2006 US HR Articles
December 9 2006 - A recent survey suggests worker productivity will be maintained as the holiday season
approaches.
December 8 2006 - New research has found that millions of American parents are less productive at
work because they are worried about what their children are doing after school.
December 7 2006 - A recent survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide has found that when it comes to delivering
revenue growth, it is not how many hours a sales force works, it is how they allocate their time.
December 6 2006 - A few simple guidelines can make office meetings productive instead of a source of boredom or dread, according to Taggart Smith, professor of organizational leadership and supervision in the College of Technology, Purdue University. One of the key factors to running a good meeting is to make sure it's needed in the first place.
December 5 2006 - New research conducted at the University of California, Davis shows that
women still hold only one in 10 top decision-making positions at California's 400 largest publicly traded companies.
November 28 2006 - A new study of Fortune 500 companies co-sponsored by Crawford
International and HR.com shows that those with adaptive corporate cultures and strong leadership practices
financially outperform those that do not.
November 28 2006 - Research from The Hackett Group, a strategic advisory firm and an
Answerthink company, estimates that Fortune 500 companies could potentially save US$58 billion annually,
or over US$116 million on average, by off-shoring many of their back office activities.
October 30 2006 - Simma Lieberman talks to successful people in the diversity field. They have a passion for diversity and they live their work. Whether or not they take their work
home with them, their work is always driven by the values they live every day, and their lives are driven by the values they promote at work.
October 16 2006 - The Compensation Data annual survey of more than 5,300 employers shows that almost two-thirds (64.6%)
provided cell phones as an executive perk and 43.6% offered laptops or home PCs.
September 28 2006 - New research has analyzed perceptions of
fairness in executive pay and how CEO over - or underpayment cascades down to
lower organizational levels.
September 28 2006 - Citigroup Global Wealth Management has recently has teamed up with a number of top law firms and law schools to introduce CitiSelect, described as an innovative recruitment programme aimed at providing graduating law students with a new way to fast track their careers.
September 22 2006 - A recent national survey of American registered nurses found that half reported that work chronically interfered with their home lives.
September 21 2006 - According to the first survey on employee exits by career publisher Vault.com
61 per cent of respondents have exited a job on bad terms with their employer.
September 21 2006 - Recruiters and HR leaders find online job sites
effective in filling openings, despite complaints that they generate too many
unqualified applicants.
September 14 2006 - Rising gas prices have resulted in many professionals considering telecommuting as an economical work option, but spending too much time working from home can mean saying goodbye to the corner office.
September 14 2006 - A new report examines factors that have created a sellers' market in the executive search game.
September 14 2006 - Twice as many women hold the top executive position in the
Fortune 500 compared to five years ago.
September 14 2006 - A new study shows that diversity training programs have failed to eliminate bias and increase the number of minorities in management, despite the fact that many corporations have spent increasing amounts of money on this area.
September 14 2006 - More than one-third (34 per cent) of all American employers - and nearly half (46 per cent) with 25 000 or more workers - agree that the aging workforce will have a significant impact on their company. However, more than three-quarters (79 per cent) have not taken any steps to accommodate older workers, according to the 2005/2006 MetLife Employee Benefits Trend Study.
September 6 2006 - What whites think about their own race is the
focus of an innovative national survey.
September 5 2006 - An in-class writing assignment designed to boost students' sense of identity and personal integrity reduced the achievement gap between African-American and non-minority students by 40 per cent.
September 3 2006 - Interesting work, recognition and reward of good performance
and opportunities for promotion attract job seekers the most, according to an Accenture
global recruitment survey.
September 2 2006 - Bipolar disorder costs twice as much in lost productivity as major depressive disorder.
August 31 2006 - Effective HR practices can directly affect business
results for small enterprises, according to a four-phase landmark study.
August 31 2006 - U.S. entrepreneurs are streets ahead of their
counterparts in other countries when it comes to developing innovative businesses that keep
the economy dynamic and productive.
August 29 2006 - The goals of many teens exceed their likely achievements, leading to wasted time and resources, not to mention anxiety and distress, according to a new study.
August 24 2006 - A new survey of 6810 teens shows that of the 50 per cent that were in employment, 514 had been injured at work.
August 24 2006 - Recent research indicates that when we see an unfamiliar face, our brains decide intuitively whether a person is attractive and trustworthy within a tenth of a second - so quickly that reason may play no part in the process.
August 23 2006 - The Massachusetts department of workforce development has ruled that a former FedEx home delivery driver was illegally denied unemployment benefits after finding that he was actually an employee of FedEx, not an independent contractor as the company claimed.
August 22 2006 - A recent survey of American workers found them greatly looking forward to Labor Day weekend at the beginning of September. Nearly one-third said they are working longer hours and suffering more stress than the same time last year.
August 20 2006 - Senior managers believe that pay and job
security are the most important factors when workers consider job offers according to
a recent survey.
August 17 2006 - Identifying new talent improves MBA recruiting for Fortune 500.
August 17 2006 - Experience, Inc. has announced the findings of its 2006
Life After College online survey of recent American graduates on the growing
'boomerang kids' trend towards returning to live in the family home, career paths and
the overall reality of life after college.
