In today’s world, it can be difficult for small businesses to figure out whether or not they should use an in-house employee or outsource their human resources issues. According to human resource professionals, the size of a company, its resources, and the involvement of its executives helps to determine its strategy for human resources. In [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 29, 2011
HR.com launched 22 certification programs in summer of 2010 in the hopes of making IHR education more widely available for free and by making certification very affordable at less than $400. Two common programs, Master Sorcerer and Keeper of the Company Watch, help HR specialists improve their careers. Master Sorcerer is used to make people [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 28, 2011
Sexual harassment in the workplace seemed to be on the backburner over the past decade or so, until Herman Cain and his scandal hit the media in recent weeks. Out of sight for sexual harassment at work does not necessarily mean out of mind. The number of sexual harassment complaints filed by employees continues to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 28, 2011
A study conducted by Bersin & Associates, a human resources advisory firm, shows that companies are seeing a significant advantage when it comes to recruiting costs for new employees. For a company that has more than 10,000 employees across the globe it will pay roughly $1,900 per new hire. This is compared to midsized companies [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 25, 2011
Not all managers, even those in senior positions, have not learned how to be an effective mentor, a skill that can aid in various workplace settings. Mentoring is not a simple as answering questions and giving advice. Mentoring, at its most advance stages, requires a skill set that not all people can accomplish. You will [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 24, 2011
Running an effective HR department in today’s world can be very difficult to do, especially when you are new on the job. Be sure that you know how to run the department so you can have the office following federal regulations and company procedures as well. Many employees fear a human resources department, equating it [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 24, 2011
Almost everyone understands and knows what an audit is in today’s world. The word audit scares most people because they usually come from the Internal Revenue Service of companies and individuals. When the IRS decides to audit an individual or a business it means that they are skeptical as to whether or not the party [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Firefighters are predominately male, in large part due to the physical demands of the job, but there are some female firefighters out there. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department employs six female firefighters, the most in the history of the department, and they account for 4.17 percent of the entire staff. A test that is gaining [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The 13-member board of directors for 2012 at the Society for Human Resource Management has recently elected three new HR executives. This move has been applauded by people across the country and in the industry because experts claim the board was missing executives with experienced in the HR industry. “We were pleased that three HR [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The director of food and beverage in New York, Cory Harwell, chose to partner with other people and create a restaurant which was called Cana. This restaurant was created in 2008 and Harwell had high hopes for what it could have been. However, due to the recession, the restaurant did not last and actually had [...]
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