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Managing Time Off Requests - Michele O'Donnell
Summer time is here again. Does it seem now that everyday someone is missing from the office and on occasion most of the staff is out on the same day? The increase in employees' time off during the summer months happens for many reasons. School is out and it is the best time for a family vacation... Submitted 2 years 240 days ago.

Caution! - Using Search Engines, MySpace or Facebook for Hiring Decisions... - Lester Rosen
... May Be Hazardous to Your Business Employers and recruiters have uncovered what appears to be a treasure trove of applicant information on the internet. By searching the internet and social networking sites such as Facebook or MySpace, recruiters feel they are effectively able "to look... Submitted 2 years 282 days ago.

What is UI? Do I have a say in how claims are processed? - Michele O'Donnell
The federal Unemployment Insurance Program (UI) provides weekly benefit payments for workers who lose their job through no fault of their own and are attempting to re-enter the workforce. Eligibility for benefits requires that the claimant be able to work, be seeking work, and be willing to... Submitted 2 years 315 days ago.

Motivated Employees Will Build Company Morale - Michele O'Donnell
Motivation is vital to developing a healthy relationship between an employer and the employee. Having a sound relationship in the workplace is significant in retaining key employees and building employee loyalty to your organization. Motivation can also improve productivity and inspire employees... Submitted 2 years 328 days ago.

9 Steps to Reducing Employee Turnover: - Michael Pires
Today's workforce seeks development, opportunity and job satisfaction. At one time, it was more common for workers to remain with one company for the duration of their career. Due to changing employee needs coupled with a competitive job market, employee turnover is on the rise. The effects... Submitted 3 years 12 days ago.

Staff Reductions: The Last Resort Part 2 - Michele O'Donnell
This article reviews best practices for when employee lay-offs are unavoidable. Legal commentators speculate that 2009 will see an increase in litigation arising out of reductions in force ("RIF") cases. Generally, this is because RIF cases involve plaintiffs who are often more sympathetic than... Submitted 3 years 28 days ago.

9 Unique & Amazingly Useful Ways To Evaluate a Job Applicant - Michael Mercer
Research proves pre-employment tests are the most accurate method to predict or forecast how an applicant may perform on-the-job. Plus, this is borne out in my 20+ years of research in developing and helping companies hire the best using pre-employment tests. I also research and helping managers... Submitted 3 years 265 days ago.

Time for a Social Network Administrator - - Miles Jennings
How can I personally have an eight million person candidate database when many Fortune 500 companies have less than a million? Of course: it's the simple, exponential power of social networking sites. You have probably heard how important these sites are to recruiting, and how they will... Submitted 3 years 288 days ago.

Sun Tzu Art of War - Four Areas to Note to Achieve a Good Workforce - Ping Shung Koo
In Chapter Seven of Sun Tzu Art of War, Sun Tzu mentioned four important areas to achieve a good fighting force. They are: 1) Morale 2) Psychology 3) Physique 4) Change Morale refers to the fighting spirit or the troops' willingness to fight. Psychology refers to emotional... Submitted 3 years 305 days ago.

Stomp The Elephant in the Office - ngoldman
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5 Ways To Avoid Hiring A Psychopath - - Michael Mercer
Avoid hiring psychopaths using pre-employment tests, key job interview questions, background and reference checks, and even their aura. PSYCHOPATHS IN THE NEWS ( & maybe in your company) Recently, the news is buzzing about a high-level people who (a) preached a high moral standard but... Submitted 3 years 329 days ago.

Corporate Wellness: What is it and why is it important? - Dr. Nicole Cutts
What Exactly is Corporate Wellness? The other day someone asked me "What exactly is corporate wellness?" It occurred to me that many people might not know and be curious about just what exactly corporate wellness entails, why does it matter and how can your organization achieve it? Why... Submitted 4 years 6 days ago.

