functions such a... More...

Applied foreign exchange management practices have shown remarkable resilience through the recent turbulence in global financial markets, and most firms have left their related processes unchanged, according to a report released today by The Conferen... More...

This is the spiritual season. Spirituality is a broader and more encompassing notion. You can be spiritual without being religious, and as presented in the daily headlines, many people practice their religion in a way that is far from the common noti... More...

Sometimes you find yourself having to manage people in the workplace but you don't have direct authority over those people. You don't control reward; you can't impose detriments, so you don't have authority (see Weber). But if you don't have authorit... More...

A number of my colleagues recommend mind mapping to improve planning, help organize ideas, boost creativity, facilitate brainstorming and focus thinking. Mind mapping can be done on paper or the computer. Mind mapping technology is available for both... More...

By: Julie A. Dunne The California Supreme Court has held in Costco Wholesale Corporation v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, No. S163335 (Nov. 30, 2009) that communications between an outside counsel and his/her corporate client, providing ad... More...

Ask line managers what they dislike most about talent assessment programs, and most will say something relating to gathering or filling in missing information. H.R. Departments often put great energy into selecting the ideal talent managem... More...

Can change management best practices be applied to personal transformation? Of course. Have a look. Parts 1- 3 of "Personal Transformation: Re-inventing my career using Change Management Best Practices" here http://tinyurl.com/... More...

There are very few strictly “health or safety problems.” But there are many leadership and organizational culture problems that show up in accidents, sickness, absenteeism, conflict, stress, and other symptoms of ineffectiveness. Like incompetent doc... More...

Cyber Monday—the Monday following Thanksgiving—marks the open season for online Holiday Shopping. This year, more than ever, Holiday shoppers are on the hunt for great deals and Better Business Bureau recommends 10 tips for staying safe... More...

In response to multiple questions about the COBRA Subsidy Assistance, the Department of Labor has created an updated website that can be accessed here. Although the COBRA subsidy assistance has not been extended beyond December 31, 2009, t... More...

For centuries, the sales model has been focused on placing a solution. Given the complexity of business these days, having the right solution to manage a ‘need’ is not enough to help buyers choose your solution. Buyers live in a very c... More...

By: William Hays Weissman In Notice 2009-73, 2009-51 IRB, the IRS announced a two-year pilot project allowing for paper payee statements such as IRS Form 1099s to be issued with a truncated Social Security number. The project, which covers 2009 an... More...

Global growth will resume in 2010, driven largely by the world’s emerging economies, The Conference Board reported today. Advanced economies’ share of world GDP has fallen from two-thirds in 2000 to below 50 percent today and will hit on... More...

Dear Joan: I'm a faithful reader who needs your advice on how to obtain better performance from someone I do not supervise, but submit work to. Our office assistant is supervised by my manager. Much of her work product, I believe, is sub-standar... More...

New story from ciozone published by Daniel Pleasant December 1, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. How to Manage Talent in 2010 As I mentioned in a recent blog post, researchers at management consulting firm Booz & Co. contend t... More...

New story from HRE Online published by Daniel Pleasant December 1, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Cultivating Knowledge Transfer Many observers point to the huge number of baby boomers approaching retirement as the potential cau... More...

New story from CNN Money published by Daniel Pleasant December 1, 2009 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Taleo Business Edition to Embed Boomi's Cloud Integration Technology Boomi, the market and technology leader for on-demand integrat... More...

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Hard Work + Long Hours ≠ Employee Engagement

State of Engagement * Bringing Strategy to Concept

Professional Star Picking

Maximizing HR's Influence in the C-Suite

Corporate Foreign Exchange Practices Weather Global Crisis

SPIRITUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE

"When You Don't Have Authority, You Have to Use Influence"

Mindmapping and PM

California Supreme Court Holds It Is Safe to Render Legal Advice Again

Finding Talent Assessment Data

Personal Change - Re-inventing my career

Leadership for a Healthier and Safer Workplace – Podcast Now Available

10 Tips for Safe Online Shopping This Holiday Season

DOL Issues More Guidance on COBRA Continuation Assistance

The Future of Sales

IRS Announces Pilot Project To Reduce Identity Theft

Global Growth to Resume in 2010, The Conference Board Reports

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: How to obtain better performance from someone I do not supervise

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