http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/community/human-resources All Content in Human Resources en Fri, 21 May 2010 19:22:20 GMT Clearspace 2.5.6 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-05-21T19:22:20Z en http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/5235 Another thing to consider is to make sure your interns are aware of what's expected and acceptable when using your business computers. I'm seeing it in action and hearing from my customers that college students and recent grads are all about having interns hiring staff staffing Fri, 21 May 2010 19:22:20 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/5235 2010-05-21T19:22:20Z 3 months, 2 weeks ago 3 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/5143 Since I own a web design firm I tell you what I would look for if we needed one ;-)   I would look for references. (Actually check the reference, don't just ask for them.) Look at experience. Make sure that you meet the designer in person. It is hiring hr contract designer freelance Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:56:49 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/5143 2010-03-25T21:56:49Z 5 months, 1 week ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/5134 As a former corporate educator, I would offer the following: Create internal video training, posted on the intranet or internal system that addresses the most significant employee skills (primarily EQ skills - communication, relationship building, training Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:42:13 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/5134 2010-03-21T14:42:13Z 5 months, 2 weeks ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/2010 What suggestions do you have on low-cost but effective Human resource management applications? tools applications resources staffing low-cost budget human software management Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:53:48 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/2010 2009-04-23T18:53:48Z 6 months, 4 days ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4833 Great. I am always "blogging" about employee performance and how to manage intellectual-age employees on my blogs on www.LiveFiredUp.com and on this site at Power Performance. You may find more information there on a regular basis. Hope this helps. reveiws performance Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:23 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4833 2009-12-30T13:00:23Z 8 months, 6 days ago 5 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4735 Michael, I think I was one of the 3 guys in your typing class. I, too, type soph typing and most important class i took. They thought I was nuts taking typing, but not now. Let's talk about NU offline. Curious of your EI work. Russ executive skillsets public speaking leadership Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:45:40 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4735 2009-12-04T15:45:40Z 9 months, 2 days ago 6 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4796 Unfortunately, the simple answer is no--at least in the short run. If every employee joined a gym and  missed fewer days of work due to becoming healthier,  the health insurance premium could go down--or increase more slowly-- if the insurance pool were health cost fitness center plan benefits Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:52:18 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4796 2009-12-16T01:52:18Z 8 months, 3 weeks ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4786 My members would agree with Bruce Phillips. In addition explore if having wellness programs will help reduce premium increases over the long term. I have a member (Health and Benifits Systems of Kansas City) in this business and he has had great success benefits retention pay budget decisions hr Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:28:49 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4786 2009-12-13T22:28:49Z 8 months, 3 weeks ago 2 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4760 http://features.bizmore.com/blog/must-read/the-skinny-on-confidentiality-agreements-and-non-competes   Thomas - hello again!   I've been thinking over your recent post and this blog may come too late - but wanted to let you know about it Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:50:45 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4760 2009-12-07T23:50:45Z 8 months, 4 weeks ago 4 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4688 thanks for your message!   tech-genius, I really mean tech-architecture.  yes, I am considering to start a web-company. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:06:15 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4688 2009-11-25T04:06:15Z 9 months, 1 week ago 2 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4647 I have a different perspective than most on this. First, my work and research is in the area of the connection of talents to jobs/roles. We are all hardwired with certain innate talents and strengths, and in today's intellectual workplace (because we hiring questions Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:59:45 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4647 2009-11-22T15:59:45Z 9 months, 2 weeks ago 2 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4636 I wish most managers would just nod and say, "we already do that." Though that would tough for my business it would at least address the issue and there may be significantly more engaged and high performing employees.  Most managers I work with have one energy exercise clarity level Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:34 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4636 2009-11-19T22:51:34Z 9 months, 2 weeks ago 4 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4582 Depends on what level you decide on. The free drinks and food idea started, I believe, with Microsoft providing free sodas and pizza to employees to make them work longer hours and not notice. Then it spread to the Internet startups and soon people were free drink food start-up Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:06:17 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4582 2009-11-12T00:06:17Z 9 months, 3 weeks ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4507 I currently work at a university coordinating leadership and programming initiatives for undergraduate students.  I am interested in transitioning into more corporate and professional training.  My question is:  where do I start?  I would also like transition for-profit non-profit jobs training development Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:57:47 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4507 2009-11-05T04:57:47Z 10 months, 9 hours ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4458 Dear Geoff,   Thank you very much for your kind and insightful answer. Unfortunately, my social and business networks are too thin, and mainly among creative and academic types, completely outside of the world of business or healthcare.   recruitment recruiter search executive Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:24:28 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4458 2009-10-27T02:24:28Z 10 months, 1 week ago 2 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4452 Ain't that the truth.  