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Thank you for taking the time to read the information we've been sending. We hope you've found it interesting. Please help yourself to our archive of articles. If you know anyone else who might be interested in this information, please feel free to share any of these articles. The Next Wave of Young Workers This month's issue will provide some background on Generation Y employees, what motivates them, and how you can manage them to reach their full potential. Get ThisVisualiser The Next Wave of Young Workers This month's issue will provide some background on Generation Y employees, what motivates them, and how you can manage them to reach their full potential. Get ThisVisualiser How to Interview and Hire Top People Each and Every Time This month's article provides 5 steps to improve your interviewing process and help you hire the best and brightest. Get ThisVisualiser How to Interview and Hire Top People Each and Every Time This month's article provides 5 steps to improve your interviewing process and help you hire the best and brightest. Get ThisVisualiser Strategy and Planning Lead to Sanity in Management This month's article will show you three steps you can take to better balance the strategic and tactical issues that compete for your time. Get ThisVisualiser Strategy and Planning Lead to Sanity in Management This month's article will show you three steps you can take to better balance the strategic and tactical issues that compete for your time. Get ThisVisualiser Keeping Entry Level Workers From Quitting In this month's issue of 60 Second Solutions you’ll discover 13 tips to help you attract, motivate and retain entry-level workers. Get ThisVisualiser Keeping Entry Level Workers From Quitting In this month's issue of 60 Second Solutions you’ll discover 13 tips to help you attract, motivate and retain entry-level workers. Get ThisVisualiser Identifying Top Performers for Succession and Workforce Planning This month's article highlights four different approaches you can use to select the employees who have the greatest leadership potential, and the drive to take your company to the next level. Get ThisVisualiser Making Recruiting a Marketing Event This month's article discusses how UPS was able to generate thousands of applications for positions that were usually very hard to fill. Get ThisVisualiser Mentoring Can Improve a Company’s Culture This month's article discusses how mentor programs have evolved from “nice-to-have” to a necessity for retaining top talent. Get ThisVisualiser Managing for Retention This month's issue of 60 Second Solutions offers several proven strategies to empower your employees, help them create a work/life balance, and improve morale--all of which directly lead to higher retention. Get ThisVisualiser How to Contain Skyrocketing Benefits Costs This month's article contains a list of ideas to help you reduce your benefits costs. The list offers five ideas for controlling the number one expense—health care, as well as a host of ideas in other areas, including: workers’ comp, retirement programs, and other work-life benefits. Get ThisVisualiser Top 10 Legal Mistakes Employers Make This article will help you avoid some of the most common mistakes when it comes to legal issues that can be easily overlooked. Get ThisVisualiser Eliminating Traffic Jams and Bottlenecks in the Workplace This month's article shows 5 strategies to help eliminate the bottlenecks and slowdowns that keep you from moving projects forward. Get ThisVisualiser How Bosses Should Work Effectively With Their Assistants This month's article discusses the effective use of the administrative staff. Get ThisVisualiser Sports Teams Analyze Their Wins & Loses In the newest issue of Strategies for Success you'll discover: *Why you need win-loss data from your sales efforts *Ways to use the data to drive profits *Categories of data that will be most beneficial Get ThisVisualiser Leadership Survival Kit Leadership Survival Kit Get ThisVisualiser Simple Stress Busters For Your Work Day This month's article discusses three simple stress busters for your work day. Get ThisVisualiser Workforce Ability or Workforce Stability If you look at the most highly successful teams (and companies), you find they have good talent, superior coaching, and the ability to put the right people, in the right place, at the right time. Get ThisVisualiser 101 Ideas for Getting the Employees You Want This month's newsletter offers some innovative ideas to help you overcome the shortage of qualified workers we're facing. Get ThisVisualiser Strategy Lessons-This Time It's Personal This month's Strategies For Success will show you the winning strategies for success of companies in highly competitive industries. Get ThisVisualiser Employee Involvement Programs Drive Performance This month's issue of 60 Second Solutions will show you how to get more involvement from your workforce. Get ThisVisualiser What Makes a Dynamic Leader? Fearlessness! This month's article offers some excellent strategies for becoming a fearless leader--and how you can share that power with others. Get ThisVisualiser Here Today, Gone Tomorrow – How to Reduce Absenteeism at Work In this month's article we highlight four companies that found creative solutions to their absenteeism problems. We'll even show you how one company increased productivity by an astounding 