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Article Name	Author	Description
10 Tips to Stop Budget Cuts Effecting Your Recruitment	Louisa Anderson	If you still need to recruit new staff then it's time to adopt a different recruitment strategy. I hope the following ten tips can help you do that.
10 Best Practices for Managing the Aging Workforce	Richard Anthony, Sr.	For the first time ever, we have four, and some people argue five, generations in the workforce. Each markedly different. Each variously hailed and reviled because of the myths about how they think and behave. All challenged to work toward common goals in spite of their differences.
Niche Job Boards - The Correlation to Recruiting Success	Chris Archer	Working with a quality, well-marketed, niche job board to perform a micro-focused career search for your next new hire is "the new essential strategy" of savvy hiring managers and HR departments.
Niche Job Boards - The Correlation to Recruiting Success (2)	Chris Archer	Whether you're currently utilizing the major "general employment" job boards with success, or you're completely frustrated with your company's recruiting strategies, niche job boards are the wave of the future, and the answer to saving your own precious time and energy.
Employee Handbooks That Work	Robert C. Boisvert, Jr.	Employee handbooks need a public relations makeover. The rise in breach of contract lawsuits involving employee handbooks has left many employers feeling betrayed by their handbooks and doubting whether they are worth the trouble.
Asking the Right Interview Questions - Making the Interview Work For You	Judi Cogen	All too often, managers find the perfect resume, love the candidate during the interview process, invest time and resources on-boarding the new hire, only to lose the person after a short period.
Company Website Job Posting Best Practices: Dos and Don’ts	Gary Crispin & Mark Mehler	We’ve collected best practices related to posting jobs on corporate websites for years and noted a few in the past. Here's our current list (and we’re always looking for more).
Combating Workplace Negativity	Cheryl Demarco	Negativity is a habit. When negativity takes over in a workplace, it becomes a part of the culture. Cultural negativity requires a radical restructuring of the entire work environment, and that culture change takes a minimum of five years.
Living in a World With No Time Boundaries	Shawn Doyle	If you have the time to read this (I'll bet that you don't), I want to tell you about a very prevalent and destructive force that is now taking over corporate America. What force? It's the force destroying boundaries on time.
Five Big But Common Mistakes in Welcoming New Employees	Susan T. Gauff	According to an old adage, first impressions are hard to erase. This is particularly true when welcoming a new employee to your organization. First impressions count - big time. Here are five things organizations can do to dramatically improve retention and productivity rates.
Assessing Assessments from the US Department of Labor	Roger Hokanson	Psychometric assessment products exist in great variety and quantity. Many businesses use assessments to support their recruitment, retention, development, and succession planning strategies.
Recruiting Through Social Networking Sites	Lisette Howlett	Despite being seen as innovative and modern, recruitment through social networking is just as involved as other advertising media and needs the planning and input that comes with finding that top talent.
For Employers - Low-Priced Craigslist Job Postings Can Contain a Hidden Cost	Tony F. Lee	Craigslist has built a reputation as a great resource of free and low-cost classifieds online, especially among company recruiters operating with limited budgets. But as the years pass, it's become clear that relying on Craigslist to fill local job openings may require more time and money than its reputation suggests.
How to Make Your Employees Feel Valued Even in Tough Economic Times	Suki Iyne	Seasoned employers know that in rough times their greatest assets are not their services or their products but their employees. Finding smart ways to reward them and help them feel valued is the key to ensuring your company weathers stormy waters.
Everyone's Got Style	Grace Judson	I prefer the Platinum Rule: do unto others as they want to be done unto. And I add a corollary to it: before you assume you know what they want, ask.
What Is Diversity?	Lila Kelly	When I mentioned the word "diversity" over ten years ago, most people said, "What's that?" Now we hear the word a lot, so much so that some people call it "the 'D' word."
Employer Branding - The Secret to Attracting Job Applicants	Steve Klein	Employer Branding. It's the key to finding and retaining employees in today's hotly contested labor market.
Three Often-Overlooked and Potentially Costly Employment Requirements	Mary M. Krakow	Employers know they must comply with numerous state and federal laws. This article highlights three often-overlooked and potentially costly employment requirements.
This Recession is a Great Opportunity to Identify and Hire Ideal Employees	Howard Lewinter	Employers have a tremendous opportunity during this recession to fill job positions with great employees. Due to the downsizing of many companies, unemployment is up across the nation which means there are many qualified people looking for work these days.
Praise Gives a Psychological Raise	Harvey Mackay	One of my all-time favorite aphorisms is: "A pat on the back accomplishes more than a slap in the face." Recently I saw it stated a little differently: "A pat on the back, though only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results."
Sparking Employee Spirit is Every Manager's Job	Harvey Mackay	A positive company culture should start at the top. It's always best for management to be honest and upfront with its workforce. And it makes sense to solicit their suggestions and input. Including employees in problem-solving also helps promote cooperation, which leads to better spirit. Why wouldn't a manager listen to the people who have such a vested interest in fixing things?
