Human Resources: Human Resources Management

Emerging Challenges in Learning: Proving the Business Value
Today it isn’t enough to just report on how many students completed a course. Senior management wants metrics linked to business objectives. Learning professionals need metrics that will help them quickly see trends and act on those trends for continuous improvement. This webinar will provide best practices for learning measurement, and real-world strategies for overcoming the most common challenges. Presenters: * Jeffrey A. Berk, Chief Operating Officer, KnowledgeAdvisors * Dennis Brown, Sr. Director and Co-Founder, SkillSoft

Social Responsibility as a Catalyst for Staff Development
To be effective and lasting, corporate social responsibility must complement an organization’s entire business strategy – particularly staff development.

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: Retaliation Against Whistleblower
Bad vibes for the whistleblower? Joan Lloyd shares her suggestions for someone caught in the tail winds.

The “Truth” about Behavioral Interviewing
Interviewing is the most widely used instrument in applicant screening and assessment, yet many companies do not have a sound interviewing process in place. Even if a company does have a structured interview process, they may not be performing a “true” behavior based interview. Research shows that structured, behavioral interviewing that measures candidates’ competencies and job fit motivation are the most accurate at predicting future job success. Many interviewers, however, even after going through behavioral interviewing training, revert to “gut feeling decision making.” Join Paul Glatzhofer (Project Consultant, Select International) and Fran Gross (Senior Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, The Timken Company) as they discuss “best practices” in behavioral interviewing. Learn how The Timken Company has used these practices to hire quality employees.

Secrets of Entrepreneurial Success Revealed
As budding businessmen and women face make or break in the latest series of Dragon's Den, what separates the winners from the losers? New research from Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank may have the answer.

Market Pricing – Getting It Right
The goal of market pricing is to show how your organization’s compensation compares to your desired competitive position in the marketplace. Finding and using the right market data allows you to develop a cost-effective total compensation package that is attractive to employees and legally defensible. By establishing and maintaining an effective market pricing process, your organization can keep up with the market and current rewards practices, track the market over time, negotiate competitive pay rates, and ensure internal equity.

How Integrated Talent Management Drives Business Outcomes
There has been much talk about integrated talent management, the employee life cycle, and the decision science of HR. This session will define these terms and explore how HR professionals can generate insight that will be valued by business partners and contribute to better decision making. Sample deliverables will be shared as will ideas for improving existing reporting and analytical processes.

Creating a Talent Management Technology Strategy
Every organization should create a formal documented Talent Management Technology strategic plan that defines the steps and timeline to meet the objectives and goals of the organization’s HR technology strategy. Without this in place, many organizations put pieces together in an ad hoc manner which results in incompatible systems and greater costs to evaluate and select replacement systems across an organization.

ACI Specialty Benefits Celebrates 25th Anniversary of EAP and Wellness
ACI Specialty Benefits is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a provider of EAP, wellness and work-life services. The press release below gives a snapshot of how the company has evolved to adapt to changing workforce needs. Founder and CEO Dr. Ann Clark would be happy to assist with any upcoming workforce, wellness, or EAP-related coverage; our contact information is listed below.

TalentFusion Recognized By HRO Magazine As A Project/On Demand Leader
TalentFusion Has Been A Leading Innovator In The Recruitment Process Outsourcing Space

10 HR Secrets That Will Boost Any Business
The average manager spends 80 hours a year on an individual who’s resisting a change or not buying into the organization – and the odds of that employee changing are only 3%! Not a great return on your investment. So how do you boost your business with figures like that? Cynthia “Cy” Wakeman shares her suggestions.

Building the Bridge Between HR Practices and Business Strategy
In today’s lean economy, Human Resources is being held more accountable for delivering initiatives that are aligned with business strategy and result in business growth. By using competencies as a basis for talent management (selection, development and performance management), organizations can more effectively align people's attitudes and behaviors with what is needed to be competitive and successful as an organization. This webinar will focus primarily on overcoming the challenges we see most often in organizations: how to efficiently build “useful” competency models and how to practically implement them as the foundation for your HR initiatives.

