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    Intern-Al Affairs

    Intern-al Affairs No longer viewed as gofers or grunts, today's interns are increasingly looked upon as tomorrow's employees. By Julie Cook Ramirez Interns have long suffered from an image problem. Often stereotyped as gofers, coffee-makers or errand-runners, interns were frequently viewed as eager, young students whose most challenging duty involved getting the department's lunch order correct or remembering how much creamer ...
    Submitted by rlgill | Published about 1 year ago | Rated: +2
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    Revised I-9 and Eligibility for Employment Guide Takes Effect Today

    Employers may no longer use previous versions of the I-9 Form. The revised list improves the security and effectiveness of the Form I-9 process. The list specifies that expired documents are no longer acceptable forms of identification or employment authorization. Allowing for expired documents makes it more difficult for employers to verify an employee’s identity and employment authorization and compromises the ...
    Submitted by Juntee_JNTC | Published 7 months ago | Rate This
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    Utah Employment Laws

    Overview Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) Future Effective Date Premium Pay After Designated Hours Daily Weekly $5.85 $6.55 $7.25 07/24/2008 07/24/2009 (Same as Federal) (Same as Federal) More Info: The Utah state minimum wage law does not contain current dollar minimums. Instead the state law authorizes the adoption of the Federal minimum wage rate via administrative action. The State law excludes ...
    Published about 1 year ago | Rate This
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    Six Reasons Why Companies Drug Test

    Six Reasons Why Companies Drug Test
    In an article published on March 24, we presented "The Six Key Elements of a Drug Abuse Prevention Program." One of these elements is drug testing. As a follow-up to that article, we are going to post two articles this week on whether or not to implement a drug testing program. The first article will present six reasons why companies implement ...
    Published about 1 year ago | Rated: +1
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    Vermont Employment Laws

    Overview Applies to: Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) Premium Pay After Designated Hours Daily Weekly (Applicable to employers of two or more employees) $7.68 (Same as Federal) 40 More Info: The State overtime pay provision has very limited application because it exempts numerous types of establishments, such as retail and service; seasonal amusement/recreation; hotels, motels, restaurants; and transportation employees to whom ...
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    USA-TN Visa for Professionals of Canada & Mexico

    Recently, the USCIS (United States Citizens and Immigration Services) announced the expansion of the Trade NAFTA (TN) Nonimmigrant Visa Program for professional workers from Canada and Mexico. Submitted by Juntee_JNTC | Published about 1 year ago | Rate This
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    DESIGNING A TOOL USING BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS (OCEAN) FOR PERSONALITY TESTING DURING SELECTION PROCESS OF FACULTY MEMBERS

    Abstract   Personality Tests are used in almost every industry nowadays. The article provides a practical implication of the BIG FIVE TRAITS in a form of Personality test for selection procedure in Academic Industry.   IMPLICATIONS OF BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TEST IN HIRING ACADEMICIANS Hiring a right person, mapping there competencies with organizational goals and retaining the employees are the biggest challenge ...
    Submitted by jagritijain | Published 7 months ago | Rate This
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    Virginia Employment Laws

    Overview Applies to: Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) Future Effective Date Premium Pay After Designated Hours Daily Weekly (Applicable to employers of 4 or more employees) $5.85 $6.55 $7.25   07/24/2008 07/24/2009 (Same as Federal) (Same as Federal) More Info: The Virginia state minimum wage law does not contain current dollar minimums. Instead the state adopts the Federal minimum wage rate ...
    Published about 1 year ago | Rated: +1
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    DESIGNING A TOOL USING BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS (OCEAN) FOR PERSONALITY TESTING DURING SELECTION PROCESS OF FACULTY MEMBERS

    Abstract   Personality Tests are used in almost every industry nowadays. The article provides a practical implication of the BIG FIVE TRAITS in a form of Personality test for selection procedure in Academic Industry.   IMPLICATIONS OF BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TEST IN HIRING ACADEMICIANS Hiring a right person, mapping there competencies with organizational goals and retaining the employees are the biggest challenge ...
    Submitted by jagritijain | Published 7 months ago | Rate This
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    Washington Employment Laws

