Blogs / 2011 / March

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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 / March

Even if you hate public speaking or are scared to death of it, every once in a while you are going to be called to stand up and address a group of people. If public speaking makes you nervous and uncomfortable, read on, this article is for you. I pro... More...

This April, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will require employers to disclose the exemption analysis to every employee that is not subject to overtime. The new rule is being touted as the Right To K... More...

Ninety percent of us work for someone else, regardless of our seniority or status. As with great works of art, we have learned to recognize good bosses when we see them, but their specific qualities may prove difficult to define. The word “boss” ... More...

When you operate a business you will be facing many difficult task. Some of those tasks are going to be easy to overcome, but others are going to be so hard that you will not know what you need to do. That is when you should know about the different ... More...

Small business owners do have a lot that they need to consider and take care of so that they do make profits and increase business. Those who are looking for some extra help might want to think about bookkeeping support for small business owners. Thi... More...

The primary audience for this corner of the Internet is people who are either managers or becoming a manager. A common debate in leadership discussions is what is the difference between the two? For me, in this context, a manager facilitates those un... More...

I have been around the field of leadership for many years. I have trained leaders, worked with leaders and have learned a great deal about real leadership. One of the things that continually amazes me is the market value placed on leadership training... More...

www.electronici9.com Howard Industries, a privately held manufacturer of electrical transmission and distribution equipment, pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to violate immigration laws for actions discovered during an August 2008 immigrati... More...

Luke Williams, a fellow at frog design and adjunct professor at NYU Stern, recently posted a brilliant article on Mashable entitled “How To: Develop Ideas That Will Disrupt Your Industry.” From an entrepreneur’s perspective, this is a brilliant metho... More...

Today’s workplace is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to increase diversity and as a result increase profits. One workplace issue that is fast coming to the forefront is the idea that individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorders are en... More...

We are thrilled to unveil our new video promotion of the 2010 HR Top Product award winner, Aquire's InSight for Workforce Analytics. Our marketing team has been working diligently to give you a peek of how InSight will turn piles of raw data into act... More...

Challenge#1 Companies are constantly faced with knowledge management and knowledge transfer issues due to an aging population. “When the baby-boomer generation retires, many companies will find out too late that a career's worth of exper... More...

Recognize This: Claiming today as the only day to appreciate employees is just silly. Today is officially Employee Appreciation Day. What does that mean to you? Because the calendar told you that you should, will you take a moment today to... More...

by Tracy K and BrightMove Staffing Software and Recruiting Software Large businesses have an easier time branding themselves as there are more opportunities for their name to get “out there”. Businesses of small to medium size have a harder time... More...

by Traci K and BrightMove Staffing Software and Recruiting Software The design of the career section on your company website will affect, not only the number of people that stay on your site, but also the number of candidates that actually apply... More...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Sfhe1Kx0VbA Criminal Background Check video shows the evolution of the United States background retrieval industry. It details the history of criminal background check searching from archaic paper based storage sys... More...

Recognize This: People need a sense of connection and contribution to truly engage in your organization. I was honored to host a webinar through Human Capital Institute (HCI) with BlessingWhite’s employee engagement practice leader, Mary ... More...

Every organization needs good people to be successful. In short, that’s what employee engagement is all about. At Modern Survey, we think of engagement in terms of the degree to which employees are psychologically motivated to contribute to the succe... More...

Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson’s broaden and build theory of positive emotions explains that positive emotions are valuable in that they help us broaden our scope of attention and cognition and help us build resources that we can draw on in t... More...

Improve Employee Engagement by Maximizing Your Learning Investment Live Event Sponsored by SumTotal Thursday March 10, 2011 2:00-3:00pm EST / 11:00am-12pm PST This free webinar will show you how to use your investment in learning manage... More...

Yes, you read right. Most Years of Service celebrations have very little meaning, for the employee and for the organization. They are referred to as Recognition Programs but in reality, they don’t recognize much other than the fact that the employee ... More...

I recently finished a book called, ‘What the Dog Saw’ by Malcolm Gladwell (great read by the way). One of the chapters focused on homelessness and went over the various costs associated with managing the unfortunate issue (healthcare, shelter, ... More...

Recognize This: Employees may buy into the need for “change,” but they won’t know how unless you tell them in a way meaningful to them individually. Steve Roesler, author of the excellent All Things Workplace blog, recently wrote on chang... More...

www.electronici9.com Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano recently unveiled a $57 billion Fiscal Year 2012 budget request to meet the various operational needs and goals of the Department, which includes continued wor... More...

by Scott Ginsberg 7 Unusual, Uncommon and Unexpected Networking Secrets to Help Boost Business There comes a time in every small businessperson’s life when common networking practices like handing out business cards, attending various meetings an... More...

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SOLVING Talent Management Problems might be Less Expensive than Trying to MANAGE Them

“What, Exactly, Do You Want Me to Do?” Factors of Change

DHS 2012 Budget Proposal Reveals Continued Focus on I-9 Enforcement and E-Verify

When Business Cards Aren't Enough