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.

InfoPrint Extends and Expands Relationship with Sapien Software
One-Year Anniversary Brings New Employees and an Extension of Premium Support Services

How to Conduct Effective Meetings
Increasing productivity and morale within the IT department is simple, if you use the right meeting skills. Info-Tech Research Group shares more.

The New Global Marketplace Requires the Versatility of a Swiss Army Knife
Employees need to be as versatile as a Swiss Army knife. Think about your core strengths and the different skill sets you could develop that would make you more valuable to your organization.

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.

SaaS.com Offers New Partner CBR Management Services, Inc. Solution for Paperless Work Environment
CBR Management Services, Inc. Minimizes Paper Cuts as Partner of SaaS.com

BeneTrac Announces Mail Room for Managers to Send Benefits-specific Emails From HR Software
—New feature enables benefits and HR managers to identify and email pertinent information to employees based on employment status, location, plan enrollment and other criteria—

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.

HireRight and Monster Sign Alliance Agreement
HireRight and Monster have signed an alliance agreement to make background screening services available to Monster customers. Through the planned integrated solution, Monster will offer employers the opportunity to purchase HireRight background screening services as part of their current candidate management experience on Monster.com. Monster customers will be able to identify the best job candidates, accelerate time-to-hire by reducing screening time, and improve efficiency through reduced administrative tasks.

When Employees' Creditors Come Calling: How Should HR Respond?
There is a growing trend of court-ordered or government-issued wage garnishments. How do you deal with the deductions? Pat DiDomenico shares some suggestions.

Targeting Top Talent
First SnagAJob.com gave you a general primer on the eight steps necessary for successful hourly recruitment. Then we showed you how to thoroughly integrate online methods into your hourly recruitment strategy. Now, in our third webcast, we’ll talk about how to parlay these revitalized tactics into better quality hourly workers. Now that you have the tools to deliver desired hourly applicants, are you able to identify the best of the best – and retain these valued workers? We’ll walk you through best practices for the assessment, interviewing and on-boarding phases of hourly recruitment.

Get a Grip on the Green Card Application Process
Employment-based green cards play a crucial role in helping organizations recruit and maintain the global talent they need in order to remain competitive. Making the proper green card category selection, understanding the requirements of the various stages and navigating the PERM process can be an overwhelming task…especially without a clear understanding of the process. This session will introduce the steps involved in the green card application process highlighting the key issues and best practices for employers including the use of technology to develop a recruitment and retention advantage for their organization.

AIRS Recruitment CRM: The Next Generation of Recruitment Technology
Applicant Tracking Systems and Job Boards dominate the recruitment technology space. That said, a new class of recruiting technology is starting to appear that gives recruiters the tools to manage their personal networks, find and develop passive candidates, and develop talent prospects BEFORE they become applicants. These new Recruitment CRM systems are starting to be adopted by main stream corporate recruiting departments en masse. This webinar takes a thought-provoking look at these new technologies and how they fit into the modern recruiting landscape.

How Competencies Take the Pain out of Performance Management
Employees are more proactive and involved in the goal attainment process than ever before. They know what they want and will likely move on if they are unsatisfied. How do you keep up with employee demands and maintain a motivated and engaged workforce? In this webinar, we will explore “employee types” and typical scenarios to illustrate challenges facing managers today and provide tips on how best utilize your performance management program to retain and motivate a skilled, productive workforce.

Web 2.0: Recruiting in a New Landscape
Stay informed and up to date on the latest social media tools. Learn how to use them to your advantage to recruit more effectively and engage a new generation. Download iCIMS’ White Paper: Web 2.0: Tips for Recruiting in a New Landscape.

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 describe the future potential of and emerging trends that organizational change/development efforts utilizing survey research can take.

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: Appealing Environment
How do you create a more appealing environment at work? Joan Lloyd shares her advice.

