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Dresser & Associates Partnership with Medcom Provides a Total Solution
Dresser & Associates, Inc. recently formed a strategic partnership with Medcom to help their customers cut costs and provide them with a total solution.

New Magazine Launched to Help Human Resources and Employment Managers Select Top Talent
New Magazine Launched to Help Human Resources and Employment Managers Select Top Talent and Avoid Making Bad Hires – The Employment Screening Journal The Employment Screening Journal is the first magazine specifically focused on providing human resource professionals in depth information on employment screening practices.

Results Reported to the Practicing Perfection Institute Reveal Breakthrough
Results Reported to the Practicing Perfection Institute Reveal Breakthrough Human Performance and Workplace Safety Improvements Within 14 Months

The RightThing Continues Growth and Success Through Economic Downturn
Despite national economic challenges, The RightThing, leader in customized recruitment leadership, training and outsourcing showed strong results in Q2 of 2008 securing fourteen new deals and launching two new product offerings with expansions into the SMB and outplacement markets.

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.

Fresho.com Announces Partnerships with JobTarget and BrightMove Applicant Tracking Systems
The ATS partnerships will give Fresho visitors access to a wider selection of job listings. Employers and recruiters who use JobTarget and BrightMove will benefit from Fresho's exclusive and extensive job ad distribution network.

Capella University Announces Two New Online Master's Degree Programs for HR Professionals
Online university's new MS degrees are in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development.

AvMed, Delta Dental team up to provide coverage to Florida businesses
AvMed Health Plans and Delta Dental Insurance announce partnership to provide coverage to Florida businesses

TalentQuest Webinar Discusses How Companies Transform Their Internal Cultures to Benefit Customers
July 24 event with Duane Reade will teach HR professionals how to develop cultural skills, knowledge, behaviors and abilities needed for people in key roles to succeed

Infohrm Announces Keynote Sessions and Agenda for 2008 Workforce Analytics and Planning Conference
Event Will Focus on Quantifying the Business Impact of Talent Management and Feature Presentations From Over 20 Industry Leaders

PsyMax Solutions Debunks Assessment Myths in New White Paper
Misconceptions about using assessments abound, but none of them stand up to the scrutiny of fact and experience. This, according to the new white paper by human capital assessment pioneer PsyMax Solutions.

HRsmart Appoints New Vice President and General Manager David Alcaraz to Lead Europe
HRsmart Appoints New Vice President and General Manager David Alcaraz to Lead Europe, Middle East and North Africa

Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices - 600 Word Review
Built to Serve calls for a profound shift in the philosophy and practice of business, arguing that leaders must place people before profits if they wish to ensure sustained success. Find out more. Read the review.

Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices - 300 Word Review
Built to Serve calls for a profound shift in the philosophy and practice of business, arguing that leaders must place people before profits if they wish to ensure sustained success. Find out more. Read the review.

Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices
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Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices - Summary
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Learning and the 2.0 Collaboration Revolution: Would a Wiki Help Your Organization?
CLOs and training managers have witnessed the recent popularity of Web 2.0 technologies, such as wikis, blogs, and podcasts. As organizations struggle to retain and enhance workforce knowledge and manage an increasing information flow, wikis are already playing a crucial role. However, with traditional learning paradigms still prevalent, are these new technologies appropriate for your business, and how can you best integrate them with your program? It is crucial to understand wikis in the Web 2.0 technological and cultural context, as well as current business, learning, and performance support contexts. As you’ll discover, there are many important questions and options that need to be considered before an organization can realize the true potential of wiki technology. Element K shares this report.

Compliance Training: The Reality of Tracking e-Learning Completions
Compliance training is not typical training. The stakes are generally higher and the program is almost always more visible across the organization. Element K shares this whitepaper.

Management Feedback Day: An Employee's Perspective
K.R.Ramakrishnan share a report on a HR practice that is becoming popular in India.

Orlando Magic Selects CORT as Preferred Relocation Services Provider
Rental Relocation Services Help Magic Personnel Settle Into the Community

The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work
Every complaint represents an opportunity to turn something negative into a positive! Enjoy this excerpt from The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work by Jon Gordon.

How to Get Your College Grad Off Your Payroll
Recruiter Salveson Stetson Group shares tips for Executives whose kids are job hunting for the first time.

Keep Growing Into Success
Co-workers of equal talent should progress equally, right? Wrong. Patricia Wheeler explains more.

Networking. . .Why?
Richard Cavalier asks if networking in an organization really works.

How to Counsel Employees Who Have Personal Problems
Deep personal problems can change the behavior of a normally productive employee. How do you tell if the problems are temporary and how do you deal with the employee effectively? Pat DiDomenico has some suggestions.

