Labor Day Weekend Special

A plethora of great HR articles to get you into the weekend...

The Biz Coach says to turbo charge your HR program for more profits: click here

The San Jose Business Journal writes here about a survey that says that business operations and HR are the best prospects for job seekers: click here

The Gazette writes that outsourcing Human Resources is very rare in the public sector: click here

From this Human Resources blog, a post about how the skilled worker crunch is on: click here

The New York Times, among many other outlets, writes that HR says that young workers can't write: click here

Also from the Times, an article about what an assessment test can say about your style: click here

Lastly, an article from the Times about the endless summer job: click here

Don't Get Caught Reading This

The Washington Post says not to let your boss catch you reading this article: click here

The second article on this Astronology is also from the Post and is a call for a larger stay-at-home workforce: click here

Getting Ahead by Going Abroad

First we start off with a Huffington Post article about workers who get ahead by going abroad: click here

Next we have an interesting blog entry about bosses who go bad---and get rewarded: click here

Lastly, this blog quotes a survey which shows that employers say that young workers cannot write: click here

Catching Up

We're a little behind on last week's links so we're catching up...

First, the Arizona Post Gazette says to reveal vacation plans to employers during the interview: click here

Next, this blogger asks and answers the question about if you can be fired for blogging: click here

Management-Issues.com reports a study that says that HR is not measuring up to standards: click here

Lastly, we have a YouTube video about the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (HR 980):

Combatting Job-Related Stress

First, from the Wall Street Journal, an interesting article about companies aiming to combat job-related stress: click here

The New York Times Career Couch says that your yawn after lunch is perfectly normal, among other things: click here

Also from the Times, word that vacations are getting shorter but are turning up more often: click here

What did he say?

First from the I Hate Your Job blog, a list of the stupidest things you'll hear in an office: click here

Next we have an article on this two for Tuesday on Strategic Planning and Resources: click here

Drug Testing

Florida Today starts off our week with an article about businesses embracing drug testing: click here

The Chicago Tribune says that flexible spending accounts cut costs: click here

Lastly, the Washington Post says that the first step in managing a crazy boss is to start talking: click here

Workplace Affairs

The Human Resources Executive says that problems arise when work spouse relationships become workplace affairs: click here

The Star talks about what wage increases in Canada and says it pays to work out west: click here

The Winston-Salem Journal says that raises are increasingly tied to performance: click here

Raise on Performance

First we start from the Wall Street Journal which says that more firms are basing their raises on performance: click here

The Sun-Sentinel says that to improve, even executives need help to recognize their own faults: click here

And lastly, one blogger talks about the fear that things just aren't working: click here

Mind the Gap

The Bellingham Herald starts us off on this Wednesday by saying to be careful of electronic information: click here

The Washington Times talk about firms that dock the pay of the obese and the smokers: click here

Lastly, this Taleo Blog talks about the HR spin on CFOs: click here

Key HR Issues

On this Astronology Tuesday, we start out by looking at key HR issues that you need to address according to the HR News & Views Blog: click here

And from the Tennessean, employee "stretching" can help keep costs down: click here

Managing Risk

CNN says that it comes to managing risk, US firms are the best: click here

CompNewsNetwork talks about the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) hiring a new COO: click here

Lastly, this blog talks about what people talk about while their missing work: click here

Seen It All

First, from the Boston Globe, an article which says that the "seen-it-all" attitude can lead to arrogance: click here

Also from the Globe, a report about how many paths can lead you to your dream job: click here

Mercer reports in this article the shareholder equity impact of the new accounting rules: click here

2 for T & 3 for W

Two for Tuesday...and three for Wednesday....

First, if you are in a union and you want to know how to vote in the Democratic primaries...you'll have to figure it out on your own after the AFL-CIO said they were going to hold off in endorsing a candidate according to the Washington Post: click here


Also from the Post, an article from their Think Tank section that says that what workers want, Congress should provide: click here

From over the pond, a UK Telegraph article which says that human resources are vital to M&A: click here

Next, the New York Times Career Couch looks at the importance of unburned bridges among other mailbag topics: click here

Lastly, also from the Times, we end you on this Humpday with an article about opening up the On-Ramp for Women to allow them to get over the hump: click here

Human Resource Planning

According to Articopia.com, it's more than filling vacancies for the next few months: click here

This IowaBiz article lists different things HR professionals should think about including outsourcing HR (helps with the firings): click here

Business and Legal Reports HR Daily Advisor discusses a poll of senior HR professionals on what they think about the skills it takes to suceed in HR: click here

Going Green

The News & Observer has an interesting article about offices going green and the different ways they've found to do that: click here

InsideRecruiting says that only 1 of 5 HR directors measure the ROI of their development initiatives: click here

Lastly, the Business Report and Journal talks about preparing HR professionals: click here

Double Dose

We missed you yesterday so we're doubling up today...

First, from the Boston Globe, some say that taking a vacation feels like work: click here

Next, the Globe has an article, imagining what can go right: click here

Next we have advice from consultants about what to do when you get passed over for a promotion: click here

From the San Jose Mercury News we have an interesting article about which countries rank the highest in public holidays...Columbia: click here

From the Washington Post, a study which shows that FDA's retention bonuses are used only for the top of the food chain: click here

Lastly, also from the Post, word from Stephen Barr that the future of the EEOC call center may be in jeopardy: click here