62%! Get ThisVisualiser HR Survival Kit This month, we've created an "HR Survival Kit" that I think you'll find extremely helpful. It includes: * Job Applicant Interview Script * Interview Ranking Worksheet * Interview Evaluation * Interview Summary Worksheet * Reference Check Form * Employee Request Form * Employee Motivation Tips Get ThisVisualiser Becoming an Employer of Choice Part 3: Retention as the Economy Improves This month's article will reveal the two dominant reasons why employees leave an organization and what you can do about them. Get ThisVisualiser Becoming an Employer of Choice Part 2: Hiring Smart This month's article will show you a process that can help you increase productivity, increase the quality of hires, and decrease turnover. Get ThisVisualiser Holiday Stress Busters This month in 60 Second Solutions you'll find seven suggestions from time management specialist, Dr. Donald Wetmore to help you “bust” the annual holiday stress and enjoy your holidays. Get ThisVisualiser Becoming an Employer of Choice Part 1: Culture Marketing What does it take to become an employer of choice? Starting today, HR consultant and author, Tim Augustine will give you the answers. In this first article in a three part series, Tim will show you how to create an "irresistible culture" -- a place where talented people want to work. Get ThisVisualiser Seven Tips to Keep Feedback Positive This month's edition of 60 Second Solutions offers tips on: * Offering positive, constructive, and issue specific feedback. * Handling cases in which negative feedback is necessary. * Keeping employees from becoming defensive when offering feedback. Get ThisVisualiser Managing Your Bus Trip This article takes Jim Collins' concept of "putting the right people on the bus" one step further to challenge some of the assumptions you may have about your company, such as: *Does your corporate structure fit your goals? *Do you have the right leadership in place? *Are you utilizing your current teams skills effectively? Get ThisVisualiser Employee Recognition & Motivation This month's feature story offers: * 50 great recognition & motivation ideas. * Tips on keeping your employees happy. * Ways to keep your top employees from jumping at another job offer. Get ThisVisualiser Sports Teams Analyze Their Wins & Loses In the newest issue of Strategies for Success you'll discover: *Why you need win-loss data from your sales efforts *Ways to use the data to drive profits *Categories of data that will be most beneficial Get ThisVisualiser The Ins and Outs of Employee Surveys This month's article can help you uncover ways to: * Improve productivity * Decrease turnover * Improve profits Get ThisVisualiser Leadership Mythology In this month's issue of Strategies for Success you'll discover: *5 leadership myths *Key ingredients of good leadership *How leadership can help others reach their full potential Get ThisVisualiser Spend Some Time on Myself? Who Has Time for That? Learn how you can free up a little quality time to spend on yourself. Get ThisVisualiser Watch Out for Eddie Haskell They're dangerous. They can cost your company tens of thousands in lost productivity and profits. Who are they? They are those job candidates who looked great on paper and in the interview, but suddenly become troublemakers and under-performers once they're hired. Get ThisVisualiser Easing the Pain Staffing problems always seem to hit when you can least afford them. This article offers three case studies from companies that found creative --and immediate--solutions to their staffing challenges. Get ThisVisualiser At the Competitive Edge How do you stay one-step ahead of the competition? I may have found the answer in a great article on competitive strategy. Get ThisVisualiser Multi-tasking is Counterproductive In a recent University of Michigan study, researchers found that multi-tasking can actually be counter-productive. This article shows you how to get more done in your day. Get ThisVisualiser Workforce Survey We want to know your thoughts on the most critical issues facing local employers...topics like, outsourcing, U.S. Economy, wage and benefits costs, and employee productivity. Get ThisVisualiser How to Compete in the War for Talent In this special audio edition of 60 Second Solutions, Peter Loomis, PHR, a 30 year veteran of corporate HR and now a strategic HR consultant, offers ideas on what you can, and should, be doing to win the war for talent. Get ThisVisualiser The Changing Role of HR What is the role of HR? Unfortunately, many people have a narrow view of what HR does. In reality, HR's role is growing and becoming increasingly essential. Read on to discover the 4 roles of HR and how they are important to your company's success. Get ThisVisualiser Staffing for Profit Staffing can really make a difference to your bottom line! By matching your staffing plans to your business plans you'll probably find significant opportunity to drive revenues and better control personnel expenses. Here are 12 specific ideas for using staffing to enhance your bottom line. Get ThisVisualiser Managing Growth The following article from Strategic Business Futurist Roger Herman discusses the HR challenges you can expect from the boom and the strategies you can use to assure your access to the people you'll need. Get ThisVisualiser Tips To Save Time How would you like to have an extra week off this year? Sound