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The Changing Human Resources RoleThe role of the HR professional is changing to fit the needs of today's modern, fast changing organizations.

In the past, because the original HR personnel functions were often provided by accounting, the HR role was focused on administrative tasks such as paying employees, administering benefits, and keeping track of sick and personal days off.

HR professionals are now leading the charge. They are developing systems and processes within the organization that address the strategic needs of the business.

the task of hiring employees is now the process of team-based hiring of the best possible talented employees who are recruited via methods that range from employee referrals to social media sourcing.

New HR RoleThe role of the HR manager must parallel the needs of this developing, changing organization. Successful organizations are becoming more adaptable, resilient, quick to change direction, and customer-centered.

This recognition brings about the need for employee oriented workplaces and programs that meet the needs of employees for meaningful work, growth, challenge, communication, and effective leadership.

three additional roles for the HR manager. a strategic partner, an employee sponsor or advocate and a change mentor.

especially the HR Generalist, still has responsibility for the day-to-day employee problems and complaints, employee benefits administration, often payroll, and employee paperwork, especially in the absence of an HR Assistant.

Responsibilities of the HR Professional

RecruitingYou want to recruit the best employees for your organization's needs. You want talented employees who fit your culture. Your recruiting strategies are critical in attracting top talent.

Sourcing Potential EmployeesSourcing employees occurs through networking, online social media, ads, referrals, and more. You want to develop a deep, qualified pool of candidates for your positions. Find out about sourcing employees to eventually develop your short list of candidates for interviews and job offers. Use sourcing techniques to find talented candidates before you need them.

Use Online Job Posting Sites for Recruiting Employees

Online job posting sites specialize in helping employers post jobs online for recruiting employees. Or, they use search engines to consolidate job postings from company websites or multiple job posting and search sites to attract job searchers. Use online recruiting sites to post jobs, search for potential employees, and recruit employees.

Recruit, Select, and Employ Interns in InternshipsInterested in hiring interns for a business internship? You can recruit, select, and employ interns in your business to provide on-the-job training and real world experience to students and people changing careers. These internships provide a helpful set of hands and skills for the employer, too. Here you'll find best practices about how to recruit, select, and employ interns in business internships.

Use Social Recruiting to Attract EmployeesSocial recruiting is all about interacting with potential employees in online social media. You can use social recruiting to identify and attract qualified people to your organization. In a social recruiting setting, professional interaction and shared interests are key. Find out how to incorporate social recruiting in your employee sourcing.

Staffing Red Flags for EmployersDuring the staffing process, job applicants provide multiple red flags that should catch an employer's attention. Red flags occur in resumes and cover letters, during job interviews, and in how the employee follows through with your staff.

Hiring

Employee SelectionYou can use these tips and techniques to enhance your employee selection methods. They will help you narrow down the field to your most qualified applicants. Know that you've selected the most qualified employee when you make a job offer.

Employer Review of Resumes, Cover Letters, Job ApplicationsNeed tips and tools to effectively review job application materials such as resumes, cover letters, and job applications? Employers can use these resources to improve employee selection through knowing how to most effectively review job application materials: resumes, cover letters, and job applications. Here's how to review job applications.

Communication with CandidatesEmployers need to stay in touch with their job candidates at each step of the recruiting process. Whether it's a letter, phone call, or email, let your candidates know their status regularly.

How to Reject Job Applicants - RightYou can reject job applicants with care and consideration. Use these tips and steps at any point in your hiring and selection process.

Training

Training, Management Development, Ice Breakers, Training TransferWant to know more about training and development for employees? These resources cover all aspects of employee development including on-the-job training, training transfer, internal training, and more.

Ice Breakers, Training Tips and ToolsNeed training tips, tools, and ice breakers to enrich your meetings, training classes, and team building sessions? These ideas will make your training and team building sessions memorable.

Orientation and Training of New EmployeesNew employee orientation effectively integrates the new employee into your organization and assists with retention, motivation, job satisfaction, and quickly enabling each individual to become contributing members of the work team.