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 how talent management initiatives can make or break your culture. Robin Costa, Director of Human Resources for Duane Reade, and Dr. Adrianne McVeigh, a consultant with TalentQuest, will share their collective knowledge and experiences using talent management to lead and support the transformation of an organizational culture.

ChildServe selects CRG emPerform to Complete Employee Appraisals
emPerform from Corporate Renaissance Group has been selected by ChildServe to meet their employee performance management needs.

U.S. Employers Keeping Pay Raises Steady for 2009, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds
One in Three Employers Do Not Have Contingency Plans For Further Economic Slowdown

Linda E. Amuso Named President of Aon Consulting’s Radford Surveys + Consulting
Aon Consulting’s Radford Surveys + Consulting, a leading provider of market compensation intelligence and consulting to the high technology and life sciences industries, has announced the appointment of Linda E. Amuso to president.

Staroundtable and Hcareers Present The 2008 Hospitality Recruiting & Staffing Leadership Academy
Academy Offers Hospitality Professionals Highly-Specialized Leadership Training

IHRIM Accepting Presentation and Workshop Proposals for its HRMStrategies 2009 San Diego Conference
Interested in touting your firm’s expertise, best practices and practical tools, or promoting the latest in human resources (HR) technology? If so, the International Association for Human Resources Information Management (IHRIM) invites you to submit presentation or workshop proposals for HRMStrategies 2009, its annual HR information and technology conference. The entry deadline is August 11, 2008.

VISANOW Simplifies the Green Card Application Process for Employers
VISANOW technology helps HR departments manage the PERM process for employment-based green cards

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 first year (Employment Policy Foundation) · 46% of rookies wash out in the first 18 months (Leadership IQ) · 53% of managers and executives brought on board from outside are gone within a year (Development Dimensions International) The cost of new hire failure is any from 30% (Cornell University) to 150% of annual salary (Saratoga Institute, Hewitt Associates). Just on-boarding your new employees is not enough to ensure success. In this webinar Hit The Ground Running and VeriSign will present a new model for how you can increase new employee retention and performance by moving beyond new employee on-boarding to integration.

Hamilton-Ryker Company Implements New Timekeeping Software
Always seeking innovative technology to help better serve their clients, The Hamilton-Ryker Company has adopted Timekeeper, a Web-based employee timesheet entry and approval application . Timekeeper allows for a streamlined entire timesheet data entry and approval process, saving time and improving payroll/billing efficiency. Headquartered in Martin, Tennessee, The Hamilton-Ryker Company is one of the Southeast's largest privately held staffing firms with 28 locations in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Washington D.C.

Doing it Right: Organizational Data Transformation (ODT)
As many organizations are well aware, migrating to a new HR or Human Capital Management system is usually a long, perilous, expensive and frustrating journey. All too often, HR analysis and line managers must sift through thousands of positions in an effort to fit the old organizational data into the requirements of the new HR system. In effect, they’re forced to serve the new system, instead of the other way around - manually juggling spreadsheets, Access databases, org charts and custom reports. It’s work that is traditionally labor-intensive, error-prone and almost always leads to project delays and budget overruns. The key to smoother, faster, less-expensive HR implementations is a visual, collaborative solution called Organizational Data Transformation (ODT).

What CEO’s Say They Want from HR Leaders
CEOs have a view of how HR should function in their organizations, but is it realistic? Judy Enns unravels what talents HR executives should be sharpening.

Relocating Pets with Reassurance

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.

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 IT staff.

Learn How to Strengthen Workforce Analytics
Want to eliminate decision-making errors based on limitations of traditional human resources (HR) metrics? Do you need to learn how to combine statistics, process control charts and advanced Web tools to enhance your workforce analytics?

The Red Tape Blues
Swimming in a sea of red tape is typical for most organizations. Charlie Wonderlic shares tips on how to tread through the bureaucracy.