good? Well it's possible...if you save just 10 minutes a day. While we can't promise you time off for an exotic cruise, we can show you how easy it is to save 40 or more hours over the course of a year. Here are 29 ways you can save a minute here and there every day. Just imagine what you will do with all your extra time! Get ThisVisualiser Workforce 2004: An Impending Crisis? This article by HR futurist Roger Herman reviews trends that have been developing in the labor market over the past few years, and predicts that these trends will result in severe shortages for many types of skilled employees over the next several years. Get ThisVisualiser Making Work Fun To truly energize your workforce you need to go above and beyond the usual. This article offers tips to help make your day more enjoyable, and even more importantly, they'll help you increase productivity and improve retention. Get ThisVisualiser Perspectives & Forecasts Want to know the trends that will most affect the HR landscape in the months and years ahead? Workforce futurist Roger Herman shares his wisdom in this thought provoking article. Get ThisVisualiser Interview Questions You Need To Ask Responsibility, sincerity, ethics, quick thinking. All are important traits to look for in potential employees. But, how do you gauge these traits during an interview? This article will give you samples of interview questions you can use, and ideas of what answers you should expect to hear. Get ThisVisualiser Top Ten Ways to Get a Life You Can Live With Stop putting out other people's fires and start focusing on your needs. This article will show you how to take back control of your time, eliminate energy drainers and make your needs a priority. Get ThisVisualiser Beware of the Bermuda Communication Triangle Do you ever get sucked in by employee conflicts or put in the middle of situations where you really don't belong? If so you've experienced the Bermuda Triangle of Communication--and you know how painful it can be! This article will show you how to steer clear of troubled waters--and keep yourself out of employee conflict triangles. Get ThisVisualiser Employee Retention: Your Key to Bottom Line Success This article reviews the importance of maintaining a stable workforce, and it offers a number of specific recommendations for minimizing turnover. Get ThisVisualiser Creative Tips for Spicing Up Your Company Meetings Let's face it, most company meetings are less than thrilling affairs. As the title suggests, this article offers some specific things your clients can do to add more fun and excitement to their meetings. Get ThisVisualiser Overcoming Obstacles: How Businesses Use Staffing Strategically Davis SM Sept 2003 Get ThisVisualiser "Employee Request Checklist" Davis LS Sept 2003 Get ThisVisualiser "Hiring ROI" Davis SE & SP August 03 Get ThisVisualiser "I Wish I Knew What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" Davis TE & TP, August 03 Get ThisVisualiser "Employment Resource Center: Best of the Web" Davis SM July 2003 Get ThisVisualiser "Employment Resource Center: Employment Law" Davis LS July 2003 Get ThisVisualiser Employment Resource Center Employment Resource Center Get ThisVisualiser Employment Resource Center Employment Resource Center Get ThisVisualiser I-9 Compliance: Employers Need 'Hire' Education Last year the Department of Justice hit one employer with $174,000 in penalties for discriminatory documentation practices. The cause of the problem: discrimination against U.S. citizens who looked or sounded foreign. This article will show you how to set up a process to prevent discrimination charges, and what to do if your current process needs improvement. Get ThisVisualiser When is it Time to Hire? The declining economy creates many complexities that dictate staffing levels. One common reaction when searching for ways to control costs is to eliminate staff. In an overzealous attempt to achieve financial austerity, some managers may cut too deeply -- while others may lag in hiring enough staff to leverage profit opportunities. How can a manager or business owner interpret the cues and take the most appropriate staffing actions? Here are ten questions you should ask to help you decide if you are adequately staffed. Get ThisVisualiser Resource Shortages- 9 Ways to Get Work Done Your clients have reduced headcount and slashed expenses. When business picks up, how will they get work done? Resource Shortages provides 9 solutions Senior Decision Makers can put to use, including: job shifting, job sharing, using temporary help, outsourcing and other effective strategies that can create valuable opportunities for success in the new economy. Get ThisVisualiser 10 Workplace Personalities and How to Handle Them This month’s article to Tactical Buyers should hit home with just about everyone since we all know people with quirky personalities around the workplace. Read about how the locomotive will steamroll others’ ideas, or how the not-my-job-er will pass the blame onto others, and more. The value in this article is that it will show Tactical Buyers how to work with and around these challenging people. Get ThisVisualiser 5 things you can do to create a Visionary Enterprise History has repeatedly shown that visionary companies, those with a clear understanding of where they are going, have consistently outperformed the general market. This article outlines five steps readers can take to make their organizations more visionary, overcome the economic decline of the past two years, and prepare their business for success in 2003 and beyond. Get ThisVisualiser Best Practices for using Temporary Employees When managers think about using temporary staffing, they typically think about it in terms of: place an order, a temp shows up, does a few hours of work, and leaves. And then the bill arrives. But as you know, the companies that get the best results from staffing put more effort into planning for and managing their temporaries. This "Best Practices" guide provides readers ten top tips for getting great results from temporaries, including: setting clear performance expectations, preparing their staff, and more. Get ThisVisualiser Do You Need Workforce Planning? Workforce Planning. 