Not many people know the Tamburiztans! workers generations culture millenials divide workplace y office gen x baby gap boom employees boomers Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:40:20 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4452 2009-10-24T21:40:20Z 10 months, 1 week ago 4 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4433 For many businesses, delayed retirement is a blessing. The threat of a brain drain when Baby Boomers retire has been well documented for the past decade or more. Several studies even reported that 90% or more companies had not yet implemented a employees retirement workers recession delay businesses Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:09:40 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4433 2009-10-23T05:09:40Z 10 months, 2 weeks ago 2 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4301 There isn’t much in the way of competitive market data for private companies this small, and unlike public companies, private companies don’t have to disclose how they pay their non-employee Directors.  That, of course, means that pay practices in such pay directors board of compensation executive Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:52:24 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4301 2009-09-25T18:52:24Z 10 months, 2 weeks ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4382 Office romances are difficult in the best of circumstances. In the worst cases, the boss wields power and influence of the position to entice or force an employee into undesired choices. When bosses manipulate by position, they undermine their office intimate sex company employee dating harassment relationship policy employees sexual rules Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:45:57 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4382 2009-10-14T21:45:57Z 10 months, 3 weeks ago 4 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4311 There's no shortage of places for this.  A simple entry of "sample employment agreement" on Google or Bing will yield you enough free sites to give you more than enough samples of the template.   The template is one piece, but it's the provisions Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:19:08 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4311 2009-09-28T18:19:08Z 10 months, 3 weeks ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4342 This should be part of your organization's disaster recovery/business continuity plan. Here are some disaster recovery and business continuity tips I've written. The essence of the matter is analyze and prioritize your business processes, create a flu day sick h1n1 policy swine_flu Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:32:19 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4342 2009-10-06T12:32:19Z 10 months, 4 weeks ago 3 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4343 It can be hard to imagine: The employees you see every day, go to lunch with, and whose families you regularly inquire about may be stealing from you. In fact, one informal survey found that half of all business managers had dealt with employee theft at workers resources stealing embezzle human embezzlement employee theft steal Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:35:02 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4343 2009-10-06T17:35:02Z 11 months, 1 day ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4336 I'm looking for examples of companies planning to use tools like Skype and other social media if an H1N1 outbreak requires employees to stay home.  How and what is being used? h1n1 absenteeism social skype media Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:33:07 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4336 2009-10-04T05:33:07Z 11 months, 4 days ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4320 Turnover with high unemployment is troubling so I applaud you for taking the initiative to do something.  There are dozens of "best practices" to track turnover but before I make any recommendations. I'd like to know: "what is too high?"  How much did human resources employee rates retention turnover staffing Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:24:34 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4320 2009-09-30T21:24:34Z 11 months, 6 days ago 3 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4309 I've heard consumer advocate Clark Howard talk about this so you may want to see if he has anything on his site about it. I know that credit score can be tied to personal responsibility (you know, that once sought-after trait that's becoming a thing integrity credit report resources human Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:32:02 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4309 2009-09-28T14:32:02Z 11 months, 1 week ago 4 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4293 I'm looking for design of a five year emplyee development and career path program with form, policies, notifications, etc. for full implementation Any suggestions or recommendations? development plan career Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:23:51 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4293 2009-09-25T02:23:51Z 11 months, 1 week ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3985 What is the biggest problem you face with VMS arrangements?   Would an inter-company SaaS for reporting and approval help? staffing vms saas tools Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:20:58 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3985 2009-08-11T12:20:58Z 11 months, 1 week ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4181 Informally, I have always known Corporate Casual to mean no jeans, collared shirt, no tie. Business Casual is similar but may include jeans if dressed with a jacket. And casual is jeans and polo shirt, but no shorts, open toed shoes, skimpy tank tops casual corporate business-casual Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:09:37 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4181 2009-09-18T03:09:37Z 11 months, 2 weeks ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4166 We are weighing our options to  provide mental wellness benefits to our employees. This coverage seems a bit more expensive but we are noticing that due to the current economic condition we are noticing more employees are experiencing stress, anxiety, Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:15:58 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4166 2009-09-15T23:15:58Z 11 months, 3 weeks ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4152 How can we adopt a variable strategic compensation plan amongst our sales employees?   Thanks!   JB Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:35:06 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4152 2009-09-14T17:35:06Z 11 months, 3 weeks ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4082 The Wall Street backlash has already impacted the executive pay environment for all companies.  The White House has put out new principles on executive compensation.  There is currently legislation in both houses that places a variety of restrictions on company executive pay compensation decisions salary regulation Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:32:27 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4082 2009-09-03T21:32:27Z 11 months, 3 weeks ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3448 Are there any training seminars that are specific to time-management? I'd like to find a good one-day event. training conferences program trade shows seminars management time resources Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:24:21 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3448 2009-06-15T22:24:21Z 11 months, 4 weeks ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4076 Complaints about promotions, compensation issues, a clash with a co-worker, and benefits questions are the things I've seen the most over the years. Occasionaly there may be something more serious - harrassment, or reporting an employee with a substance employee hr Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:48:02 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4076 2009-09-01T18:48:02Z 1 year, 1 day ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3687 Not all people hate HR departments. This is the language that