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.

When Must You Pay For Travel Time?
The Fair Labor Standards Act describes who should be entitled to compensation for travel time. Is the Act fair to all? M. Lee Smith Publishers shares this look.

IRS Releases 2009 Health Savings Account Limits
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Revenue Procedure 2008-29, establishing the 2009 annual Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution limitations, Littler Mendelson explains more.

Ethical Behavior in the Workplace
Calling in sick for a day off a week in advance is a challenge for any department. Rebecca Harris takes a look at the issue.

U.S. Companies Not Effectively Managing Workplace Flexibility Programs
Lack of consistency, communication and measurement tools around workplace flexibility leads to under-valued programs, a recent Hewitt Associates study found.

Littler Mendelson Strengthens LA Presence with Employment Litigation Expert Helene Wasserman
Littler Mendelson continues its expansion with the addition of the firm's newest Shareholder, Helene Wasserman, to Littler's Los Angeles office.

Results Reported to the Practicing Perfection Institute Reveal Breakthrough
Results Reported to the Practicing Perfection Institute Reveal Breakthrough Human Performance and Workplace Safety Improvements Within 14 Months

GeoLearning Recognized as One of the Best Privately Held Software Companies
Leading on-demand learning and performance management platform provider named to JMP Securities' Hot 100 List.

Partnership with EBSCO Publishing brings clients enhanced eHealth resource
HealthFitness expands eHealth content, providing health management clients with five times more health information online

With a Strong First Half of 2008, HRchitect Looks Forward to a Record Setting Year
HRchitect, the leader in HR systems strategic consulting and the premier Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent Management systems consulting firm, is on pace to finish 2008 with significant growth over 2007.

Sexual Bias and Glass Ceiling Issues Remain Intact in the 21st Century
i4cp study finds more than half of companies have faced sexual discrimination complaints; most choose to handle them in-house and quietly

SHL Americas Introduces New Report That Predicts Work Behavior
Reliable, Practical Tool Helps Organizations Make Smart Workforce Decisions

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?

New SDL White Paper Explores Shared Leadership Trends in Family-Owned Businesses
In recent years, shared leadership at the top of organizations within private industry is increasingly common. This management and succession planning trend is never more important – or more complex – than within a family-owned business.

Survey: Most Non-Profits Risk Losing Growth Opportunities Due to Underinvestment
A new survey from Common Impact, a nonprofit organization that is helping global corporations and local non-profits build stronger communities through employee engagement programs, shows that most non-profits invest less than two percent of their operating budgets in critical organizational areas such as IT, finance and marketing. This underinvestment indicates an opportunity for businesses to partner with nonprofits to help bolster organizational effectiveness through employee engagement programs. Common Impact estimates that $1.1 billion in net new nonprofit resources could be generated by the successful implementation of these programs.

NAS Addresses Recruitment Challenges at NCHRA Meeting
Acknowledging a projected shortage of nearly 10 million workers by 2010, NAS Recruitment Communications announced today that Matthew Kaiser, Vice President and Talent Strategist, will present tactics to meet this hiring challenge at the NCHRA Recruitment & Talent Management Conference. The event is being held on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco.

Expertus and Training Industry, Inc. Launch New Study on Internal Marketing of Corporate Training
Expertus, a global leader in helping companies fuel business growth by maximizing the value of training investments, and Training Industry, Inc., an objective and trusted expert on the marketplace for learning, today announced that they have launched a new survey, Internal Marketing for Corporate Training Programs.

Ceridian To Host 21st Annual Customer Conference
Attendees will have opportunities for training, accreditation, and networking at INSIGHTS 2008.

myStaffingPro® Applicant Tracking System Increases Web 2.0 Functionality
myStaffingPro increases job sharing with Web 2.0 functionality on clients’ career search screens.

First Comprehensive Salary Survey Results for the MEP Industry Released
Results from the first comprehensive salary survey for mechanical, electrical and plumbing professionals were released today by MEP Jobs. The survey, which is co-sponsored by Nexstar and Contracting Business magazine, represents the answers of over 2,000 participants throughout North America.

The Manager's Guide to Rewards - 600 Word Review
The Manager’s Guide to Rewards is a pragmatic rewards handbook for managers. It demonstrates how rewards can be linked to business concerns, such as ROI and company strategy. Find out more. Read this review.

The Manager's Guide to Rewards - 300 Word Review
The Manager’s Guide to Rewards is a pragmatic rewards handbook for managers. It demonstrates how rewards can be linked to business concerns, such as ROI and company strategy. Find out more. Read this review.

