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Amendment to the Family Medical Leave Act Provides New Leave Rights for Families of Servicemembers

It is, by now, well documented that military members who are injured in battle are surviving in record numbers, leaving active duty and requiring short and long-term care to convalesce. This law recognizes this new fact of life for military families and permits them six months of protected unpaid leave to care for family members who return injured from an active duty deployment. Littler Mendelson shares more.
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Saving for Retirement: Who's Job Is It?

Surely you've seen the bumper sticker that reads: "Failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." The slogan may seem a tad harsh, but some exasperated HR managers must have days when they embrace the sentiment.
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HR's Black Budget: The Hidden Costs of the HR Function

HR is the corporate king of Black Budgeting and they have a lot in common with, oddly enough, the CIA.  Chris Havern has more.
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March Madness Fuels Office Gambling; Impacts Productivity

It's March and time to jump into the pool...  office pool, of course. And it seems it's a popular thing to do in many workplaces.  Isabelle Duguay of Bensinger DuPont & Associates places her bets and shares her thoughts.
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Three Questions to Ask in Discrimination Cases

When responding to a discrimination claim, an employer can ask three relatively simple questions... M. Lee Smith Publishers shares more.
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The Top Five Aspects of Employee Job Satisfaction

What do you find satisfying about your job? Don Phin shares some interesting facts about job satisfaction.
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Ask the Coach - Issue 58:  Learning to be More Assertive

For many people becoming more assertive is a learned trait.  It takes practice and perseverance but the results are well worth it.  Executive Coach, Merry Marcus, offers coaching on ways to become more assertive and seek out top-notch high visibility.
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Managing the Whole System of Work

Today, there is a new frontier being explored that not only directly affects workforce satisfaction and knowledge management, but also directly affects an organization's bottom line performance, customer satisfaction, and its ability to sustain improvement. Jackie Messersmith explains.
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What Older Workers Want
Whether working post-retirement age is out of necessity or choice, one thing amongst older workers is clear: work must be satisfying.
Statistics show that in the next 10 years, workers aged 55 and older will make up nearly a quarter of the workforce.
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A Better Way to Cut Costs During a Recession
Achieving growth after a recession can be difficult for organizations who slash costs in response to a financial fall. Curt Finch explains.
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Six Ways HR Can Help Employees Realize Career Contentment

Do you enjoy your job?  That may be easier said than done... Jeff Garton shares more.
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What is Adverse Action In Pre-Employment Screening?
What is Adverse Action? Section 603(k)(1) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) states that
an adverse action is "a denial of employment or any other decision for employment purposes that adversely affects any current or prospective
employee." These decisions include not hiring, not retaining or not promoting an individual.
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Leverage Web 2.0 for Effective IT Recruiting
Online recruiting is highly popular method of searching for talent, but as Info-Tech reports it can be carried out more effectively. 
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How to Market the Training Function
Training and workplace learning is developing and breaking new boundaries faster than ever before. You recognize that learning can
occur in many different ways. You know the importance of a continuous cycle of learning for any organization that intends to survive. You
know these things - but do your line managers?
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The VIEW on Automating the Performance Management Process and Driving Business Integration

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Compiling performance review information and applying it to the recruiting and hiring process is critical to the ongoing success of an organization. A growing number of companies are turning to innovative technologies to help improve and automate their performance management processes.

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Voting Yourself Off The Island

I don't know about you but I lived on an island for the first eight years of owning my management consulting business. Not an actual geographic island, but a metaphoric one.

I was a true solo-preneur with SOLO in bold-face and caps. Oh sure, I interacted with lots of people and had great relationships with most of my clients.

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Creating the Ultimate Candidate Experience: Best Practices from
Industry Experts & FedEx Recruitment

The War for Talent, employment branding, and candidate relationship management aren't just buzzwords; they are vital components in a corporation's successful talent management strategy. How well does your organization stack up? Learn how to create the ...
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Date: March 25, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

More Time for your Business: RPO as a Recruitment Strategy
Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. (RWDI) is the leading wind engineering consulting services firm in the world. With limited HR
resources and ongoing recruitment needs as diverse as project engineers, scientists, support staff, and even a CFO, RWDI required a recruitment strategy that would ...
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Date: March 25, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET  

Creating a World Class HR Shared Services/Call Center Organization
Join us for this informative webinar to learn more about creating an effective, world-class HR Shared Services/Call Center using innovative knowledge, decision support and case management solutions from Enwisen,
the leader in innovative workforce communications technologies.
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Date: March 27, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Who's Lying? How to Identify & Document Untruthfulness in Internal
Investigative Interviews
In this interactive presentation, attendees play the role of an investigator, or someone who oversees investigations, and they confront a variety of complex hypothetical scenarios, many of which are based on
actual cases. Mr. Johnson will focus on advanced ...
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Date: March 27, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

A New Way to Rethink Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent
Rethink HR by applying consumer branding strategies to leverage your true cultural identity and drive internal and external recruiting and retention success for your company.
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Date: April 1, 2008
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET

Using the Right Benefits to Recruit Healthcare Professionals
With healthcare professionals in short supply it is important to know the age, generation and needs of the individuals who can fill your
openings-and benefits which will attract and retain them. Learn who the allied health professionals really are; what the RNs need and ...
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Date: April 1, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Web 2.0 as the Ultimate Expression of Employer Brand
Web 2.0- the interactive, collaborative Internet characterized by social media (e.g., blogs, Facebook, etc.)- is changing the way we recruit, employ and work with people. Employer branding- communicating
the relationship an organization has with its workers- has already had significant impact on employment. Combine the two and you ...
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Date: April 1, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET


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Five Key Principles of Corporate Performance Management - Summary

Five Key Principles of Corporate Performance Management chronicles the
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