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

By Ivan Misner To be an effective networker, you should constantly be strengthening your relationships with referral sources. The best way to go about this, of course, depends on each individual referral source and what he or she responds to. S... More...

By John Gibbons I just returned to the office from the i4cp 2011 Annual Conference and my head - and heart - are full. You would think that the combination of hanging out for three intense days in a stunning setting in the Arizona desert with fant... More...

NUMBER THREE “For the most part, most people are trying to do the best they can, most of the time.“ Few of us ever really want, or intend, to be ‘difficult’. More often, ‘being difficult’ with others is simply an unfortunate result of our mi... More...

March 28, 2011 Based on Bersin & Associates’ comprehensive research on the Talent Management Systems market, the unprecedented level of change in the landscape related to vendor M&A activity and on-going product suite build-outs might now ... More...

Here are some numbers my clients have given me over 20+ years: When using a non-marketing-automation selling model (any form of needs-based consultative selling), and your first contact is to make an appointment as your first outcome< http://c... More...

If a process is skipped… it usually requires significant work to make the correction. Bob was out one Sunday afternoon and dropped by a new concept house. With soaring utility prices Bob thought the concept was pretty interesting. Bob owned some l... More...

When you think of social networking you probably think of a college-age dominated industry which people mainly utilize to update others about the everyday details of their lives. What you may not know is that social networking sites, are now also se... More...

So what about creativity? Maybe you like to be free at work to make some decisions your own way. You don't want to operate like a soldier all day every day. Anyway, you might be thinking, your job actually requires you to take some risks and make a f... More...

When devastation strikes, people all over the world feel connected to tragedy - with families broken, homes and businesses destroyed and misfortune at an all-time high, the emotional rollercoaster continues long after the shock diminishes. Wit... More...

by Mark Gorkin, LICSW With all the uncertainty and stress in our economic-job climate (not to mention natural and man-made disasters), most of us can use a refresher on how to grapple with loss and change, how to have the courage to both persist a... More...

by Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ Do your presentations have headlines? When you’re delivering a presentation, is there one sentence that sums up your presentation and sears it into the minds of your audience? When Steve Jobs announced the l... More...

The hierarchical difference between world views is the root cause of not only bad discussions but of bad conversations and bad dialogues as well. There are of course millions of other reasons, too that may cause bad discussions, including attitude... More...

Recognize This: If you want employees to think like “owners,” give them a reason to care about the business like an owner would. I’ve heard nearly every cliché under the sun for employee: · Team member · Partner · ... More...

Over the last decade, acceptance of the power of employee engagement has been building dramatically, and it is making productive inroads into some of the most unlikely places, where tough guys like factory workers and engineers are discovering the va... More...

Do you wish you could attend more events that would contribute to your knowledge and efficacy as an HR professional, but budgets are too tight to allow for it? Join me for the IHR Rewards & Recognition virtual conference March 30-31. The c... More...

Six day work weeks without availability of overtime pay are a thing of the past. It was the regular schedule on March 25, 1911 when the workers at the Triangle Waist Company were getting ready to end their shift, and week, on a Saturday afternoon. ... More...

Do I Choose Door 1, Door 2, Door 3 or.................? Problem solving and decision making often go hand in hand or are terms that are used interchangeable. What this often means is that some action must be taken to resolve an issue, develop a ne... More...

Deciding to automate your time and attendance system can be a time consuming, as well as costly process. When it is time for your company to begin your implementation process, these are the things you hope to avoid, to ensure you are getting the quic... More...

If you’ve worked longer than a day in your life you most likely know the value of quality training. Whether you HAD the quality training and felt confident and content in your working environment, or you WISH you had it and were mostly dissatisfied w... More...

Studies show that your company can save up to 2-5% of your annual payroll costs by automating your Time and Attendance system. Whether you are a small or large company, this could save you thousands or even billions of dollars a year. So you alway... More...

Don’t be deceived by the oh-so-innocent look on their face. Some of your employees may be guilty of having participated in what is commonly known as “ Buddy Punching .” What is buddy punching? Buddy punching occurs when an employee is "punc... More...

The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency - Eugene McCarthy First of all, what is the Selection Criteria process? Selection criteria (alternately: listed job requirements) is a formal process for positions within... More...

Retirement Preparedness: Move Toward Retirement Not “Away” from Working by Nancy L. Anderson, CFP Retirement is not simply ceasing to work but rather a step toward something – a whole new phase in life. Many people don’t realize that until it ... More...

Benefits Communication: Understanding Retiree Medical and Medicare Coverage by Linda Roberson, CFP, CEBS Over the past few weeks, I’ve been on a roadshow of workshops across the country, talking to groups of pre-retirees about health insurance ... More...

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10 Ways to Strengthen Referral Relationships

Thank You for Being Irritating

“Reminders for Getting Along with (Almost) Everyone” part III

Unprecedented Vendor/Solution Churn Expected in Talent Management Systems Market

WHAT ISN’T WORKING WITH CURRENT APPROACHES

Teamwork-What Is Missing?

Social Networking and the Development of the New Candidate Search Process

'What About Creativity?'

Social Networking and the Development of the New Candidate Search Process

Immigration in the Wake of Disaster

The Stress Doc's Stages of Grief - Discovering Purpose and Possibility in Trying Times

Employee Surveys: Why Your Presentation Needs a Headline

anatomy of bad discussions

How to Stop Talking AT Your Employees

Employee Engagement: The Bombardier Case Study

Free Recognition & Rewards Virtual Trade Show * March 30-31, 2011

Flames That Fanned Workplace Reform

Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making

How to Keep your Time and Attendance Software Implementation from Exceeding Budget

The Importance of Quality Training

How does Automating your Time and Attendance Save you Money?

Punch Buddy! No Punch Back.

Why Do We Still Utilise the Selection Criteria (aka KSA) Process in 2011?

Retirement Preparedness: Move Toward Retirement Not “Away” from Working

Benefits Communications: Understanding Retiree Medical and Medicare Coverage