Blogs / 2011 / June

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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 / June

News Release OFCCP News Release: [06/06/2011] Contact Name: Joanna Hawkins or Leni Uddyback-Fortson Phone Number: (215) 861-5101 or x5102 Release Number: 11-0829-PHI Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca agrees to pay $250,000 to sett... More...

A qualified plan can help you keep more of what you earn. One of the most important – and popular – methods to recruit and retain quality employees and reduce business income taxes is the establishment of a qualified retirement plan. Tax-ded... More...

Have you heard? "NO UNEMPLOYED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED AT ALL." The Huffington Post reported this capitalized quote from an actual job ad. This is not an isolated case. Time Magazine , CNNMoney , other newspapers and blogs across the... More...

As a manager it can be really hard to maintain the delicate balance between being friendly and being a push over. It can also be difficult to remain authoritative why not looking like a total jerk. So what can you do to ensure that you mainta... More...

By Juli Morris on June 9, 2011 in Recruiters, Staffing Industry. Although the pace of US job growth appears to be slowing for most sectors, hiring demand for recruiters by corporate HR departments and staffing agencies has boomed this year, up 6... More...

Being unemployed can be an incredibly disheartening experience. The average job search takes a lot longer than it used to. Many Americans have thrown in the towel after searching for a few months with no avail. There are ways to maintain your posi... More...

Recognize This! – Managers and leadership can only influence so much. Our own attitude is up to us. As if the discussion over engaged employees vs. satisfied employees wasn’t confusing enough, now let’s toss in happy employees. An artic... More...

By Juli Morris on June 10, 2011 in Health Care, Staffing Industry. Employers and staffing agencies posted more than 121,000 new job ads for Registered Nurses in May, up 46% from May 2010. About 10% of that growth, or 12,700, were ads placed for ... More...

By Juli Morris on June 13, 2011 in Computer/Math/IT. Amid continuing coverage of the tech hiring wars and the IT talent shortage in Silicon Valley and New York City, Silicon Valley employers and staffing agencies posted over 30,000 online job ... More...

www.electronici9.com [Editor's Note: today's blog is courtesy of Dawn Lurie and Kevin Lashus of Greenberg Traurig] It was noticeably cooler in Washington this week as House Republicans sent a chill out to U.S. employers with Congressm... More...

Many of us have experienced frustration with paper and spreadsheet payroll systems. Such systems are outdated and inefficient, and the work associated with maintaining them is tedious and time-consuming. As we look around us at all of the technolog... More...

These are not exactly the words to a song but should have a familiar ring to all of us as schools are nearing break, summer has arrived and most of us are planning vacations or at least time off to escape to cooler get-away places. Employees have bee... More...

Positive Emotions Ignite Innovation I was recently working with one of my San Francisco Bay Area executive coaching clients – the president of a mid-sized company. We discussed how to ignite innovation by inspiring people to think and act positi... More...

Defining attendance issues and options that can be automated Once a company has dealt with planning attendance and absenteeism, they must face the reality of what actually takes place. By reporting absenteeism on a day to day basis with a time a... More...

Evaskills is an online assessment platform, that addresses a growing need for reliable personal skills assessment tools in the economy today. Thanks to our c.a. 1.5 million assessments strong database, we provide calibrated and scientifically va... More...

In 2003, the Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA) issued regulations governing offshore companies. In 2006, RAK Free Zone issued International Business Companies Regulations and the RAK Investment Authority (RAKIA) launched the International Bu... More...

The Labor Department has introduced a new smartphone app, compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch, called the DOL Timesheet that allows workers to track the hours they work and determine the wages they are owed. The app, available in English and Sp... More...

While growing up, I was told that when you join the military you get to learn everything. For example, if you don't know how to drive, they teach you how to drive. But just because you get to "be all you can be" doesn't mean that you are qualified to... More...

The world moves at a fast pace especially when it comes to technology, in this case recruiting technology. But the savvy recruiter needs to stay abreast of the changes. Technology itself is only a tool that enables solutions, and it is easy to fall f... More...

How can you become your own talent scout? You're always looking for that right candidate - you post job ads, connect on LinkedIn, etc., but you find yourself coming up empty. You are just not finding the talent you want, that candidate that displays ... More...

Salespeople have known it for years. People buy on emotion and then justify their decision with facts and logic. That’s why the best salespeople always lead with an emotional “hook” before presenting the facts and features about their product or... More...

Recently I wrote about the dangers of relying on conventional wisdom to make critical business decisions. I thought it would be fun to look at some actual examples from over the years. • This “telephone” has too many shortcomings to be seriously c... More...

Safe hiring expert Lester Rosen, an Attorney at Law and President of nationwide background screening provider Employment Screening Resources (ESR) , will present a session titled ‘Legal and Effective Reference Checking and Education ... More...

Recognize This! – “What everybody else is doing” won’t meet your unique business needs. As a child did you, like me, use the ever popular “But everyone else is doing it!” whine to try to convince your parents to let you do whatever foolish th... More...

I just wanted to reach out to anyone to see if you have had any problems with mobile workforce and tracking them for tax purposes or any overtime issues. We are doing a research project and trying to identify if we will run into any problems if... More...

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AstraZeneca agrees to pay $250,000 to settle sex discrimination lawsuite brough by OFCCP

A qualified retirement plan can reduce the taxes a business pay?

Discrimination of the Unemployed

Balancing Your Attitude As The Boss

Demand for Recruiters up 64% in 2011

When the Going Gets Tough... Be Patient

Happy vs. Satisfied vs. Engaged Employees

Nursing Shortage Continues, With Demand for RNs up 53% in 2011

Silicon Valley Hiring Demand at Post-Recession High Amid War for Tech Talent

Just When You Were Ready for Summer, ICE Sends a Chill Through the Nation

How to Simplify Payroll Processing with Timesheet Software in Three Easy Steps

FUN, FUN, FUN ‘TIL VACATIONS TAKE MY EMPLOYEES AWAY

How Positive Emotions Ignite Innovation

How to Effectively Montior Absenteeism

Evaskills: Your Online Assessment Partner!

Benefits of Setting up Offshore Company in UAE – Morison Menon

New App Lets Employees Track Their Own Hours

Job Training May Become Mandatory for War Veterans

Are you Behind in Recruitment Technology?

How to Hire Top Talent

Want to influence others? Stop being so rational!

Protect yourself from the dangers of conventional wisdom!

Safe Hiring Expert Lester Rosen to Teach Effective Reference Checking at 2011 SHRM Annual Conference on June 29

Having the Courage to Do What’s Uniquely Right for Your Business

Taxation of Mobile Employees