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Greetings!
The Navigator is published every other week and is
filled with the latest HR related news, practical tips,
answers to our reader's questions and a whole lot
more! We welcome your participation in the makeup
of this periodical. Send your feedback, ideas and
input to:
enewsletter@operationsinc.com
Mature Job Seekers Expanding
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A recent survey revealed that 28% of mature workers
(age 55 and older) who were laid off in the last 12
months found new jobs, the lowest of all age groups.
This compares to 71% of those ages 25 to 34. Mature
workers are now expanding their job search to include
entry-level positions, internships, relocation and other
options to secure gainful employment.
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Workers Reveal Most Prized
Summer Benefits |
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A new survey revealed that flexible schedules (38%)
and leaving work early on Fridays (32%) are the most
coveted summer benefits. Among those other prized
summertime benefits cited, were the following:
- Activities (e.g., company picnic, potluck) (6%)
- More relaxed dress code (5%)
- Other (4%)
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| What's on Your Mind? |
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Because we want to best serve our readers, we
feature a segment of our Newsletter where you
can submit questions directly to our
OperationsInc professionals. Do you have a
question related to the management of the Human
Resources function? Email it along to
enewsletter@operationsinc.com. The best ones
will make it into a future newsletter, along with the
answer... and those that don't get published will still
receive a response.
This week's question:
"We often put labor law related posters / postings
on our company intranet. If we only post them there
will we still be in compliance?"
--- HR Manager, IT Company
Answer:
The federal government and most state governments
have not yet recognized "virtual" postings as meeting
the compliance standards. As a result while you can
post the information online for your employees to
easily view and access you need to still hang those
posters in public areas of your office, ideally break
rooms, cafeterias, clock-in areas, etc.
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| Searching for Inspiration? A Few Words of Wisdom... |
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"Winners take time to relish their work, knowing
that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from
the top so exhilarating."
- Denis Waitley
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| Ask Yourself... |
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How Strong Is Your HR Backbone?
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INTERVIEW QUESTION OF THE
WEEK
Each Newsletter we will publish an interview
question which hiring managers can utilize to better
qualify candidates for hire, along with our analysis of
the answers you may receive and their meaning.
This Week's Question
- Have you helped increase profit and or sales at your
last position? How?
GAUGING THEIR RESPONSE ---
While this may seem like a question for only those in
the sales, marketing and business development
sectors it truly is a question for virtually all candidates.
The question for those outside the aforementioned
areas can lead to answers that demonstrate the
candidate's understanding of their contributions, as
well as a recognition that all positions in a firm have
some impact on the bottom line. How they are able to
articulate that is the question. Bottom line - a must
question for those in sales related jobs. A great
question for those not in those roles.
HR Best Practices Tips
--The Pitfalls of Employee Surveys
Securing employee feedback is a desire of most
employers. The questions are many in terms of what
we want to know and then what we do when we know
it. In short if you are going to ask your employees
about their opinions and ideas you have to anticipate
the possible and probable answers and then have a
plan for responding. Asking if they think they have
enough time off and then not giving them more when
they overwhelmingly say "we don't" takes the positives
in surveying and turns them into a disaster. Bottom
line - think it all through before you execute.
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