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General HR
September 30 2003 - Suzanne Brummett explains that under the employment-based immigrant visa categories, there are three classifications which allow professors, research scholars and scientists to seek lawful permanent residence in the United States without pursuing the onerous labor certification process.
December 5 2003 - Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reports nonfarm payroll employment rose by 57,000 in November.
September 30 2003 - Suzanne Brummett explains that under the employment-based immigrant visa categories, there are three classifications which allow professors, research scholars and scientists to seek lawful permanent residence in the United States without pursuing the onerous labor certification process.
July 7 2003 - Human resources practices at today's
corporate headquarters are focusing on leadership and competency development,
global HR, talent management, and cost reduction, according to a report
just released by The Conference Board.
July 3 2003 - A coalition of 35 human services and advocacy groups
is urging Congress to build an effective, universally accessible system of
one-stop career centers.
May 8 2003 - Innovation, dedication and high performance are born out of a
deep excitement and fervor for what one is doing and not simply from being offered enough
extrinsic rewards.
March 5 2003 - Today's CEOs are a different breed from 10, or
even five, years ago - and their jobs are tougher than ever.
February 13 2003 - Hewitt Research Shows More Companies Are Offering Online Enrollment and Decision-Support Tools
January 17 2003 - Have you ever had a conversation with someone and walked away scratching your head and wondering what just happened?
Work-life
December 24 2003 - Kathleen Gerson says that having a satisfying job or career does not mean sacrificing a chance at family life.
July 10 2003 - An online survey by job board TrueCareers
finds that neither the poor economy nor high unemployment rates are stopping Americans
from taking a summer vacation.
May 25 2003 - E-mail, text messaging and cellphones make it so easy
to keep control of your work from home. But Michigan researchers say people who integrate
their work and family life are not always happier.
May 24 2003 - Men and women are confronted with conflicts between work and family
but men who believe they have a heavy workload are more likely to leave their jobs than their
female counterparts.
February 5 2003 - Current "family-friendly" policies may need to
be refocused to help employees balance work and home life successfully.
Employee relations
January 15 2003 - Arbitrator Orders District to Re-Employ Remainder of Demoted,
Fired School Workers
Guest articles
Wayne Ormond says that the challenge, put simply, is how best to bring "new managers" up to
speed as quickly and efficiently as possible while not overwhelming them.
Julie Freeman explores why existing formal and informal approaches to employee performance management and
appraisal tend to work well enough in theory, but fail to meet expectations in practice.
After working a combined 20 years as an employment agency owner and professional
recruiter, Jim Nagel recognizes some inherent deficiencies surrounding the employment agency
business. Unearthing new talent is an ongoing challenge for the human resource
professional.
The notion of a job for life
was a creation of the last century which never really made it in to this one, says John Scott.
Are web-based recruitment methods so wonderful? London-based John Scott tries
to find a job in the USA.
Frank Glassner asks if the issue of skyrocketing executive pay and mass corporate layoffs continues to be played
out as a classic case of David and Goliath.
Teresa King says that this article is unfairly geared more toward women then
men...though there will be men who need to know how to
manage their time and the problems when the spouse feels
neglected. Because women and men are not the same and they
do have different needs.
Colin Ong looks at current trends that will create employment opportunities for
the fresh graduate and provides pointers for graduates aiming to be consultants.
Stephen Jackson asks if
it is time to upgrade your competency or behavioral questions to performance-based interviews?
Gary M. Wederspahn writes that
Employees who have cross-border responsibilities
and/or cross-cultural relationships need to be prepared to effectively
handle the inevitable intercultural tasks and challenges involved
John W. David comments on those Press
Release Headlines... "Such-and-Such announces 12,000 more jobs to be Cut".
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Strategy
November 26 2003 - Pamela S. Harper says that while every leader needs to be flexible in order to move their businesses forward,
often even the best strategies or initiatives can throw your organization for a loop if
they're planned in a vacuum and executed in a way that clashes with an organization's
unique and multi-faceted reality.
January 14 2003 - The H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) today announced plans
to make a number of changes in its U.S. business structure as part of the company's
transformation of its North America operations into a more effective, efficient and
customer-focused operation.
Diversity
September 13 2003 - Senior managers at organizations with established workplace diversity
programs support these initiatives by communicating them as top priorities.
August 13 2003 - "It's not about fixing women; it's about fixing the organizations that women work in.
Companies need to deliver a sustained commitment to women from the top and rotate women to get line assignments."
Rewards
July 9 2003 - An Alaskan cruise may seem like
the ultimate reward for goals achieved by diligent and effective employees.
July 7 2003 - A new study sheds light on why women who negotiate job offers generally ask for lower initial
salaries than do men.
July 3 2003 - The SHRM say the Department of Labor's efforts to update the Fair Labor Standards
Act (FLSA) will clarify the extremely complicated regulations, and also open the door for
nearly 1.3 million more American workers to receive overtime pay.
May 9 2003 - African Americans and Latinos in California still earn less
per hour than whites, according to a recent study.
Communication
June 23 2003 - According to a new survey 22% of companies have terminated an employee for e-mail infractions and e-mail users spend about 25% of the workday on e-mail
Technology
April 14 2003 - HR Technology is a major growth market with increasingly
sophisticated HR information systems (HRIS), HR management systems (HRMS), applicant tracking software
and other IT products become available.
Hospitality
May 10 2003 - A "We Generation" employment culture is a management-by-consensus
arrangement which seems to promote debate rather than advancing a restaurant's goals.
Recruitment
July 16 2003 - Efficiently prescreen thousands of job candidates can
significantly reducing the amount of time hiring managers need to spend reviewing resumes
and identifying the most suitable candidates.
April 25 2003 - Looking for a white-collar
technical job on the web? Make sure your name sounds Japanese,
Jewish or "white." That increases the likelihood of an interview by a factor of
seven to eight times compared to names that sound African-American,
Greek, Hispanic or Italian.
April 25 2003 - 60% of job seekers in a recent survey
said they averaged seven hours per week reviewing recruitment ads and responded to an average of
69 job listings.
January 14 2003 - InfoLink To Provide Integrated Background Checking Services To Recruiternet's Applicant Tracking Solutions.
Job market
January 17 2003 - Personalized Career Coaching from Nonprofit A Hand UP Coaching Helps Low-Income Women Retain Jobs, Build Careers.
January 15 2003 - If you get
a pink slip at your job, don't panic, says a Wichita State University sociologist who
researches displaced workers.
Health and Safety
January 11 2003 - It is widely claimed that drug use by workers costs the American economy $246
billion per year. A review of the evidence reveals that this claim is not actually
supported by the studies that its proponents claim support it.
First Among Equals
by Patrick J. McKenna and David H. Maister
Managing people over whom you have no real power is a challenge, particularly in professional service firms where, increasingly, top professionals
are being tapped to lead their peers. In this guide, two renowned consultants show professional
group managers lacking formal authority how to lead colleagues to peak performance
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