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

Scenario: An employee of a home health organization falls while attending to a patient and fractures her elbow. Although nothing was put in writing from the employer or the doctors, our company paid for doctors visits and physical therapy... More...

Recognize This: A little careful pruning and nurturing goes a long way in managing your company culture. I'm thrilled to appear on the cover of the March/April 2011 issue of Engagement Strategies Magazine . In the Q&A-style article, " A... More...

I am often asked how to manage organizational change when the change is mandated. The short answer is that change cannot be mandated. You may be thinking, oh yes it can, it happens all the time in my organization. But let’s take a closer look at ... More...

Staffing professionals need more than great staffing software to help them do their jobs. They need to know what other tools are out there and how they can be used for top-notch recruitment. I recently learned about Quora, a social networking... More...

As is the case with many companies in the retail industry, because of a subpar hiring process, a large retailer was experiencing many business disruptions associated with the hiring of less than desirable employees. Employee theft was up, as were cu... More...

An official announcement from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) was released Monday stating that H-1B petitions for fiscal year (FY) 2012 will be accepted starting April 1, 2011. Cases are accepted on a first come ... More...

In a recently blog post, I spoke about the importance of employee engagement and how a lack thereof can snowball into serious financial losses for an organization (or serious opportunity costs - depending on how you want to look at it). Again, emp... More...

A Study of Employee Engagement in the Canadian Workplace Written by Shawn Bakker Employee engagement is best described by its results. Engaged employees demonstrate higher levels of performance, commitment and loyalty. Disengaged employees ... More...

Psychometrics Canada, a leading assessment publisher and consultant for the development and selection of people in business, government and education, today announced the results of its study of employee engagement in the Canadian workplace. The vast... More...

This week we launched our first study into gender diversity in the UK financial services sector - Past perspectives; future change : a study into the experiences of senior women in financial services. Despite it being an incredible amount of wor... More...

By Patricia Sigmon Adapted from her new book, "Six Steps to Creating Profit" How often have you spent an entire business week working to "make payroll" without a single moment's thought about your bottom line? You're not alone. With credit cr... More...

I’ve recently been thinking about the long-term effectiveness of job boards like Monster and TheLadders. I am impressed with the way these two job boards have grown to dominate their marketplace. It took a lot of ingenuity, hard work, and marketin... More...

 Many people find that there is not enough time in the day to get everything accomplished. How is it possible that there are some people out there who can handle a full time job, family, friends, and exercise? It all really comes down to time managem... More...

Social comparison, one of the psychological factors that limit the effectiveness of compensation schemes as a performance reward, apparently also has a salutary effect in improving employee productivity if it is revealed how individuals rank vi... More...

Do you run a business in North Dakota? Are you looking for an inexpensive and low-hassle payroll software to help you with your payroll needs? Patriot Software now offers a great payroll software option to North Dakota businesses. Patriot PAY ... More...

How many times has this happened in your organization? A sudden change in your market (or as often happens these days, a sudden change in the world outside your industry) dictates a major mid-course correction to the strategic plan. So you gather... More...

Organizations must possess both formal and informal learning structures to adapt and thrive, and safety debriefing skills learned from a qualified consulting firm is just such a structure that is a necessity in any rapidly changing environment. Anyon... More...

Recognize This: Putting limits on employee recognition only limits potential impact on employee engagement , productivity, performance and retention. Adding to my thoughts on appreciation tips that have been tweeted to #appreciationtip (a... More...

Worried about poaching? You better be. We are about to enter a new era in the “battle for talent” where the best employees are vulnerable to competitive poaching. Just a few years ago—when the economy was humming—firms on growth trajectories ... More...

One guy says Zuckerberg is totally wrong about identity (for whatever reason); then tons of other guys say: how could he be wrong with $75B (or whatever it maybe at this time) valuation?…or: I wish I could be so wrong, etc. This pattern is pervasi... More...

To inform members working in human capital management, APQC reviewed recent CEO surveys and identified six top CEO priorities (in no particular order) for 2011: Growing the business— CEOs are optimistic that 2011 will be the year for revenue gr... More...

Ignorance of the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is no excuse and can be costly. Just ask First Student Bus Company and its sister company First Transit. A federal judge recently gave a preliminary approval on a $5.9 million sett... More...

What HR Can Learn From American Idol: A Personal Account of the Most Brutal (and Effective) Interview Process I Ever Went Through by Linda Robertson, CFP, CEBS Senior Resident Financial Planner with Financial Finesse , Inc. The other day, aft... More...

BlueVolt (www.BlueVolt.com), the leading provider of online Learning Management Systems (LMS) for the manufacturing, construction and service industries, has partnered with Westinghouse Lighting to launch the new Westinghouse Lighting Academy. Th... More...

Recognize This: Regular chats with employees are a form of appreciation. For the last couple of weeks, I've been asking you to tweet your tips for employee appreciation to #appreciationtip. Doing so enters you to win an eBook copy of Winn... More...

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News

Legal Responsibility of Employer when an employee is injured from a fall.

Pruning Your Culture Tree

Managing Mandated Change

Can Quora Help Staffing Professionals?

Retail Company Avoids Non-compliance through Pre-employment Screening

H-1B Petitions for FY 2012 to be Accepted on April 1, 2011

The Do’s and Don’ts of Executing Engagement Surveys: Part 1: DO

Control, Opportunity & Leadership

Employee Engagement: Who’s Responsible?

New study: Just how do women get into the boardroom?

Six Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line

Job Boards Are Still Alive?

Why Exercise is so Important to your Workplace Health

Performance Reviews: Frequent is better - and some public sharing can help

Online Payroll Service for North Dakota Businesses

Who’s In Charge Here Anyway?

The Benefit of Safety Debriefing - Developing a Culture of Learning through Lessons Learned

Limiting Employee Recognition Only Limits Potential Improvement

Worried about poaching? You better be

Don't mess with the herd!

Talent is a Top CEO Priority for 2011

Background Checks, FCRA Requirements and Multi Million Dollar Penalties

What HR Can Learn From American Idol: A Personal Account of the Most Brutal (and Effective) Interview Process I Ever Went Through

BlueVolt and Westinghouse Lighting Launch Online Lighting Academy

Your Appreciation Tips: Regular Chats = Employee Appreciation