Management Development: Training for Managers and SupervisorsManagement development is critical for organizations in which managers direct and organize work. Management development resources are featured here to help you develop managers who are effective leaders in your organization.

Conferences, Events, Training, TrainersConferences, events, seminars, trainers and training sessions of interest to Human Resources professionals and line management.

E-learning - Online Training and Development - Web-based TrainingThe site offers the best of the Web for e-learning solutions in employee training, development, performance improvement, and education. E-learning brings you resources in online education, email training, Web Based Training (WBT), online learning, teleclass training, chat room training, and more.

Training Theory and Practice in GeneralWant to learn about education and training theory and practice for adults and workers from some of the best articles and websites about management education, training and development theory and practice online? Start here.

Employee Training, Development, and Education Online - Email ClassesThese sites offer free or low cost email classes - education online and training online in most areas of work related training and education needs. You'll be amazed at the free or low cost education and training available online and in email classes

Training, Development, and Education: Evaluation and AssessmentHow effective is your training? Do your trainees learn from your sessions? What forms do you use for evaluation? Find this and more about training evaluation, training assessment, and training feedback.

Training Design to Facilitate Adult LearningWant to know how to train adults in new skills, new ideas, and new ways of performing work? These tips and tools about training design for adults will help you design training to facilitate adult interest in the training. The right training design will ensure your ability to help adult learners adopt the new ideas received in the training.

On the Job Training: Internal Job TrainingHave you done any on the job training lately? The most powerful training that you can offer is internal job training or on the job training. Customized to your workplace and emphasizing your culture, norms, and values, on the job training does more than train job skills. On the job training comes in many varieties and includes such options as job shadowing, management training, employees training employees, online classes, and mentoring. Here you'll find the best in on the job training.

Training Needs AssessmentTraining needs assessment can be as simple as asking an employee what they'd like to be able to do better to as complex as developing an individualized training plan for every employee. Learn how to select appropriate training needs assessment approaches and tools. Traning needs assessment is a tool that helps you create a superior workforce.

Training Transfer and Behavior ChangeThe biggest challenge in training is the transfer of the skills and information learned in the training to the work place. These tips and tools for before, during, and after the training session will increase training transfer, the use of training content at work.

Training Tips: Make Training More Effective With These Training TipsTraining tips amplify the success of the training you provide for your employees. You can make your employee training more effective when you apply these training tips to your training activities.

Future Education and Training TrendsInterested in what trends exist in education and training for the decade? Take a look at these resources for some expert predictions about future trands in education and training.

Organization Development

Change Management, Organization Development, CultureThe development of your organization and, particularly, how you manage change impacts the success of your business. Organization development activities intervene in the interactions of your people systems such as formal and informal groups, work culture and climate, and organization design to increase their effectiveness using a variety of applied behavioral sciences.

Change Management and Organization DevelopmentAll aspects of organization development and change management are linked in these resources. They access information about group facilitation, culture change, consulting, managing change, planned change, and leading edge topics such as emotional intelligence and large group processes. Check here for the best organization development and change management resources.

Organizational Culture: Corporate Culture in OrganizationsOrganizational culture is the workplace environment formulated from the interaction of the employees in the workplace. Organizational culture is defined by all of the life experiences, strengths, weaknesses, education, upbringing, and so forth of the employees. While executive leaders play a large role in defining organizational culture by their actions and leadership, all employees contribute to the organizational culture.

Best Company: Employment, Benefit, Organizational, Business PracticesTake a look at the best companies as determined by Fortune in their annual Best Companies to Work For feature and by the Guide. We determined from the Fortune results, other resources online, and the company websites what about the companies employment, benefits, organizational, operational, and business practices make them a best company. So that these profiles stay up-to-date, we have not included information such as the number of employees. This type of demographic information is most easily obtained from the best company website or by contacting the best company directly.

CommunicationWorkplace Communication: In-person, Email, Phone, Texting, IM, Meetings, & HRISImprove workplace communication. In-person communication is a communication method people use in the workplace. Employees also accomplish workplace communication via email, social media, phones and texting, Intranets, IM, HRIS, meetings, presentations, and newsletters. Poor workplace communication is the most frequently cited problem in organizations. Learn how to accomplish and improve workplace communication effectively and efficiently, while maintaining positive workplace relationships.