Zywave, is partnering with Churchills International Consulting Limited
Zywave, a leading technology provider of products and services for insurance brokers, is partnering with Churchills International Consulting Limited, a United Kingdom-based developer of online employee benefits solutions.

A Better Way to Manage Employee Absence
Did you know that employers today spend 15% or more, on average, of total compensation on absence-related costs? It’s true. And the array of paid and unpaid time-off policies and programs you are saddled with have no small impact on your company’s bottom line. So what can you do to neutralize the effects of these absence-related factors? Join Watson Wyatt and Kronos – and learn the secrets to controlling costs associated with employee absence.

NorthgateArinso boosts efficiency and accuracy of SAP HCM
HR Accelerators reduce implementation and administration time for SAP HCM customers

CalChamber Announces HR Network to Help Businesses Connect with Local Consultants
HRConsultant Network Connects Local Providers with California Businesses to Assist with a Variety of HR Solutions…On-Site

CalChamber Helps Employers Prevent Heat Illness
CalChamber’s bilingual mini-book offers guidance to California businesses to help prevent heat illness and meet CalOSHA regulations

Wilson Learning Publishes Approach to Learning point of view
Wilson Learning Corporation, a global provider of Human Performance Improvement solutions, today announced the release of its latest point of view paper, Approach to Learning: How We Enhance Human Performance Through Learning.

Peter Hess Joins Buck Consultants as Principal
Peter Hess has joined Buck Consultants as a Principal in the firm's Pittsburgh office.

myStaffingPro Executives Meet with First User Advisory Board
Board members discuss trends in HR marketplace and how they relate to HR Services’ applicant tracking software.

ACI Specialty Benefits Named Top Ten Employee Assistance Program Provider by Business Insurance
San Diego, Calif./July 2, 2008—ACI Specialty Benefits announced today that it has been named a Top 10 Employee Assistance Program Provider by Business Insurance Magazine. ACI Specialty Benefits was ranked the #8 Largest Employee Assistance Program Provider in the nation. This year’s list of top 10 Employee Assistance Program Providers appeared in the June 23, 2008 issue of Business Insurance Magazine.

STAROUNDTABLE ANNOUNCES 2008 EDUCATIONAL ACADEMIES SCHEDULE
Leadership Training For Corporate Staffing and Recruiting Professionals Seeks to Fill Educational Void

Penn State Teams with NAS for Career Site Webinar
NAS Recruitment Communications announced today that, in conjunction with The Pennsylvania State University, it will present an informative webcast on "Gaining Applicants Through Career Site Redesign."

MSNBC Features Millennial-Gen Y Author, Lisa Orrell, To Discuss Innovative Recruiting Strategies
MSNBC featured guest, Lisa Orrell, Millennial-Gen Y Expert and author of "Millennials Incorporated", discusses innovative strategies for recruiting Gen Y.

Upcoming Business Roundtable to Provide HR Directors with an “Under-the-Hood”
Upcoming Business Roundtable to Provide HR Directors with an “Under-the-Hood” Perspective on Toyota’s Successful Recruitment Practices, Productive Workplace Culture – Former Toyota Executive, Author of New Book to Serve as Keynote Speaker at Event on Thursday, July 31, 2008

CAI Named One of Top 30 N.C. Small Businesses
Capital Associated Industries, Inc., (CAI), the largest employers’ association in the North Carolina, announced today it was recently ranked 30th in Business Leader Media’s Top 100 N.C. Small Businesses for 2008.

Hamilton-Ryker Receives Workers' Compensation Risk Certification
Hamilton-Ryker Receives Workers' Compensation Risk Certification Program recognizes companies who operate at the highest levels in regards to safety and risk management

Andrew Mandel Joins Buck Consultants as Principal
Andrew Mandel has joined Buck Consultants as a Principal in the firm's New York office.

HR XCEL President Called in as Software as a Service (SaaS) Expert
WRAL’s Local Tech Wire tapped Janet LeClair, president of human resources outsourcing firm HR XCEL, as an expert panelist for its “SaaS Road Show.” LeClair is highly experienced in effectively employing SaaS, a topic that is catching fire across the country.

