Blogs / 2013 / August

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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 / August

A timely article came accross my email that I wanted to share with you from #Ceridian today entitled "3 ways gamification helps retain talented employees". They point out that employers are facing challenges on how to keep employees engaged... More...

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Companies today are hard at work looking for new ways to keep their employees engaged and motivated. Engagement and motivation are major business challenges today, specifically because there are now four generations in the marketplace, each having di... More...

MANAGING TOXIC ATTITUDE (The story of the Dead Company)* A new Managing Director was hired (from a blue chip corporation) for a company that was not doing particularly well. On the day he resumed, all the existing employees questioned his wis... More...

Social media is the one of the biggest source to find talented candidates. Many recruiter source candidates through x-ray search in Google for social media profiles but you want to spend enormous amount of time to find candidates email addresses... More...

10 Tips to Choose the Right People for your Small Business If you are the owner of a small business, it is obvious that you cannot manage everything on your own. Rather, you would need to hire people to help you manage it. However, if the wrong peo... More...

On August 19, 2013, New Jersey enacted legislation implementing the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act, which penalizes employers who fail to timely respond to requests for information from state unemployment offices. The legislation ... More...

Publication: Bloomberg Businessweek Bloomberg BusinessweekSteven Friedman provides commentary in this article discussing issues surrounding small businesses offering health insurance und... More...

Painkillers in the Workplace: An Epidemic That Must Be Taken Seriously There￢ﾀﾙs a new enemy in the workplace and it's costing employers billions￢ﾀﾔover $1.4 billion in fact. Prescription painkillers. These painkillers not only cost employers money, ... More...

I’m very excited to be presenting at this year’s event! If you’re in the ATL, please join me Saturday, Aug. 31 at 10:00AM. I’ll be at the Marriott Conference Center, Ballroom A. http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/2013/authors/detail.php?id=327 http:/... More...

According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index; Forecast and Methodology, 2012 – 2017, “Globally, consumer Internet video traffic will be 69 percent of all consumer Internet traffic in 2017, up from 57 percent in 2012. The sum of all forms of video (... More...

There are a number of reasons for diagnostic assessments and the application of those assessments – generally all good reasons. Would you fly with an airline that doesn’t perform frequent inspections and tests on their aircraft? Would you expect t... More...

When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) in U.S. v. Windsor, we advised that there would be sweeping implications to employers from everything from benefits enrollment to FMLA entitlements. (See DOMA posts from Ju... More...

As we noted in our post earlier today, the US v Windsor decision mandates changes to a variety of employer policies. We have also noted that the decision may impact enrollment in benefit plans in states where same-sex marriage is recognized. USA Tod... More...

New Employee Benefits website launch. Voluntary Benefits for your FT, PT, Hourly, Seasonal, Temporary & 1099 employees. For more information go to: www.ingramemployeebenefits.com More...

Right now, students everywhere are returning to school with renewed energy and curiosity; however, they’re not the only ones with the opportunity to begin anew. The start of a new season marks the perfect time to think about revitalizing your recruit... More...

"When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps." Proverb So, thinking of going into business with a friend? Those who advise against that do so for good reason. But no matter, you won't be friends once you b... More...

Firing an employee is a task that no manager enjoys, but one that often appears inevitable. Yet it's a proven fact that hiring a replacement employee will cost a great deal more than retaining the one you're firedyou have, if that individual ca... More...

Replacing a low performing employee or hiring for a new or open position can be a daunting task. The time and resources required to make the search produce a long term employee who yields great results can be significant, leaving many human resource ... More...

In our latest podcast, Kim Smith of Xenium HR discusses the importance of employee satisfaction surveys. Find out more on the Xenium Blog page. More...

Upcoming September Events: 'Recognizing & Preventing Harassment' and 'Counseling the Right Way.' Presented by the Human Resources experts at Xenium. More information on the Xenium Events Page. More...

Offering benefits packages that will satisfy each individual employee is no easy task. Perhaps in the past, it was sufficient merely to put together a set of insurance policies and other perks and offer each worker the same amenities, but that strate... More...

This Week’s Demos and Updates ebstaThis clever little app is a browser plug in that compares a profile you find online with your inhouse resume database. It notifies you if the profile you’re currently viewing already exists in your database. Current... More...

In life, if you don’t follow the rules, then you have to be prepared to pay the penalties. That’s true even if you don’t know the rules.Google recently updated its Webmaster Guidelines with an important new rule regarding the use of links, specifical... More...

Thursday, August 29, 2013 :00am Want More Productive Employees? Netflix Says Give Them More Vacation Time By Maren Hogan The same compa... More...

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So it's Friday - Lets talk about Games

"And that sort of stuff" ... do we believe what we teach??

3 ways ‘gamification’ helps businesses retain talented employees

Managing Toxic Organization (The Story of a Dead Organization)

Find candidates email addresses for social media profiles

10 Tips to Choose the Right People for your Small Business

New Jersey Law Penalizes Employers for Failing to Timely Respond to Requests Regarding Unemployment Insurance

Obamacare Still Lets Employers Discriminate—for Now

Painkillers in the Workplace: A New Epidemic

Decatur Book Festival 2013

3 Ways to Get Started with Video for Social Recruiting

Have You Had A Culture Check-Up Lately?

FMLA Benefits Now Must Be Provided to Employees with Same-Sex Spouses

Wal-Mart Will Offer Benefits Packages to Same-Sex Partners and Spouses Even Where Not Required by Law

New Voluntary Employee Benefits website launch!

The Hiring Site

Business Wisdom: Words to Manage By

Before Terminating that Employee, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Learning From Past Mistakes: What Not to Do During The Recruitment Process

PODCAST: Building and Analyzing Employee Engagement Surveys

Upcoming September Events: Preventing Harassment & Employee Counseling

Employees demand benefits packages that cater to their needs

This Week’s Demos and Updates

Follow This Advice or Lose Visibility: Why HCM Providers Need to Know About ‘Nofollow’

Want More Productive Employees? Netflix Says Give Them More Vacation Time