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For five consecutive years, we have seen a significant upswing in online classroom enrollment as companies shift from in-person to online instruction. According to current research, virtual learning, whether in real-time or at the learner’s o... More...

China’s Central Bank recently announced projections for 2009 economic growth of just under 8%. The IMF’s more conservative prediction of 6.5% growth for the country is probably more accurate. While these numbers are well below China&rsquo... More...

Knowing the degree to which world-class HR organizations outsource and what processes are outsourced most often is important as you evaluate business process sourcing options in your own organization. The payroll and benefits administration outsourci... More...

The global downturn in the economy is not leaving China untouched. On February 1st, China’s central government issued a statement warning that 2009 could be “possibly the toughest year” since the Asian Financial Crisis more than a d... More...

In a recent study conducted by ECA International on the cost of living for expatriates across Asia, Singapore moved down three places to 12th place. In addition to four Japanese, cities, several Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, a... More...

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently reported that over 65,000 previously profitable Chinese companies had collapsed during the first half of 2008. Many more companies are facing restructuring. The Chinese governme... More...

With the economy in its current state, we’ve all been left wondering when and where the global economy will recover first. With that, there are a few other questions worth asking such as: How did we get here? How can this be fixed? How do I ... More...

Over the years, Korea 's rigid labor laws have pushed both local and foreign companies to rely heavily upon non-regular workers. There are two main types of non-regular workers in Korea : fixed-term employees, who are generally hired for 6 months to... More...

The importance of temporary and contract employees on the American work force can't be denied. In fact, hourly employees make up about 60 percent of the U.S. work force. How companies manage the contract labor process, however, is open for deb... More...

The gap between developed and developing countries has been a global concern for decades, but skyrocketing oil prices and the general growth of world markets threaten to widen the gap between the developing and least developed countries, particularly... More...

Last week in Hanoi, more than 1,000 workers at one of Panasonic Vietnam's four assembly facilities initiated a labor strike. The workers are demanding a 25% pay increase up from the current average of 1.05 million Vietnamese dong (about US$65) per m... More...

Deciding to outsource all or a portion of your company's HR services can be a bit like getting married: You elect to give up some of your independence and share responsibilities with someone else. If you are well prepared and well suited for the part... More...

Despite the attention focused on the outsourcing of technology jobs overseas, a recent survey by Robert Half Technology shows that the majority of Canadian companies are not engaged in the practice. Eighty-five per cent of chief information officers ... More...

As the outsourcing trend has sent customer call-center jobs to India, the Philippines, China and other remote locations, customers wonder who will be on the other end to answer their call. And they are often correct in thinking that person will be o... More...

Global companies are increasingly confronting a difficult balancing act between the need for partners in highly competitive global markets and the growing external pressures for high standards of business conduct from governments, international organ... More...

Co-authored by Andrew Connor and Ames Gross In the past, unions in China were either weak or virtually non-existent. Over the past decade, however, complaints about unfair labor practices have become increasingly common. This has led to a growi... More...

Human Resource Outsourcing (HROs) organizations are focused on staying on top of current and emerging HR practices, laws, and regulations. Their core business capability is finding the ways to make client organizations more efficient by fulfilling so... More...

Human Resource Outsourcing (HROs) organizations exist to support, extend, or replace the human resources (HR) functions for other companies. HRO's core business is finding the ways to make their clients' HR functions more efficient and delivering the... More...

The race for the global image repositioning is getting fiercely competitive as more and more countries are improving their softer image, claiming the right to produce good quality exportable brands for the international markets. Poised and confident,... More...

Certainly we in the talent acquisition business hear our share of conventional wisdom. If you recruit, train, or manage staff, chances are you have, too. For example, "Newspaper advertising is dead because applicants are flocking to the social networ... More...

Executive teams spend countless hours on devising and organizing their business strategies. Too often their is a step left out of the implementation process. . . aligning employees with the strategy. Read more. Click here. More...

If you are an HR executive, you are in a unique and key position to make an important contribution to achieving “effectiveness” within your company. Through the strategic use of employee stratification, you can lead the way in... More...

We have all heard the predictions that by the year 2010, there will be more than 10 million more jobs in the country than people to fill them. We are already seeing shortages of qualified applicants in the healthcare, civil engineering and construct... More...

I just had an assignment: 400 words on the next phase of implementation of recommendations on a recent compensation review: Outsourcing Payroll Services. I love these spot tests: half an hour to get the basics of an organizational initiative, an... More...

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