Ice Breakers for Meetings (14)Ice breakers for meetings need to be fast, fun, and easy. These ice breakers for meetings help you warm up your participants and get the conversation rolling. They ensure that your meeting attendees are comfortable participating in the discussion. Social Media and Work (7)Increasingly your employees are online participating in social media such as Facebook, LikedIn, and Twitter. This social media participation poses a new challenge for work. You don't want to interfere in the personal lives of your employees outside of work but you must protect your company name and brand. Additionally, you need to monitor social media to respond to what is being said about your company, your products, and your work place. Meeting Management (23)Ineffective meetings use critical resources, sap organizational energy and movement, and affect employee morale. Find out how to make your meetings work for you. Listening (5)Listening is a communication skill not often taught in school. Along with employee recognition, active listening is your opportunity to demonstrate respect and thankfulness. Listen deeply to coworkers, employees, and peers to demonstrate respect, share meaning through effective communication, and learn. Learn more about how to listen. Networking (12)Many people think of business or social networking as circulating around a room and exchanging business cards. But a broader view of business and social networking is that it creates a pool of contacts from which you can draw leads, referrals, ideas, and information for your job search and career progress. You can network without ever attending an official business or social networking event, although attending events is useful in networking. Find out more about how to do business and social networking successfully. Newsletters / Memos (9)One of the most effective methods for work communication is to use written content in newsletters, publications, memos, instant messages, bulletin boards, white boards, blogs, and handbooks. Make your written work communication stand out and accomplish shared meaning, my definition of communication. Blog (19)

Interpersonal Communication (43)ant to improve your interpersonal relationships with others? Improve your skill at interpersonal communication and you will reap the harvest in more successful work relationships. Find effective interpersonal communication tips and tools. Effective communication is a must at work. Nonverbal Communication (5)Nonverbal communication is more powerful than words in communication. Learning about nonverbal communication will make you a more powerful sender and receiver of communication. Nonverbal communication includes factors such as facial expression, body language, and movement. Learn more about nonverbal communication. Ask Susan (28)

Presentations (9)Many business people speak frequently to groups. Use these sites to further develop your speaking and presentation skills. Communicate more effectively. Make your words motivational. Perfect your keynote skills. Make a splash on stage with perfect presentations. Small Group Communication (5)Interested in learning more about how to communicate effectively in a small group or team? Your small group communication sets the tone for and enables the overall success of the group. Effective small group communication in your 3 - 15 employee work group is the key to team success. Find out more about small group communication. Technology, HRIS, Intranets (16)Technology is transforming the work of the Human Resources professional. Check these links for the best ideas in Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Management Information Systems (MIS) and technology application and use. Look for people and productivity boosting strategies. You'll also find key ideas in understanding technology's impact on work and people. E-learning, Intranet, Internet, Web site, Web and online information are here. Business Blog Tips (3)Business and HR blogs bring information and tips frequently on an informal publishing online platform. The business and HR tips, opinions, research, videos, and podcasts offered by business and HR blogs keep you up-to-the-minute on HR and business practices. Full of tips, each business and HR blog takes on the voice of its writer. Your business can benefit from a blog. Find out how to maximize the potential of business blogging. Business Blogs (19)Unlike traditional media, business, management, and human resources blogs can be updated minute to minute. Business, management, and human resources blogs are interactive in that the best business blogs allow comments. Business, management, and human resources blogs reflect the special voice of the writer. Additionally, legal aspects of business and company blogs and blogging are discussed. Readers Respond (45)Readers respond to questions, share opinions, and tell stories from their relevant knowledge and work and life experiences. This is an opportunity for audience participation. Join site visitors who participate and share your stories. Readers respond and interact with the HR site here Polling Center (22)Interested in expressing your opinion in a poll? Want to know what other professionals think about timely topics? All polls from the site are archived here for your continued voting and viewing pleasure. Vote in the polls.

