HR News & Information | HR Tradewinds - June 2012 [vol. 2, issue 6]

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Two Lists You Should Look at Every Morning

The world is moving fast and it's only getting faster. So much technology. So much information. So much to understand, to think about, to react to. Never before has it been so important to say "No." No, I'm not going to read that article. No, I'm not going to read that email. No, I'm not going to take that phone call. No, I'm not going to sit through that meeting. Read more…

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Research

Diversity Enhances Leadership Skills Whitepaper

Versatility—closely related to the concept of Emotional Intelligence—predicts managers’ diversity and inclusiveness behaviors, according to a new whitepaper based on research by The TRACOM Group.

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Opinion/Editorial

I Hate Behavior-Based Interviewing

by Laurie Ruettimann

I hate behavior-based interviewing. Although we are the first-person narrators of our own lives, we are unreliable and often get our stories wrong.

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For Giggles

Odd job applications

13 recruiters share the weirdest job applications they've ever received

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Upcoming Complimentary Webcasts

Expert Panel: How Live Virtual Interviewing is Changing the Recruiting Landscape

Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EDT

Hiring practices have changed. The old days of the phone interview followed, for the lucky few, by an invitation for an on-site interview are quickly fading. Many forward-thinking companies have implemented an even better, more efficient way to find the ideal candidate: live virtual interviews.

Join our esteemed group of panelists and learn:

Why traditional onsite interviewing can be a costly scheduling nightmare.
Why standard pre-hiring techniques miss the mark.
How live virtual interviewing enhances the candidate experience.
Why live virtual interviews significantly reduce costs, create hiring efficiencies and offer a competitive advantage.

The Social Workforce: Using New Channels To Optimize Engagement of Talent

Date: Friday, June 15, 2012
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Join Mark Smith, CEO & Chief Research Officer at Ventana Research, for a live webinar as he details the key insights and provides best practices from the new Ventana Research Social Collaboration and Human Capital Management benchmark research. You'll learn more about:

Best practices in where to best leverage social and collaborative technologies for improved workforce productivity and talent management
Top uses of social media channels for improved recruiting and talent acquisition
Recommendations to act on immediately

The Impact of Emotional Intelligence

Date: Wednesday June 27th, 2012  
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST / 11:00 - 12:00 noon PST  

This free webinar looks at emotional intelligence (EQ) in the workplace and features a virtual panel discussion. You will learn how EQ initiatives have improved sales results, recruiting efforts and managerial performance. Learn how the behavioral aspects of EQ can quickly make a difference in the workplace and how to apply Behavioral EQ to improve your own and your organization’s performance.

A panel of EQ and organizational performance experts will discuss the latest issues in EQ. Participants are encouraged to submit EQ questions or work scenarios in advance so the panelists can respond during the event. Questions can be submitted via the webinar registration form or emailed to EQQuestions@tracom.com. Questions will also be accepted during the webinar and can be submitted via the Twitter hashtag #EQpanel.

All participants will receive a copy of TRACOM’s Behavioral EQ Concepts Guide and the whitepaper, “Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work.”

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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HR Webinar - Better Results by Design: Using Performance Management to Improve Organizational Profitability
One of the first activities an HR professional should undertake is identifying the major drivers of productivity and how to develop strategies to ensure that these activities are accomplished. Join Dr. Christopher Lee as he discusses how to link HR performance management programs with revenue generating activities.

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Featured Research

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Social Media in Recruiting - Using New Channels To Source Talent

Ventana Research undertook this benchmark research to acquire real-world information about levels of maturity, trends and best practices in organizations’ use of social media in recruiting and talent management. It explores how they do this now, how people at various levels feel about the current processes and tools, plans they have to change or improve them, and benefits they hope to gain by doing so.

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Trade Picks

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1		Teach Employees to Set Life-Changing Goals Instead of mindlessly running with the herd, employees should identify criteria for leading their lives and have the wherewithal to follow through, writes columnist Marshall Goldsmith.

2		One in three employers worldwide cannot find qualified talent Employers consistently have done more with less in the past few years, and though the economy may be picking back up, company leaders don’t expect that the difficulty in finding skilled workers will have an impact on business. This is according to results from ManpowerGroup in its seventh annual Talent Shortage Survey, which explains the world's ongoing talent shortage crisis — in which one in three employers (34%) globally are reporting difficulty in filling jobs due to lack of available talent..

3		How to Predict Learning’s Value: The PE Model A disconnect exists between what the CEO needs in order to make valid decisions and what learning leaders present. One answer resides in the Predictive Evaluation model.

4		10 Ways to Diversify Your Workforce In health care, a diverse staff can provide great value in meeting the needs of patients from a wide range of cultures — a lesson that carries over to other industries.

5		April jobless rates down over the year in 342 of 372 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 246 Jobless rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 342 of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 25, and unchanged in 5. Nonfarm payroll employment was up in 246 metropolitan areas over the year, down in 115, and unchanged in 11..

6		Binge Eating Impacts Productivity In what is said to be the study linking binge eating to decreased workplace productivity, researchers say organizations should address this risk by addressing it in health-risk assessments and routine screening.

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7		The Last Word: Emails, We Get Emails There has been a lot of chatter lately about the clutter email adds to our professional and personal lives. Some say the torrent of emails is merely an annoying distraction, a product of life in the 21st century workplace; others contend an overflowing inbox is downright unhealthy.

8		How to Choose an Educational Partner and Take Advantage of All the Benefits Boost your company's tuition program from simply a necessary employee benefit to a strategic asset.

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