3 Keys to Reducing Defensive Reactions to Feedback
Most managers are able to intuitively assess and describe employee performance issues, but what is difficult is communicating this information to the employee. Nearly all managers dread initiating these conversations and often avoid them, particularly if the performance issue relates to a behavior based issue. The underlying problem is the inability to translate what is “known” into words that are comfortable to say and will have the right effect on the employee. Learn about a new approach that bypasses the need to create performance messages peppered with the employee’s shortcomings. Often we refer to these conversations as “constructive” criticism. Even with the best of intentions, these messages usually feel confrontational causing most employees to react defensively. Utilizing the Performance Continuum Feedback® Method, performance messages come across as honest yet non-threatening allowing the employee to remain open to listening to the information as opposed to engaging in a confrontational exchange with the manager. Avoiding defensive reactions enables managers and employees to come to terms more quickly around developmental solutions and goals.

Buck Consultants Invests in Phenox Actuarissen
Buck Consultants, an ACS company and one of the world's leading human resource and benefit consulting firms, today announced that it has expanded its network in Europe by investing in Phenox Actuarissen.

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.

HR XCEL President Called in as Software as a Service (SaaS) Expert
WRAL’s Local Tech Wire tapped Janet LeClair, president of human resources outsourcing firm HR XCEL, as an expert panelist for its “SaaS Road Show.” LeClair is highly experienced in effectively employing SaaS, a topic that is catching fire across the country.

HRchitect Celebrates Eleven Years as the Leaderin HR Systems Strategic Consulting
HRchitect, the leader in HR systems strategic consulting and the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, is celebrating eleven years of providing HR technology and strategy consulting services.

TriNet Offers Free Replay of Popular Webinar, Why Now? Making the Move to a PEO
HR Outsourcing Provider Helps Employers Understand How to Free Themselves from HR Challenges Through Recent Online Presentation

Buck Consultants, announced that Jacquie Walker has been named to Consulting magazine's Top 25
Buck Consultants, an ACS company and one of the world's leading human resource and benefits consulting firms, today announced that Jacquie Walker has been named to Consulting magazine's Top 25 Consultants for 2008.

HRchitect Celebrates Eleven Years as the Leader in HR Systems Strategic Consulting
HRchitect, the leader in HR systems strategic consulting and the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, is celebrating eleven years of providing HR technology and strategy consulting services.

Avoid Square Peg in Round Hole to Achieve New Project Success
When an organization-wide initiative is started, it's important to make sure all of the pieces fit. Baldwin H. Tom shares more.

The Benefits of Balance: Combating Stress in the Workplace
The stress that employees face in their personal lives is only just a part of their struggle to maintain a healthy work/life balance. When everyday workplace stress is added to the equation, this balance can seem unattainable, and productivity suffers. As an employer, there IS something you can do to help your employees take control of their daily stress management while protecting your organization from the high costs related to lost productivity, absenteeism and turnover, and even increased health care costs.

Preventing “Post-Mortem” Performance Management!
In every organization there are two aspects of a performance management system – the formal and the informal. The formal process usually includes year-end or mid-year performance review documents that summarize performance. Too often the report on performance comes to the employee as a shock and does not align with their expectations. In addition, it is not designed to change performance, and relying on it to do so is usually a prescription for failure. This session will give participants a 4-step model for discussing problem performance in a way that both gets results and maintains the respect of the direct report on a day-to-day basis. Participants in this session will be provided a complimentary copy of the slides and workbook to deliver to managers in their own organizations.

Companies Continue Move Toward Selective Outsourcing Approach, Watson Wyatt
Employers continue to take a selective approach to outsourcing their HR technology and functions rather than relying exclusively on a single provider, according to Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm.