Performance ManagementDo you want to understand the entire spectrum of performance management and improvement strategies - from feedback and goal setting to improvement or termination? Take a look at these resources that cover the performance management spectrum.

360 Feedback (13)360 degree, or multirater, feedback is important as part of a performance management system. It provides employees with performance feedback from supervisors, co-workers, peers, customers, and reporting staff. The performance feedback is usually part of a developmental plan. Disciplinary Action (23)Progressive discipline is a process for dealing with job-related behavior that does not meet expected and communicated performance standards. The primary purpose for progressive discipline is to assist the employee to understand that a performance problem or opportunity for improvement exists. Find out more about progressive discipline. Employee Job Termination (22)When performance improvement isn't working, you may need to help an employee leave your employ. Employment ends for positive reasons such as a new job, a resignation or retirement. But, employment also ends for more negative reasons such as layoffs, downsizing, job termination or firing. Whatever the reason for the employee's job termination, here's help for you to manage the employee's job termination. Take a look. Goal Setting (14)Goal setting is the foundation for personal and business success. Goal setting enables you to achieve your dreams and achieve your resolutions. Goal setting is the framework for management success. Goal setting is the fuel that flames your onward progress. Learn more about goal setting. High Performance Employees (2)Top performers and high performance employees go above and beyond every day at work. How do you find high performance employees, motivate high performance employees, and retain high performance employees. What kind of work environment fosters high performance employees? Find out what you need to know to have an organization full of high performers. Manage Daily Performance (28)Managing employee performance every day is the key to an effective performance management system. Setting goals, making sure your expectations are clear, and providing frequent feedback help people perform most effectively. Learn more about managing performance. Performance Measurement (10)People like to know how they are performing. You can develop an effective performance goal setting and performance measurement system that gives them this information. Find out how to establish performance goal setting and performance measurement systems in your organization. Performance Appraisal Tips (8)Not everyone has the opportunity to impact the performance appraisal system within which they must work. But, every manager has the opportunity to take the performance appraisal system theyve been dealt and turn the performance appraisal process into a positive, rewarding, beneficial process for both themselves and the employees who report to them. Start by implementing these suggestions. Performance Appraisals: No (6)Traditional performance appraisal or performance evaluation, as practiced in many organizations, is an annual assault. Learn more about why employees and managers universally dislike the traditional performance appraisal system. Performance Development (12)At the heart of your performance management system, the performance development planning (PDP) process helps employees know exactly what is expected from them. The performance development planning (PDP) meeting is an opportunity for the manager and employee to share goals for personal and job development. Held four times a year, minimally, performance development planning guides and documents employee performance. Technology (20)Technology is transforming the world of work. Check these technology links for the best ideas in technology application and use. Look for productivity boosting strategies. You'll also find key ideas in understanding technology's impact on work and people. Data management strategies are also available and Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) and Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS) are emphasized. When Employment Ends (82)Employment ends for positive reasons such as a new job, a resignation or retirement. Employment also ends for more negative reasons such as layoffs, downsizing, job termination or firing. Whatever the reason for the job change, help is available to aid you in the transition. These resources will help you decide whether or when, or aid you in an involuntary job loss. Take a look.

CoachingFind coaching, mentoring, consulting, knowledge management and how to build a learning organization resources.

Knowledge Management (1)Knowledge Management is the engine that transforms ideas into business value. Knowledge management is the systematic process for acquiring, creating, synthesizing, sharing and using information, insights and experiences to achieve organizational goals. Networking (3)Many people think of business or social networking as circulating around a room and exchanging business cards. But a broader view of business and social networking is that it creates a pool of contacts from which you can draw leads, referrals, ideas, and information for your job search and career progress. You can network without ever attending an official business or social networking event, although attending events is useful in networking. Find out more about how to do business and social networking successfully.

Policy RecommendationIdentify the Need for a PolicyYou want to have the necessary policies and procedures to ensure a safe, organized, convivial, empowering, nondiscriminatory work place. Yet, you do not want to write a policy for every exception to accepted and expected behavior. Policy development is for the many employees not for the few exceptions.

