Blogs / 2010 / March

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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 / March

These days everyone wants to be creative, to "think out of the box." But how do you walk the talk? As a workshop leader who often tries to give organizations a "Jolt of CPR: Being Creative, Passionate and Risk-Taking," let me share one concept that j... More...

During my recent workshops, a number of employers have asked me, “How do I keep my folks motivated?” What they really mean is “How do I keep them focused on growing the bottom line?” I remind them of two things: (1) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and... More...

16 Webinars, 14 Case Studies and 7 White Papers World, I’d like to introduce to you a library of recruiting, performance management and onboarding resources that can help you better hire and manage great employees. And it’s all free. ... More...

As much as we all claim to want happiness and meaning in our lives (very few people say they want to live miserable, empty lives), there’s a paradoxical catch that thwarts us at every turn. I call it the Mojo Paradox, and I want you to burn it into y... More...

There’s no doubt, we live in interesting times. As we continue to experience economic ups and downs, “business not as usual” (also known as the New Normal) brings with it an ever-increasing pace of change and complexity. And as we know, even good new... More...

Career Portals help drive job satisfaction; engage, retain employees With an alarming low number of US workers loving their jobs, the winding down of the recession may fuel a war for talent as employees take their spot in the driver seat. Accordi... More...

U.S. LABOR MARKET FACES BUMPY ROAD FROM RECESSION TO RECOVERY Discouraged Workers’ Journeys In and Out of the Workforce Add Complexity The contradiction that showed U.S. employment and unemployment both going up in January is one of several compl... More...

Several Qwest Communications call center employees sued the company, claiming that they were required to work a few minutes outside of their shift each day in order to be prepared to start their shift. These tasks included firing up computers and rel... More...

A recent Minnesota District Court case contains some helpful reminders on how an employer can obtain summary judgment on an age discrimination claim. At issue were three employees, who had all ranked well on use of mold makers, but who ranked in the ... More...

If an employer has a reasonable belief that the employee, based on objective evidence, cannot perform essential job functions or poses a safety threat to themselves or other members of the workforce or public, the employer can require a psychological... More...

A recent case involved a social worker for a company that ran dialysis clinics, who had suffered from severe depression, anxiety and sleeping difficulties for many years. Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of a new supervisor, she had her doctor cert... More...

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s numbers for February, high unemployment continues to be a problem vexing our economy. In recent weeks we have seen mixed signals about the economic recovery. Some have been encouraging, such as a pronounced... More...

WHY DOES AN EMPLOYER NEED DOCUMENTATION WHEN TERMINATING AT-WILL EMPLOYEES? By: Melissa Fleischer, Esq. President and Founder HR Learning Center LLC One question that managers often have is why they need to worry about documentation when term... More...

As an employment attorney and President of an HR Consulting Firm who makes my living conducting employment law training , I am hard-pressed to understand why employers are not better prepared for workplace violence. I guess that one reason is that i... More...

Leading Your Boss One of my senior manager executive coaching clients is becoming better at recognizing what her boss needs to do her job better. I am coaching a number of middle managers to lead their boss, and help team members become fully en... More...

Oh my, can there be heresy in the words in the title? A Nielsen Wire study notes statistics that illustrate the rise of social media use in recent years. We inherently know that social media use rises each year (from the turn of the 21st century, ... More...

Greed is Good: Why You Need to Tap Into Your Inner Gordon Gekko Greed is good. Embrace it. Love it. Live it. In fact, greed may be the one thing that can save us. Don’t believe me? Greed was the foundation for this country. The brave souls who r... More...

Sometimes in our risk mitigation efforts, it’s important to step back from the day-to-day grind to remember that the work we do affects the lives of millions of people every day. It is a serious business with serious consequences if not conducted pro... More...

Bond International Software’s release of eEmpACT V17 On Demand is set to revolutionize staffing software with a complete cloud computing front and back office solution With eEmpACT V17 On Demand, a 100% web-based staffing software solution, sta... More...

Leading from the Middle One of my senior manager executive coaching clients is becoming better at recognizing and solving problems. I am coaching a number of middle managers to lead their boss, and provide needed guidance so that all employees ... More...

New story from 24-7 Press Release published by Daniel Pleasant March 4, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. New Ventana Research Benchmark Finds Opportunity for Talent Management to Improve Ventana Research today announced the findin... More...

New story from The Grapevine published by Daniel Pleasant March 4, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Life sciences industry ignoring talent management The life sciences industry is failing to implement talent management effectively... More...

New story from ZDNet published by Daniel Pleasant March 4, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. StepStone and Economist survey points to more nuanced talent management StepStone and the Economist Intelligence Unit have published the r... More...

New story from heraldsun.com.au published by Mortimer Goth March 4, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Taxpayers pay $37 million just to pay administration costs associated with MPs' perks and entitlements The astonishing figure has... More...

New story from Business Week published by Mortimer Goth March 4, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. HSBC Boosts Chairman Stephen Green’s 2009 Pension Pot (Update1) HSBC Holdings Plc Chairman Stephen Green, who asked the bank to end ... More...

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Transforming the Conventional into the Creative: Discovering and Designing the "Bright Crystals" of Contradiction

Keeping Your Employees Motivated

Recruiting, Performance Management and Onboarding Resources

The Mojo Paradox

Nose Down, Full Speed Ahead

Research Confirms that Most Employees Don’t Love Their Jobs

U.S. LABOR MARKET FACES BUMPY ROAD FROM RECESSION TO RECOVERY

EMPLOYER’S NO OVERTIME POLICY IS NO DEFENSE

AGE NOT A FACTOR

DOCUMENT THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION

ADA RETALIATION TRAP

Unemployment Figures for February 2010: A Statement from Julian L. Alssid, Executive Director of Workforce Strategy Center

WHY DOES AN EMPLOYER NEED DOCUMENTATION WHEN TERMINATING AT-WILL EMPLOYEES?

WORKPLACE VIOLENCE: EMPLOYERS NEED TO BE BETTER PREPARED

Leading Your Boss: 3 Questions to Ask

Social Networks Enhance Interpersonal Communications

Greed is Good: Why You Need to Tap Into Your Inner Gordon Gecko

Sue Weaver C.A.U.S.E. - Why every HR person should know about this!

Release of eEmpACT V17 On Demand Offers Staffing Firms a Cloud Computing Front and Back Office Solution

Leading from the Middle: Middle Managers Step Up

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