Managing Conflict using Problem-Solving	JoAnn Meyer	One method to use in managing conflict more constructively draws from the field of problem-solving. With this approach, the individuals involved, or a facilitator, work on a definition of what the problem really is.
Organizational Culture: A Practitioner's Guide	JoAnn Meyer	This column will describe a proven approach to managing culture by focusing on one of its dimensions, work environment.
Team Building 101	JoAnn Meyer	In our consulting practice, we are often asked about team building. Do we do it? (The short answer is yes). What do we think about those outdoor adventure programs? Is there really substance to this idea of "team building?" What is a team, anyway?
The Importance of Employee Recognition	Robbie Q Morse	A proper employee recognition program should be one that awards excellent work, rather than punishes those who may feel challenged in their current positions.
Staff Selection - The Experience Trap - How To Keep Experience In Perspective When Selecting Staff	Leon Noone	It's odd. But the fact that someone did a job successfully for someone else in another company, doesn't automatically mean they'll do your job successfully for you in yours. I call overemphasis on experience "The Experience Trap."
Turning Your Internet Recruiting WOES into WOWS	Karen Osofsky	Great article on how to more effectively post a job and use employment Web sites. Use these tips as a guide for posting your jobs on MinnesotaJobs.com
Melting Pot Or Tossed Salad? Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace - it Just Makes "Cents!"	Mary Jane Paris	I choose to think of diversity as a "tossed salad." The colorful, inwardly and outwardly different ingredients that, alone are terrific, yet when combined with others and dressed with tolerance, understanding, and hope, make for a terrific, healthy way to live and work! Which one defines your workplace?
Successful Hiring in a Tough Economy	Mary Ann Preston	Create a hiring system that includes a written job description, consistent interviews, employee testing, and background and reference checks. Follow the system closely, and top candidates will rise to the top and become your best employees.
Social Media - Add Power to Recruiting	Kathleen Quinn-Votaw	If you haven't yet added social media, also called Web 2.0, to your repertoire of recruiting strategies, it's well past time.
5 Tips for Hiring Great Employees	Terri Robinson	Tips on how to find the truly great employee.
Hiring Employees - It's Not Just Luck	Terri Robinson	This is basic information concerning the importance of planning and knowing what kind of employee you need before beginning the recruitment process.
Partners in Skill Development? Tuition Reimbursement is Old News	Terri Robinson	In surveys from such experts as Forrester's and others on what employees consider most important today, continuing education ranks high as one of the benefits they are seeking.
Pigs Can't Sing, Ducks Can't Climb and Rabbits Make Poor Swimmers	Bill Schult	The animal kingdom is a great place to compare what we're talking about when it comes to selecting the right person for a specific job.
Should You Hire New Employees in a Slow Economy?	Shari Roth	Unemployment figures are at an all time high and companies continue on the course of downsizing. So should your company actual be hiring when most organizations are scaling back? If your organization wants to be one of the key players when the economy turns around, then the time to prepare for the turnaround is right now.
Easy Guide to Writing an Employee Handbook	Jane Schulte	If your business is reaching a point where you have too many employees to have it run informally, it's time to write an Employee Handbook.
Drop the "Old Think" - It's Time for HR to Become "Champions of Performance"	Dr. John Sullivan	Looking back, it is safe to say that in the last decade, the business world has undergone significant change, while HR, on the other hand has been changing "at the speed of a rock."
Manpower Survey Finds 40% of U.S. Employees Reconsider Job Options Due to Rising Fuel Costs	Lisa Tagliapietra	The pinch at the pump is taking its toll on the American worker, according to a recent survey by Manpower.
State of the art Job Boards	Peter Weddle	Whether you’re an in-house corporate recruiter, a staffing firm recruiter or an executive search consultant, job boards are now an integral part of how our jobs get done.
Developing A Multi-Career Site Recruiting Strategy	Brian Weis	Where do I post my jobs? One site or all of them? The best answer is to develop a multi-site recruiting strategy.
Why Good Employees Leave	Brian Weis	Why do good employees leave? Countless polls have been conducted in attempt to answer this most pressing question.
Human Resource Challenges - Getting Employees to Read Your Company Manuals	Lance Winslow	Employees must read the manuals of the company and they must understand the procedures rules and information contained in them.
Are You Up To Speed? Common Business Acronyms & Abbreviations		Are you abbreviating enough? Here's a handy guide. See how many you can stuff in a memo. Have contests among your peers.
Benchmarking vs. Competency Modeling		What Does It Take To Predict Job Success?
Do You Have Hidden Biases?		The tests were put together by some people at Harvard University and are called the Implicit Association Tests.
Generational Differences In Performance Management		Many managers and human resources professionals tell us they recognize distinct differences in the generation within the workplace.
Majority of Job Seekers Post Resumes to Multiple Sites		Nearly 50 % of job seekers post to three or more job boards, with niche sites proving to be most effective.
WEDDLE's Research Factoid: How Good Are Employees Sourced Online?		WEDDLE's continuously conducts both primary and secondary research on the Best Practices in employment and HR leadership. Recently, we began to explore what kind of results recruiters are actually achieving online.