Blogs / 2010 / 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 / 2010 / May

Without buy-in, nothing changes. If the group or person deemed change necessary, it would have happened already. So whatever state the status quo is in is the preferred state: no matter what you think is wrong, or how your wonderful solution would ma... More...

“What are you doing about what you aren’t doing?” That is the question Scott Wittig poses in the first line of his book, “Holy IT! – A Guide to Finding and Doing Your Thing – Your IT.” “Everyone has an ‘IT’ --- whether that is your purpose in l... More...

"One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." — Henry Ford, early 20th century American automobile pioneer The environment of most organizations is too poisonous for ... More...

When it comes to tracking employee performance, most managers keep a record of things like hours worked and bottom-line numbers that appear in weekly or monthly reports. Otherwise, most managers monitor employee performance only incidentally, when th... More...

"Successful leaders spend a lot of time creating the identity of the organization – what our values are, what our mission is, what our purpose is, how we are going to act together as one. Those are agreements of how we are going to be together. You c... More...

By Bud Wassell, Director, Solutions EAP Prioritize Your Debts – This is a very important step according to Mitch Allen, author of A Survival Guide to Debt. He says the most important debt you have which should be paid first is your house and then ... More...

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) increased again in April for the eighth consecutive month. The index now stands at 94.7, up from March’s revised figure of 93.9. The index is up 7.1 percent from a year ago. “The employment trends i... More...

Is there a difference between employee commitment and employee engagement? Does it really make a difference? For most people, probably not. Part of the issue is simple semantics. Both are outcome measures and both will serve the needs of most organiz... More...

On May 17, 2010, The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for China joins the global portfolio of directly comparable leading indicators produced by the non-profit research and business membership organization. Tested and refined over f... More...

Temporary workers can be a boon to any company, but managers must be careful not to treat them as a separate workforce from the full-time employees. A recent paper put out by the University of Arizona found that full-time employees are less satisf... More...

Summer is approaching and some companies will be sending out dress code reminders. Last summer, the city council of Brooksville in Florida added a few new items to its dress code policy to increase professionalism in the workplace.The new items—emplo... More...

If you are an HR or Finance Professional, you always wanted to know about functions and features of Payroll Software. Here are important features and functions of leading Payroll Software - Attend HRM Features of Attend HRM Payroll Software At... More...

Creating Career Flow States I recently spoke with the Human Resources Director of a company. She is also Director of an HR consulting group. She was interested in me speaking on career mojo and employee engagement at a workshop in Silicon Valle... More...

New story from PR-USA.net published by Daniel Pleasant May 14, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Talent Alliance Announces Re-Launch of Its SecurityJobZone.com Platform Talent Alliance, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TLAN) (http://www.talentall... More...

New story from Market Watch published by Daniel Pleasant May 14, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Callidus Software to Showcase New Sales Coaching Solution at WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference and Exhibition Callidus Software I... More...

New story from Market Watch published by Daniel Pleasant May 14, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Taleo to Present at J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Taleo Corporation /quotes/comstock/15*!tleo/quotes... More...

New story from AllAfrica.com published by Mortimer Goth May 14, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Gordhan Sparks Brouhaha Over Executive Pay SOUTH African executives do not receive "over-the-top" pay packages compared with their ov... More...

New story from Irish Times published by Mortimer Goth May 14, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Corporate web: the ties that bind A study carried out by think tank TASC has found that between 2005 and 2007, many of Ireland’s bigges... More...

New story from Telegraph.co.uk published by Mortimer Goth May 14, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Investors pay revolts at SIG and Cookson SIG and Cookson, the engineer, endured major rebellions from shareholders after the boards... More...

Did anyone else read the Time article on the motivation and reward studies conducted on American school children, designed to determine which bribes worked best in getting desired results? The study results were a mixed bag. Different approach... More...

For those of you whose companies have products that require transport, I thought you might be interested to know that FMCSA launched a pre-employment screening program on 5/11/2010. “Starting today, commercial carriers will have an essential tool ... More...

According to a recent SHRM poll, 64% of HR professionals reported that during background reference checks, inaccurate dates of previous employment, as provided by employees, had the most impact on their decision to NOT extend an offer. Why do empl... More...

BLOOMINGTON, MN (May 12, 2010)— eEmpACT Software (a Bond International Software company) is proud to announce that their industry-leading front and back office staffing software solution was selected by Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wiscons... More...

My last post looked at a common cause of poor internal or external customer service rooted in not seeing – or hearing – customers in 3D. A major contributor to this problem, and the resulting “functional chimneys,” is management’s f... More...

I’ll be returning to the topic of employee preference for gift card rewards in future posts, but I will also continue to offer my take on the latest research and news in our industry as well. To that end, the Ascent Group puts out an interesting re... More...

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All Decisions Involve Change Management: an insurance case study

10 Tips to Help You Find & Do Your "IT"

Innovation Needs a Culture of Trust and Openness

"Tracking Performance"

Focus and Context: The Hub of Leadership

What Am I Going To Do With All These Bills!? Part 2

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) Continues to Grow, But at Slower Pace

Commitment versus Engagement

The Conference Board Launches Leading Economic Index for China

How Not to Isolate your Temps

Should We Rip Up the Employee Dress Code?

Payroll Software for India - Features of Attend HRM Payroll Software

Creating Career Flow States – What’s Job Mojo?

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News Flash: FMCSA launches pre-employment screening program

You fudged your resume?? Say it ain't so!!

Goodwill Industries Selects eEmpACT Software to Transform Staffing Operations

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