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Benefits
 Employees Call for Improved Benefits Communications Based On Life Stage
MetLife's recently released Employee Benefits Trend Study 2005/2006 highlights significant findings: more than 80% of employees believe their companies need to provide better benefits education to enable workers to select the best benefits options.
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 New Retirement Index
Posted June 7, 2006
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Leadership
Has Enron Made Companies More Ethical?
ISR study shows U.S. workers' awareness of corporate ethics and social responsibility have increased since Enron.
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What it Takes to Stay Engaged
Posted June 1, 2006
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HR Measurements and Metrics
Technology Hold the Key to Motivation & Retention
Could technology hold the key to motivation & retention of employees? asks Jo Walker, CEO of Practique.
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The Impact of Workplace Trust on Job Satisfaction
Posted June 1, 2006
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Human Resources Management
Stress and Overwork Making US IT Workers Restless
Companies with strong workplace management cultures can offset the trend by providing clear career opportunities for disaffected IT staffers, writes Peter Wiltjer.
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Hello from Sunny Aurora ...
Posted June 1, 2006
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Debbie McGrath, HR.com's Chief Instigator
Organizational Development
HR Can Head Off Merger-Killing Culture Clashes
Corporate culture can be a key sticking point in the marriage of corporations. Mary Brandel reports on Veritude's Workforce Insights how savvy HR departments can step in early to analyze issues ranging from compensation to dress guidelines can be harmonized for a successful union.
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Pearls of Organizational Culture (Continued)
Posted June 3, 2006
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Compensation
Leveraging Awards Administration to Your Benefit-and that of Participants
In planning incentive programs, many companies tend to put awards administration low on the priority list. This is a mistake, asserts Marketing Innovators.
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What it Takes to Stay Engaged
Posted June 1, 2006
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David Creelman joins HR.com as Guest Analyst for Compensation.
Performance Management
Reality HR: Interview with Matthew Brush on Strategic Human Planning
Matthew Brush is the Director for Human Resources, Human Capital Planning at Corning Incorporated. He recently spoke with Aileen MacMillan on strategy and human capital.
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Poll and Discussion Topics
Posted June 8, 2006
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Executive Coaching
Turning Those Flabby Abs Into That Sexy Six-Pack
Marshall Goldsmith doesn't offer quick fixes.
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Professionally Delivered 360-Feedback & Action Planning
Posted June 12, 2006
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Staffing and Recruitment
 Retaining High Impact Performers
Success Tips, powered by AthenaOnline, is a short video featuring Dr. Marshall Goldsmith on strategies behind retaining your best employees.
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Lessons Learned from the RPO World
Posted June 2, 2006
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Workforce Acquisition
Study Finds Internet Most Effective Method to Learn about Jobs, and to Land Them
Spherion study reveals compelling Job Search Trends including the changing roles of Networking, Print Advertising, and Executive Recruiters.
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Words of Wisdom from a VP of HR
Posted June 12, 2006
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HR Outsourcing
Infrastructure Outsourcing: Start with Criteria for Success
The most frequently outsourced commodity in IT is infrastructure. While cost reduction is the primary objective, success drivers within outsourcing initiatives are complex; from Info Tech Research Group.
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HRIS/ERP
Management in Real Life: Involvement
The corporate staff had met with Kevin Herring and asked what had gone wrong. They had installed a new software program to help more effectively manage a variety of functions. Few were using the program, and those that were used it sparingly and incorrectly.
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Training and Development
The Art of the Value Proposition in Learning
Nathan Greeno suggests training professionals need to build the bridge to cross over from risk to return when evaluating training.
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Labor Relations
"So, Do We Have Consensus?" Part II
This article is the second installment of two articles on consensus from Michael Goldman. This article will focus specifically on how to proactively deal with potential conflict during a consensus building discussion.
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Legal
Beware the Subtleties and Reap the Rewards
A briefing on the 2006 EEOC revisions to compliance manual section on Race and Color Discrimination, from Employee Practices Solutions.
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HR.com Employers of Excellence National Conference 2006
Join us October 25-27, 2006 at the magnificent Red Rock Resort Spa & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The program includes a world class lineup of 6 keynote speakers, individualized custom tracks with workshops and roundtable presentations from leading HR Executives.
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 Automated Absence Management: The Logical Next Step | June 15, 2006
Sponsored by: ADP
Increases in state and Federal regulation in the area of leave for personal and family-related problems have fueled the recent increase in the number of absences. Over the past few years, the share of unscheduled absences related to personal and family needs has increased dramatically. The latest regulations prohibited in the Family and Medical Leave Act have added significant detail to employers' obligations with regard to notification of rights and documentation of eligibility. This has resulted in greater legal liability and more work for already strained human resource departments.
Trends in Recruitment Technology | June 21, 2006
We'll talk about what we've seen work and fail in recruitment technology, what candidates are saying are the most effective strategies they've seen, what the pundits and vendors are saying about technology and what might be the next best thing.
Measuring Quality of Hire | June 22, 2006
We all know that we should be measuring quality-of-hire, but research shows that only a minority of us actually measure quality-of-hire. Indeed, measuring quality-of-hire has its challenges. What are practical approaches to measuring quality-of-hire? What are those organizations that are measuring quality-of-hire doing?
Turn Your Employees Into Customer Service Dynamos | June 22, 2006
Sponsored by: Novations
Author-consultant Paul Levesque outlines a groundbreaking method for creating a customer-focused culture in any business-an approach that can transform even cynical or demotivated workers into champions of customer service.
Leveraging Partnerships to Maximize Talent Acquisition | June 29, 2006
Sponsored by: HRworks
Home Depot receives more than 17 million job applications annually and had revenues of more than $80 billion in 2005. The company's growth outpaced the number of qualified internal candidates for key management and leadership positions. Learn how an innovative version of outsourcing to third-parties can work for you and how to provide a seamless experience to candidates even while outsiders are handling many key staffing tasks.
Next week's Thought Leaders Live Webcast:
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 Measuring Emotional Intelligence | June 19, 2006
Steven Stein is the author of The EQ Edge. Collaborating with Dr. Reuven Bar-On, he and his team have developed the EQ-i instrument to measure emotional intelligence. How can this test be of value to your company?
Next week's Reality HR Live Webcast : ( Free for Premier members or pay $150 US each webcast )
 Building a Learning Organization- Positively Impacting Organizational Performance: A Reality HR Interview with David Koehn, Ph.D. | June 13, 2006
To adequately prepare for future challenges like, dealing with rapid change, increasingly complex challenges, increasing competition and a need for increased integration, collaboration and innovation, we must constantly be learning and growing. As a result, our human capital management processes must support learning and development and innovation. Today´s interview will address some of the steps that can be taken to build and maintain a "Learning Organization".
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