Case Study: How United Stationers is Integrating Performance and Compensation
Tune in to this webcast to hear about the integrated talent management vision at United Stationers, which includes Learning, Compliance, Knowledge, Performance, Succession, and Compensation Management. Michelle Schroeder and Hillary Johnston of United Stationers will describe their continuous journey to further integrate the Performance Management and Compensation Management processes, which requires a holistic approach that addresses process, technology, and change management. During this Webinar, we will address: * How to create a continuous Performance Management process that provides consistent feedback throughout the year. * The planning and preparation necessary to create a path to integrated talent management. * Create a simplified and consistent approach to compensation across the organization. * How to efficiently integrate performance and compensation in support of a high performance culture.

2008 “50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work For” winners
Today Great Place to Work® Institute revealed the winners of the 2008 “50 Best Small & Medium Companies to Work For” competition with Dixon Schwabl, a marketing and advertising firm from Victor, NY and Ultimate Software, a workforce management software solution from Weston, FL, taking home the coveted #1 spots on the small and medium lists, respectively.

Change Management – Effectively Managing Organizational Change Initiatives
Organizational change can be challenging, but Kenexa’s Transform™ Change Management Methodology helps organizations understand stakeholders, develop appropriate communications and prepare an organization to effectively manage change. Whether it is rolling out a new HR system, acquiring another company, or streamlining operations, proactively managing change is a key element to ensure success.

Biddle Consulting Group releases new pre-employment testing software, C4
Created for the high-stress 911 call-taker environment, CritiCall has now been adapted for use in commercial call centers.

New Buyers’ Report Examines 2008 Purchasing Trends of HR Executives
Annual survey from HRmarketer.com offers fresh insights to help HR vendors reach decision makers

Manpower Research Reveals 83% of Employers Think Governments and Business Are Not Doing Enough
Manpower Canada Research Reveals 83 Per cent of Employers Think Governments and Business Are Not Doing Enough to Slow the Outward Migration of Talent.

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: How to Deal With a Bad Reference
What do you do if one of your references gives you a bad review to a potential employer? Joan Lloyd shares her answers.

Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions Expands in Asia Pacific Region
Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions Expands in Asia Pacific Region; Opens New Offices in Shanghai Rapidly Growing Provider of Global HR and Payroll Solutions Continues Expansion to Support Increasing Market Demand

Improving the Performance Management Process
This webcast will discuss business and operational changes affecting the performance management component of a talent management strategy. Impact of these changes will be highlighted as well as recommendations to help organizations prepare for these changes.

Growing, 4,000-Employee Ultimate Software Intersourcing Customer Achieves Savings and Efficiencies
Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI), a leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, announced today that ACE Cash Express, Inc. has cut costs and improved efficiencies with UltiPro.

You hired your worst employees. They quit or you fire them, often in less than 120 days.
This practice creates a significant negative effect on the bottom line, associate morale and the company’s brand image.

Automate, Educate, Integrate – A Three-Step Approach to FMLA Compliance
Many companies who have automated FMLA tracking and administration have taken the first step toward improved FMLA compliance and cost control, but may still be at risk if the organization is not fully trained on how to communicate with employees. In this free Webcast, attorneys from Littler Mendelson, the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm, will walk you through an authoritative, 3-step approach to FMLA compliance.

Excel Tips for Compensation Professionals
Over 60% of companies use Excel for compensation yet many software vendors have adopted "escape Excel hell" as their unofficial mantra. Come learn tips, tricks, and techniques that can help you escape many of the hellish challenges of an Excel based process, without actually abandoning excel.

Alcoa Recognized as World-Class Performer in IT and Finance by The Hackett Group
Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) has been recognized as a world-class performer in finance and IT by The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) a global strategic advisory firm.

Understanding your ‘Net worth
How do you transition from short, abbreviated classified ads to robust, online job descriptions? That’s just one of the many opportunities and challenges you’ll face as you move your hourly recruitment online. SnagAJob.com Founder & CEO Shawn Boyer will show you how to maximize your hourly recruitment strategy for the Web, whether you’re looking to augment your current online presence or get on the ‘Net for the first time.

