Human Resources: HR.com Strategy eBulletin for the Week of July 14, 2008

Dear HR Professional,

Looking for a better strategy? You are on your way. This edition of HR.com's Strategy ebulletin will help you find the method that best fits your organization. Learn about the latest trends. Read what other organizations are doing. There may be an answer to your question!

Enjoy this week's contributions, including Info-Tech Reasearch Group as they warn that Abdicating Project Management to Vendors Can Be Hazardous.

And don't forget to check out the HR.com Career Network, or read through the blogs submitted by HR.com members.

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~ Pythagoras (582 BC - 507 BC)

Wikis:

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Here's this week's featured Wiki:

- Personnel leasing

Increase Your Value with Your Own Best Practices
When you present your processes and ideas that are best practices or that have the potential to be repeatable best practices, you are likely to get some professional respect and a lot more open ears listening.
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Vietnam Loosens Restrictions on Foreign Employees
Foreign workers are continuing to enter into Vietnam. The country's looser restrictions are changing the Vietnamese workforce. Pacific Bridge shares more.
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Abdicating Project Management to Vendors Can Be Hazardous
When organizations give responsibility to a third party they too often abdicate many of the responsibilities that they should retain. Info-Tech shares more.
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HR.com's 2008 Events

Upcoming VIEW Online Conference & Expo Events:

Wed August 20 - "Onboarding"

Do your Team Leaders have everything they need to make sure that each new employee on their team has everything he or she needs to feel welcome and comfortable? Leaders who are most effective at onboarding new executives understand it's up to them to make the first move, offering help at the outset rather than waiting for a request for help that might not come. Learn the important steps and skills needed to analyze your company's current onboarding process and identify opportunities to maximize the experience for everyone.

VIEW is the first online conference for HR professionals and delivers in-depth content on HR hot topics through live and prerecorded webcasts, white papers, articles, market
research, and product info in the online Exhibit Hall. Earn HRCI credits and join in online discussion groups. HR professionals can login anytime from 9am to 5pm ET and participate at no charge.

It won't cost a penny for these thoughts ... enjoy these blog submissions currently featured on HR.com.

A Question about Development Planning

A HR.com member recently posted the following question: "Can anybody explain the major steps necessary to build a personal development plan?"

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This Week's Comic

Employee Stress: Why Organizations Care and What Can be Done About it
With health care costs rising and employers increasingly shouldering the burden, many organizations have looked to lower health care costs through wellness programs, and others have gone a step further by rewarding physicians for effective treatment of mental health issues. In this webinar, we explore the current state of work stress, areas of employer liability, and what organizations can do internally to reduce employee work stress, moving the discussion beyond wellness plans to job, role, and culture change.
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Date: August 5, 2008
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET

Creating a Magnetic Culture™ at Your Organization - How to Attract and Retain Engaged Employees
Employee turnover costs the US economy an estimated $5 trillion annually. Recruiting, managing, and retaining high quality talent is
one of the most important challenges an HR department faces. Developing an organizational culture which places equal value on customer loyalty and employee engagement levels, or a Magnetic Culture™, creates a
strong pull that is not only an attractor, but the power behind it actually causes those engaged employees to stick around.
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Date: August 7, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

A Guide to Wage and Hour Compliance in 2008: Cutting-Edge Strategies from the Nation's Top Experts
Wage and hour class actions have emerged as one of the most significant employment law trends of this decade. They now outnumber
all other employment class actions combined. And with more than 80% of employers out of compliance with federal and state laws, this trend will continue. During this informative 1-hour webinar, you will have direct access to two of the country's most recognized experts in wage and hour compliance.
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Date: August 12, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET

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What the Customer Wants You to Know: How Everybody Needs to Think Differently About Sales - Summary

What the Customer Wants You to Know outlines a process successfully implemented in numerous companies and industries. The heart of this new approach to selling is an intense focus on the prosperity of the
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