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Using Recruitment Metrics in Getting the Right Candidate
October 28, 2008
A company’s main asset is its workforce. It goes without saying that when a company needs people, it needs to get the right people. Otherwise, productivity would be compromised and expenditures increased. As it is the HR department’s responsibility to hire people for the company, it is their job to protect the company from these possible losses. The HR recruitment staff cannot just accept nor discard applicants without just measure. Thus, recruitment metrics comes about.
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Are You Spending Too Much Time Focusing Recruiting Or Retaining?
October 28, 2008
Companies spend too much time focusing recruiting rather than on retaining.
The rule is no longer if your employees leave it is now when will they going to leave. How many times have you spent hundreds to thousands of dollars in hiring and training an employee only to discover that they leave.
Why do they leave? Experts in this field will say because…
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Management Training - The Dirty Little Secrets
October 26, 2008
I am often asked if training really works. The answer is yes and no! Here’s why.
Sometimes, unless a training is made mandatory, those who need it the most will choose not to attend!
75% of the learning goes on after the employee comes back to the job. Said another way–employees will forget most of what they learned unless it is reinforced on the job after they come back from training.
Too often people are sent off to training in the hopes that they will get “fixed” when in fact if the training doesn’t incorporate good adult learning principles and isn’t seen as relevant from the trainee’s point of view, it will fail.
Employees are sometimes sent to training for specific skills when the real problem is attitude…ahem…I mean lack of professional behavior problems. -
Why Would a Business Want to Use a Temp Agency
October 24, 2008
Companies may wonder why they should hire an hr consulting firm, i.e., a temp agency, to locate quality employees.
In a highly competitive corporate world, knowledgeable help can mean the difference between a constant influx of clients and bankruptcy. Statistically speaking, every disgruntled customer that leaves your establishment equals seven or more people who won’t give you a chance based on word of mouth.
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Sexual Harassment Training
October 23, 2008
Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome advances, verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, seeking sexual favors, or inappropriate sexual interference of a person’s workplace or work performance.
What Law Says
Legally, sexual harassment is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - it is a form of a sexual discrimination. The act applies to a workplace where more than 15 employees work; this includes local, state, and federal workplaces as well as private sector businesses.
Part of doing business in civilized society requires that all employees have an understanding of responsibility in regards to appropriate behavior in the workplace. Harassment of a sexual nature can be curbed substantially-if not entirely eliminated-from the workplace by having complete and adequate knowledge and training.
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Hiring Expats For Work
October 19, 2008
Anyone engaged in business today recognizes the rising costs of labor as one of the major hindrances to expansion. While there are several ways that this issue is being addressed, one of the most viable is by hiring expat workers.
There are numerous advantages of having expats in your workforce. The first is that they are not difficult to find. There are now, in such countries as New Zealand Canada, Japan, the United States, several thriving expat communities. Undoubtedly there are also several more in other nations.
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This is the Bully Comeback You’ve Searched For
January 24, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: Workplace Communication
Depressed and angry because you don’t have a good comeback phrase? You are fuming because you don’t have any way to stop the bully from running you into the ground. And, here she goes again.
“Starting a new hair fashion called, ‘Neglect’, are we?” Monique quips about your black roots in need of bleach. You don’t have anything to say back to her except a feeble “No.” Inside, you choke back angry tears.
One snide remark you could let pass. But at work, you’re dealing with a constant stream of subtle putdowns. Life at work is torture. You need immediate verbal defense. You need a good comeback phrase for all of it. But with your self esteem at an all time low, you wonder if it’s ever possible to find something to say, and then have the nerve to say it.
Also, you’ve looked everywhere, online and in books for help. They all say, “When the bully says this, you say that.” Each circumstance needs a new comeback. But, what many experts don’t understand is your baseline terror blocks your thinking. Feeling like this, you don’t have the brain power to sneeze, much less pick a comeback from a list.
You’ve experimented with a few in your mind. But they don’t measure up. Why? Because they don’t have these important qualities necessary for a great comeback:
1. It has to be universal, so you can apply it to all verbal bullying.
2. It has to be really effective so it actually stops the bullying.
3. It has to be short and easy to remember.
No wonder you haven’t found one! That’s asking a lot from one comeback. But, make way for “The Bully Blaster”!
“Even your glasses match your outfit!” your bullying coworker, Denise, jeers to onlookers. Her tone is more malicious than playful.
Since when is matching a bad thing?! You think in disbelief. She’s making it a bad thing! You aren’t getting away with that!!
“Do I detect a hint of sarcasm in your voice?” You say.
“Of course not, don’t be silly.” But now, the shoe’s on the other foot. She’s trying to defend herself. She’s on the run.
This stunning comeback is called “The Bully Blaster.” A cartoon name, yes, but somehow it fits. A weapon that blasts a bully. So how does it hold up using those 3 stringent requirements of a great comeback? You be the judge.
#1 It’s Universal. Try it mentally first. Replay a few recent bullying incidents in your mind, using this question as the comeback, “Do I detect a hint of sarcasm in your voice?” It works for most of them, right? Try to find something a bully has said to you where it doesn’t work. You may not be able to find one, because this phrase comes pretty close to being the perfect universal comeback you’ve looked for.
#2 It’s Effective. A bold name like Bully Blaster boasts power. Does it stand up to its name? When you comeback with, “Do I detect a hint of sarcasm in your voice?” you expose the bully’s mean intent. Have you noticed her whole interaction with you is based on her intent to harm you? She gets away with it because up until now, it’s been hidden, not there. How can you defend against something not there?
Use “The Bully Blaster.” It accomplishes two things. First, you expose her evil intent. You let her know, that you know she might have a hidden agenda, which you don’t approve of. You just ask, you don’t accuse, with this gentle question. And, second, you let her know that expressing even a hint of sarcasm, which might spill over into her voice, is unacceptable to you. Talk about killing two birds with one stone!
#3 It’s Short and Easy to Remember. One sentence. That’s all you have to remember in every circumstance. Even if you’re a eleven on the 1-10 “scared” scale, you can remember it. You don’t even have to know exactly what the bully’s point is. You don’t have to take her to task about any specifics. Often a bully will use a smokescreen of words to stop and confuse you, as she couples them with a tone of voice or an eye roll. You can even numb out to exactly what she’s saying, think of your comeback only, and go a little deeper where her malicious attitude towards you resides.
When bullies know you will speak up with this powerhouse, or a version of it, and not just sit back and take it, they’ll think twice. It may take a couple times before they know you’re serious. Try it next time, and watch it stop the bullying!
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