Lois Melbourne, Business Leader and Aquire CEO, Earns Certification as a Global Professional
Aquire, the leader in visual workforce planning and management solutions, today announced that CEO and Co-Founder Lois Melbourne recently became one of an elite group of human resources professionals from around the world who are GPHR (Global Professional in Human Resources) certified.

Doing it Right: Getting Back to HR Basics
It sometimes seems that the sheer volume of immediate and pressing details organizations must deal with everyday make it difficult to focus on the fundamentals of running a successful business. For HR professionals and senior management, getting back to HR basics can not only be the relief, but also the cure to this challenge.

Executive Stamina: Essential Skills for HR professionals
How's your stamina? Marty Seldman and Joshua Seldman share tips on how to maintain an Executive Stamina Plan.

Emportal HRMS Becomes First Commercially Available HR SaaS Solution to Leverage Power of Microsoft
Popular Ribbon User Interface Engages Users, Reduces Training Requirements and Fast-Tracks Return on Investment

Maximizing Human Capital in Challenging Times
How can companies retain top talent in a tight labor market? What’s the best way to increase the productivity of existing employees? What strategic support can HR provide the rest of the organization during an economic slowdown? A growing number of forward-thinking companies are answering challenges like these with strategies that focus on instinct. Separate from cognitive skills or personality traits, instincts drive an individual’s natural method of taking action. By understanding and leveraging these innate strengths, HR managers can drive higher performance throughout the organization and achieve significant success during periods of slow economic growth.

HR Professionals in High Demand
Social workers and human resource managers are now some of the nation's most in-demand professionals, according to new findings in the "Jobfox Top 25 Most Wanted U.S. Job Candidates: June 2008" rankings. The report was released July 11, 2008.

Creating a Dynamic Employee Portal – Hershey Entertainment and Resorts’ “Sweet Success”
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts (HE&R) had a vision to create a portal that would affect a true cultural change in the way they communicate with their 7,500+ employees. This session will describe how HE&R partnered with Enwisen to build the MyPATH (Personal Access to Hershey) Employee Portal – a dynamic, easily accessible and easy-to-use resource where members of the workforce can now go, on a daily basis, from work or home, to get the information they need – when they need it – to manage all of their work and life events.

THE EQ INTERVIEW
Finding Employees with High Emotional Intelligence

Workforce Analytics in the Healthcare Industry: Applying Data to Business Decisions at Health Net.
As Health Net’s culture evolves into one that emphasizes fast-paced, nimble decision-making and a market-facing growth orientation, the company has embarked on a workforce analytics initiative that pushes powerful workforce insights to business leaders inside and outside of HR. Specifically, Health Net utilizes data to enhance leadership capabilities, support day-to-day business operations, maximize staff development, and optimize the HR infrastructure. In this presentation, Health Net’s Regan Klein (Senior Workforce Planning Analyst) and Allan Adao (Organization Effectiveness Analyst) will discuss how the company has built an analytic capability that provides business insight and impact from transactional workforce data. Key steps that will be discussed include launching weekly “Lunch and Learn” sessions to educate Organizational Effectiveness (OE) staff about the new human capital analytics dashboard, plans for rollout, processes for conducting workforce analytics, and effective data-driven communication through storytelling, and how to create a robust rollout and training program.

RECESSION WOES PUT VACATION DAYS IN THE RED
Increasing workloads and threats of a recession have Americans feeling stressed and in desperate need of some time off. However, results from Yahoo! HotJobs¹ latest survey indicate that rest and relaxation are the first workplace casualties of rough economic times this summer. In fact, 51 percent of respondents to Yahoo! HotJobs¹ second annual summer vacation survey report they are planning to forgo their vacation this year and save money instead.

Michelle McFadden Joins Buck Consultants as Director
Michelle McFadden has joined Buck Consultants as a Director in the firm's Secaucus, NJ office.