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FAKTSA: An Easy Acronym for Remembering Key Resume Enhancers

What are the most important things to remember about writing an effective resume? They can be encapsulated in a six-letter acronym, FAKTSA.

Compliance Checklist for 2009

Throughout the 2008 year, up to and within 2009, several new employment statues and laws became effective coupled with many interesting court decisions. Many of those new findings and laws require proactive responses by us as employers. With our economy being suppressed, it becomes critical for employers to be the best stewards possible with their employees. Below is a summary list of what I believe employers need to do now to assist them within the 2009 season.

Employment Law Guide

This Guide issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) describes the statutes and regulations administered that affect businesses and workers. The Guide is designed mainly for those needing “hands-on” information to develop wage, benefit, safety and health, and nondiscrimination policies for businesses in general industry.

Overtime Pay Requirements of the FLSA

This fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Labor gives general information concerning the application of the overtime pay provisions of the FLSA.

Beat the Recession by Going Back to Basics

When faced with a recession, we have two available options…buckle with fear or be imaginative, aggressive, and fight back. The clarion call is for common sense, not panic. Here are some practical ways to survive the recession.

Goal Setting That Gets Results

Setting goals is the best way to get what you really want. Read this to discover two ways to get results in goal setting.

Seven Smart Networking Moves Guaranteed To Make You More Memorable

It’s a fact: employers prefer to hire people they know over “mystery” candidates. That’s why networking accounts for how 64 percent of people find jobs, while only 11 percent find work through advertisements (New York Times survey, 2002).

Flexibility Made Easy With Strategic Staffing

Nearly every organization today is challenged to do more with less. To succeed in such an environment, flexibility is key-especially in your staffing strategy. Flexible staffing is critical for operational efficiency and adaptability. When used effectively it can help you to manage your workload, meet strategic objectives, and fill in gaps in your workforce.

101 Ideas for Getting the Employees You Want

Having a hard time finding the right employees? Here are more ideas than you can possibly imagine to help you target and attract the ones you want!

BenefitNews.com

A complete online resource delivering the information benefits decision makers need to keep current, conduct research, benchmark and share ideas and solutions with their peers.

Deserving the Best on Your Team: Winning the War for Talent from the Inside Out

Why do some companies have content, loyal, and highly productive employees while other companies can claim none of these and only wish they could? Is it that the smarty pants company where everybody’s happy has the nicest building? Is it because of the awesome website? Is it the cool products?

The answers are NO, NO, and NO!

Society for HR Management

SHRM is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 170,000 individual members, the Society’s mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most essential and comprehensive resources available.