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Helping Businesses Solve their Workforce-related Business
Problems! January 2006 |
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Do You Know Do you know someone who is
having trouble finding a job because their English language is limited? Work
Styles is the answer! This no cost, two-week workshop teaches
participants the following:
What job skills they have. How to find a job they like How to fill out an
application How to feel and act
confidently How to interview for a
job--questions to ask and answer How to write a resume What to do if you don’t have
any work experience in the How to keep a job and get
promotions How to solve problems at work
How to talk to the boss The next workshop starts January 23.
Classes are free! To register call 667-3831 or 579-2580.WorkStyles is
provided at no cost by a
partnership of Employment Law
Business Seminar Join Joan Rennekamp, M.P.A., SPHR from Rotherberber
Johnson and Lyons LLP on Thursday, January 19th for an HR
Roundtable Employment Law. Ms Rennekamp will answer questions posed by the
audience. This complimentary business
seminar is brought to you by the Family Economics: Work and Wealth in the New Economy The
Economic Opportunities Program at the Aspen Institute has just released an
article summarizing a provocative set of discussions about the roles of work
and wealth in today's economy that took place during the inaugural Aspen
Ideas Festival in July. Aging and Work As our
population ages and economists predict a worker shortage, what is your plan
for hiring and retaining older workers?
Older
Workers: What Keeps Them Working? Businesses: How are
they Preparing for the Aging Workforce? Getting the Right Fit:
Flexible Work Options and Older Workers It’s Time for a New Year’s Revolution No,
that's not a typo in the title. Resolutions are easy; most of us make them at
least once a year. A revolution, on the other hand, is something you may not
have made since you started your small business. To read entire article from
CJ Hayden and Small Business What Are Some Precise Adjectives for
Describing the Attributes of Job Applicants? I work
for a staffing firm and have been given a list of "acceptable
terms" to use to describe applicants in interview notes. As one might
imagine, this list is very short. Our biggest dilemma is conveying in an
appropriate way whether an applicant is unfit for certain jobs because of
age, physical ability, etc. Another problem is zeroing in on an applicant’s
ability to lift and to what capacity. Our
current rundown isn’t much help. It includes: articulate, assertive, bright,
conscientious, pleasant, well-mannered, abrasive, aloof, withdrawn, poorly
groomed, neat, conservative. What are some precise
terms for us to consider? Click here
to learn more from Workforce Management.
Employee
Motivation is an Inside Job Many
organizations are experiencing deep and debilitating morale crises just as
they’re trying to cope with a challenging business climate. Companies are
finding that a large number of their workers, supervisors, managers and
executives have “quit” their jobs–but they’re still coming in to work every
day. To read more from HR Powerhouse,
click here. The |
IN THIS ISSUE Do You Know? Employment Law Business
Seminar Family Economics: Work and Wealth in the New Economy Aging
and Work It’s Time for a New Year’s Revolution
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