Consequently, you do not want to create policies for every contingency, thus allowing very little management latitude in addressing individual employee needs. Conversely, you want to have needed policies, so that employees never feel as if they reside in a free-for-all environment of favoritism and unfair treatment

These ten steps will take you from determining the need for a policy through distributing and integrating a policy.A policy is necessary: if the actions of employees indicate confusion about the most appropriate way to behave (dress codes, email and Internet policies, cell phone use),

if guidance is needed about the most suitable way to handle various situations (standards of conduct, travel expenditures, purchase of company merchandise),

when needed to protect the company legally (consistent investigation of charges of harassment, non-discriminatory hiring and promotion),

to keep the company in compliance with governmental policies and laws (FMLA, ADA, EEOC, minimum wage),

to establish consistent work standards, rules, and regulations (progressive discipline, safety rules, break rules, smoking rules), and

to provide consistent and fair treatment for employees (benefits eligibility, paid time off, tuition assistance, bereavement time, jury duty).

There may be other reasons, additionally, for why you may want to develop a policy. Remember, though, that one employee's poor behavior should not require a policy that will affect all other employees.

THE GOAL OF A POLICY

Once you've determined that a policy is necessary, determine the goal you want to accomplish in writing the particular policy. When possible, you will want to tell employees why the policy is being implemented.You need enough details in the policy to make the company's position clear, yet you can never hope to cover every potential situation addressed by the policy.Consequently, my goal with a policy is short and simple. I recognize this may not be possible with policies about areas such as the company's approach to the Family Medical and Leave Act, discrimination or complaint investigation, or the progressive discipline system.

Salary and BenefitsNeed up-to-date information about the competitive market for employee attraction and retention? Learn more about compensation, benefits, salary research, and salary negotiation to maximize your income potential.

Compensation Strategies and Structure (16)How employers structure compensation is critical to attract, engage, and retain key employees. You need to determine your compensation strategy that will achieve your employee goals. The right compensation strategy with the appropriate compensation structure will help you attract and retain critical employees. Reward and recognize your employees with an appropriate, market-driven, compensation structure. These resources will help. Salary and Compensation Information (25)Curious about all of the terminology related to salary and compensation? You're not alone. Compensation and salary information is important for every employee to understand. Starting salary, salary range, pay grades, and more, all have different meanings. Understand employee compensation and salary information. Be informed about your salary and compensation information and terminology. Variable Compensation (5)Modern organizations are making variable compensation a significant percentage of employee compensation in the form of profit sharing, bonuses, and stock options. This ensures that employees prosper when the company prospers. The higher the position level within the organization, the more likely the employee will receive significant portions of his or her salary in variable compensation. Standard Employee Benefits (44)A modern approach to compensation and employee benefit plans rewards and recognizes your best employees. Effective employee benefits strategies raise productivity, increase employee retention, and have a positive impact on the bottom line. Visit these employee benefits resources that emphasize current thinking in employee benefits administration. How to Increase Compensation (5)You can make more money than you are currently paid. These tips and tools will help you ask for a pay raise and increase your compensation. Increase your pay to the salary you desire. Lifetime income depends on your willingness and ability to ask for a pay raise and increase your compensation. Find out how to ask for a pay raise and increase your compensation. Non-standard Benefits (43)After you've provided the basic employee benefits that employees have come to expect from employers, consider the impact of offering additional benefits to recruit and retain a superior workforce. In addition to salary, insurance and a retirement plan, employees benefit from tuition assistance, work-life family events, free food and more. Role of Salary and Benefits (7)The salary and employee benefits your organization provides serve a major role in recruiting, retaining, and motivating staff. While salary and benefits are not the "most" important aspect of your jobs, they definitely contribute to recruiting, retaining, and motivating superior employees. Salary Negotiation (12)Each employee who joins your organization conducts a salary negotiation with you to maximize their salary and benefits. For reasons of consistency, fairness, and employee morale, you often need to reject candidate requests in their salary negotiations. You can conduct fair salary negotiations that positively impact your company's budget while making the new employee feel their salary negotiation was successful. Learn more. Salary Research (12)Interested in using onlne salary tools and salary calculators to research salary information for pay bands, salary increases, market based salary ranges, average salary for jobs, merit salary ranges, and salary research for comparable jobs? You'll find all the salary research and information you need here. Salary Surveys (4)How much is a job worth in comparison to other jobs? See these salary surveys to compare salaries for various jobs. These salary surveys should give you a good idea about an appropriate salary for a job. Executive Compensation (9)Executive staff compensation: salary, benefits, and perks, needs special attention in recruiting and hiring executives. Executive staff are further along in their careers and they have a standard of expected benefits and compensation beyond the norm - and rightly so. You expect more from them. Find out more about executive compensation and benefits. Retirement Plans: 401(k), SEP IRA, More (8)Interested in your retirement planning and savings options? Look here for information about 401(k) plans, retirement calculators, pensions, social security, cash balance retirement plans, SEP IRAs, Roths, annuities, government resources, estate planning, investments and more related to retirement. Employee Compensation Questions (8)Readers ask frequent questions about employee compensation: how to ask for a raise, how to negotiate the best salary, whether to provide compensation information when a potential employer asks, what is included in employee compensation, and more. Check here for answers to common employee compensation questions. Employee Safety (10)