Diversity Means They will be Different - Jeanie Marshall
I have been a proponent of diversity throughout my life. This has manifested in a variety of ways, in both my personal life and career. Often "diversity" is used to connote a particular ratio of the two genders or racial representation. I have a broader definition of "diversity." Diversity... Submitted 4 years 25 days ago.

The Mathematics of Persuasive Communication - - Philip Yaffe
At first glance mathematics and persuasive communication – writing, and particularly public speaking - would seem to have little in common. After all, mathematics is an objective science, whilst public speaking involves voice quality, inflection, eye contact, personality, body language, and other... Submitted 4 years 195 days ago.

Recruiting Young Workers: Six Steps for Success - Austin Helsel
Young adults these days are not just worried about hiring for a degree-related job post graduation; they are increasingly concerned with field-related summer and semester internships. Interestingly enough, many of these young adults are students currently enrolled at universities and colleges... Submitted 4 years 244 days ago.

Employee Performance Appraisal — An Ideal System - Dick Grote
In America’s best-run and most-admired organizations, employee performance appraisal is a vital and vigorous management tool. No other management process has as much influence on individuals’ careers and work lives. Used well, employee performance appraisal is the most powerful instrument that... Submitted 5 years 52 days ago.

IT Project Management Staffing: The Human Resource Management - Bharat Bista
I n the discipline of project management philosophy , human resource management is considered as the crux element and its significance unique . Project management staffing solutions must incorporate proper inside thinking to produce strong firm results. Human resource management is the... Submitted 5 years 74 days ago.

5-point vs. 6-point Likert Scales - George Canny
One of the most common scaled-response format questions in survey design today is the Likert scale. It was developed by the American educator and organizational psychologist Rensis Likert in 1932 as an attempt to improve the levels of measurement in social research through the use of standardized... Submitted 5 years 242 days ago.

Hiring People With Disabilities: Employer Benefits - Amber Tatnall
Service providers and professionals in the field of rehabilitation understand the benefits to organizations of hiring people with disabilities. So why don’t employers hire people with disabilities, especially those with cognitive disabilities? There are different ways to get educated by exploring... Submitted 5 years 251 days ago.

Employee Newsletters for Small Companies - - Robert Abbott
A newsletter for 60 employees? A visitor to the Manager's Guide Web site asked for about buying content for a newsletter that would serve a group of 60 professionals the department responsible would not have time to write a complete newsletter. I emailed the following response... Submitted 5 years 270 days ago.

Learning Objectives: Writing Learning Outcomes So They Matter - Vicki Heath
Why Learning Objectives? Why go to the bother of writing learning objectives for your training program? Our business sees many programs that simply wear participants out by being “nine miles long and one inch thick" with little opportunity to engage learners and practice skills and in the... Submitted 5 years 271 days ago.

Measuring Training Effectiveness: How to Get Started - Vicki Heath
Why Measure Training Effectiveness? You may have been asked by your manager to start to measure the effectiveness of the training programs you provide. Training resources may be shrinking as your client managers complain more often and more loudly that they have not seen any benefits from having... Submitted 5 years 271 days ago.

Transfer of Training: How to Promote Skill Transfer in Your Organization - Vicki Heath
Problem of Training Transfer A new inventory system was installed in a typical manufacturing company. Employees in the Purchasing Department were sent off to learn how to use the new software. One month later, the Purchasing Manager finds that only two out of the twelve Purchasing Officers are... Submitted 5 years 271 days ago.

Sometimes You Have to be Blunt - silvana
Sometimes You Just Have to Be Blunt Read any business magazine and you’ll get advice such as “Never criticize an employee directly.” Other books or speakers encourage you to “sandwich” the criticism between two positives. For example, if an employee is continuously late, a supervisor is... Submitted 5 years 336 days ago.

How to Plan a Team Building Weekend - Brett Danielson
One of the underlying concepts of a team building activity is that it is designed to foster at team spirit among the participants, and help them focus on what they need to do in day to day work in order to function effectively as a team. So you’ve just taken your team out on a wild weekend... Submitted 5 years 343 days ago.