August 17 2006 - The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) marks ten years
since the US ended 'welfare as we know it' and moved to replace welfare dependence with '
the dignity, the power and the ethic of work'. The underlying premise of reform was that
work would enable welfare recipients to move out of poverty. The reality is that too many
former recipients and other low-income workers are stuck in dead end jobs without a future.
August 16 2006 - The first significant study of 'colorism' in the American workplace indicates that dark-skinned African Americans face a distinct disadvantage when applying for jobs, even if they have superior qualifications and experience to lighter-skinned black applicants.
August 8 2006 - A study from The
Conference Board reports that the aging workforce and an emerging retirement wave among
'baby boomers' are driving more businesses toward 'strategic workforce planning'.
August 8 2006 - An analysis of employee responses to opinion surveys
has found a number of recurrent themes.
August 5 2006 - Global hotel group, Hilton, part of Hilton Hotels
Corporation, has found a link between employee development and reduced staff turnover for the second year
running.
August 1 2006 - A report from the International Labour Organization
(ILO) says today's labour market is characterized by a widening gap between unprecedented
opportunity for some and growing uncertainty for many.
July 19 2006 - A new survey finds that recruiting costs have risen and efficiency has decreased
despite a growth in organizations applying New Quality measurement from 2% of participating organizations to 40%.
Moreover, it appears that applicants are increasingly unhappy with the recruitment and retention practices they encounter.
July 1 2006 - New reports from the OECD say that if countries want to improve living standards and keep welfare systems functioning they urgently need to get more people into paid employment.
June 27 2006 - One of the easiest ways for disgruntled employees to turn negativity into a dangerous weapon is to create a weblog or 'blog'.
June 23 2006 - Only 11% of survey respondents said they were very satisfied
with the performance of their human resource (HR) function with marginally fewer (10%)
rating their training function very highly.
June 23 2006 - Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) continue apace but many
deals fail to create expected value, according to a recent survey by Accenture and the
Economist Intelligence Unit.
June 20 2006 - Business executives are showing a dramatic boost in their
achievement drives, according to a new study by Hay Group's McClelland Center for Research and
Innovation. In fact, they are overachieving to
the point of harming not
only their own careers, but also the organizations they lead.
May 24 2006 - The diversity of today's workforce is a challenge to
information-technology organizations with "one-size-fits-all" policies, especially
when it comes to women employees, according to recent research.
May 22 2006 - A new review shows that adults with a history of childhood cancer are more likely to be unemployed
than the general population.
May 4 2006 - Applying for a new job, or a new career, can be a major task if you are not prepared with knowledge about yourself and techniques for revealing the best information about yourself when you are applying through the mail for a new position.
April 16 2006 - People in developed countries are living
longer and many are working well past traditional retirement age. Some are even
returning to work after "retiring" and/or opting for "portfolios" of paid and
volunteer positions.
April 16 2006 - A Purdue University associate professor says that
seniors majoring in hospitality and tourism
management are reaping the benefits of industry experience and being active in the community.
April 15 2006 - In today's choice-challenged environment, the absence of time management skills can leave you feeling overwhelmed in your everyday life.
April 14 2006 - That's 'human resources manager' - in case you're wondering - according to the Money magazine and Salary.com
list of 50 Best Jobs in America.
April 4 2006 - A report from Deloitte Consulting states that the
modern CHRO is required increasingly to act as both
strategist and steward. CHROs are 'leaders who not only manage the HR function and operations team,
but also collaborate directly with the CEO and board of directors on a range of critical
business issues.'
April 3 2006 - HR self-service offers many advantages in terms of cost
and efficiency but many human resource executives are still concentrating on routine
transactions and are not reaping the benefits of available technology
April 1 2006 - A new research report from the Economist Intelligence Unit
predicts that more than half the growth in the world's GDP over the next 15 years
will come from China (27%), the US (16%) and India (12%)
March 22 2006 - If you are one of the lucky few that loves your job and it is very secure, then you will never have to consider a change in your career. But, if you are like most other people, you will face changes in your career several times during your lifetime.
February 28 2006 - Study profiles Chief Learning Officers
February 27 2006 - Meetings, don't we hate them? Apparently, there
was a doubling (at least) of meetings at work in the second half of the 20th Century. The implications have been
little studied but recent research on the link between the experience of meetings and the
effects on worker well-being has shown some surprising findings.
February 21 2006 - Why do so few African Americans succeed in the accounting profession?
A preliminary analysis of results from a
survey conducted among members of the National Association of Black Accountants shows that
race continues to impact the careers of people of color in the accounting profession.
February 21 2006 - Workers in the retail
industry provided one of the lowest ratings of their company as a place to work compared
to other industries, according to a recent Hay Group Insight Employee Survey Benchmark
Report.
February 19 2006 - University faculty with family responsibilities
may be hiding their caregiving responsibilies to prevent biased and negative
implications on their careers.
February 1 2006 - A study of nearly 500 middle and senior-level businesswomen revealed that
they are highly likely to negotiate when they take on a challenging new project or job.
23 January 2006 - Almost half of U.S. employees have been
subjected to aggression in the workplace, with customers, clients and patients being the
main source of attacks
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