Most employees have the expectation that their workplace will offer a safe environment in which to do work. Some workplaces are safer than others just as some occupations offer more safety than others. Employers care about employee safety. Learn more about how to create workplace safety and employee safety.

Team BuildingEmployee involvement, teams, and employee empowerment enable people to make decisions about their work. When you involve employees in decisions and use team building to foster relationships, you increase loyalty and foster engagement.

Employee Empowerment (8)Employee empowerment is a strategy and philosophy that enables employees to make decisions about their jobs. Employee empowerment helps employees own their work and take responsibility for their results. Employee empowerment helps employees serve customers at the level of the organization where the customer interface exists. Employee Involvement (7)Employee involvement is creating an environment in which people have an impact on decisions and actions that affect their jobs. Employee involvement is not the goal nor is it a tool, as practiced in many organizations. Rather, employee involvement is a management and leadership philosophy about how people are most enabled to contribute to continuous improvement and the ongoing success of their work organization. Team Building (19)People in every workplace talk about team building, working as a team, and my team, but few understand how to create the experience of team building or how to develop an effective team. Many view teams as the best organization design for involving all employees in creating business success and profitability. Learn how team building helps enable the success of work teams and team work. Team Building Activities (24)Team building activities heighten the effectiveness of team building sessions when targeted to the facilitation or training topic and the needs of the team participants. Check here for the team building activites I develop and for the best team building activities from the Web. Team Building FAQs (4)Interested in knowing how to build successful teams? These team building FAQs, tips and recommendations about successful team building take you through the basics and more. Take a look at these team building FAQs to make your work teams successful. Team Building Holidays (16)Celebrate holidays for team building at work. Find ideas for successful teams, effective team work, and team building around holiday ideas, events, and themes. Team Communication (5)Interested in learning more about how to communicate effectively in a small group or team? Your team communication sets the tone for and enables the overall success of the team. Effective team communication in your small work group is the key to team success. Teams Top Picks (3)Find recommended reading to help you create effective work teams, successful team work, and team building ideas and activities. Teamwork Success (7)These are the critical factors in teamwork success. Whether your goal is to develop a project team, your departmental team, or a sense of teamwork company-wide, these factors support teamwork success. Without a dedication to teamwork success, helping employees work together to produce results is a challenge. Use these teamwork success factors to develop effective, contributing teams.

Employee RelationsUnderstanding legal decisions and legislation is fundamental in our increasingly litigious society. Find the best sources for human resources legal, state and federal government information, and court decisions here. Find labor relations information that ensures positive employee relations, and policy samples.