The Manager's Guide to Rewards
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The Manager's Guide to Rewards - Summary
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Seven Signs That You May Be Stuck In Your Job
It may have been your job choice a few years ago, but as time has passed, you find yourself in the same role. Are you stuck? You likely are not alone. ClearRock shares its findings.

The Global War on Talent: Keeping One Step Ahead
A flexible workforce and a dynamic strategy are required for today`s global marketplace. Michael Potter explains in detail.

What Really Drives Performance in Your Organization?
Developing an intellectual workforce is necessary to drive the success, growth and performance of our business. As we develop this workforce, are we able to understand how to increase their performance? Oi Partners examines what really drives performance in your organization.

Military to Civilian Placement Firm Bradley-Morris Featured in The Virginian-Pilot
Article profiles the company's free military job seeker services for those undergoing military to civilian transition.

WorkforceLogic to Sponsor Human Capital Institute 'Blended Workforce' Innovation Tour
The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association and educator that is advancing the science of strategic talent management, has announced that WorkforceLogic, an innovative workforce management company focused on risk mitigation, talent acquisition management and contingent workforce planning, will sponsor a live, three-city HCI Innovation Tour focused on creating an effective, blended workforce that satisfies the demands of multi-generational talent.

ELI® Addresses JCAHO Alert on Disruptive Behavior in Healthcare
Building a Culture of Safety is Key. With the release of a new JCAHO Sentinel Alert underscoring the risks of disruptive and inappropriate behavior by healthcare professionals, ELI is providing clients with resources, services, and programming to address new JCAHO standards, engage leadership, and build a culture of safety and professionalism. An ongoing ELI survey will delve further into the specific behaviors creating the greatest patient safety and quality risks.

New COMPANY fosters flexible work arrangements for today's changing workforce
Innovative website serves as resource, support for companies and individuals in search of non-traditional work solutions

Learn How to Select the Human Resources System You Need
If you are responsible for selecting a new or updating an existing human resources (HR) system for your company, where do you start? The variety of HR service delivery solutions has made the selection process more complex than ever.

New TalentQuest White Paper Details Key Personality Traits, Competencies of Effective Performers
Greater talent pool provides unique opportunity for financial institutions to develop “all-star” teams during sluggish economy

Leader Retention is Focus of NAS Expert at HHRMAC
NAS Recruitment Communications announced today that Matthew Kaiser, Vice President and Talent Strategist, will present an engaging presentation on "Recruiting and Retaining Leaders" at the Healthcare Human Resources Management Association of California (HHRMAC) conference on Tuesday, July 22nd.

iCIMS Reaches 600 Client Milestone
Software-as-a-Service Provider Reaches 600 Customer Mark, Adding Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Jamba Juice, Room and Board, and more, as New Clients

Top U.S. Clinic Boosts Employer of Choice Status with Halogen Software
Top U.S. Clinic Boosts Employer of Choice Status with Halogen Software; Illinois-Based Carle Clinic and Health Alliance Select Leader in Employee Performance and Talent Management

CyberShift to Showcase Award-Winning Expense Management Solution at NBTA
Only Enterprise Vendor to Offer the Full Capabilities of its Expense Management Solution on the BlackBerry® Smartphone; Improving Workflow and Productivity for Mobile Workers

Global talent shortage in accounting and finance persists
Report Finds Hiring and Retaining Skilled Professionals Still Challenging

iCIMS Hits 600 Client Milestone
Software-as-a-Service Provider Reaches 600 Customer Mark, Adding Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Jamba Juice, Room and Board, and more, as New Clients

Growth in HR Information Management
Drives Newcomers to 2008 IHRIM Conference, Leads to New Certification

You don’t need a broker to take out some “Career Insurance” advises online recruiter, WallStJobs.com
So think, “Lean” and “Green” to help stay on the team!

Talent Technology Corporation Acquires PeopleFilter
Key Acquisition Accelerates Recruiting Software Company’s Strong Organic Growth, Broadens Product Portfolio and Strengthens Management Team

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.

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.

When it is Time to Change, Open up the Communication Pipeline
If change is afoot, people want to know about it. In fact, as the winds of change begin to swirl, employees want as much information and “face time” as they can get. Lawrence Polsky shares more.

Keep Workers Safe During Hot Weather
Training programs for employees should extend beyond corporate lessons. At-risk employees need to be trained to deal with the elements. M. Lee Smith Publishers shares this article by Jennifer L. Howard.

Change for the Better: Marketing Your New Technical Support Team - Part Three
You've built your technical support team and now it's time to unveil it. It is not enough to just describe what the team will do, you must sell it. Randy Miller shares the third part of his look at Change for the Better.

