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

When is it worth the risk to bring on a new full-time employee? This is a hard decision many agency owners and business leaders face. Previously, when there was additional work that needed to be completed, the default was to hire a full-time employee... More...

Immigration Update© January 11, 2013 H-1B FILING SEASON APPROACHES - USCIS TO ACCEPT NEW H-1B PETITIONS ON APRIL 1, 2013 U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) will start accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (F... More...

Thanks to the Internet and plenty of online resources, your next investment property may be just a click away. I'm not suggesting that you should invest in properties in other states or other countries. If you're just beginning, keep it simple and i... More...

Recognize This! – There is tremendous power in recognition, acknowledgment and appreciation, if you give it properly and accept it properly. I just watched a terrific TedX video I need to share with you. Given by Christopher Littlefield , fo... More...

Are you looking to implement a wellness program at your business? If so, having the support of upper-level management can be a tremendous asset. However, some HR Managers and Directors have found themselves in situations where they do not have sup... More...

Do you sometimes just feel stuck, frustrated or weary of the effort of trying to change either yourself or others? . One of the traits of a great leader is open-mindedness. What follows is a simple technique to help you to practice your open... More...

Adaptive Planning, the worldwide leader in cloud-based corporate performance management software (CPM) and business intelligence (BI) solutions for companies and non-profits of all sizes, has expanded its international presence with the lau... More...

One of the biggest challenges facing organizations today is not the creation and maintenance of the employee handbook, but how to ensure employees read and acknowledge / agree to it. Traditionally this has been achieved by creating a glossy brochure ... More...

There is a growing contingent workforce that is filled with professionals with high end skills. Most of these professionals have worked in corporate or government environments, are familiar with the demands of HR Operations, deadlines, projects, and... More...

When managers become de facto compensation officers, productivity explodes. Of course not every CEO is on board. So managers sometimes have to go out on a limb and appoint themselves to the compensation team, if you know what I mean. But you don’t al... More...

This week we return to the subject of restrictive covenants in employment agreements, and to discuss actual cases that decided the question of enforceability. We already know that laws regarding non-competes vary from state to state. We also know tha... More...

by Lori Turner-Wilson, Guerilla Marketing Whether you call it sales, business development or fundraising, bringing in new customers or donors is essential to your organization’s growth. After all, “nothing happens until a sale is made,” as the l... More...

by John Brandon, Inc.com Business trips can be great networking opportunities. But when I travel for work, I wind up spending most of my downtime alone. Recently, I tested two new services, Startup Stay and Here on Biz, created to help road warr... More...

Did you know that January 11 is National Thank You Day, and March 1st is Employee Appreciation Day? How about July 22 – National Ratcatcher’s Day?...yes, they deserve recognition too! Terryberry’s new 2013 Recognition Calendar is now ava... More...

Google is known for grilling candidates with brain-teaser questions like, "How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?" or "Why are manhole covers round?" during job interviews. These questions have no correct answers; the point is to test a can... More...

A Q&A with CEO Mark Murphy Q: Leadership IQ’s research into the effectiveness of performance reviews produced some pretty discouraging results. What are the exact numbers? MM: We did a study of a little over 48,000 people and on... More...

A Q&A with CEO Mark Murphy Q: You cite a Harvard Business School study that found 70% of change efforts fail. Were these big or small changes? MM: The study wasn’t specific to big, mammoth change efforts like reinventing a busin... More...

We are happy to announce our innovative new product for university recruiters. University recruiting involves time consuming process of weeding out resumes to find the best talent and sometime unfit hires can prove costly to the bottom line. Using ou... More...

Recognize This! – Rules for happy employees only work when leadership is willing to commit for it. My timing seems to be a bit off. FirstI wrote about 4 steps to happiness at work , and then I saw Fast Company came out with an article on ju... More...

Recognize This! – We can choose to be happier (and more engaged) at work. These steps help. Are you a happy person, generally? Do you tend to have an optimistic, “glass is half full” demeanor and approach to life? If so, does that tend to carry... More...

Authors: Ilyse Schuman and David Weiner Full implementation of healthcare reform under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is less than a year away. The most important aspect of the new system for employers is the "employer shared responsibility" or... More...

Authors: William Balke and Philip Gordon On December 28, 2012, Michigan joined California,1 Illinois,2 and Maryland3 in enacting a social media password protection law when Governor Rick Snyder signed the "Internet Privacy Protection Act" (IPP... More...

Authors: Ilyse Schuman and Michael Lotito On December 21, 2012, federal agencies released their long-awaited unified agendas and regulatory plans for 2012. Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, federal agencies are required to publish semi-ann... More...

Authors: Tracy Stott Pyles As the calendar year ends, so does National Labor Relations Board Member Brian Hayes' term, prompting a series of decisions, including Piedmont Gardens, 359 NLRB No. 46 (Dec. 15, 2012). There the Board reversed 34 ye... More...

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When You Should Hire Full-Time Staff

H-1B FILING SEASON APPROACHES - USCIS TO ACCEPT NEW H-1B PETITIONS ON APRIL 1, 2013

2 Great Ways To Find Investment Properties

Stop Sabotaging Recognition (TedX Video)

5 Ways to Overcome Opposition to an Employee Wellness Program

Building Open-mindedness as a Leadership Trait

Cloud Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Leader Adaptive Planning Launches New Operation Targeting UK and Irish Markets

How to get staff to read and confirm their employee handbook with SharePoint

Using Free Agent Professionals to Get It Done!

Negotiate with Senior Management for Necessary Resources

Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements: Guarding the Family Jewels, Conclusion

Avoid These Seven Deadly Sales Sins

Tech Trends: New Tools for Networking on the Road

Download the New 2013 Recognition Dates Calendar

Google-Like Interview Questions May Be Costing Employers Their Best Hires

How Can Leaders and Managers Make Performance Reviews More Meaningful?

How Can Leaders Successfully Communicate and Implement Change?

University recruiting through online mentoring

Rule 1 of Employee Engagement: We’re Humans, Not Robots

4 Steps to Happiness at Work

IRS Issues Proposed Rule on ACA Play or Pay Requirements

Michigan's New "Internet Privacy Protection Act" Sets Limitations for Employers and Employees

Workplace Policy Institute: Regulatory Agenda Update

Workplace Policy Institute: Regulatory Agenda Update

As 2012 Ends, So Does the NLRB's Longstanding Bright-Line Rule Protecting Witness Statements from Disclosure