    Overview Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) Premium Pay After Designated Hours Daily Weekly $8.07 (Same as Federal) 40 More Info: Premium pay not applicable to employees who request compensating time off in lieu of premium pay. Beginning January 1, 2001, and annually thereafter, the rate will be adjusted for inflation by a calculation using the consumer price index for urban wage ...
    Published about 1 year ago | Rate This
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    West Virginia Employment Laws

    Overview Applies to: Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) Future Effective Date Premium Pay After Designated Hours Daily Weekly (Applicable to employers of 6 or more employees at one location)   $6.55 $7.25   07/01/2008 (Same as Federal) 40 External Links West Virginia Department of Labor Website: http://www.wvlabor.org/
    Published about 1 year ago | Rate This
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    Wisconsin Employment Laws

    Overview Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) Premium Pay After Designated Hours Daily Weekly $6.50 (Same as Federal) 40 External Links New York Department of Labor Website: http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/
    Published about 1 year ago | Rate This
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    Wyoming Employment Laws

    Overview Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) Premium Pay After Designated Hours Daily Weekly $5.15 (Same as Federal) (Same as Federal) External Links Wyoming Department of Labor Website: http://wydoe.state.wy.us/doe.asp?id=3
    Published about 1 year ago | Rate This
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    ten commandmentsof security management

    -thou shall have security graven in thy management philosophy. -thou shall not relegate security to the bottom rung of thy priority. -thou shall not dismiss incidents as acts of god. -thou shall propagate security everyday. -honour thy commitment to the protection of thy persons, property and information. -thou shall not pollute the environment. -thou shall not hesitate in giving due importance ...
    Submitted by jagdev50 | Published about 1 year ago | Rated: +1
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    State Guides

    State Guides
    • *Alabama* • *Alaska* • *Arizona* • *Arkansas* • *California* • *Colorado* • *Connecticut* • *Delaware* • *District of Columbia* • *Florida* • *Georgia* • *Hawai'i* • *Idaho* • *Illinois* • *Indiana* • *Iowa* • *Kansas* • *Kentucky* • *Louisiana* • *Maine* • *Maryland* • *Massachusetts* • *Michigan* • *Minnesota* • *Mississippi* • *Missouri* • *Montana* • *Nebraska* • *Nevada* ...
    Published about 1 year ago | Rate This
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    Management Skills

    Hi Friends, www.skillsmaster.blogspot.com You will find useful posts over subjects like Effective E-mailing, Conflict Management, Change Management, Time Management, Stress M
    Submitted by Trainingmanager | Published about 1 year ago | Rate This
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    Anniversary Performance Review Form

    This Anniversary Performance Review form is used to accurately assess an employee’s strengths, accomplishments, and areas of improvement opportunities, as well as his or her interpersonal dynamics. It lays out short-term and long-term goals. Finally, it is used to help determine the employee’s future career development path. Anniversary Performance Review Date: ______________________________ Name: ______________________________ Position: ______________________________Company: ______________________________Department: ______________________________Date: ______________________________Manager: ______________________________ Manager/Individual ...
    Published about 1 year ago | Rated: +1
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    Employment Application Form

    This Employment Application form is used to capture a prospective employee’s personal and professional information at a glance. It seeks the name, address, type of work desired, previous work experience, military service history, education, and references. It states that the Company may conduct a background investigation,and releases the Company from any liability resulting from such investigation. It also states that there ...
    Published about 1 year ago | Rated: +2
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    Assure Good Hires with Assessment Tools

    Assure Good Hires with Assessment Tools
    Good hiring correlates directly with organizational success. After all, people are the ones who devise and implement strategy, generate revenue, produce product, serve customers and manage the operation. Hiring the wrong person, one with the wrong skill set, personality, attitude or ethics, can have far-reaching implications. As an HR professional, recruiter or hiring manager, what can you do to improve your ...
    Published about 1 year ago | Rated: +7
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    Building a Compelling Employer Brand

    Building a Compelling Employer Brand
    Talented individuals, who have a choice of employers, behave like consumers selecting products, and employer branding is the method by which you attract and acquire them. People have affinities for brands. People who use Apple computers, iPods, and iPhones respond to the brand’s hip image. You feel different driving a BMW than a Hyundai in part because you associate yourself with ...
    Published 8 months ago | Rated: +2
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