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Good Commerce Department Resources

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:51:47 +0000

Here is a resource and tool treasure trove. While the resources herein are clearly for specific purposes they provide a lot of thought provoking information for Employee Management processes and HR managers.

A – Z HR Policy Library for HR Practitioners

Frequently Requested Policies and HR Manuals:

Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Managers and Specialists

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:04:42 +0000

Looking for a job or career in Human Resources? Here is some great Employee Management Career information. This is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics under the US Department of Labor. The Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition has some great information including a much faster than average growth for the field.

Here is the complete article “Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Managers and Specialists“,

Top 10 HR Mistakes Made by Businesses/SMEs

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:54:30 +0000

Good Employee Management checklist for thinking about your HR policies and/or planning. Many of you would be amazed at the lack of planning for HR, even in larger companies. Well, before BP, more would be amazed.

Here is the full article from Nazri at Blogspot:

Top 10 HR Mistakes Made by Businesses/SMEs

Employment Retirement Readiness – Are they ready?

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:31:14 +0000

One way you can really help with your Employee Management is to provide your employees with a great understanding of how to successfully retire. When to do it, how much you need, how to plan for it are all great questions. Here is an article with a related PDF download from the Employment Benefit Research Institute that is a 2010 update and uses the most recent data and considers retirement plan changes (e.g., automatic enrollment, auto escalation of contributions, and diversified default investments resulting from the Pension Protection Act of 2006) as well as updates for financial market performance and employee behavior (based on a database of 24 million 401(k) participants). Here is the link:

The EBRI Retirement Readiness Rating:™ Retirement Income Preparation and Future Prospects

White-collar lies on rise?

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:00:24 +0000

Validating résumés and hiring employees is an integral part of Employee Management. While no one can rely on a resume it is a good source of lie detection in a way. And, according to an article in the Omaha World Herald, lies may be on the rise.

Most of us try to write résumés in the best light, but apparently MOST of us goes beyond that. Per Ross Boettcher’s article, “According to a recent study by HireRight, an international background-screening firm, 69 percent of 1,800 businesses responding said they caught applicants lying on their résumés.”

Read the entire White Collar Lies on the Rise Article

Writing and giving performance reviews

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:47:00 +0000

Here is a good article from Business Management Daily on giving performance reviews as a part of the Employee Management Process. A good list to work from in developing your Performance Review Procedure.

Writing and giving performance reviews: 8 do’s and don’ts

Employee performance review Template from Microsoft

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:35:06 +0000

There are some good business templates on the Microsoft site including this one for Employee Performance Review. Microsoft can be a bit of pain sometimes but these business tools are good to know about for those in Employee Management and other businesses. Here is a link to the referenced template:

Employee Performance Review Template for Excel

Tips for Hiring Your First Employee

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:15:44 +0000

Some great second hand advice I heard from a minority business person (currently running for Congress) was to create jobs in a company. Then you could increase your wealth exponentially if successful, rather than just on your own improvement. Sage words and the old Consulting model. Employee Management is not the only way to make a lot of money, but it is one of the most gratifying and tried and true ways.

You can do this. Here are some things to think about on your way to managing employees.

Tips for Hiring Your First Employee from Toolkit.com

Employee Management for Collaboration from different locations

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:09:01 +0000

This, from FastCompany.com, is a video in a series. This particular video is a short and to the point clip to get you thinking about collaboration over the web. You can really get a lot from this type of work leveraging the improving technologies, but technique is important.

Employee Management – Collaboration from Different Locations

There are many other videos in the 30 second MBA from Fast Company. Some good information.

A Guide To Performance Management

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:17:06 +0000

This is a great article on the basics of Performance Management.

What is Performance Management?

Why is it important?

Who conducts Performance Management?

What are the processes involved?

The phases of the Performance Management process explained.

Performance Management