Blogs / 2012 / May

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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 / 2012 / May

By Marcia Eager, LCSW, CEAP Solutions EAP Coordinator OK, you made a mistake at work and now you need to decide what to do and how to respond. Most of us have messed up at work at one time or another. What we do about the mistake and ho... More...

Recognize This! – Frequent, consistent communication and positive reinforcement keeps key objectives and core values at front-of-mind for employees. A recent post in the Great Leadership blog on “The Top 5 Mistakes Leaders Make” is my insp... More...

Your appearance is hurting your credibility. People avoid honest feedback (Consider the classic dating break-up line: “It’s not you—it’s me.”) So, consider the anxiety of giving delicate feedback at work, where you can’t walk away (not to ment... More...

Depending on how much press we read, we can come across headlines that follow this pattern on a weakly basis: XYZ has left his post after only x months due to differences of opinion on the strategy of the organization. While we know that in ... More...

Boulder, CO, May 1, 2012 –OptTek Systems, Inc., has been recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor in Human Capital Solution Software for 2012. The report was published by James Holincheck, Thomas Otter and Jeff Freyermuth on April 26, 2012. Companies that... More...

Research Shows Recipients Prefer the Control and Personalization Gift Cards Provide vs. Cash St. Louis – April, 2012 – A new study by the Incentive Gift Card Council (IGCC) and the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) shows that prepaid gift car... More...

Employers – are you ready to pass an ICE I-9 audit? Did you know it can cost you $100 to $1100 in fines per hire? Do you know what ICE expects from you? We’re going to look at steps employers must take to achieve I-9 compliance. ICE ha... More...

Chris Dwyer, Sr Research Analyst with the Aberdeen Group, just published his survey findings in a report titled The Next-Generation Guidebook to Contingent Workforce Management . I had a look and thought his findings were very insightful... More...

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There is a lot that needs to be understood when it comes to finding out where one can get the best of a car insurance policy that they can work with. There are a host of options available, each of which offering users with a host of ways via which t... More...

As more and more people around the world shift their focus on understanding which are the best of ways via which they can get the best car insurance to work for them, there will always be a need which they can ensure for themselves by ensuring a way ... More...

The Upside of Downsizing Done Right By Peter Tingling, PhD, written for HRVoice.org We all know that one of the most important managerial functions is hiring. Who we hire not only has a direct effect on performance but also sends important signal... More...

Predictive Analysis - Fly Safe!! ;-) A statistic professor travels to a conference by plane. When he passes the security check, they discover a bomb in his carry-on-baggage. Of course, he is hauled off immediately for interrogation. "I don't ... More...

Strategies identify “what” needs to change. Project management provides a structure for “how.” Some go so far as to say that “projects are the vehicles of change.” This series explores strategy execution and how change management and project manageme... More...

Anne Fisher recently interviewed Sara Horowitz, the Founder and executive director of the Freelancers' Union. Here is an excerpt from the article. What spurred you to start a union for freelancers? In 2000, I started looking into... More...

GAINESVILLE, FL (May 4, 2012) — WHO: SumTotal Systems, Inc., the global leader in strategic human capital management (HCM) solutions WHAT: Demonstrations on the latest technology advancements in workforce management, payroll, and benefits a... More...

Recognize This! – Join me for interactive sessions with other HR Pros to create your custom strategy and business case for your own winning culture of recognition. Next week I kick-off my 2012 global tour in Dallas, leading interactive work... More...

For US and other employers with a workforce in Canada, this free updated guide is full of details on the pension and benefits that are provided to employees in Canada, including government programs (and their costs). http://bit.ly/IJJqOw More...

The new EEOC Guidance recommends that employers not ask about criminal activity and convictions on employment applications. Inquiries should be limited to questions that are job-related. Some employers ask all applicants about convictions. As n... More...

Communication design seeks to attract, inspire, create desires and motivate the people to respond to messages, with a view to making a favorable impact to the bottom line. Simply put, design in communication is the process of taking information and t... More...

Recognize This! – No company will build the same culture, but every organization should focus intentional effort on building the right culture for them. I’ve been traveling a good deal again lately, which means I’ve had time to dig into my “... More...

The way we search for and find work may have changed dramatically over the past decade or so, but this has brought some big advantages for job-seekers. Here are a few tips to help increase the likelihood that the right job will find you: ... More...

I need to complete a business componet module or map for our HRD - can anyone foroward a sample or direct me to a site. thanks cynthia More...

May, 2012 | by Andrew Bennett A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking on behalf of The Leadership Circle at The Conference Board Executive Coaching Conference in New York City. The Conference Board selected The Leadership Circle because the... More...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Yu5smAdUDuI SmartRecruiters CEO Jerome Ternynck says, "Here is to the entrepreneurs, the business owners, the managers, The people who work hard to build our future in a struggling economy Where others see ... More...

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Mistakes at Work

Constant, Consistent Communication & Recognition Delivers Motivation

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: Four things colleagues won’t tell you

How to (really) hire a CEO

OptTek Named by Leading Analyst Firm as a Cool Vendor in HCM for 2012

Research Shows Recipients Prefer the Control and Personalization Gift Cards Provide vs. Cash

7 Facts About I-9 Compliance and E-verify You Need to Know.

Check out Aberdeen's Contingent Workforce Management Survey Results and compare them to our own IHR findings

Latest DBSquared Newsletter - April-May, 2012

The Best Car Insurance Policy

The Best Car Insurance Policy to Buy

The Upside of Downsizing Done Right -by Peter Tingling

Predictive Analysis - Fly Safe!! ;-)

“What is Project Management, per the Project Management Institute?” (Strategy Execution Methodologies series. Post 2)

Interesting article by Anne Fisher on the Freelancers' Union

SumTotal Expert to Present Latest HCM Technology Trends at APA

Learn How to Build Your Culture of Recognition from the People Who Wrote the Book on It

2012 Guide to Benefits in Canada

Asking job applicants about their criminal past

4 Ways Good Design Gives Your Messages IMPACT

CEOs Speak: How They Built Their Powerful Cultures

How to find the right job

Human Resources Department - Business Component Module

How to Develop a Successful Leadership System

Here's To Those Who Got Jobs