HR.com General eBulletin for the Week of May 19, 2008

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In This Political Season, Health Care Reform is a Business Issue

Health care is on the minds of many Americans, especially during the current political race in the United States.  John Hammergren shares more.
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Stepping Outside the Box: A New Paradigm for Managing and Administering Global Compensation
Vendor solutions may allow companies to effectively manage global compensation; however are HR departments using them?  Thomas Shelton investigates.
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Eliminating Paper is First Step in the Virtual Office

Pushing paper is becoming a thing of the past in many environmentally conscious organizations.  Business supplies aren't needed when working in the virtual office.  Michael Byers explains.
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Einstein's Tips For Negotiated Solutions In Human Conflicts
Problem solving extends beyond mathematics.  But sometimes it takes the ability to add two plus two to get through workplace conflicts.
Luis Miguel Diaz explains how one of the greatest mathematical minds in history could help solve conflicts.
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Employee Free Choice Act Presents Significant Threat To Union-Free Workplaces
The U.S. Employee Free Choice Act could be a threat to union-free employers.   Pepper Hamilton LLP explains.
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Women of Color Struggle to Gain Experience, Support, and Exposure Essential to Succeed in Accounting

A recent study by Catalyst examines unique race and gender challenges for women of  color, as well as perceived "imperfect execution" of
diversity programs.
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Credibility - Got It?
Have you faced the challenge of persuasion?  Was it difficult?  Dianna Booher shares tips on how to gain credibility and get the reactions
you'd like.
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Success and Failure in Executive Transitions

Despite the best intentions and resources that companies have in executive transitions, many leaders still do not succeed in their new roles.  Patricia Wheeler shares more.
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Integrating Personal and Work Goals
On Sunday, I took part in a free mother's day yoga class offered at a local lululemon store. The yoga instructor and other store representatives attended with their children and -- as the class progressed -- it became clear to me that these women had successfully
integrated their work goals and personal interests.
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Faking It: Can Job Applicants 'Outsmart' Personality Tests?
"Faking" is probably the biggest apprehension employers have about using personality tests during the hiring process. These concerns are
well founded. Job applicants are confronted by more tests all the time.
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Why Talent Management?

Why is Talent Management an important, popular topic? Before we can answer why, we need to ask what.
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Career Expert Highlights Job Search Pitfalls New Graduates Should Avoid
Those looking for jobs may find more competition then they anticipated.  Robert Half International shares their findings.
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Civil Searches - What's the Point?
If you were to do a criminal search in 2006 on Orenthal James Simpson, Michael Joseph Jackson or Robert Blake, you would not find records for murder, homicide, or child molestation. Why? None of these parties have
been found guilty in a criminal court on these charges.
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Infrastructure Basics for Teleworking
Teleworkers may be removed from the office setting, but they need the same infrastructure in order to perform effectively.   Info-Tech shares
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Innovation and the Law of Averages
Jim Clemmer discovered when applying the Law of Averages, successes can increase.
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Drive to succeed in choosing the best employment test
There are several decisions to make before hitting your first drive on the golf course: what obstacles are in your way, how far is the hole, what are your competitors doing, what are the environmental conditions (wind, elevation, etc.)? When it comes to ...
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Date: May 27, 2008
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Expanding Your Talent Pool Through Networking Sites
In this webcast you will hear from recruiting experts who will demonstrate how to begin mobilizing social networking sites AND how to effectively and assertively communicate with these newly sourced candidate prospects. Add value to your ...
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Date: May 29, 2008
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET


"HCM Interventions" - The Practical Use of Science & Data to Manage Game-Changing HCM Events
This webcast will endeavor to reverse the long-standing organizational practice of allowing potentially game-changing workforce events such as large scale re-alignments and restructurings to be largely governed by
instincts and scarce or anecdotal data. Whether associated with an ...
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Date: May 29, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET

Using Workforce Analytics to Drive Strategic Employee Performance
There are three levels of employee performance: 1. What happened 2. The intermediate effect (productivity-quality-service) 3. The
organizational effect (profitability or mission accomplishment) This informative webcast will teach you how to use workforce performance analysis to strategically associate employee performance with ...
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Date: June 3, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

A + B + C = Wow! Using Total Rewards to Your Strategic Advantage
No longer an unusual concept, total rewards is increasingly used at all types of organizations for attainment of Human Capital goals at all organizational levels. During this session, we'll explore what total
rewards is and programs that are part of total rewards. We'll also...
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Date: June 5, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

Immigration Visa Options for the Remainder of the Year - How to
Strategically Approach the Process
With a mandated cap of only 65,000 new H-1B visas for skilled foreign employees available each year, employers are now searching for additional immigration options to fulfill their global hiring needs. This session will introduce a number of alternatives to the H-1B visa for employers challenged to fill skilled positions through ...
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Date: June 5, 2008
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET


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Working Relationships: Using Emotional Intelligence to Enhance Effectiveness with Others - Summary

Working Relationships demonstrates to front line supervisors through C-level executives how emotional competencies are more important than training, IQ, and technical experience in determining who succeeds and
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