Blogs / 2014 / March

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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 / 2014 / March

By Alison Weiss - Originally posted on Profit Talent sourcing and recruiting have always focused on connecting employers with skilled candidates, but today more organizations are taking advantage of social media to improve the chances of ... More...

Six of your staff members have iPhones, four have Android devices, three have Windows phones and two are on BlackBerries. Everyone is armed with a smartphone that has the capacity to support the mobility initiatives in your company, yet there are sti... More...

Boston -- With more people applying for lower-level and/or lower-paying jobs than they had, job applicants are more often hearing that they are "over-qualified," according to ClearRock Inc ., a leadership development/executive coaching and outplac... More...

Follow us on Twitter @ clearrockboston Boston -- As hiring remains slow and budgets continue to be tight, it's important to get as much productivity as possible from current employees. An effective way to do this is to provide timely, helpful... More...

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A TV sitcom in the 1980s asked the ageold question: “Who’s the Boss?” Depending on which episode you watched, the answer might be the female executive or the male housekeeper. In some episodes, both characters showed boss-like characteristics. Tha... More...

http://www.dbsquared.com/dbblogmation/2014/03/04/effective-wage-hour-compliance/ Effective Wage-Hour Compliance Recent blog entry by Bruce Johanson with DBSquared, LLC More...

As many of your know, I had the privilege of providing testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights at their hearing on the impact of criminal background checks and the EEOC’s conviction policy on the employment of Black and Hispanic workers in D... More...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Kristen Fyfe-Mills 703.683.8192 The Virtual Training Guidebook: Compelling How-To for Online Learning (Alexandria, VA), January 16, 2014 - The use of technology-based training is growing and there is a need for ... More...

It’s official—San Francisco has banned the box. Employers in the city or county of San Francisco may no longer inquire about criminal history on employment applications or during interviews. Titled The Fair Chance Ordinance, No. 17-14, the new law go... More...

Former president George W. Bush took to the airwaves this week to announce a worthy program he is launching to help veterans transition back to civilian life and treat those that suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. In doing so, President Bush... More...

Recognize This! – Effective employee recognition requires more than a casual “Hey, thanks!” Check out my post today on Compensation Cafe . I explain why employee recognition and appreciation is quite possibly one of the most powerful, positive ... More...

The winds of change are whispering "Get competent is the ideas of statistics". It seems like drudgery (just like that coding language you should learn.) Here are this week’s crop of links. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HRExaminer/~3/4sRZhENWrzI/ More...

Importance of having a well written, professional looking resume: Companies don’t interview every applicant for the job because they don’t have time to interview each and every candidate who have applied for the job. They eliminate candidates based o... More...

Haryana-India Minimum wages revised wef 1st Jan.2014 & Increased by Rs.205.59 PM Last Min. Wage for Unskilled Category was Rs.5341.51 Now Revised Minimum Wages wef 01.01.2014, Category wise, are summarized as below: 1. UNSKILLED : Rs.5547.10 2. Se... More...

In general, most of the managers think that they are good at interviewing. In their point of view, it is not hard for them to select the right candidates to fill up the vacancies in their organizations. However, it has been found out by the researche... More...

As an integrator in the HCM industry, we focus on “behind the scenes” work to help companies implement and then manage millions of daily transactions within talent management systems. This means that we are speaking with numerous clients each and eve... More...

Our tweet chat in honor of International Women’s Day posed several questions to our board members and the rest of the 169,350 people who follow them about how things are for women in the workplace. Specifically: Q1: The theme this year for #womensda... More...

Publication: Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor ReportIn this article exploring the growing number of states that have enacted employer-paid sick leave laws, Nanc... More...

On February 7, 2014, the Chicago District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against CVS Pharmacy, Inc., claiming that a severance agreement used by the ... More...

On January 29, 2014, the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey signed into law an ordinance that requires private employers to provide paid sick time to employees. With this new law, Newark joins Jersey City, which enacted an ordinance mandating paid sick lea... More...

United States employers operating in France often face a dilemma. While they may be bound by the whistleblowing requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("SOX") and its Dodd-Frank amendments,1 they also are bound by the data privacy requirements of Fre... More...

Big data is increasingly making the list as a key trend. While it’s a hot topic, most companies have not been successful leveraging data for predictive analysis. A recent APQC survey on HR trends found that many organizations are not making HR... More...

Whether you’re experiencing a morning slump, a mid-day lull or late night writer’s block, the right bit of advice can get you back on track. Keep yourself and your team motivated with words of wisdom from the best entrepreneurs and successful histori... More...

Every employee wants to have that job where they wake up every morning and are eager to get to the office and start their day. With a few simple suggestions for boosting employee morale, you can create a positive work environment where employee... More...

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Hitachi Transforms Human Capital Management Practices to Embrace Social Sourcing

True Mobile Solutions — Mobile Website or App?

How To Answer You Are ‘Over-Qualified’

Feedback: What Most Managers Are Bad At Doing

Event Calendar

Key Issue for PEOs and COBRA: Who’s the Boss?

Effective Wage-Hour Compliance

U.S. Civil Rights Commissioners Take EEOC to Task on Background Checks

ASTD Releases Compelling How-To Guide for Online Learning

San Francisco Joins the Growing Number to Ban The Box

Military Employment Background Checks Slowing Down Hiring

Today on Compensation Cafe – Take a NAP for Effective Employee Recognition

Five Links: Engaging Mish Mash

5 Tips For Writing An Effective Resume

India-Haryana Minimum wages revised wef 1st Jan.2014 & Increased by Rs.205.59 PM

Importance of Interviewing Skills At Work

Talent Management Technology Trends for 2014 – Part 1

Tweet Chat on Women in the Workplace

Ongoing Push for Mandated Paid Sick Leave Defined by Patchwork of State, Local Laws

Recommendations in Response to the EEOC’s New Lawsuit on Severance Agreements

Newark Follows Jersey City to Enact Paid Sick Time Law

More CNIL Guidance for Multinationals Seeking to Comply with SOX & Dodd-Frank

Webinar Recording: HR Analytics—Learn Trends, Success Factors, and Business Benefits

Motivational Quotes to Hang in Your Office

10 Ways to Create a Positive Work Environment