20 years ago it was one of the hottest topics in HR, and now it's making a comeback. Why? Because companies are tired of feeling the pain from economic surprises. In the late 90's, it was the severe talent shortage. Today its dealing with the downturn in economy, and the need to trim staff while still attracting new talent.. "Do you Need Workforce Planning?" is about the benefits and "how to’s" of workforce planning. And of course, planning for and using contingent staffing is a big part of this article! Get ThisVisualiser Employers Use Fun to Fight Turnover Can fun really be a cure for turnover? You bet! Fun may be the best cure for stress, boredom, and a host of other issues that tend to cause turnover. This humorous (but practical) article offers real-world examples that have worked for companies, big and small. For example, you can learn how CIGNA motivates its staff and how one Sprint office kicks back to keep workers energized! Get ThisVisualiser After the Fall: retaining and inspiring top talent during tough times With the economy in such a state of flux, it’s not surprising that many managers are uncertain about the direction of their departments and the retention of their employees. "After the Fall" addresses the dilemma of keeping top IT professionals, not only with the company, but happy in their job and workplace as well. Get ThisVisualiser Perfection Does Not Equal Ideal Know any perfectionists? Don’t we all! But how perfect are they really? Well, this month’s article suggests that when people focus on attaining perfection, they have a tendency to be overly critical of themselves and others, generate stress, work less efficiently, and possibly sink morale among their co-workers. "Perfection Does Not Equal Ideal" offers tips on how to adopt a healthier, more productive mindset of excellence rather than striving for perfection Get ThisVisualiser How to contain SKYROCKETING benefits costs Costs for medical insurance and other benefits are on the rise. Companies across the nation are scrambling to find new solutions for meeting higher healthcare expenses all in an effort to avoid passing those costs onto their employees. "How to Contain..." shows employers the in’s and out’s of reducing healthcare costs, controlling workers’ comp expenses, and--to your benefit--reducing their full-time staff (those who cost the most when it comes to benefits) to core levels while supplementing with temporaries. Get ThisVisualiser Sometimes, I get by with a little help from my friends. Yes, the old Beatles tune--it has a lot to say about business these days. With more being demanded of us (and indeed of Tactical Buyers) and less time to get it done, getting a little help from our friends is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity--especially when one of those friends is you! In the sidebar at the end of the article, readers are explained the value that your services can offer them in times of need. Get ThisVisualiser The True Value of Hiring and Retaining Top Performers As everyone knows, top performing employees are worth more than average ones, but how much more? This article shows readers how to calculate the true value of every employee...from top to bottom. It also suggests that managers should do whatever is necessary to keep those top employees happy. Get ThisVisualiser Can Temps Drive Profits? Part 2 In this "sequel" to June's part one article (which offered case studies to demonstrate how temps can drive profits), readers are given scientific proof to support the concept that using a contingent workforce leads to business success. This study, done by researchers from Lehigh University and the University of Oklahoma, asserts "firms that increased their reliance on contingent labor experienced statistically significant increases in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA)" Read the article to find out how! Get ThisVisualiser Can Temps Drive Profits? Part 2 In this "sequel" to June's part one article (which offered case studies to demonstrate how temps can drive profits), readers are given scientific proof to support the concept that using a contingent workforce leads to business success. This study, done by researchers from Lehigh University and the University of Oklahoma, asserts "firms that increased their reliance on contingent labor experienced statistically significant increases in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA)" Read the article to find out how! Get ThisVisualiser Can Temps Drive Profits? Can Temps Drive Profits? You bet! And this article proves it. Included are three case studies that