Social
Security number, 14 percent.
Lying isn't just a problem at the hourly
level either. "At least 23 percent of 7,000 resumes submitted
for president, V.P. and board of director positions had
been a little cooked." (Source: Christian & Timbers)
The problem doesn't stop there. Forty million
drug tests are conducted each year on job candidates and
employees. But employees learn "the ropes".
But the prevalence of screening and the
reach of the Internet has fostered a thriving cottage industry
of entrepreneurs who promise to help workers beat the tests.
Products like Urine Luck to counteract urine tests, Get
Clean Shampoo intended to counteract hair tests and Quick
Fizz tablets for saliva tests are readily available. Businesses
are at a crossroads. Business just wasn't always as complex
as it is today. Everything has changed. Streamlining recruitment,
hiring quickly, and selecting the right people are no longer
options but key growth strategies.
Stop
the "Resu-mess" here.
Eight Crucial Survival Skills
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1. Technology
2. Communication
3. Computation skills
4. Critical thinking and problem solving
5. Information management skills
6. Interpersonal skills
7. Personal skills
8. Community skills
Source: Learning Outcomes for the 21st
Century, Workplace Visions, 2002
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Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #116 to #120
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Fact #116 Every year, between 280,000
and 325,000 suffer premature deaths related to obesity.
Fact #117 An estimated one-third
of Americans do no exercise at all.
Fact #118 20.9 percent of the U.S.
Adult population is obese; in 1991, only 12 percent of the
population were obese.
Fact #119 Obesity costs U.S. companies
an estimated $12.7 billion annually. (National Business
Group on Health)
Fact
#120 The total costs to society from obesity are estimated
to be as high as $300 billion.
Source:HR
Magazine, March 2004
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your copy of The Perfect Labor Storm Fact Book today!
What Is It That Employees Really Value?
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6 Proven Motivators are revealed in Understanding
Business and Values.
Order your copy of "Understanding Business
Values and Motivators". (Yes, Understanding Business Values
and Motivators is finally here.)
Understanding Business Values and Motivators
is an introduction to understanding the six business values
and motivators that drives human performance. In this book,
Ira Wolfe describes how each of the motivators affects peoples'
behavior in the workplace and how managers can tap into
those motivators to increase productivity and improve performance.
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a sample chapter online, follow this link.
A
Closer Look at Behavior-Based Interviewing
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Behavior-based
interviewing has been around for 25 years, but the practice
has recently been gaining momentum with the increasing demand
for skilled and competent employees.
"Behavioral
interviewing" is defined as an analysis of a candidate's
potential abilities by examining skills that have been used
in past job performance. The main difference between this
type of interviewing and a regular interview is that candidates
are asked to give specific examples of how they acted in
the past, instead of being asked to share their opinions
or ideas.
To conduct
a behavioral interview, interviewers need to know what to
look for in a candidate's response. Online Interview Generator(r)
pairs specific "target behaviors" to over 60 competency
based interview questions.
Online
Interview Generator(r) (IG) allows users to create company
and job specific customized behavioral interview guides
in minutes. Satisfied IG users include hiring managers,
employers, human resources professionals, and consultants.
As an
IG user, you can choose an already- developed interview
guide from our Job Library of over 40 standard job titles
(from Administrative Assistant to COO), then quickly and
easily edit to fit your open job. Or, you can choose to
design your own interview guide from "scratch" using our
extensive database of 65 competencies, and over 1,500 different
target behaviors (interview "answers"), and corresponding
interview questions.
IG is
extremely versatile and flexible - it can be used for selection
in every industry, business and organizational environment.
IG is inexpensive and cost- effective; clients can purchase
interview units separately, or through a site license.
View
a sample Interview Guide created with Interview Generator.
Do you know your Interviewing IQ? Test
your Interviewing IQ today.
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Interviewing is still the most commonly used selection tool
even though the traditional interview is effective at identifying
a top performer as few as 1 in every 14 times. It's not
always the fault or due to the inexperience of the interviewer
either. The laws are complicated, time is always too short
and the candidates are a lot more savvy and have more time
to prepare.
Test
your interviewing skills (see link below) .
Take
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Follow
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Forward this newsletter to all of your hiring managers so
that they can test their Interviewing IQ.
Have you read about the problems with
performance reviews?
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Did you miss the article titled "21 Reasons Why Performance
Reviews Fail"? If your company conducts performance reviews
and they are not producing the results you desire, you need
to read this article.
Follow
this link to read 21 Reasons Why Performance Reviews Fail.
Managing Values, Valuing Results
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"Avoiding
a disconnect between the cultures of worker and company"
When
people are hired, they come with personalities - individual
preferences to think and behave in certain ways. And yet
many managers still downplay the impact that personalities
has on performance (or the lack of it) and continue to rely
on experience, education and "gut feeling" as the primary
rights of passage for hiring the "right" people.
To
read more about Managing Values, Valuing Results as published
in Business2Business, follow this link.
Just the facts: Bring Home the Bacon
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In the Old Days sometimes they could obtain pork,
which made them feel quite special. When visitors came,
they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign
of both wealth and that a man could "bring home the bacon."
They would cut off a little to share with guests and sit
around and "chew the fat."
Contact Information
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email: mike@chrysaliscorporation.com
voice: 229-257-0665
web: http://www.chrysaliscorporation.com
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