Following is an index of articles for HR/training professionals. Select the category you're interested in:

General

• Automation--How to Get Nowhere Faster
• Creative Training Tips
• Employees and Employers: How Safe is Your Workplace?
• Feedback About 360 Degree Feedback One Year Later
• Five Reasons Why Executives Refuse Media Training
• How Much You Earn Depends on Where You Live
• HR's Journey to Transformation
• HR's Role in Coping with Tragedy
• Human Resources in Central and Eastern Europe — a Mixed Bag From MCE
• New Study Shows Significant HR Transformation in Corporate America
• Nine Essential Core Competencies for HR Success
• Open Environment Reflects Open Culture
• Organizational Goals: Everybody Should Know Them
• “Take Our Daughters To Work Day” Expands to Include Sons
• The Role of HR in the New Economy
• The Story Behind SAS Institute's Reputation
• Today's Corporate Golf Outing—No Longer Just Fun and Games
• Who Needs a Guru Anyway?
• Why Smart Companies Do “Dumb Things”

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Hiring/Retention Strategies

• 15 Ways to Greater Employee Retention
• A Five-Point Program for Reducing Turnover
• A Futurist’s Warning to Employers: Prepare Now for Increased Employee Turnover
• A New Technique for Sharing Ideas From MCE
• A Newly Hired Executive’s Effectiveness Depends on His/Her Successful Assimilation into the Company
• A Trusting Relationship Retains Key Employees
• Alternatives to Layoffs
• Assessing the Need for Training
• Attracting Top Talent: Do You Have What It Takes?
• Building vs. Buying Talent
• Checking References Pays Off
• Demographic Realities Will Heat Up the “Talent War”
• Don’t Get Outsmarted—Check Education Credentials
• Engaging Talent From MCE
• Finding Hidden Sources of Qualified Talent
• Get Ready for the Impending Labor Crisis
• Go Undercover to Investigate Internet Career Sites
• Growth Opportunities Are Key to Employee Retention
• Handle with Care: You May Need Those Aging Baby Boomers
• Hibernation in a Bear Market—The Time to Focus on Employee Retention Is Now
• Hiring Outlook: New Survey Shows Good News and Bad News
• How to Interview, Hire & Bring New Employees on Board
• How to Keep Working Moms On Board & Everyone Happy
• How to Perfect Your Interviewing Skills
• Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business: 10 Ways to Retain Generation X'ers
• New Study Shows Employee Attitudes Differ Across Generations
• Niche Workplaces: Taking People Shortages Seriously
• Part I of our Exclusive Interview with Sherrie Gong Taguchi, author of "Hiring the Best and the Brightest."
• Proceed with Caution When Firing
• Recognizing and Rewarding Employees During Lean Times
• Scrutinizing a Diversity Program
• Separating the Fits from the Misfits and Counterfeits
• Seven Ways Employee Focus Groups Can Fail
• Seven Ways to Motivate Employees
• Six Strategies for Attracting Talent
• Six Types of Interview Questions and When to Use Them
• Tax Incentives May Encourage More Employers to Offer ChildCare Assistance
• Ten Steps to Better Hiring Decisions
• The Culture Connection
• The Little-Known Secret About Employee Commitment
• The New Economy Brings People Management Center Stage
• The Temp Match Game
• Think Employee Loyalty Is Dead? Think Again!
• Tips for Becoming a Skillful Interviewer
• Total Rewards and the Better Workforce Deal
• Trend Alert: Another ramification of downsizing
• Want to Hang on to Your Employees? Studies Show that Effective Communication is Key
• What the Dotcoms Got Right
• Why People Like Their Jobs—An Unscientific Poll.
• You Can Reduce Cases of Employment Burnout

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Training

• Advice for Trainers: Set the Right Example
• Avoid These 10 Training Mistakes
• Creating a Mentoring Culture.
• Difficult Behavior During Training
• Diversity Training Since 9-11
• Effective Training Is Critical to Limit Legal Exposure for Sexual Harassment
• Facilitate Team Discussions
• Home-Grown, Center-Based Training May Save You
• How to Make Training Stick by Making It a “PRIORITY”
• In Need of An HR Education
• Latest Research Shows Positive ROI for Employee Development Programs.
• Lunching and Learning—A Perfect Combination.
• Mentors May be the Key to Solving Retention, Diversity Problems
• Now, More Than Ever—Training is Good Business
• Ten Tips for Creating a Successful Mentoring Program
• The First Step in Good Team Management
• Tips for Creating Learning-Friendly Training
• Tips for Running Training Program Abroad
• What Are They Thinking?—Tuning in to Your Audience’s Body Language
• Winning Training Projects

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Benefits

• A Best Practice Profile: Pfizer’s Vista Rx Program
• A New Addition to Corporate Benefits Programs: Group Legal Plans
• Giving Alzheimer’s Caregivers the Help They Need
• New Study: Lower Pay Can Mean Better Benefits

