Blogs / 2010 / November

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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 / November

How do you know if YOU are the jerk at work? You know you are acting like a jerk at work if you approach relationships from the vantage point of what you want or need from others, rather than what you have to offer other people. You know you ar... More...

The Paycheck Fairness Act by a vote of 58-41, did not have the 60 votes required to move forward in the Senate. In response, the Secretary of Labor stated on the DOL blog today “I am deeply disappointed that the Senate did not pass this important pi... More...

USBLN® Releases Three Toolkits to Assist Affiliates and Employer Members Engage Students with Disabilities For Immediate Release November 9, 2010 Contact: Gary Goosman Phone: 202-349-4259 gary@usbln.org WASHINGTON, DC (November 9, 2010)... More...

In the wake of the recession, many unemployed workers have been left with tattered credit. The last thing they need is their poor credit being a barrier to getting jobs. Employers state that credit checks help protect against fraud, but lately, the p... More...

Whilst other concerns of human capital development may have found band-aid solutions and long-term answers, the war for talent continues to dominate the chart as the most critical of HR challenges in Singapore’s business landscape. Businesses are cha... More...

Imagine that you hurt your back and your doctor prescribes a narcotic for the pain. Suddenly one day your employer conducts a drug test at the company and you test positive for this drug you are taking. Your employer declares that your prescription m... More...

More Money, Less Problems All vendors / consultants that sell to SHRM members and / or HR professionals must become SHRM members. My best guess is that less than 10% of the vendor community are SHRM members. These folks are making billions off... More...

Believe it or not, some employers are open to discussing salary raises in 2011. A recent Career Builder Survey shows that 31% of employers are willing to negotiate salary increases. But the question is, is this because almost half of all employers... More...

We've always heard that it's easier to find a job when you already have a job. But times are a changing and the tables are a turning. A survey conducted by Yellow Cat Recruitment in London shows that unemployed job seekers are more likely to find ... More...

The continued increase in registrations for my blog posting notifications and the steady growth in complimentary subscriptions to The Leader Letter (a monthly compilation of my biweekly blogs) leads me to believe that many readers feel they are getti... More...

"A true Master is not the one with the most students, but one who creates the most Masters. A true leader is not the one with the most followers, but one who creates the most leaders." — Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialog... More...

What Bristol Pallin Can Teach Us About Learning Transfer Change In the U.S.A. there is a very popular reality TV show called Dancing With The Stars in which celebrity guests are paired with professional dancers and they compete each week in a ... More...

One blogger I enjoy in the incentives, recognition and rewards space is Paul Hebert, the author of the Incentive Intelligence blog . A couple weeks ago, Paul looked back at old posts of his to see how well he predicted the future. I most enjoyed h... More...

Charles Jones has stepped back into run PeopleClickAuthoria putting his leadership skills to use now where his money is. Recently hired, Joe Licata sure did not last long. This is the 4th CEO in less than 18 months. 2 HR le... More...

My Name is Manoj and I want to share knowledge about the online Psychometric Tests . I can introduce you all to one such company which has variety of Tests for different purposes like recruitment, training, individual growth, career choice etc wit... More...

1. Have you ever reached out to your 50 warmest colleagues to update them on what you are currently doing ? If not, send a message to your 50 closest friends, family members, old clients and ex-colleagues to update them. Usually do not contact t... More...

A large part of the human capital supply chain is the acquisition and sourcing of many talents – but the process of obtaining these assets in the first place is also an important detail. Resumes are read, interviewees are spoken to, and decisions are... More...

I recently came across a very interesting book that provides convincing evidence that we’re all more human than we think, including the experts we turn to for political and economic advice. Expert Political Judgment, by Philip Tetlock, a psycholog... More...

There is no doubt that we see diversity everywhere. We see it in the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the music we play, where we live, and how we spend our leisure time. Diversity is a driver of our economy. At work we see divers... More...

In May of this year, the IRS began issuing "Compliance Questionnaires" to some 1,200 401(k) plan sponsors. The purpose of the questionnaires was not for an external audit, but rather to encourage sponsors to conduct an internal audit ... More...

When talking about healthcare reform, grandfathered status remains an important concern. Previously, it was clear that, for self-funded plans, changing third-party administrators would not cause a loss of grandfathered status. But for ins... More...

I’ve extensively quoted and cited the expanding body of emotional intelligence research for many years in my writing and workshops. This rigorous and ever deepening research provides hard evidence for the catalytic power of “soft skills” in personal,... More...

Reflections and ideas on HRD definition, competencies and business impact. Feel free to give feedback and ideas. Se the file also uploaded in here: https://crm.hr.com/en?t=/network/file/file_deliver&file=1289909278317&mode=download More...

Have you ever had to work with an employee to improve performance? Have you ever felt like you were at the end of your rope with an employee who just didn’t seem to ‘get it’? Coaching an employee may be an opportunity for a win/win situatio... More...

Consultative selling is a commonly used and widely known sales technique that aims to get to the core of a client's problem and, once known, determine the best ways to mitigate the aforementioned issues. The beauty of consultative selling is that des... More...

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"Make Sure You Are Not the Jerk at Work"

Paycheck Fairness Act Not Passed in Senate

USBLN® Releases Three Toolkits to Assist Affiliates and Employer Members Engage Students with Disabilities

Credit checks in the Workplace Coming under Fire

Talent Challenges in Asia-2020

Drug Testing in the Workplace

SHRM the final Frontier

You Can Get a Salary Raise in 2011

Who Gets Hired First: The Employed or the Unemployed?

Conference Board Webinar: Leadership and Culture Development for Peak Performance

Growing Others into What They Could Be

HR Lessons From Dancing With The Stars

Can We Stop with the Carrots Already?

2 HR legal compliance firms file for Chapter 11 and another new CEO at PeopleclickAuthoria

About online Psychometric Tests

Would you think about these 8 quick questions while job seeking?

Hiring The Right Personality

Who are the Pundits in Your Company?

Diversity as a Driver

Did You Get a 401(K) Compliance Questionnaire? Don't Ignore It!

Changing Insurers Does NOT Compromise Grandfathered Status

Emotional Intelligence is a Strong Predictor of Job Performance and all about Leadership Smarts

Reflections on the definition of HRD

Coaching for Improved Performance

Using Consultative Selling To Ace Your Next Interview