Human Resources: HR.com Staffing eBulletin for the Week of July 7, 2008

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Un'cover' a New Job
A recent survey has found that cover letters still play a valuable role in hiring decisions. The Office Team explains.
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Doing it Right: Talent Management
By 2012, nearly 10,000 American workers will turn 65 every day. To make the resulting labor shortage worse, fewer potential employees will
be entering the workforce with the skills needed to manage and innovate. So, at a time when good employees will be harder to find,
businesses will not be able to afford having their people looking for advancement elsewhere. Lois Melbourne shares more.
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HR.com's 2008 Events

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Wed July 9 - Online Recruitment and Sourcing

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>School is out for the Summer!

We have come to the time of year that almost every school aged child has looked forward to for the last 9-10 months, and that would be summer vacation.

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This Week's Comic

The Effect of Mergers and Acquisitions on Employee Retention and Engagement
How do you retain and engage needed employees to function at desired levels of performance when an organization has announced it is merging, downsizing, restructuring, closing or going through a similar major transition? This symposium presents insights based on research and experience from empirical, conceptual, and practitioner perspectives.
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Date: July 17, 2008
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 hires won't make it through their...
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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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Date: July 24, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

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Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor - Summary
Transparency uses three essays to explore the complexities of transparency and reflect on becoming a transparent leader, working
within a transparent company, and thriving in an increasingly transparent world..

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