HR News & Information | HR Tradewinds - January, 2012 [vol. 2, issue 1]

This Week's Hot Topic

Five Steps to New Thinking

By Judy Chartrand, Heather Ishikawa, and John Maketa Not only is finding a job difficult in today’s poor economy, but people who are employed need to have good critical thinking skills in order to move up the ladder when business is at a standstill. The new book from Pearson TalentLens, “Now You’re Thinking: Change Your Thinking, Revolutionize Your Career, Transform Your Life,” shows people who are facing local and global competition in the job market how to gain the communications and problem-solving skills that will give them the edge and helps people be more effective leaders by giving them the ability to make good decisions. The book explains the different thinking styles and is a guide to developing a new way of thinking through an easy-to-follow, five-step process with a blueprint for finding the right balance to make good decisions both personally and professionally.

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Research

Recognition 3.0: The Future of Employee Engagement

One of the key drivers of employee engagement, satisfaction and loyalty is still stuck in an Industrial Age mind-set. Read on to find out how you can “level up” your recognition strategy along with your business strategy.

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Opinion/Editorial

Can you be fired for skipping lunch?

by Evil HR Lady
Working through lunch seems like doing a favor for your employer, but it could get you fired.

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For Giggles

Job Interview Video Comedy

That was a test and you passed. Welcome to the team. That was a test and you failed.

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Upcoming Complimentary Webcasts

Risky Business: Ensuring Your Background Check is Legally Compliant

Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST| 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PST

So your candidate’s background check didn’t turn out all roses. Now what? Federal and state regulators are cracking down on employers’ hiring practices to combat perceived misuse and discrimination.

To help you navigate this complex scene, we polled HR professionals to learn how they stay out of hot water. Be the first to hear the results of our third annual “Trends in Background Screening” survey. Our panel of experts – Jason Morris, Nick Fishman and Angela Bosworth, J.D. – will discuss the survey findings in a free webinar called “Risky Business: Ensuring Your Background Check is Legally Compliant.” We’ll share best practices and tips to ensure that your hiring practices comply with changing screening laws. We’ll also discuss some colorful hiring scenarios that we presented to survey respondents . . . and their surprising answers. This program has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review.

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Online Learning Seminar: Beyond Teamwork - Getting Group Genius

Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST | 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PST
Fee: $149

Attend this interactive online seminar to learn:
• Patterns of group formation
• Why it's possible for an average group to come up with amazing results—and for an exceptional group to fail
• How to spot the beginnings of "group genius"
• How to create the conditions that enable "group genius" to thrive
• How to apply these concepts to produce results for your organization

Join Dr. Séb Paquet as he shares 10 years of research and observations on the patterns and conditions that underlie groups that produce game-changing results. Rick Boersma will illustrate and co-commentate the seminar in real time.

The HR Certification Institute has pre-approved this activity for general recertification credit. The use of this statement is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the activity. It means that this activity has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

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Recent Supplier News

What new products have just come out? Who's the new CEO at a competing company? Which key industry events are coming up, and who's just won a big award? HR Tradewinds seeks out the latest and greatest supplier news and compiles it for you right here.

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Trade Picks

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1		How to Set New Hires Up for Success You’ve just hired promising talent — now what? Stay a step ahead by pairing new hires with more experienced employees as early as during the orientation process.

2		How to deduct coffee, donuts as biz expenses Coffee and donuts are somewhat common workplace perks. But for small business owners, those simple daily indulgences can also add up to a significant tax deduction.

3		U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.4 percent, seasonally adjusted, for the 3-month period ending December 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

4		Study: Female-led Companies Are More Generous According to new research, organizations with more women in leadership positions make more philanthropic contributions, boosting their levels of corporate social responsibility.

5		A Third of New Yorkers Say They Can't Retire About 40 percent of New York workers had access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan in 2009, compared with the national average of 53 percent, according to the report by the New School's Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis.

6		HR and Finance: Working Together The healthcare-reform law requires a greater collaboration between HR and finance executives, as budget-setting and coverage options take on even more importance as companies begin planning for 2014, when healthcare exchanges become available.

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7		New Learning Analytics for a New Workplace We need to rethink learning analytics with a focus on value as opposed to learning as a key benchmark.

8		How to Use Social Media to Find a Job Experts say networking via LinkedIn, Twitter, Quora, blogs and other sites might be the best way to find work

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