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

Navigator #176 The Navigator is published by Greg Smith, Lead Navigator, Chart Your Course International Inc. View this newsletter and see photos on our website: http://www.chartcourse.com/Enav-176.html See the bottom of this newsletter to... More...

Maybe some of you have lived through a misguided company's application of talent metrics. The stories that many of us have show how these metrics can be incredible de-motivators. One example comes to mind of a company that decided to develop... More...

Succession Planning is a process by which an organization ensures that employees are recruited and developed to fill each key role within the company. Succession planning is not just about promotion paths to the top. It's about getting the right ... More...

Does your staffing software allow you to enter “66,” “67,” “68,” and even higher numbers for the age of your workers? Can your system handle “100″? It probably does, but you should double check anyways, for workers 65 and older are one of the faste... More...

A great way to automate creation and maintenance of organizational charts using Oracle HR EBS. With OrgChart Professional you connect directly to Oracle HR EBS, or any Oracle database allowing you to make organization charts for your company the e... More...

Recognize This: All employees – regardless of generation or length of service – need reasons to engage with your company and strategic objectives. Which demographic poses the greatest challenge to raising engagement levels in your organizati... More...

I’ve long been an avid collector of “famous last words.” These are pronouncements by experts confidently projecting today’s current limitations into tomorrow. These serve as stark reminders to be very careful about getti... More...

Overview Do people learn differently around the world? Does culture affect learning style? The answer is, “Yes” to both questions. This is the common challenge for all global companies: How do companies deliver the same training program an... More...

Innovative Physician Placement Specialists, LLC is a Physician Recruiting and Consulting Firm. We specialize in permanent placement of Physicians with Healthcare Organizations and Providers Nationwide. Our success is based on our ability to understan... More...

When Odysseus, King of Ithaca, went to fight in the Trojan War, he entrusted his friend, Mentor, with the education of his son, Telemachus. Mentor’s task was to educate, train, and develop the youngster to fulfill his birthright and become king. ... More...

www.electronici9.com In Thursday’s late edition of the Bloomberg news, the group released the findings of a report on a proposal to require every U.S. employer to use E-Verify to confirm the legal status of all new hires (just new hires, mind ... More...

By Ben Dattner with Darren Dahl (Publication Date: March 15, 2011: Free Press/Simon & Schuster) Book website: http://www.creditandblame.com/ Synopsis: For better or for worse, the dynamics of credit and blame are at the heart of every te... More...

Kansas City, Kan.– With Social Security now projected to reach insolvency sooner than expected, Americans are looking to their employers for aid in providing the financial security they’ll need during their golden years. The Benefits USA 2010/2011 ... More...

Recognize This: People quit bosses, not companies. That oft-quoted truism was proven once again in the Economist Intelligence Unit/HayGroup 2010 study on employee engagement we’ve been looking at this week. Another key conclusion: “Midd... More...

To help foreigners moving to the U.S. with hassle free access to a new vehicle, Lion Leasing has launched a Personal Car Shopper Service that offers to locate, negotiate the price and check the condition of any new or used vehicle nationwide. The veh... More...

Every once in a while you run across a statistic or bit of information that really makes you sit up and take notice. Here’s the latest one for me. According to the ASTD (American Society for Training & Development), the ranks of middle manage... More...

We all know recruiting is a numbers game, but at the end of the day—you are looking to hire a person; someone with a personality, skills, and traits, unique to themselves. Ideally, you are looking for candidates that have experience and skills sets t... More...

By: Paul O. Lopez, Esq. and Jonathan Lewis, Esq. Trade secrets are the lifeblood of many successful companies, and provide an edge over the competition. Yet too often these critical pieces of intellectual property are taken for granted and ... More...

According to the Department of Labor, more than four in five employers don’t comply with wage and hour requirements. Furthermore, wage and hour class actions (referred to as “collective actions”), outnumber all other employment class action lawsuits ... More...

If you missed the webinar, “Are You Ready for a Wage & Hour Audit?,” a recording is available in the HR That Works Webinar area or Media Library. During and following the webinar, the presenters received numerous questions about wage and hour law... More...

One of the most difficult challenges managers or executives face is having their days ruled by “got-a-minutes.” The executive or manager is usually more proficient or knowledgeable about a certain subject, which makes it tempting for employees to avo... More...

The law requires that employer and employee engage in an interactive dialogue concerning accommodating a disability. This process includes these issues: 1. The employee’s limitations. 2. The nature and requirements of the job. 3. ... More...

Seth Godin defines the new American Dream as: “Be remarkable. Be generous. Make art. Connect people and ideas.” Today’s strategic HR executive embraces this concept. As I see it, four attributes or characteristics make or break an HR executive’s abil... More...

www.electronici9.com Imagine playing in a high stakes poker game where every little mistake you make costs you thousands of dollars. You are allowed to fix the mistakes but the problem is that no one explains the rules about how to do it. Sound ... More...

The CRG emPerform™ Team has returned from a wonderful week in Toronto where we participated in the 2011 HRPA Conference and Expo. I would like to thank all the attendees who stopped by the shiny new emPerform booth as well as the many cus... More...

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The High Cost of Unmotivated and Incompetent Employees

Common Mistakes in Applying Talent Analytics

Succession Planning Process Made Easier by Using Organizational Charting Software

Utilizing the over 65 workforce

Organizational Charting Software for Oracle

Who’s the Bigger Problem: GenY or Long-Serving Staff?

Snappy Video Shows How We Limit Our Possibilities

Cross-Cultural Learning Delivery

Having a Hard Time Filling a Physician Position?

MENTORING - MORE THAN A GOOD ‘OLE BOYS & GIRLS NETWORK IT’S GOOD BUSINESS

E-Verify: Much more than the cost of doing business

The Blame Game: How the hidden rules of credit and blame determine our success and failure

Americans Look to Employers for Aid in Retirement

Many Managers Won’t Act on Engagement Unless Empowered by the C-Suite

New Personal Car Shopper Service For Expats Launched By ExpatRide

Are We Short-Changing our Middle Managers?

What are your Recruiting Goals – People or Numbers?

How Companies Can Devalue Their Own Intellectual Property: Taking the “Secret” out of Trade Secrets

Most Employers Fail FLSA Compliance

Wage & Hour Insights: Salary Deductions for Exempt Employees

‘Got A Minute?’

The Disability Interactive Process

Become a Human Resources Superstar!

USCIS Announces “I-9 Central” Website Coming Soon

Canadian HR Industry is Quickly Getting on Board with Automating HR Processes