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News for HR - February 2009
 Article: How HR Professionals Can Succeed in 2009
Article: Communicating About Change: The Five Most Frequently Asked Questions
 White Paper: Productivity for the Ages: Maximizing the Contribution of Older Workers
 HR Humor: Coffee Shots (episode 2: decaf crisis)
Webcast: Reduce People-Costs; Manage Layoffs; Efficiency of Smaller Workforces
 Podcast: Staying Compliant with 403(b) Plans
HR 180: Dumpster Diving
What's New? The Latest in HR Software and Services
• Recruitment & Staffing
• Compensation & Benefits
• Talent Management
• Training & Development
Article: How HR Professionals Can Succeed in 2009
Source: iEmployee
Learn how leading professionals are making Human Resources indispensable in 2009. Move from just surviving the economic downturn to working smart and flourishing with what you have all the while looking to the future and preparing your company for the day when the market turns around.
Article: Communicating About Change: The Five Most Frequently Asked Questions
Source: Astor Levin
If communication during change is done well, it should manifest in low employee resistance to change. Communication creates the conditions for change commitment, and can help build organizational community, which has been shown to build resilience and strengthen organizational identity. However, effective communication is still an area of significant difficulty for many organizations. The following five questions are some of the most frequently asked by leaders and change managers attempting to reduce significant employee resistance and increase motivation.
White Paper: Productivity for the Ages: Maximizing the Contribution of Older Workers
Source: Buck Consultants
Of course you want to show your appreciation when employees out-perform expectations. A cash bonus? 401K profit sharing matches? Not in the budget this year. Learn inexpensive ways to give thanks.
HR Humor: Coffee Shots (episode 2: decaf crisis)
Source: Hallmark.com
Join hoops and yoyo in the break room for a spot of coffee. It's a laugh - and a greeting card. Awesome!
Webcast: Beyond Survival: Reduce People-Costs; Manage Layoffs; Maximize Efficiency of Smaller Workforces
Source: TalentQuest
Uncertainty impacts all of us, including employees, management and HR staff. While there are no easy answers, there are patterns that we can learn from past downturns for HR and recruiting. In this session, we'll look to the past and to the present to identify some possible steps you can take for the company and for your own growth. This session, led by HR metrics author Jeremy Shapiro, will explore past downturns and future options in leading an organization into a stronger position.
Podcast: Staying Compliant with 403(b) Plans
Source: Towers Perrin
In August 2008, Hewitt Associates released the results of their annual Salary Increase Survey. In response to recent economic events, however, Hewitt has since conducted a pulse survey to assess and update the general compensation environment within U.S. companies. In this brief podcast, Ken Abosch and Lori Wisper from Hewitt discuss this survey's preliminary results, and then provide some important insights based upon questions that HR organizations are facing in the midst of this economic environment.
HR 180: (Interesting and Fun Stuff Unrelated to HR - Take a Break)
Dumpster Diving
Source: www.frugalvillage.com
Dumpster Diving 101: Everything a person needs to know about how to correctly and safely participate in an emerging trend - Urban Gleaning.
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What's New? The Latest in HR Software and Services
Recruitment & Staffing:
Arbita launched OnePost, the industry's first enterprise-strength job posting software to be offered free to staffing and recruiting professionals. New users are able to set up an account online in just a few minutes. With an Arbita OnePost account, users are able to create an unlimited number of new jobs, keep a record of archived jobs, post to thousands of job boards in hundreds of countries from a single interface, and more.
Compensation & Benefits:
KnowledgePay Inc. announced the release of its namesake enterprise compensation software. The KnowledgePay platform is designed to help organizations increase return on compensation - their single largest investment - and optimize employee engagement. KnowledgePay integrates in a single software environment all of a company's many sources of compensation data - including independent market surveys, internal job analyses, job descriptions, organizational relationships, demographics, and other information about jobs and pay. The technology enables compensation professionals to make better decisions because they have easy access to information and analytic tools. For more information visit KnowledgePay.
Talent Management:
Compliance Mark by Online Employment Systems is a cost-effective web-based policy and procedure management system. It can be used as a delivery tool for employee handbooks, orientation and training documents. A brief summary of CM benefits includes: 24/7 access worldwide to documents and reports, instant dissemination of policy changes, tracking employee acknowledgments, reduction of printing and shipping costs, and multi-lingual support. Visit the company's web site for more information.
Training & Development:
Management Mentors released three enhancements to its web-based mentoring program called MentoringComplete: a recruitment tool, auto matching, and keyword search. One of the main challenges of starting a corporate mentoring program is getting involvement and buy-in right away from company employees. The recruitment tool allows mentoring program managers to upload company email addresses to the system and to send invitations asking people to become involved. This tool makes it easier to approach more people quickly.
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Source: WebSite Optimization.com
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Quick Tips
Two-Minute On-the-Job Morale Booster
Source: The Confidence Center
TICKLE YOUR FUNNY BONE
Whenever you see a funny cartoon or joke, put it in a folder. When you're feeling down, reach for your humor file, and enjoy a few minutes of fun and laughter.
READ PERSONAL STORIES
Keep a book of inspiring stories at your desk. Reading even one story can lift your spirits.
WRITE A GRATITUDE LIST
When we feel blue, we tend to have a pity party and think of all the negatives in our lives. Instead, take two minutes to make a list of the many things for which you are grateful. You will see your sadness transformed into happiness, as you become aware of your many blessings.
RELIVE HAPPY MEMORIES
Close your eyes and replay your own mental movies by visualizing a time in your life when you were happiest. It might be a favorite childhood experience, an exciting vacation, a family celebration, or a special time spent with a friend or relative. Choose either one memory and visualize it in detail, or switch between several. When you open your eyes you will feel refreshed and energized.
LISTEN TO MUSIC
A wise person once said, "We don't sing because we're happy; we're happy because we sing." Sing out loud if you have your own office. Sing to yourself if you work alongside others. If your company allows it, bring a tape player to work, and use earphones to listen to your favorite songs.
SPREAD GOOD CHEER
Take a two-minute walk around your office and give everyone you see a cheery "Hello" and a compliment. When you spread good cheer, you can't help but brighten your own day at the same time.
DRAW A PICTURE
Keep a drawing pad and some crayons or colored pencils at your desk and draw whatever comes to mind. You may not be a budding Rembrandt or Picasso, but you can get a feeling of joy from your own creation.
ENERGIZE WITH EXERCIZE
Stand up and stretch your muscles. Reach for the sky. Touch your toes. Do some knee bends, push-ups, and sit- ups. Jog in place and do jumping jacks. This will get your blood flowing and wake you up.
MAKE PLANS FOR FUN
Having fun recharges your battery. Plan an outing with your kids, a romantic evening with your mate, or an exciting vacation. Planning can be half the fun, and you'll have something to look forward to.
SEIZE THE MOMENT
Life is made up of minutes. It's up to you to make them into moments of happiness.
Did You Know?
Interesting Labor Facts Source: Nationmaster
• Guatamalan women work 11.5 hours a day, while South African men work only 4.5.
• Women are flooding into the workforce in many Muslim countries.
• American women have the most powerful jobs.
• Danish workers strike 150 times more than their German neighbors.
• More than a third of the time, Icelanders don't show up for work. Perhaps that's why they're the world's happiest nation.
• If you are looking for work, just go to the Falkland Islands. They have full employment and a labor shortage.
• 61.5% of Swedes work more than 40 hours per week, but just across the border in Norway only 15.8% of people work this long.
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