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

Recently I was part of an Ideation session in which an insurance company wanted web ideas to better serve their customers. Ideally, they’d end up with functionality that members would find helpful in their health care decisions, offer great customer ... More...

So many of us have been affected by the poor economy. And there may be many legitimate reasons we have fallen behind, including reduced family income due to furloughs, cutbacks and layoffs. Yes, it seems the economy is improving, but still many of us... More...

"To be authentic is literally to be your own author (the words derive from the same Greek root), to discover your native energies and desires, and then find your own way of acting on them. When you have done that, you are not existing simply to live ... More...

"Principles are to people what roots are to trees. Without roots, trees fall when they are thrashed with the winds of the pampas. Without principles, people fall when they are shaken by the gales of existence." — Carlos Reyles, 19th century Spanish a... More...

Some jobs actually require employees to take risks and make mistakes -- jobs that are by nature about being creative and innovative. If an employee's job is to be creative, the biggest favor you can do for that employee is to be clear about what ... More...

In prior entries, I made reference to the fact that the new Health Care Reform provisions will require lots of regulations and guidance from the various federal agencies. The US Department of Labor has issued its first round of guidance that ad... More...

Saginaw, Mich. -- Thanks to the collective efforts of agents, customers and staff, Stevens Worldwide Van Lines is making a $15,000 donation to World Vision for assistance with continuing relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti. In the days followin... More...

American culture’s central tenet through the modern years has often been defined as self-admiration. Taken too far, self-admiration has demonstrated a distinct downside and all the negative effects that can flow from it are more commonly known as exc... More...

More and more HR technology vendors are jumping on the applicant tracking bandwagon with an end-to-end offering. Before signing on the dotted line, use the following questionnaire to determine if the applicant tracking system you are receiving i... More...

3D is all the rage today. Movies like Avatar take us to a new level of realism. TV manufacturers are furiously announcing new 3D systems. Apple has reportedly filed patents for special 3D glasses technology. Adding the third dimension of depth to a m... More...

New story from PRWeb published by Daniel Pleasant May 10, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. SumTotal to Speak at Human Capital Institute's Talent Technology Summit SumTotal® Systems, Inc., a market leader and a global provider of t... More...

New story from Market Watch published by Daniel Pleasant May 10, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Talent Alliance Sees Positive Trends in Job Orders Talent Alliance, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TLAN) announced today that 4th Quarter Job Ord... More...

New story from Market Watch published by Daniel Pleasant May 10, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Hillsborough County Public Schools Adopts Lawson Talent Management to Help Support Teacher Effectiveness Lawson Software /quotes/com... More...

New story from Risk.net published by Mortimer Goth May 10, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Australian advisory business faces major shake-up The Australian financial advisory sector is in for a shake-up, as the government has mov... More...

New story from Business Day published by Mortimer Goth May 10, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Call to pay trustees of pension funds more The problem of a dwindling number of adequately qualified trustees may call for much needed... More...

New story from Joy Online published by Mortimer Goth May 10, 2010 Log into HR.com to see entire story. Census not for taxation – Govt statistician assures Information provided during the forthcoming National Population and Housing Census w... More...

More and more companies are beginning to screen and hire international job applicant's to work for their organization. Many times, these applicants will have degrees that were awarded by colleges outside of the United States. If the degree was issued... More...

It's amazing how often best practices remain hidden below the radar in companies. Smart companies are always looking for experienced people on the front lines who have developed the most effective way to accomplish a task or responsibility. When they... More...

In a recent case, the 8th Circuit, relying on Missouri law and the Restatement of Agency, found that a person who is employed by a party having a contact with FedEx Ground was actually an employee of FedEx. In reversing a finding of summary judgment ... More...

On Motions for Summary Judgment, a Minnesota District Court raised significant issues involving various sales and financial persons at Dain Rauscher regarding whether or not these employees were exempt from overtime payments. An employee of Dain Raus... More...

The recent reversal of a case, which we previously discussed, is a good reminder that many of the cases discussed are not final determinations on the merits. In a recent article, we discussed the fact that for purposes of finding race discrimination,... More...

A provision of the Health Care Reform Act applies to all employers covered by the Federal Labor Standards Act and requires employers to provide “reasonable” break time in a private place other than a bathroom for an employee to express breast milk fo... More...

I recently spoke with the former Human Resources Director of a law firm who had lost her job in the recent recession. She is now Director of an HR consulting group. The former HR Director who is also an attorney was interested in me speaking on caree... More...

Towers Watson recently released an executive summary of their 2010 Global Workforce Study , noting primarily the impact of the recession on employees. Key findings include: “Our study reveals a recession-battered workforce — one with lower exp... More...

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