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PHR/SPHR: Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide is more complete than any other PHR or SPHR exam preparation package available. To support the primary courseware, the companion CD includes an advanced test engine with four bonus exams (two for PHR and two for SPHR), electronic flash cards, and the entire book in PDF.
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They Don't Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something's Guide to the Business World
by Alexandra Levit
Based on a mix of interviews, research and personal experience, this book's upbeat advice focuses on tangible tactics that recent college grads and experienced twenty-somethings can put to work immediately to enhance their employability now and in the future.
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January 7 2005 - Nonfarm payroll employment increases by 157,000 in December.
Unemployment rate remains at 5.4%.
October 4 2004 - Salary increases remain at record low numbers in 2004, but should improve slightly in 2005, according to Hewitt Associates.
July 15 2004 - The best paid employees get the highest material benefits from working,
but it also seems that they have the richest social lives.
April 2 2004 - The most startling finding is that 24 percent of participants are unaware of the proposed FLSA changes.
February 1 2004 - Linda Matias says that uncomfortable breakups are not restricted to one's personal life; they can also creep into one's professional life when an employer's response to a resignation is a counter offer.
January 7 2004 - Mercer Human Resource Consulting has agreed to acquire Synhrgy, a major provider of HR technology and outsourcing services to Fortune 1000
companies.
Diversity
December 20 2004 - Baby boomers are popularly viewed as white suburbanites who protested
the Vietnam War, but they also include children who came of age during the Reagan era.
Performance
November 1 2004 - Alexandra Levit says that most people roll their eyes when it comes time for performance reviews..
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.
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
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Work/Life
January 15 2005 - Employee support programs are vulnerable to
elimination in times of economic downturn due to bottom-line-only decisions.
February 10 2004 - Employers are increasing provision of Work/Life programs, according to results from recent Mellon research.
Career
January 3 2005 - Like most life changes, a career shift requires introspection-an examination into where you have been and where you want to be.
December 2 2004 - The fastest way to make a good interview go bad is to avoid questions posed by the
hiring manager.
August 18 2004 - Hiring managers value teamwork even higher than
other personal qualities such as ambition and the ability to think on their feet.
July 26 2004 - It seems like a good idea, harmless in fact. Your friends assure you that everybody does it and that employers rarely check resume facts. Going on blind faith and convinced the truth hasn't been helpful so far, you seriously consider fabricating information on your resume.
May 21 2004 - Monday, May 24 the New York Times Job Market
"Networking Nights" series kicks off again in New York City. But this year it will extend to
other select U.S. cities
March 30 2004 - The challenge is, How does one create an "interviewable" resume, one that isn't boring or sterile?
February 4 2004 - Going through the motions of a bad interview is like peeling back the layers of an onion.
January 7 2004 - U.S. statutes cover discrimination abroad against U.S.
citizens applying for employment with American employers or for employment with
American-controlled foreign employers.
January 7 2004 - Enterprising job hunters have long sought to get
a foot in the door as a way into their next job. A new survey for Robert Half Technology shows employers
also embrace this approach.
Communication
March 8 2004 - Research shows that people lie in a quarter of their
daily, social interactions and Cornell University communications
researchers say that people are most likely to lie on the telephone.
Technology
November 12 2004 - Without spending more, world-class HR organizations use technology to improve productivity, strategic alignment.
September 2 2004 - The 100+ member organizations of the HR-XML Consortium
have approved a new standard designed to improve
the management of HR metrics data.
Learning
October 29 2004 - The content of today's learning programs must reflect the sales professional's desire to become a trusted business advisor.
May 5 2004 - Classroom-based training and printed books are still
the most popular learning delivery methods but web-delivered learning is gaining ground.
April 29 2004 - A recent survey of 35 major learning organizations
shows that multi-pronged learning initiatives - an approach commonly known as blended learning
- produces the greatest business benefit.
January 26 2004 - Once upon a time everyone could agree that 'training' was an appropriate name for
this area of human resources. Nowadays it seems that no one can agree on the most appropriate term and
uncertainties surround the future of the profession.
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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