Blogs / 2011 / September

News

	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

Error: No such template "/hrDesign/network_profileHeader"!

Blogs / 2011 / September

The potential benefits of a project management office (PMO) are numerous and well-documented. However, many of the benefits never materialize. Take a look at PMOs over the years and you will see that many have restructured, dissolved, or constantly h... More...

Recognize This! – Appreciative Inquiry is a powerful management practice. Strategic Recognition is an effective methodology for implementing it. Why am I so passionate about strategic employee recognition? It’s simply this – I care very deeply a... More...

Written by Lori Waxman, Esq. Consultant • New York / Tri-State Area Employment Practices Solutions, Inc. lwaxman@EPSpros.com The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued its final regulations implementing the ADA Ame... More...

www.electronici9.com [Editor's note: today's blog is courtesy of Gary Endelman, Senior Associate at Fong & Associates LLP ]. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Sometimes you have to know when to stop. Tha... More...

President Barack Obama recently revealed his American Jobs Act before Congress, that he says is designed to boost employment to get Americans working again. In his 45-minute speech outlining this $447bn plan, Obama said the bulk of the cost of the... More...

If you have read our latest blog posts you are already aware about the rise of the free agent workstyle trend and what you need to know about Free Agent workers. Now it is time to switch the spotlight and take a look on what organizations need... More...

For everyone who wants to find out about the cost of conducting employee background checks. The cost of the employee background verification depends primarily on: • Types of the checks selected • Number of each such check • Vendor selected F... More...

According to the forecasting firm Fast Future, in the year 2031 the world of work will be vastly different from the way it is now. Here are some of their predictions. Bank tellers, airport check-in agents, and subway drivers will disappear, and on... More...

When an executive leaves after one year, it’s a failure. In this case the official version is that Angelika Dammann left for personal reasons due to increasing criticism about her use of the company jet for personal reasons (to fly home to Hamb... More...

For ages experts and laymen have been analyzing and trying to crack the code of handwriting characteristics, in order to detect an individual's personality traits, or in most cases, gauge their innocence in the case of a crime. Researchers are now di... More...

It is so important for managers to be well on top of their staff developing and training, to keep up with the demands of today’s traveler and not to be beaten by the competition. We all know that it is the people who make the difference! Was the gues... More...

One of the most essential aspects of a pre-employment background check is identifying criminal offenses. Applicants may be reluctant to admit to warrants, misdemeanors, felonies or other charges on their personal record. A thorough screening uncove... More...

Picking good sales talent, from the start, is possible. In consulting with businesses, I am often asked this type of question. Handwriting gives unbiased insight into our innate skill sets. It also gives information on what might ... More...

Recognize This! – We bring our work day home with us. Why not make the day good? Are you stressed at work? Think you can leave that stress at the office? If so, you’re rare, indeed. BNet recently reported: “ New research from Bayl... More...

What has been the impact of technology in today’s business world? Technology has proven to be the best fit for any rather every business to achieve better profits and conserve various resources. Software applications are flooding into every market t... More...

Only kidding about the bored part. Monster.com and CareerBuilder were revolutionary 10 years ago, although how these job boards are used today is different from their initial use. Some recruiters have discounted the effectiveness of the major job ... More...

Written by Nicole Harvat Armstrong, Esq. Consultant • San Francisco, CA Employment Practices Solutions, Inc. narmstrong@EPSpros.com What should you do when you realize your boss is standing in the way of your professional happiness?... More...

Recognize This! – Waiting to recognize just the “big things” can make you miss out on more than just an opportunity to say “thanks.” Wally Bock is a fellow management and leadership blogger who never fails to inspire me. Last week he wrote... More...

Here is a copy of the Release from Office of the Press Secretary, The White House on September 08, 2011. Fact Sheet: The American Jobs Act THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT 1. Tax Cuts to Help America's Small Businesses Hire and Grow Cuttin... More...

Welcome! Albert Camus said, “Great ideas come into the world as gently as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear amid the uproar of empires and nations a faint flutter of wings, the gentle stirring of life and hope.” What... More...

September 14, 2011 – "For most professionals who must hire, manage, or supervise employees, keeping up with all the latest changes in employment law can seem like a full-time job in itself. They already have enough duties on their plate and would w... More...

We're a time and attendance software developer that integrates time clocks from many manufacturers. As such, we've tested just about every new (and old) time clock model that's out there. We know which technologies work best in each situation... More...

Do you sit and wait for your buyer's to close? They need your solution. They like you. They are OK with the price. What's going on? Here are the 'Dirty Little Secrets' of why buyers don't buy, taken from my book of the same name: 1. Sales f... More...

by Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ Shirking is one of the most destructive conversations a manager can have with employees. What is shirking? It’s a conversation in which a manager is SUPPOSED to give some constructive feedback to an employee... More...

Dear Joan: Could you write an article about how "micromanaging" does not make people work better? In fact, it makes them feel like they can't do a good job-- when that is not the case. I want to say, "I wonder what would happen if you would ju... More...

Tags

News

Unlocking PMO Profitability

Get More of What You Want with Employee Recognition

EEOC’s FINAL ADAAA Regulations: What Do They Mean for Employers?

Sometimes You Can Go Too Far: How to Avoid Citizenship Status Documentation And Document Abuse

Obama's Job Plan—Help or Hindrance?

7 ways to capitalize on the free agent workstyle trend (Take 1)

How much does Employee Background Verification cost?

Back to the Future 2031

VP of HR at SAP leaves after 1 year

Non-discriminatory Assessing of Integrity of Job Applicants

Managing with a human touch

Understanding the Differences Between a Nationwide Criminal Database and a County Criminal Court Search

Handwriting (Crystallized Gesture) Comparison: Who is better at sales?

How to Stop Work Stress from Coming Home with You

Technology buzz.. - HCM Software

Job Boards – more like Job boreds?

THE BAD BOSS: Causes and Solutions

3 Reasons to Appreciate the “Little Things” at Work

THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT

Welcome to Listening!

New Employer's Guide Clarifies Tennessee's Complex Employment Issues

Free Impartial Time Clock Buying Guide

12 Dirty Little Secrets: why buyers don’t buy

Shirking (aka "I love you, but everyone else hates you")

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: Micromanaging kills incentive