Blogs / 2012 / October

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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 / October

I’ve just done a Google.com search to update my long-held recognition of one of our biggest areas of unrelenting business weakness. Typing in the words “no stone unturned”, which is a reassuring way of someone claiming energetic action for something ... More...

Under certain circumstances in the USA, your company may not be responsible for paying workers compensation (WC) benefits to an employee who was injured on the job. These special circumstances vary from state to state, but generally these ... More...

United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, October 16 - 2012 at 10:25 Source: AMEInfo.com Lumesse, Europe's leading provider of integrated Talent Management solutions, is pleased to announce a partnership with SquareOne Technologies, a leading provider of nic... More...

The STEM shortage (the deficit of science, technology, engineering, and mathematical talent) has been a reoccurring topic in my blog posts . Recently, I had the opportunity to guest blog about STEM talent on the website of Kelly Outsourcing & C... More...

Collaborative Leadership I recently consulted with a San Francisco Bay Area financial institution who wanted to create a succession plan for their retiring CEO. We created a Competency Model for the CEO position, and I presented it to the compa... More...

The Advantages of Prepaid Legal Services If a legal issue suddenly arose, many people wouldn't know the next step to take, where to find an attorney or how they would pay for the legal services provided to them. Having access to prepaid legal servi... More...

With the current talent pool overloaded, the biggest reason companies are complaining about being unable to find good talent is because they do not know what the job requires. If you don't know what the job requires how will you know when you f... More...

The web hosting service providers have revolutionized the virtual business space with the cheap and quality hosting services that touch the lives of the customers. With change in time and spread of the internet, there is a sea change in the busin... More...

by Eddy Parham, SPHR I was out running recently and spied a business shingle hanging below a mailbox, which was located close to the road. The shingle read “CB Repairs”. Now granted I currently live in a small town; however, even in this town I ... More...

No matter how much a company praises the corporate volunteering efforts of its employees, it can seem like so much hot air without making a commitment of its own. A photo-op or feature in a company newsletter is one thing, but with the growing import... More...

When one thinks of web hosting services, the cloud hosting comes first to mind for its advantages over the others such as flexibility, scalability and reliability besides the crucial pricing. In cloud hosting, the resources for hosting websites are ... More...

All kinds of web hosting servers use the Microsoft Windows operating software or the Linux operating software as the base to run the hosting related applications and software. Without it, nothing would function at all. These two always come up as the... More...

October 11, 2012 - London, Rotterdam, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore. Finally, a fact-based benchmark for social recruitment. Maximum, the ground-breaking employer marketing and branding agency, has just launched a revolutionary new digital t... More...

There’s a quick and easy fix any company can do to improve the quality of their accident investigatons. I’ve seen this simple technique dramatically improve the accidents records at three companies. Is this a magic pill that will turn aro... More...

A recent survey found that 53 percent of workers believe that switching employers is vital to the advancement of their career. Less than one third (31%) of respondents believe that company loyalty will pay off and doubt that their career will b... More...

PHILADELPHIA, October 16, 2012 – Another sign of the high pressure being placed upon today’s workforce is that only one-in-five employees take an actual lunch break, according to a new survey by Right Management, the talent and career management expe... More...

• Include Team in Direction of Your Company This includes a part in the strategic planning phase, writing goals and objectives and the implementation of the goals with a specific timeline. Let your team help determine the timelines and rewards f... More...

ARLINGTON, VA, October 15, 2012 – Of 20 performance-related behaviors, managers and supervisors were highly rated on ethical behavior and professionalism, but somewhat lower at motivating employees in times of adversity, according to a survey by mana... More...

Recognize This! – Employees respond poorly to fear, hindering success for everyone. Positively counteract fear to get everyone back on the right path. In a not-so-shocking headline, Forbes recently proclaimed “Job Ax Fears Can Mess with Emplo... More...

Kansas City, Kan.— As economic conditions continue to slowly improve and companies are once again beginning to hire new employees to rebuild their workforce, employers across the country are looking for ways to attract and retain employees without re... More...

October 15, 2012 I had skipped this important potential cost-saving issue to focus on SEC and other developments for proxy season. However, I have begun to see notes and articles on it in other sources, so I decided to address it for readers. (Se... More...

This is a rant disguised as a thoughtful essay. However, before spewing, (hopefully without making an ash of myself) let me provide some background data. Contemplation will follow ventilation, i.e., some meaningful and supportive ideas regarding the ... More...

written by Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ Most leaders assume that middle performers are already doing the best they can, and so dismiss taking any action to improve their performance. Middle performers, in turn, internalize this assumptio... More...

Many of us feel that each new role we land will mean an upward step on the career ladder; we're clearly focused on improving our employment prospects, and we feel confident that we can do so. For most of us, the next step will be into a position that... More...

written by Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ Performance reviews are meant to help your employees perform better on the job. Pretty simple, right? Except that a recent Leadership IQ survey of over 48,000 CEOs, managers and employees showed th... More...

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Huge number of unlearned lessons highlights an unaddressed area of productivity shortfall that is ripe for improvement.

You May Not Have to Pay WC Insurance Benefits If …

Lumesse partners with SquareOne in Middle East

STEM Deprived? More Help for STEM Employers

Collaborative Leadership Worth Following

The Advantages of Prepaid Legal Services

Recruiting starts with defining the job not the candidate.

Web Hosting Service Provider is the Backbone of the Online Business

CB Repairs and the Waves of Change

Is Your Company Doubling Down on its Employee Volunteers?

Cloud Hosting is one of the High Placed Hosting Service like the Cloud in the Sky.

Why Linux Web Hosting?

Maximum Employment Marketing Group launches the world’s first online measurement tool for social recruitment.

A Proven Way To Improve Your Accident Investigations!

More Than Half of all Workers Believe Switching Employers is the Key to Career Advancement

Just One-In-Five Employees Take Actual Lunch Break

A Leaders Guidelines for Empowering Teams

Managers Rated High on Ethics, Professionalism

3 Ways to Counteract Fear in the Workplace

Hospitality Employers Seek Ways to Create a Flexible Work Environment

Federal Appellate Court Rules that SUB Payments are not “Wages” for FICA Tax Purposes

Adding Insult to Injury: When a Type A-Driven Company Shuts Down Workplace Grief – Part I

Motivating Middle Performers (aka "The 70%")

What's Happening to the Other 30%?

How To Turn Performance Reviews Around