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Workers Rethinking Priorities; Employers Can Help: A new workplace survey by CIGNA Behavioral Health points to mounting economic and world tensions that have led many American workers to contemplate significant changes in their lives. With retirement nest eggs cracking, job security waning, and terrorist threats still on the radar screen, employees are facing stresses that are...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, radar, workplace, health care, worker, job; White papers 2003-09-12
Increase Your Competitive Advantage while Reducing Your Workforce: A reduction-in-force RIF is one area in which companies commonly make a bad situation worse. In fact, effectively conducting RIFs is an area for which a significant "knowing-doing gap" exists. In other words, there is an abundance of available information to help us effectively conduct and RIF, but many companies...; Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, HR Web Centre, workforce, competitive advantage; White papers 2003-08-17
Alerting HR to an 'Impending Crisis' in the Workforce: The slowdown in our economy has lulled employers into complacency, Too Many Jobs, Too Few People. As the economy heats up, many employers will not be able to hire enough people to get the work done as their current employees leave for greener pastures—and take the expertise and knowledge with...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, workforce, Human Resources, leader, worker, knowledge, job; White papers 2003-07-13
Leveraging HR Technology to Build a Higher-Performing Workforce 2: The article describes that by taking the lead to leverage HR technology and build a higher-performing workforce, HR can create and sustain a competitive advantage for any organization. Using this approach will also enable HR to take its rightful place at the corporate strategic table. This transformational imperative cannot, however,...; Tags: HR Web Centre, Human Resources, workforce, competitive advantage, performance; White papers 2003-06-24
Hiring Guidelines for Massachusetts Employers: The article describes that a basic rule of thumb in interviewing is to focus on job requirements,” says Josh Black, an attorney with law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn and Ferris, and he advised that interviewers “use caution” around questions that elicit information about protected classes. Black spoke at the second...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, hiring, job; White papers 2003-05-14

Use Referral Programs to Fill High-Turnover Positions: The article says that many HR managers know that employee referral programs—systems in which employees are rewarded for recommending their friends and neighbors as candidates for employment—are very cost-effective recruiting methods. They may also know new hires referred from in house stay on the job longer than the average recruit....; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, recruiting, job; White papers 2003-05-13
Recruiting & Retention after Relocation: Even employers that have had to go through mass layoffs during the economic slump find that they still have hiring needs because the demands of their business situations are ever changing. Yesterday’s business criteria are likely to be obsolete as an organization strives to remain competitive and meet tomorrow’s business...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, staffing, recruiting, layoff, hiring; White papers 2003-04-26
Four Steps to Successful Employee Orientation: In this economy, people are forced to accept jobs that are not the best fit for them. Once the economy turns around, these people may quit and go elsewhere. What can companies do to keep good employees? Retention begins on the first day on the job. The key is to...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, job; White papers 2003-03-09
Preventative Measures and Reasonable Accommodations II: Making physical modifications within the existing work environment is a healthy start on making the workplace more accommodating for future employees who may have disabilities. Even though employers are not required to make workplace changes until an accommodation is actually necessary, they do have an obligation under Title I of...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, accommodation, disability, workplace, job applicant, litigation, hiring, environment, job; White papers 2003-03-04
Preventative Measures and Reasonable Accommodations: Making physical modifications within the existing work environment is a healthy start on making the workplace more accommodating for future employees who may have disabilities. Even though employers are not required to make workplace changes until an accommodation is actually necessary, they do have an obligation under Title I of...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, accommodation, disability, workplace, job applicant, litigation, hiring, environment, job; White papers 2003-03-04
Employers Prefer to Receive Resumes Electronically: Employers prefer to receive resumes from job hunters electronically rather than in hard copy format, according to the respondents of a new survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers NACE. Employers are always searching for ways to become more efficient Accepting resumes through electronic means allows them...; Tags: HR Web Centre, survey, job; White papers 2003-02-01
Faking It: Can Applicants ‘Outsmart’ Personality Tests?: The article says that Faking" is probably the biggest apprehension that employers have about using personality tests during the hiring process. These concerns are well founded. Job applicants are confronted by more tests all the time. They are motivated to “pass the test” and come closer to a job offer....; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, job applicant, hiring, job; White papers 2003-01-28
More Lawsuits Predicted as Layoffs Continue: Legal experts predict another tough year for employers and employees, with increases in employment-related lawsuits in the wake of continued layoffs. Hundreds of the world’s leading employment and labor law experts think continued workforce cuts, accompanied by a flood of wrongful practice allegations, will be the hottest workplace-related legal issues....; Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, layoff, workforce, workplace; White papers 2003-01-27
Pre-employment Personality Testing: If they are mathematically sound, legally defensible, and predictive of a person’s job performance—is it any surprise that personality tests are more and more a part of hiring? No one knows for sure how many employers use tests, but the number is growing, according to professionals in the field of...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, HR Web Centre, motivation, hiring, job; White papers 2003-01-19
Are You Prepared? ASSE Offers Crisis Checklist: Increasing workplace safety and security during a time of crisis is the purpose of The American Society of Safety Engineers' ASSE crisis checklist. ASSE emphasizes that it is not a one-size-fits-all solution, but believes the checklist can provide useful guidance. ASSE says that in addition to communicating to employees that...; Tags: HR Web Centre, emergency response, workplace, security; White papers 2002-12-30
Reason for Termination Roulette’ Will Likely Cost Employer: When an employer offers conflicting explanations regarding the reason an employee was terminated, it raises doubts as to, which of the reasons offered, if any, were legitimate. This goes double if the terminated employee is a member of a protected class. If you are serious about identifying the guilty party...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, workplace, harassment, termination; White papers 2002-12-03
Avoiding Liability for Privacy Violations: It affects hiring decisions—think of negligent hiring and safety concerns. It affects you when you deal with performance problems—think attendance, productivity, and misconduct. It affects your quality control—think of monitoring phone and e-mail communication and Internet use. It affects giving references, and it even affects the information you maintain to...; Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, hiring, accommodation, quality control, monitoring, performance, e-mail; White papers 2002-11-20
Execs Taking Measures to Protect Against Violence: A fired employee these days finds himself or herself often not only out of a job, but also without retirement savings or much hope of landing new work. The problems have been worsened by the slack economy. A fired employee these days finds himself or herself often not only out...; Tags: HR Web Centre, Enron Corp., violence, exec, job; White papers 2002-10-21
Simple Steps to Hiring A Third-Party Administrator: When you’re hiring a third-party administrator TPA to help you run a self-funded benefits program, you can put your trust in one of two areas: your luck or your system. Here’s a tip: as you stroke the rabbit’s foot in your top left drawer, remember—it didn’t bring good luck to...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, rabbit, hiring; White papers 2002-09-11
Background Checks: A 21st Century Necessity for Employers: The article says that with an increase in negligent hiring, retention, and defamation lawsuits; spiraling recruitment and training costs; and an upsurge in workplace violence and theft, more employers feel that they have a need to know as much as possible about every potential and current employee. Add that surveys...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, HR Web Centre, workplace violence, job applicant, hiring, workplace, training, survey, job; White papers 2002-08-28