Blogs / 2010 / September

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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 / September

With the spread of capitalism and globalization, entrepreneurship continues to gain importance (Rwigema & Venter, 2004:315; OECD, 2002b:7; GEM, 2005b:5; Dawson, Breen & Satyen, 2002:302; Lee, Lim, Pathak, Chang & Li, 2006:352). Statistics... More...

As with most things government, regulation marches on. The US Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has made some more information available regarding PPACA (health care reform). They should be reviewed as par... More...

FurstPerson has been recognized as the “Best Solution Provider for Agent Life-Cycle HR Software in the United States” among this market segment’s top competitors. In the recently released industry analyst report 2010 U.S. Contact Center Market: ... More...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is serving more than 500 Form I-9 Notices of Inspection to organizations across the U.S., according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association. As reported by our guest bloggers last week, ICE is continu... More...

Many of this month’s blog posts have been around improving the rampant levels of declining customer service levels in most organizations. Managers often point to frontline servers attitudes as the source of the problem and look for quick motivational... More...

How skillful are you at navigating office politics? Are you politically savvy? How is power and influence used where you work? The ability to navigate the political waters and influence others is an essential workplace competency. Politically astu... More...

Hi, I need advise about: a) Suggestsuitable selection methods for Facilities Manager and how I could contribute to theselection process within my company taking into account that I must look for the best candidate and my current position i... More...

Do you have some kind of an employee recognition program in your workplace? What level do you offer? The bare minimum of years of service or performance-based annual review recognition? Middle-of-the-road manager-to-employee only schemes? Or do you g... More...

Why do you think buyers take so long to decide? Do you really think they want to take that long? Think of a decision you had to make with one of your teammates, or a family member. What was the difference between what you wanted to happen, and ... More...

When a sales rep wants to land a specific client, the sales rep needs to provide specific information that the prospective client will find enticing. When you want to attract and hire higher caliber candidates for a specific job opening, you need to ... More...

What if you had to recruit for the boss from hell? You know, the type who yells, screams, bullies, leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Or, on the other end of the scale, the boss who is totally handsoff and provides no direction or feedback and leaves ... More...

LBi Software announces a webinar on CaseManager, our automated HR help desk and knowledgebase application. This webinar will take place on Monday October 12th at 2pm ET. During this session you will see a live demo of LBi Software's CaseManager. T... More...

At what age should one retire? Do you believe in working until way into the 70s? Or does the buck stop at age 65? The French government recently passed a controversial bill, amidst a stormy session, that will raise the retirement age from 60 to 62... More...

Rising unemployment and the economy in general have Americans penny pinching. A recent CareerBuilder survey of close to 4,500 employees and 2,534 hiring managers reveals that three-quarters of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Last year, half o... More...

Monster has reached an agreement with Yahoo's HotJobs to become the world's largest online career resource, beginning first quarter of 2011. Monster will become Yahoo's exclusive provider of career content on the Yahoo! homepage in North America. ... More...

The Navigator is published by Greg Smith, Lead Navigator, Chart Your Course International Inc. View this newsletter on our website: http://www.chartcourse.com/Enav-170.html See the bottom of this newsletter to subscribe or to unsubscribe. ##... More...

Oxymorons are fun. There are the obvious ones – jumbo shrimp, airplane food, military intelligence. And then there are the ones you stumble across. Like “bonus guarantee.” After the fallout from the recession and the reaction to ridiculous bonuse... More...

Terryberry to design and create hand-crafted medallion for ArtPrizes' top winner. Grand Rapids, MI - September 10, 2010 The Terryberry Company is creating a one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted award for the 2010 grand prize winner of ArtPrize. Th... More...

[Editor's Note: today's blog is courtesy of Dawn Lurie, Kevin Lashus, Maggie Murphy, and Mahsa Aliaskari of Greenberg Traurig] Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served hundreds of Notices of Inspections (NOI) to companies throughou... More...

Your work is to discover your world, and then with all your heart give yourself to it. #The Buddha "I was a failure; I'd destroyed a similar venture in recent past. But now I know: Why and how it happened and also, what should have been done to a... More...

Karla Brandau, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional)

Depuzzle Human Behavior By Karla Brandau, CSP CEO of Workplace Power Institute Organizational camaraderie and productivity involve relating to others across a chasm of significant behavioral differences. Improving your "people skills" helps you... More...

(L-R) Pete Chambers, Chairman & CEO and Michael Cobb, President of Inspirus celebrate #1 Employee Recognition Service Provider ranking. More...

Let's get right to it. On September 3, 2010, the IRS issued Notice 2010-59 that provides guidance regarding the use of tax-favored vehicles (like FSAs, HSAs and HRAs) to pay for over-the-counter medicines and drugs. The new gu... More...

USCIS announced on September 13, 2010 (through the E-Verify user portal) that it will be adding the photo matching process for US passports on September 26, 2010 (approximately two weeks away). As previously reported, this change will requi... More...

For generations recruiting followed a process that was as much administrative as managerial. When your company had a job opening you either dug out the existing job description or created a new one using the same outline and containing the same types... More...

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SMES IN KENYA NEED A STRUCTURED BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ON START-UP TO SUCCESSFULLY GROW.

Short and Sweet: The Latest on PPACA

FurstPerson Named Frost & Sullivan’s U.S. Contact Centers' Choice: Best Solution Provider for Agent Life-Cycle HR Software

The latest I-9 Audit Surge and ICE Enforcement Statistics

Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on… Serving the Servers

Political Savvy and Office Politics

Recruitment, selection and retention of a Facility Manager

Without Peer-to-Peer Recognition, You’re Just Swimming Upstream

Buyers want a shorter buying decision cycle

Sell your Job – It’s the Sizzle that Counts

Recruiting for the Big Bad Boss

LBi Software Webinar - CaseManager HR Help Desk

Freedom 65 - What's your Retirement Age?

Americans Living Paycheck to Paycheck

Monster Merges with HotJobs

Navigator #170 | Good Manners Make Good Managers

Oxymoron Challenge * “Bonus Guarantee”

Winner of World's Largest ARTPRIZE to Receive Custom, Earth-Friendly Award

ICE Casts the Last Chill of the Fiscal Year: A New Round of National I-9 Audits

I Was A Failure, So I'm Confident of Success Now!

Depuzzle Human Behavior

Inspirus Ranked #1 Employee Recognition Service Provider in Industry

IRS Issues Guidance on Over-the-Counter Medications: Notice 2010-59

E-Verify Photo Matching of US Passports Begins September 26, 2010

The Changing Scope of Recruiting