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Small Businesses Have Strategic Opportunities to Improve Offense in Competition for Employee Talent
Survey shows that action is needed to retain employees and to compete with larger employers for qualified candidates.
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Widening Gap Between Retirement Needs and Employee Saving Behaviors
Rapidly growing medical costs, declining pensions and medical subsidies, as well as, longer life spans make 401(k) plans critical
saving vehicles for U.S. employees, regardless of additional sources of income. Hewitt Associates explain.
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Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: How to Deal With a Jealous Job Sharing Partner
A new role can be a challenge, but when it comes with a jealous co-worker it can be very difficult. Joan Lloyd shares her advice.
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How Sharing Feelings Often Leads to Blame
Learn how the sharing of feelings often has an external source for blame. Regardless if this happens in meetings, in the boardroom, or by
the water cooler, it may BECOMING your culture and you have the influence to turn it around. Jessie Upp explains.
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Increased U.S. Immigration Compliance Enforcement Makes E-Verify System a Solid Recommendation
Using "the stick" over "the carrot" approach, the Federal government recently increased the attractiveness to U.S. employers of voluntarily
utilizing the E-Verify system by implementing increased fines for immigration violations when hiring and employing illegal workers. Dennis Dean shares more.
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When it is Time to Change, Open up the Communication Pipeline
If change is afoot, people want to know about it. In fact, as the winds of change begin to swirl, employees want as much information and
"face time" as they can get. Lawrence Polsky shares more.
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New Leaders Don't Get Coaching Needed For Success
Coaching is not on the agenda for new leaders very often a Right Management study has found.
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If You Have Too Many Employees to Manage
How do you become a hands-on manager with more employees than you think you can handle? Bruce Tulgan has some advice.
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How to Understand Sales Performance Management
Sales performance management (SPM) has taken the turn into mainstream business. Like ERP in the early 1990s and CRM in the late 1990s, SPM's day has come. Patrick Stakenas shares more.
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The Graduation Celebration is Over and Now on to the Job Search
When preparing for a job, don't forget the interview rehearsal! Carole Martin explains.
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Social network recruiting: 5 keys to leveraging Web 2.0 audiences for hourly recruitment
These days teens don't judge each other's popularity by the number of letters on their varsity jacket. Now they're judged by the number of MySpace friends they have stamped on their profile, or the number of Facebook photos they're tagged on.
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What Are You Thinking? An Employee Survey in This Market? Part Two
There's an economic downturn and you're planning an employee survey, are you nuts? David Youssefnia shares part two of conducting an
employee survey in a weaker market.
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Connecticut Becomes Only the Second State to Mandate an Employee Data Protection Policy
The State of Connecticut became the second state to require that private employers publish a policy on the protection of employee Social
Security numbers (SSNs). Little Mendelson shares the details.
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The Risk of Using 1099 Contractors
How do you identify the risky 1099s? Andrew Poplar explains.
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Onboarding - More Than Just Paperwork
Your onboarding program may be the difference between an engaged employee and an employee looking to move on to their next opportunity. Automation of traditional onboarding activities like completion of forms and assignment of tasks is key to a smooth process for both the new employee and your recruiters, hiring managers, facilities and...
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Date: July 17, 2008
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Employee Retention and Engagement
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Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Maximize new employee success: Move beyond onboarding to Integration
Hit The Ground Running's Strategic HR Series presents a targeted information and case study session with VeriSign on strategic new employee integration. Why? The stats are alarming... · 25% of all new
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Date: July 22, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
Using Talent Management to Transform Your Organizational Culture
Whether you're part of a 100-year-old organization reinventing itself, or a newer organization establishing a corporate identity, Using Talent Management to Transform Your Organizational Culture will teach you how culture can help your organization remain competitive and ...
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The Cutting Edge of Survey Research
Survey research has solidified its position as a critical strategic tool for effective information flows, enabling higher levels of
organizational performance and helping to determine the organization's strategic directions. Jeffrey Saltzman and Jeffrey Jolton, two long-term practitioners in the area of survey research, will ...
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