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Keep ‘scope creep’ from derailing your project

04/15/2014
One of the biggest project management pitfalls is the tendency of the work to expand over time. Here are six rules to prevent it.

Still no handbook? Act fast after complaint

04/14/2014

Do you work in an HR department that still hasn’t gotten around to creating an employee handbook? Don’t despair. As long as everyone in HR and management makes sure employees know the company won’t tolerate sexual harassment and encourages immediate reporting of harassment, you can probably escape liability by acting fast on any reports you do receive.

Bet on it: America’s wackiest office pools

04/14/2014
The NCAA basketball tournament isn’t the only opportunity to make a friendly wager at work. According to a CareerBuilder.com survey, recent office pools have featured bets on:

Who wants to be the boss?

04/11/2014
What percentage of men and women in the three largest working-age generational cohorts say they want to be a top manager someday?

Easy way to save money: Use the Garamond font

04/10/2014
Using Garamond in your documents instead of other common fonts could reduce printing costs by 25%. Garamond’s thinner strokes need less ink, according to a study published in the Journal of Emerging Investigators.

No need to tolerate personal woes that spill over to workplace arguments

04/09/2014
When bad romance spills over to the workplace, you don’t have to put up with the aftermath. Set strict rules about behavior and don’t tolerate loud arguments, threats or other disruptions.

Are employees more productive before or after vacation?

04/09/2014
With their batteries and brains recharged, employees are generally more productive after a vacation, according to a survey of HR managers.

Electronic signatures: What employers need to know

04/09/2014

For centuries, a signature at the bottom of a piece of paper has meant someone agrees with what the document says. Can keystrokes carry the same legal weight as pen strokes? Yes. Two federal laws establish the legality of e-signatures in this country: the UETA and E-SIGN.

Who says equal opportunity statements can’t be fun?

04/09/2014
The Motley Fool offers its readers serious financial advice, but the Alexandria, Va., publisher doesn’t take itself seriously at all. To wit, the following, which recently began appearing in the company’s job ads, just under the usual EEO policy statement …

What office supplies do your employees usually swipe?

04/08/2014
According to a survey by the office supply chain Banner Business Services, pens and Post-it notes lead the list of things that somehow manage to jump into our purses and briefcases and make their way into our homes (or the kids’ school backpacks).