Blogs / 2011 / February

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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 / 2011 / February

In the abstract, employee compensation based on pay-for-performance structures should work. Compensation plans are created to motivate people to maximize their output in support of achieving corporate goals. And people seem to be motivated to "make m... More...

BlueVolt (www.BlueVolt.com), the leading provider of online learning management systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries, has been named a 2011 Learning Leaders award winner for Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent... More...

Our team has worked with scores of organizations to refine employer value propositions, and we have found that traditional, recruit-centered ‘employer brands’ simply don’t take the sponsoring organization far enough down the path of self-discovery an... More...

Recognize This: If you’re not replaceable, you’re not promotable. Last holiday season, Steve Boese related a sweet story o n traditional family recipes in his HR Technology Blog. In the post, Steve tells of his mother and her special stu... More...

As TechCrunch reported today, Solvate has raised $4 million in Series B financing from Michael Paolucci, CEO of Solvate, RRE Ventures and DFJ Gotham. We’re thrilled! With the launch of our new homepage today, our new relationships platform, and h... More...

www.electronici9.com The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the new E-Verify Self Check feature will go into effect on March 18, 2011. As previously reporte... More...

I wrote an article on improving your CV by organising a team building event . The idea is that organising a visible event within your work team can boost your reputation and add an interesting success story to your CV. This is certainly my b... More...

Executive Presence I’ve received an increase in requests from companies and law firms seeking help for high potential leaders to improve their “executive presence”. When I inquire into what they mean by executive presence I get responses that a... More...

Recognize This: If you want your employees to care about your strategic objectives and work to achieve them every day, you better make it clear what those objectives are in their daily work. How about some frightening statistics to shake up ... More...

:::Book outlines essential techniques to realize true life balance, career success and financial independence The Plan details proven, time-tested methods used by the most successful individuals and organizations world-wide::: THOUSAND OAKS, CA,... More...

Many people aren’t aware that Ken Blanchard, author of the classic business fable, The One-Minute Manager, was a university professor before he became a renowned author and consultant. It’s not unusual for people from academia to find their way ... More...

An employee missing a work schedule due to a dead battery, a flat tire and or just unreliable transportation could turn out to be a real threat to the employee's job security in today's economy. If an employee becomes known as not being dependa... More...

Have you ever watched someone attempting to do several things at once in the workplace? Their energy level is high, they’re constantly in motion, and they look like the kind of worker every organization wants to have. But if you look closer you... More...

The OFCCP for FY 2012 is requesting $109 M, an increase of $3.6 M from the previous year and an additional 11 FTEs. In the budget justification for this increase in budget and headcount the OFCCP outlines the following activities: * Regulat... More...

And why it never will be January 11, 2011 The HR Wiz I wanted to take the month of January to kick off the blog by talking about something that is probably at the top of many New Year’s resolution lists: finding a new job. Specifically... More...

The labor movement in America is barely alive, and it’s looking for life-saving measures from Congress, the National Labor Relations Board, and distracted employers. The chronic disease afflicting labor unions, particularly in healthcare, is that th... More...

Can You Manage Change Without an Intended Outcome? As I work with both executive and managers, I have been interested to see that one question comes up consistently: Can we manage change if we don’t have an intended outcome? Or what if we are not su... More...

When you build or refine your employer brand, are you so aware of what your competitors are promising potential recruits that you structure your value proposition to counter theirs? If so, you may be neglecting the most compelling motivators that ins... More...

Coping with Different People So that we don't make them difficult Difficult people are not difficult, they are just different; we make them difficult. - Coach Joe Gilliam Have you ever worked with that difficult person, who just drove you and e... More...

Simply stated: low employee engagement costs organizations money. Instead of explaining how, I thought I would let the numbers tell you. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but these are worth millions in business costs. - An estimated 23%... More...

If we analyze the development of organizations we observe different management models which have been evolving according to the context and particular business situations, in scenarios in which there are changing market conditions or new business opp... More...

www.electronici9.com On Friday, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is now issuing employment and travel authorization on a single card for certain foreign national applicants filing an Application to... More...

Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn are the social powerhouses of our generation and most of us have accounts on one if not all of them. We use these tools to see Super Bowl commercials ( Pug Attack was my favorite), get annoyed with the... More...

Recognize This: How you praise is as important as when. I follow a lot of blogs in the HR and leadership space, as I’m sure you do, too. One I recently started enjoying is Respectful Workplace. A post at the end of last year has resonated so... More...

The staffing industry is poised for a year of exceptional growth. The economy continues to strengthen, and flexible work arrangements appear to be the hiring structure of choice for businesses looking to expand capacity, capitalize on new opportunity... More...

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Compensation: Pay-for-Performance rarely works - because humans have more needs than just money

BERSIN & ASSOCIATES RECOGNIZES BLUEVOLT AS A 2011 LEARNING LEADERS® PROGRAM WINNER

An effective Talent Brand adds strategic scope and resonance to traditional employer branding.

Tell Your “Secrets” to Improve Your Career

Solvate Raises $4 Million to Expand Work-in-the-Cloud Platform!

E-Verify Self Check Goes Live on March 18, 2011

Can organising an event boost your career?

Building Executive Presence - Storytelling for Professional Success

Employees Don’t Know Your Objectives & Don’t Care

New Book ‘The Plan’ Reveals Proven Method for Achieving Personal, Professional and Financial Success

Getting an A in development.

Job Security Vs. Reliable Cars and Employee Scheduling

Multitasking: Hit or Myth?

OFCCP FY 2012 Budget Proposal & Webchat Highlights

Chivalry isn’t Dead

Labor Unions are Dead...Or at Least on Life Support

Successful Change Requires a Clearly Defined Intended Outcome

Start Here: The authentic values of your workplace culture should inspire your employer brand

Coping With Different People

Are your Employees Engaged? Tips for Engaging your Workforce.

CREATING MY OWN JOB SEARCH STRATEGY

Form I-9 Document Alert: USCIS Issuing New Version of EAD (Form I-766) Card

Measuring HR Social Networking Programs

The Importance of Recognition Done Right

Staffing trends for 2011