Blogs / 2013 / January

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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 / 2013 / January

Portland, Oregon – January 18, 2013 – Trupp HR, Inc., a human resources solutions company, announced today, the debut of their new recruitment services, designed to simplify the process of finding top talent for small to mid-sized businesses. Trupp H... More...

Do you ever wonder what other people think of you? One of my greatest sayings is “People tell you who they are” This is so true in day to day interactions. If you are irritated, impatient, or just downright fed up, you are telling people who... More...

Read the full post on the SharedHR blog . It has always been an HR truism that little hiring activity occurs in late summer and around the holidays. Our client experience tends to prove this out. Most hiring decisions are made by consensus after... More...

Wow! 2012 was an amazing year, and now that the world is not coming to an end (I guess the Mayans didn’t have BigData) I am super excited to see what 2013 has in store. I personally grew with great strides in 2012 for a couple of reasons. One o... More...

"Annual Review", there...I said it! No other phrase within the business world congers such demons or causes such drastic emotional and physical negative reactions from people. This process has so broadly been abused over the years and so much h... More...

Life is hard, life + work is really hard and life + work + crazy world is really, really hard! :D It's been pretty easy to witness that, no matter how much you focus on a great culture and an engaged workforces, at some point things are going to g... More...

When we first created SPARCET (our free recognition app), it was a means to replace our manual process of giving out a SPARC ticket to recognize someone for going above and beyond. It's where the name comes from, SPARC (as in ignite something)... More...

I have noticed a pretty good misconception, especially from individuals on fast tracks to the leadership levels about power at the next level. The belief that making decisions and implementing new strategies is easier the higher you get. That a... More...

Last week I attended SHRM 2012, and it is truly amazing how vast the HR industry is. The show floor could have given even the best Las Vegas casino a run for its money with the amount of glitz, glamour and bling. The highlight of the show... fo... More...

SPARC is launching two new products on June 23rd at SHRM 2012 (stop by and see us!). SPARC is fundamentally changing the game and working to solve two of the biggest problems facing companies today; hiring the right people and employee engagement. ... More...

Hello Reader, I hope all is well! :D For the last 5 years of my life every time I have created a new email I have started it with that or some type of custom greeting. I literally mean every (E-V-E-R-Y) time, it doesn't matter who you are, a... More...

I'm a big quote guy... historic quotes are often nuggets of gold that summarizes an entire lifetime of wisdom into a handful of points and sentences. I have read lots and lots of quotes over the years and have adopted a few into my own thoughts... it... More...

...some quick points 1) SPARC Launches Free Employee Recognition App Sparcet™. 2) I got some good press this week and I think it gives some interesting insights that relate back to this blog. Smith preaches creative culture. 3) I feel like my t... More...

... quick note off topic. I've had some good feedback on the blog... thank you! :D So, in 2012 I'm going to expand it a bit. I am going to start tweeting ... my first one, today's is a good one... follow me on twitter @BreaknEquations. Now f... More...

To date, I have always viewed "Triple Wins", in the perspective of two or more people (entities), as equations where 1+1=3 or greater. It had never occurred to me that this same type of situation could exist as a solo condition, where 1+0=2 or ... More...

As promised this posting will be about our Annual Review Process or ARP as we like to call it. I am proud of our ARP, several of us worked on it very, very hard and I believe it is the first one I have ever worked with that adds real deep down ... More...

Within the last 30 days I have been exposed to enormous amounts of Break the Equation and Triple Win situations… and while I am dying to go into them… I feel Iike I still need to give some more insight into what exactly these things (Triple Wins) loo... More...

I have heard people call me an eternal optimist. Maybe because I always rephrase things as “Opportunities”… an 'opportunity for improvement' (an error), an 'opportunity for learning' (something that didn’t work), or just a plain opportunity (so... More...

In today's competitive environment, every dollar counts and organizations cannot afford to remain ignorant about true project costs. Fortunately, there are a few formulas that help you track and analyze project cost and to estimate projects with inc... More...

We were curious about the top violation complaints the Kentucky Labor Cabinet investigates to better advise our readers on how to avoid those sticky situations (and fines). So we went straight to the source! The team from Integrity HR sat... More...

In today’s digital world telecommuting is becoming more of a common practice. Increased productivity, a “greener” business approach, time and funds saved from a commute are just a few of the benefits. Still, as the leader of the group there a... More...

As part of a package to avoid the dreaded Fiscal Cliff, Congress chose not to extend the “payroll tax holiday,” effectively decreasing employees’ paychecks by 2 percent. Could this change create your own “fiscal cliff” by causing employees to depart... More...

Recognize This! – The insights of the many are nearly always more knowledgeable and accurate than the insights of one. The annual performance review is broken. We all know this. I’ve written about the reasons why (too infrequent, given from o... More...

If you’ve seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off you know that just because someone calls in sick does not mean he or she actually is ill. Employers often demand documentation to justify absences due to sickness, but asking for too much information can be un... More...

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Trupp HR adds Q-Recruiter and Pro-Recruiter talent placement services for small to mid-sized companies

7 Simple Ways To Be a Positive Influence As A Leader

10 Ridiculous Interviewing Questions

2 + 10, 12 Big Learnings of 2012

Annual Review...or Something Else

2 Secret Ingredients to a Better Workplace

9 Reasons You Need a Recognition App (Like SPARCET)

The 4 Steps to Enthusiastic Agreement

Jim Collins "Life Is...??" and CV #1

SPARC Launches Two New Products From the Engagement Effect

The First 7 Words, Always

Wrong is the New Right

Recognition

Time NOT to Measure

Triple Win of One

Annual Review Process, or, ARP

In the Journey...

Intro to Break The Equation

2 + 10, 12 Big Learnings of 2012

Effective Key Performance Indicators for Project Cost Estimation and Analysis

Top 10 Violations Investigated By The Kentucky Labor Cabinet (And How To Avoid Them!)

Overcoming the 3 Fears of Telecommuting

How to Avoid Your Company's Own Fiscal Cliff

Is the Wisdom of Crowds Really All that Wise? (Especially in Performance Management)

Are Your Inquiries into Justification for Sick Leave Legal?