tell the tales of firms that solved problems and improved results through the strategic use of temporaries. The article also includes a useful sidebar that outlines several situations in which temporary employees can be effectively used to drive profits. Get ThisVisualiser Performance Management: 10 tips to drive the bottom line Strong teams are, unquestionably, necessary for success. But to get the best results, teams need great leadership. Through effective performance management, a leader can produce exceptional results from his or her team. This article offers 10 tips for creating world-class teams. The article also points out the value temporary employees offer when maximizing team performance. Get ThisVisualiser 10 Ideas for Better Staffing Results "Selecting Winners" provides practical and useful ideas to help Tactical Buyers get the most from their staffing investment. The piece includes advice on how to give more lead time for orders, when to be wary of cut-rate deals, and how to provide feedback to the staffing provider. Get ThisVisualiser Aligning Employees with Strategy & Success Why is strategic alignment so important to a business? Because it brings all the departments and employees together to form a cohesive team focusing on one goal and understanding the vision and implementation it takes to get there. "Aligning Employees..." shows readers the best ways to effectively align the many facets of their organization from the overall company structure right down to each employee’s role there. It also highlights how a staffing firm can contribute to creating company alignment. Get ThisVisualiser Overstressed? Get REAListic! Stress can haunt our workdays, possibly diminishing morale and/or productivity at times. But sometimes, stress is an unnecessary evil...sometimes we have the control! "Overstressed?" deals with the concept that often times our unrealistic expectations, especially for others’ behavior, can cause very unnecessary stress for us. Get ThisVisualiser Can Temps Drive Profits? Can Temps Drive Profits? You bet! And this article proves it. Included are three case studies that tell the tales of firms that solved problems and improved results through the strategic use of temporaries. The article also includes a useful sidebar that outlines several situations in which temporary employees can be effectively used to drive profits. Get ThisVisualiser Get Ready, Get Set, GROW! Things are looking up for the economy, but businesses needn’t sit back and wait for their share of the success. Companies that want to grow this year need to start planning today. This article offers ten terrific tips to help your company get ready to grow. By spending wisely, getting aggressive about sales and marketing, deepening client relationships, developing a staffing system, and staying positive, you can make the most of an economy on the upswing. Get ThisVisualiser True Confessions of a Bargain Shopper Are you a bargain shopper? The bargain shopper is a cunning creature constantly on the prowl for the ultimate deal! When it comes to staffing services, the lowest price is rarely the best deal, but, the highest value is! Get ThisVisualiser Get Ready, Get Set, GROW! Things are looking up for the economy, but businesses needn’t sit back and wait for their share of the success. Companies that want to grow this year need to start planning today. This article offers ten terrific tips to help your company get ready to grow. By spending wisely, getting aggressive about sales and marketing, deepening client relationships, developing a staffing system, and staying positive, you can make the most of an economy on the upswing. Get ThisVisualiser Making It Happen: The Secrets to Creating Sustainable Change Whether it comes easily or reluctantly, change is a fundamental requirement for success in today’s volatile business world. The challenge executives face is making changes that last--creating the kind of improvements that permanently "take root" in an organization. "Making it Happen" provides a five-part model for creating sustainable change. Get ThisVisualiser Join the 1% Club: Create a Fulfilling Life Money. Fame. Freedom. Some lucky people just seem to have it all. But is it really luck that counts? According to "Join the 1% Club," luck has little to do with your success. It's focus, organization, values, goals, and support that have everything to do with getting ahead. This article outlines eight steps for creating a more fulfilling life. Get ThisVisualiser Are You Overwhelmed? It can happen to anyone...stress...tension...burnout... But the trick is recognizing when you are feeling overwhelmed. This article offers a quick quiz to help readers determine if they're close to burnout, and it discusses the downfalls of becoming drained by work and what to do about it. For those under strain, there are "Ten Tips for Avoiding Burnout and Inviting Balance." Get ThisVisualiser The Q Factor What is the "Q factor?" It's quality, or more accurately, the qualities of a company's products or services that drive success. While the definition of quality varies from company to company, two things must exist to have quality: consistency and value. "The Q Factor" presents stories of companies that have made the most of quality and how they did it. Plus, it shows readers how to find their own Q factor. Get ThisVisualiser |
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