Policies and Samples (231)Policies, handbooks and procedures provide guidance for fair and consistent staff treatment. They are most useful when applied as guidelines rather than as rules and laws. Use these examples to guide the development of yours.

Dress Codes for Work (20)A work dress code is a set of standards that companies develop to help provide their employees with guidance about what is appropriate to wear to work. Dress codes range from formal to business casual to casual. The formality of the workplace dress code is normally determined by the amount of interaction employees have with customers in their workplace. Everything dress codes is available here. Policy Samples (193)Policy, procedures, and standards samples and examples to help you write and develop fair, consistent policies standards, and procedures for staff guidance and fair treatment.

Discrimination (19)Discrimination is hard to pinpoint and discrimination is difficult to cure. Discriminatory thinking is rooted in the minds/hearts of people based on their background, experience, and beliefs. Discrimination training tells people what they cannot say and do. Discrimination is forbidden by law for such characteristics as gender, race, age, religion, sexual orientation, and in employment decisions. Labor Laws / Government Agencies (36)Government agencies and Federal and state labor laws impact employer rights and behaviors, and the interaction that employers have with their employees. Find out about the government agencies, the labor laws and practices, and the regulations that cover employers, their labor practices, and their relationships with their employees. Find out more about labor laws.

Employment Law in Action (9)Have a question about a workplace issue covered by an employment law? Employment law is always open for interpretation and the rights of employees and employers are defined by courts every day. Find the latest application of employment law to employee rights and employer rights in these resources about employment law. Labor Relations (1)Labor Relations explores such topics as management-union relationships, remaining non-union, collective bargaining, the potential contribution of a union representative, the advantages of a represented work place and grievances How to Interpret Unemployment Information (0)Want to understand the monthly unemployment report that is issued by the U.S. Department of Labor? Here's an economist's take on how you should interpret the unemployment data for real understanding of the economic picture.

Labor Relations (16)Labor Relations explores such topics as management-union relationships, remaining non-union, collective bargaining, the potential contribution of a union representative, the advantages of a represented work place and grievances Legal Documents (9)Legal documents exist in employment to guarantee and safeguard the rights of both employees and employers. Find out more about legal documents in employment. See sample legal documents used in employment. People With Disabilities (9)People with disabilities should be considered without discrimination in the entire employment process, from job posting through employment. People with disabilities capably contribute when provided the opportunity to work. Employers face far fewer problems with disability accommodation and cost than they might believe. Consequently, disability employment should not be an issue in employee selection. Here are issues related to people with disabilities: accommodation, discrimination, legal rights. Handbook Samples (7)Sample and example policy manuals and employee handbooks will help you write your own policy manual or employee handbook. Look here for ideas. Advice for Employers (4Looking for advice about how to handle tricky situations at work that could ultimately lead to a lawsuit? These are some of the common situations employers face with advice about how to approach them.

LeadershipWhether you're in human resources or line management, you'll find how to, theoretical and even, inspirational information about employee management, supervision and leadership within these resources. Looking for input to further develop your own employee management and leadership skills? Seeking insight into working well with other managers and leaders? You'll find the information you need here. Bad Managers: How to Deal With (17)Can't stand your job because of your bad boss? Bad and ineffective managers exist in every organization. The worst managers fail to trust employees, don't respect employees, and intimidate employees. Find out how to understand and deal with bad managers and bosses here. Employee Recognition (28)Looking for ideas about employee recognition, employee rewards, employee awards and just thanking employees? Look no further. Ideas for both formal and informal employee recognition and employee rewards are here. Your only limit in employee recognition and in rewarding and thanking employees is your imagination. Business Ethics (17)Human Resources professionals face business ethics choices and their consequences daily. These business ethics sites enhance your understanding of business ethics. Business Publications (9)Business, management, and supervision related magazines, publications, newsletters, bookstores, publishers, catalogs of information, e-zines, online magazines and newsletters, and email newsletters are listed here. You'll also find links to book reviews. Visit this ever-changing resource! Coaching / Consulting (10)Coaching employees helps employees develop their talents and improve their skills. Employees are developed and educated through methods other than training classes and seminars. Chief among these methods, coaching from a respected boss, peer or mentor, is significant in employee development. Find coaching resources here. Customer Service (6)Effective customer service and customer relationship management, to both your internal and external customers, will cause your Human Resources department to be viewed as a strategic partner to management and staff. Your organization is more likely to use your services when you offer effective customer service and customer service training. Delegation (5)Effective delegation involves the delegation of work to reporting staff members in such a way that their skills are enhanced. Effective delegation allows an employee to increase their ability to make decisions and contribute to organization success. Effective delegation is not just giving employees more work to do, although sometimes there is more work to do. Employee Retention (21)Employee retention, especially of your best, most desirable employees, is a key challenge in organizations today. Use these tips, articles, tools and ideas to learn employee retention strategies that will help you retain your best staff. Learn loyalty strategies for employee retention. Leadership (30)The Human Resources professional has the opportunity to lead and impact the leadership skills of others. Use these sites to further develop leadership skills. Management Books (40)Looking for recommendations about the best management and leadership books? These management and leadership books are recommended by your editor and guide, Susan Heathfield. Take a look. Management Development (33)Management development training is critical for organizations in which managers direct and organize work. Management development training resources are featured here to help you develop managers who are effective leaders in your organization.