Singapore to Implement New Regulations for Hiring Foreign Workers
New regulations will be placed on foreign workers in Singapore. Pacific Bridge has the details.

Recruitment and Retention Strategies: How to Attract, Keep and Motivate Today's Workforce
Many HR executives state the single greatest challenge they have in managing the workforce is their organization's inability to recruit and retain good employees and managers. Greg Smith explains more.

Making the Right Hire: Assessing a Candidate’s Fit with Your Nonprofit
Determining if a candidate can do the job is difficult enough, assessing whether a candidate will fit into the culture is a challenge. Norman Birnbach shares more.

Management In Real Life: Driving Out Leadership Fear
Like anyone else in life, leaders tend to fall back on what they know has worked. It gives them a sense of security. But it's that security that may be holding the organization back. Kevin Herring explains.

How to Get Employees to Behave Like a Bunch of 6th Graders
Kenny Moore shares the dramatics of lessons from the sixth grade.

How Others Serve Internally
How do you create an organization that shares common beliefs about culture and relationships? Bob Livingston shares some suggestions.

Preventing Wage and Hour Class Actions Should Be Top Priority for Employers
Wage and class action cases have risen against Californian employers. Karen Clemes shares more.

Keeping the Lid On Financial Stress
The current economic climate is enough to make anyone sweat. George Wassell shares ways to help cool down financial stresses.

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.

Mercer Issues Study of US CEO Compensation Trends
In 2007, performance-based long-term incentives became almost as popular as stock options – responding to shareholder demands that pay be linked to performance, a Mercer study has found.

Ninth Circuit Rules that Hospital’s Restriction on Nurses’ Union-Related Buttons Violated NLRA
Should nurses be permitted to wear union-related buttons while working in patient care areas? Littler Mendelson shares this article on a recent battle in Washington State.

Cytiva Announces Free Talent Management Webcast Series
Sonic TalentTalk Series to Include Six Information Packed Webcasts by Recruiting and Performance Management Experts

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.

Cornerstone Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant
Cornerstone Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Leading Industry Analyst Firm's 2008 Corporate Learning Systems Magic Quadrant

Cornerstone Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Leading Industry Analyst Firm's 2008
Cornerstone OnDemand delivers a full suite of learning and talent management software-as-a-service solutions to optimize workforce success

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

Agile-1 Partners With eQuest to Bring Global Job-Board Posting Services to Customers
Agile-1, a leading provider of global workforce management software and services, today announced a software integration partnership with eQuest's Internet job-board posting software. The integration will support on-demand job-board posting and metrics directly from Agile-1's AccelerationATS human capital procurement software.

BE GREEN, SAVE GREEN WITH JOURNYX TIMESHEET
Hosted Applications, Like Timesheet, Offer Companies a Win-Win Situation for Lowering Costs While Raising Green Awareness

myStaffingPro Executives Meet with First User Advisory Board
Executives of HR Sevices, myStaffingPro applicant tracking system, conducted their first User Advisory Board session in conjunction with the National SHRM Conference in Chicago.

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.

eQuest Expands its OFCCP Compliance Package by Partnering with Veterans Site - Hire A Hero
Partnership Allows eQuest Compliance Users Access to Returning Service Veterans Via its Job Posting Alliance

Halogen Software Sets Course for Next Phase of Growth with Strategic Investment from JMI Equity
Halogen Software, Inc., a leading provider of web-based employee performance and talent management software, announced today that it has received a strategic investment from JMI Equity.

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

Perquest, a Provider of Payroll Outsourcing Services, Offers Free Resources
New web portal for accountants features CPE accredited resources, articles, research reports, and trend analysis. The resources target accountants, bookkeepers, and financial services professionals that are looking to outsource payroll, but maintain the relationship, add value to their clients with payroll analytics, and better manage clients and multiple businesses, as well as reduce client tax penalties.

Past Earnings Play Role in Determining SSDI Benefits
Applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance Should Know Their Income History; Allsup Answers Common Benefits Questions

An American Appeal to Overseas Hospitals
MedRetreat Offers 5 Steps to Help International Medical Providers Partner With Only the Best Medical Travel Agencies

Seyfarth Shaw’s Labor and Employment Department in Los Angeles Welcomes Jon D. Meer as Partner
Seyfarth Shaw’s Labor and Employment Department in Los Angeles Welcomes Jon D. Meer as Partner

Prezza Technologies Commemorates the Release of Checkbox® Survey 4.5 and the iPhone 3G
The leader in 'innovative survey and feedback solutions' celebrates the latest release of Checkbox Survey by offering new customers an iPhone gift card with purchase .

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