Blogs / 2010 / January

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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 / 2010 / January

Right around now, many people who resolved to make positive changes this year are floundering. It’s easy to get pulled down by a few slips off our intended path. Pick up a cup of water or coffee and estimate how heavy it is. Now hold it straight out... More...

More and more, I hear managers express frustration over the behavior of the people they lead. They complain about their failure to take initiative and responsibility, grumble about lateness to meetings or lousy teamwork. But it's so much easier to p... More...

By Kelly Huffman, MS, LPC, CEAP Solutions EAP Counselor at Middlesex Hospital Treatment for Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders are real, serious, and treatable. If symptoms of an anxiety disorder are present, it is important to rule out any oth... More...

Employee contributions to retirement plan have to be treated as plan assets and submitted to the plan in a timely manner. The old rule required that while employee contributions had to be segregated from the employer's general assets, there was... More...

What: Workshop on Creating and Managing a Diverse Workforce for Organizational Effectiveness Instructor, Jenny Hoobler, Ph.D When: February 19, 2010 Where: To be held at the Illinois Chamber offices at 300 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL Who: The Un... More...

Welcome to VIPE WEEK, exclusively here on RecruiterEarth, where we will learn everything we possibly can about the company and the people behind the brand. To kick off this week, VIPE is going to give away a FlipVideo Mino and Tripod to the person wh... More...

I blog repeatedly on the topic of employee engagement, and I’ll be spending the rest of this week looking at seemingly conflicting reports on the status of engagement currently and the general effect of the recession on employee engagement. But first... More...

I recently was reading an article from Metlife titled "METLIFE STUDY REVEALS EMPLOYERS OF ALL SIZES CLOSELY FOLLOWING HEALTH CARE REFORM" It got the idea to do a little snap study on how HR Departments perceived Health Care Reform. I have a littl... More...

During the 1980s, when I was co-founder and leader of The Achieve Group, we worked with California-based Zenger Miller and Tom Peters to implement a culture-change process based on Peters' and Bob Waterman's book, In Search of Excellence. Adding to, ... More...

There's an undermanagement epidemic throughout the workplace. We've been doing research on the front lines of the workplace for the last thirteen years since 1993 and here's the most overwhelming thing that we've come across: managers don't manage, ... More...

Let me begin with some key findings and conclusions drawn by Bersin & Associates in their “Essential Guide to Employee Performance Management Practices” (2008). Their research, which captured responses from more than 700 HR, Learning and Developm... More...

The third week in May is a very special week in Annapolis, MD. It is Commencement Week for the United States Naval Academy midshipmen, and every year the Blue Angels rehearse on Tuesday and perform on Wednesday afternoon. This year, for the first tim... More...

New story from PR Newswire published by Daniel Pleasant January 23, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Richardson Expands Sales Talent Management Offerings Richardson, a leading global sales training and performance improvement firm... More...

New story from PR-USA.net published by Daniel Pleasant January 23, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Learn.com Receives ‘Best of Elearning!’ and ‘Best of Class’ Honors from the 50,000 Readers of Elearn The clean sweep of the Enterp... More...

New story from Business Week published by Daniel Pleasant January 23, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. How Companies Rebuild Competitive Advantage As they say in sports, 2010 will indeed be a major rebuilding year for companies ac... More...

New story from Financial Times published by Mortimer Goth January 23, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Obama's bank crackdown hits risk appetite President Barack Obama's proposals for a widespread overhaul of the US banking s... More...

New story from Big Think published by Mortimer Goth January 23, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. What the Berlusconi Attack Means for Justice in Italy I wrote last week that being hit in the face during a political rally might be ... More...

New story from Stabroek News published by Mortimer Goth January 23, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. API conciliatory talks deadlocked Conciliatory talks between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultu... More...

Think about your training program for new managers (or, if you don’t have such a program and wish you did, think about what you would want to do). What are the ideas, actions, methods, processes you would convey to them that they would need to do, ac... More...

An article (membership required) in last month’s issue of HR Magazine (the publication of the Society for Human Resource Management or SHRM ) discussed “Peer to Peer Recognition Good, but Not Enough.” I have to admit the title caught my eye – n... More...

Leading in Turbulent Times One of my CEO leadership coaching clients knows that for her company to thrive it needs to become more innovative and execute a focused business strategy. I am consulting with the company senior leadership team to dev... More...

by Michael Brandt - BrightMove Recruiting Software I am on a plane right now and got an urge to write something that I find very important not only in recruitment but in how people evaluate and judge applicants and people in general. I use the ana... More...

Halfway through the 1st month of 2010 and a theme emerging in the blogosphere and social media as it relates to Human Capital Management, is that the mass exodus of talent is imminent. Various studies cite from 50 to 85% of employed workers are unhap... More...

Does your company have an Alumni Program? Many do, although most treat it rather like a corporate website; a necessary investment, but not one deeply aligned with the business strategy. There are however, plenty of opportunities for value realizat... More...

At our youngest daughter's sixth birthday party, a five-year-old boy hit Vanessa on the head. Asked to apologize, he politely refused: "Mr. Clemmer, I don't apologize unless I see teeth marks or blood." Many managers don't realize the prob... More...

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Inspir-action: Playing to Your Strengths for Maximum Effectiveness

'Do As I Say, Not As I Do' Doesn't Cut It Any More

Anxiety: Part III

DOL's New "Safe Harbor Rule" for Employee Contributions: 7 Days

HR WORKSHOP

Free Video Camera Contest

Definitions of DISengagement * “Resigning Inwardly”

Heathcare Reform

Bringing Values to Life

"The Undermanagement Epidemic"

Why Performance Management Processes UNDER-Perform

Teamwork - It Really Does Make the Dream Work

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What Are Your Three Rules?

Peer-to-Peer Recognition * The Value of Empowerment

Leading in Turbulent Times - The Call for Leadership

If Obama was my applicant? Has face value killed good recruiting?

Mass Exodus of Talent

The Business Case for a robust Alumni Program

Forward Looking Leaders Know When to Step Back