Find coaching, mentoring, consulting, knowledge management and how to build a learning organization resources. Management Tips (32)Want to be a better manager, a better coworker? These business, management, and work relationship tips will help you develop successful and effective management and leadership skills. Manager Role in Motivation (25)The manager plays the most important role in employee motivation. Effective management in the business workplace is critical to positive employee motivation and high employee morale. Learn more about the manager's role in a workplace that fosters high employee morale and positive employee motivation. Managing in Tough Times (4)Managing your business and managing your employees is increasingly difficult during an economic downturn or recession. Workforce planning becomes critical since employees are usually your biggest cost. There are plans you can make and steps you can take for effective recession management. Find out more about recession management. Mentoring / Knowledge Management (17)Mentoring helps employees develop their talents and improve their skills. Mentoring is coaching, listening, advising, and maintaining a relationship, generally with an employee who is less experienced than the mentor. Mentoring is a proven method for developing the skills and potential ability to contribute of an employee. Find mentoring resources as well as those concerning knowledge management and how to build a learning organization. Project Management (12)Project management skills are essential to productivity and a sense of accomplishment. These links will lead you to some of the best sites on the Web with information about project management. Quality (2)Interested in more information about quality, continuous improvement, kaizen events and other ways organizations are involving people in business decisions and process improvements? Employee suggestion programs can help with quality and process improvement, when implemented effectively. Learn about the role of quality and continuous improvement in business and management. Strategic Planning (48)The areas of business planning, human resources planning, and strategic planning and performance measurement are outgrowths of the desire of managers, stakeholders and stockholders for direction and accountability. These strategic planning sites bring excellent resources to the strategic planning effort. Supervision (28)Employee supervision is the role of the front line supervisor in a company or organization. Supervisors have direct contact with the employees who they supervise. Supervision helps establish order in the workplace. Supervisors report to managers in the organization hierarchy. Effective supervision is a foundation of a successful organization.

Want to improve your skills in supervising employees? Supervising employees is a challenging, and sometimes daunting, task. Especially problem employees stretch your supervising skills and ability. Find out more about supervising problem employees. Managing Millennials (8)Your millennials, given appropriate management and support, bring talents, skills, and Internet and technology savvy to your workplace. These employees of your future can contribute much in the present when managed to take advantage of their strengths. Find out more about the myths that exist about managing millennials. Managing Change (16)Managing change is a necessary management skill in today's fast changing workplace. In fact, managing change is so important that you can't effectively manage in today's workplace without these skills. These resources will help you improve your success in managing change.

The role bears responsibility for all of the processes and systems related to people in an organization. The role must support the work of managers who supervise and lead the work of these people.

The HR professionals must develop the skills of their managers and their organization to do these activities well. The job of the HR professional is a constant challenge as HR staff balance many roles and activities in support of their organizations.

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