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Google it! 7 hiring and retention tips from Silicon Valley’s best

06/24/2008
When you google “best places to work,” you’re sure to find a link to Google itself. The search engine giant—91 million lookups per day—is a perpetual contender for the No. 1 spot on lists that rank great employers. Google’s VP for "people operations" tells how the company stays on top with innovative hiring, retention and collaboration strategies.

HR Specialist Editors Bring You the Best from SHRM Chicago

06/24/2008
For a week each year, the Society for Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference becomes the center of the HR world. HR Specialist editors have joined 13,000 of our peers in Chicago this week for four days of professional development covering HR’s hottest topics and presented by the profession’s  leading experts. Here’s some of the best from the world’s biggest HR conference.

The No. 1 low-Tech, high-Touch retention solution

06/24/2008
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12 real-Life proven ways to retain your best employees

06/24/2008
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Job satisfaction continues upward trend

06/24/2008
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Employers Feeling More Resistance Than Ever to Relocation Offers

06/20/2008
Employee transfers have always somewhat of a hard sell for employers. But making a move in the current housing market is fraught with peril for all parties.

Can we search an employee’s car if we think she’s using drugs at work?

06/17/2008
Q. We suspect an employee has been getting high at work. Over the past two weeks, co-workers have reported that the employee’s pupils were dilated and her speech was slurred. She stares out the window for extended periods of time, she fell while walking down the hall, her appearance is disheveled, and she takes multiple “rest breaks” to go to her car throughout the day. We want to search the employee’s car, but she refuses to let us. Can we search her car anyway? …

Writing reviews: Steer clear of two common errors

06/17/2008
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Updating job descriptions

06/17/2008
Q. Several of our job descriptions have not been revised in decades. What type of information should we include in the updated descriptions? …

The New Rules on Hiring – The Legal Way to Handle I-9s and No-Match Letters – Audio Conference

06/12/2008

Are you prepared for the coming crackdown? Have you taken the necessary steps to stay in compliance?