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Workplace Issues

• A Discovery Approach to Organizational Improvement
• A Matter of Life and Death — Violence in the Workplace
• Assessing and Defusing Threats of Workplace Violence
• Building Cultural Infrastructure
• Clothes Maketh the Manager?
• Companies — Not Employees — Need to Adapt to the New Work World
• Creating a More Diverse Executive Suite: Tips for Leaders, Women and Minorities
• Creating an Effective Workplace Smoking Policy
• Designing Your Company’s Website for “Equal Accessibility” Benefits All Users
• Diagnosing Employee Performance Problems
• Do We Have a Skill War in Our Future? (e-interview)
• Don't Be Afraid to Open That Letter! The Facts on Dealing with Mail in an Unsafe World
• Effective Training Is Critical to Limit Legal Exposure for Sexual Harassment
• Employees Are Afraid to Speak Up
• Employers Can Help Cure Post-Holiday Blues
• Evidence-based Performance Measures
• Five Steps to a Drug-Free Workplace
• Getting Ready for the Gen-Y Worker
• Graphing Performance: How Do Your Employees Look on Paper
• Have You Met the Challenge of a Diverse Organization?
• Helping Employees Win the Fight Against Fat
• Holiday Message to Employees: Don’t Expect an Extravagant Party This Year
• How to Build a Successful Diversity Program
• How to Improve Employee Trust in Management
• How to Screen Job Applicants to Avoid Potential Employee Fraud
• It's a Small, Small World — and Shrinking All the Time
• Job Insecurity: How Employees Are Fighting Back
• Justify That New System: How to Write a Business Case and Get What You Want
• “Managing Today’s Angry Workforce” (PDF)
• Meeting the Needs of a Multi-generational Workforce
• New HR Survey Identifies Poor Management as the Number One Factor in Poor Productivity
• New Trends in Telecommuting
• Office Romance Can Spell Trouble
• OHNs Can Help Your Workplace Violence Program Succeed
• Security First. How to Keep Your Workplace Safe from Without and Within.
• Security is Everybody's Business
• Should You Let Your Staff Stay at Home?
• Should You Publicize U.S. Military Personnel Returning to the Workplace?
• "Spin Doctors" of HR, Listen Up!
• Taking Your Crisis Communications Plan for a Test Drive
• Telecommuting Can Help Companies Cut Costs Without Cutting Staff
• Ten Steps to Installing a Meaningful Performance Review System
• That Tattoo is Forever
• The Modular Organization
• The Problem with Pigeonholing
• Treat Employees Fairly, Not Equally
• What Employees & Managers Can Do About a Chaotic Workplace
• What Employers Need to Know About Contingency Workers
• What is Depression?
• Workplace Bullies Dump Bull on Co-Workers
• Workplace Violence...Tips, Tidbits & Tactics (Segment One: Facts, Figures &Trends)
• Workplace Violence...Tips, Tidbits & Tactics (Segment Two: Symptoms, Signs &SIgnals)
• Workplace Violence...Tips, Tidbits & Tactics (Segment Three: Developing a Worker-Friendly Environment)

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Legal Issues

• An Employee Terminated for Absenteeism May Be Entitled to Unemployment Compensation
• Avoid Labor Problems with a Strategic Communications Plan
• Confronting Religious Bias Head On
• Diversity Programs Come Out of the Closet
• Ethics Ratings of the 25 Biggest U.S. Companies
• Everything You Didn't Want to Know About Summary Judgment, But ...
• Fire at Will
• FMLA Decision Strikes Down DOL Notification Requirement
• How NOT to Handle an ADA Claim
• If You Use Independent Contractors, Beware of Co-Employment
• It's Your Kippur. Do You Care Where Your Employees Are?
• Layoffs & Lawsuits: A WARNing to All Employers
• Legal Issues Regarding Employer Monitoring of Employee E-mail and Internet Usage
• Let's Look at Your Disciplinary Memos
• Mental Disability in the American Workplace: What Are the Duties of the Employer? (Part 1)
• Mental Disability in the American Workplace: What Are the Duties of the Employer? (Part 2)
• No, Really ... We Love Kids!
• Office Romance: A Legal Perspective (Part 1)
• Office Romance: A Legal Perspective (Part 2)
• Paternity Leave: Does Father Know Best?
• Safeguarding Your Employees' Identities
• Same-Sex Harassment in the Workplace
• Set Policies To Stop Problems Before They Start
• Advice for Managers: Should You Provide Letters of Recommendation?
• Sometimes Immediate Discharge is OK
• Surge in Wage and Hour Class Action Litigation
• The 1994 Violence Against Women Act: An Important Concern for Employers
• What HR Needs to Know About Whistle Blowers in the Age of Sarbanes-Oxley
• What if Your Employee is Called for Active Military Duty?
• When Domestic Violence Turns Into a Workplace Problem

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