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
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Development Opportunities Most Important to Job Seekers |
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A recent study indicated that 40% of job seekers
ranked career development prospects most important
when considering a new employer. Having a good
connection with one's manager is the least important
factor when considering a new employer according to
8% of job candidates. Other areas of importance
according to job seekers included
the following:
- Work/life balance (21%)
- Innovative company culture (15%)
- Competitive compensation and benefits (12%)
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Are Your Employees Loyal? |
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A recent survey of nearly 1,600 workers explains how
the recession has been affecting employee loyalty.
When asked "How has the recession impacted your
attitudes and behaviors toward your job and career in
terms of your loyalty toward your employer?", 36%
responded that there has been a significant decrease.
Only 9% of respondents stated that there has been a
significant increase in loyalty.
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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
[email protected]. 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:
-Is it okay to allow for an employee to take a sick
day when their child is sick, not them?
--- Controller, Hospitality
Answer:
It is your firm's choice as to how to handle sick time
and when it can be used. That being said it is not in
our view a favorable practice to allow for sick time to
be used for anything other than the illness of the
employee. The main concern is that sick time will be
used up if/when the employee gets sick, leaving the
employer with the need to use other PTO or have to
potentially deal with extra paid time off or unpaid leave
issues.
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Searching for Inspiration? A Few Words of Wisdom... |
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" The new source of power is not money in the
hands of a few, but information in the hands of many."
- John Naisbitt
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Ask Yourself... |
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How Strong Is Your HR Backbone?
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Directing you to HR Solutions |
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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
-Vacation Donation Policies
GAUGING THEIR RESPONSE ---
It has become a popular trend to arrange for the
donation of vacation time to individuals in need, be it
employees or for cash value as a donation. If you
choose to engage such a practice you need to
consider a wide variety of issues, including how to
deal with compensation variances between the donor
(s) and the recipient, as well as the tax implications if
you allow for the time to be converted to a cash
donation. Another item of note is to be sure only
accrued time off is eligible for donation. Overall the
message here is to move cautiously.
HR Best Practices Tips
--Describe the most creative work related project
you have ever worked on
The word "creative" will be interpreted a bit differently
from candidate to candidate. Overall you should be
able to secure some sense of how the candidate
adapted, overcame and addresses a challenging set
of circumstances OR perhaps addressed something
innovative. Your gauge in part will come down to how
you see their version of "Creative" - in your view is it a
match with what they have to handle in this role? As
always listen carefully and secure the full story by
probing and pressing for greater detail.
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