perpetuates this myth. About 20% of HR departments are doing great things; 20% are awful (and deserving of distaste) and 60% are somewhere in between. The same can be said of any department hr benefits Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:11:07 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3687 2009-07-14T01:11:07Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4068 Many companies place job ads online and some still use traditional media like the newspaper. If you wanted to cover all bases to make sure that you got the right candidate for the position, what different places would you post a job ad? employment advertisements job recruiting Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:55:19 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/4068 2009-08-28T00:55:19Z 1 year, 6 days ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3673 The jobs we see with rising pay (annual total cash compensation) in the last 12 months are healthcare jobs like physical therapist, registerd nurse and occupational therapist, certain civil engineering positions and some corporate accounting jobs. increase pay hire jobs compensation Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:07:57 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3673 2009-07-13T22:07:57Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3992 This sounds dumb but I was told once that anyone who answers "did you have trouble finding the building" and worse yet shares a long story about getting lost is not for you. Have to say it is a quick filter. hiring hr interview recruiting Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:31:47 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3992 2009-08-14T16:31:47Z 1 year, 2 weeks ago 2 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3959 The human mind is an amazing device when it comes to learning/training. Cognitive load is a fancy way of saying "my head is going to explode because there's too much for me to deal with all at the same time." You have to strike a balance between having training Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:25:11 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3959 2009-08-04T22:25:11Z 1 year, 4 weeks ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3932 You can minimize but can't completely avoid it. A key answer is implied in your question: most people elevated to hiring/interviewing roles don't know how to do it well. It needs to be treated like a trainable skill just like any other skill. Person X hires interviews executives employment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:26:25 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3932 2009-07-31T17:26:25Z 1 year, 1 month ago 2 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3906 I'm looking to understand better the things plan sponsors are considering when choosing a service provider. Thanks. hr plans 401k plan sponsor fiduciary Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:15:50 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3906 2009-07-30T01:15:50Z 1 year, 1 month ago http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3797 They do not follow a method that works. There’s a great way to hire people and a bunch of lousy ways. We call them voodoo hiring methods that are especially used by entrepreneurial CEOs and managers who think they’re “too busy” to do it.   They use hiring staffing staff employees interviews Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:20:05 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3797 2009-07-17T23:20:05Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3796 No, but it’s not their fault. HR departments get pressure from the CEO to “make talent a competitive advantage at our company,” but then do not get a large enough chunk of senior executive time or budget to actually train and systematize best practices interviews hiring human employees hr resources managers staffing new Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:58:28 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3796 2009-07-17T22:58:28Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3681 I’ve seen too many CEOs walk into a negotiation focused primarily on salary. While salary is clearly an important component of any pay decision – as we’ll discuss below – a pay negotiation should always consider the company’s pay program in its ceo salary pay negotiation hires executives Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:10:55 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3681 2009-07-14T00:10:55Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3683 V ery little. CEO salaries at big companies tend to be structured differently than at smaller companies.  A big corporate CEO typically doesn’t really need his or her base salary, and as a result, tends to have at least half of the annual pay package pay negotiations hiring salary ceo Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:47:59 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3683 2009-07-14T00:47:59Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3675 The biggest risk when you freeze wages is losing your best people, particularly those who are developing quickly in their jobs and responsibilities, and those who are in jobs that continue to be in demand. Let’s look at two examples. Software hiring freeze salary wages Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:46:10 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3675 2009-07-13T22:46:10Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3689 Find out if any of the complaints are valid. If a line manager has a pattern of negative reviews, he should know that. How does the manager doing the review rank in terms of overall favorable or unfavorable reviews? Employees can also overestimate hr employees complaints Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:17:04 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3689 2009-07-14T01:17:04Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3650 Step up communications, for one. You’ll need more than you’ve ever had in the past.  Every type of communication that the CEO and leadership team typically have should be increased, especially face-to-face and one-on-one conversations. Second: Be very morale layoffs human resources Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:16:05 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3650 2009-07-13T04:16:05Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3652 Last in first out is probably the worst method. Recent hires are often the most productive and engaged. You have to come up with clear reasons why you’re laying off people. It may be that a unit is being shut down. Or maybe departments are being Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:53:04 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3652 2009-07-13T04:53:04Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3772 Commit to structured time for coaching and training. It’s so easy, especially in small businesses, to forgo formalized training and assume that employee development is happening through osmosis. Often, it’s not. But if you really want to develop your talent development employees incentives Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:09:15 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3772 2009-07-16T21:09:15Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1 http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3654 One of the biggest keys to being successful at work and having a nice work/life balance is personal efficiency. That is, how you organize your work life.   Very few companies focus on that because it seems like a soft skill. I once worked at a hr skills staffing recruiting Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:16:51 GMT anonymous http://answers.bizmore.com/portal/message/3654 2009-07-13T17:16:51Z 1 year, 1 month ago 1