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Reveille and Hyperbole
AOL and WebEx Communications,
provider of on-demand collaborative business applications, have teamed to create a secure, feature-rich version of the popular AIM service
for businesses and at-work instant messaging users.
Codenamed 'AIM Pro,' the new service will build on the central role that the AIM service already plays in people's work lives while offering a
customized interface for business users.
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards deadline is approaching.
The search is on for Greater Washington's outstanding entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hard work
and perseverance have created and sustained successful, growing
business ventures. Nominate yourself or someone else today at
http://www.ey.com/us/eoy Nomination deadline: March 31, 2006.
Please contact Amy Thompson at amy.thompson1@ey.com or 703-747-1062 for more information.
Great Place to Work® Institute announced the five recipients of the 2006 Great Place to Work® Awards.
- Acuity
- CXtec
- J.M. Smucker Company
- Four Seasons Hotels
- QuikTrip
They are being recognized for the innovative and successful approaches they have taken to build great workplaces for their employees.
Company executives will be presented with their awards at the annual Great
Place to Work® Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, April 5-7, 2006.
You Should Know
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- Tech-Heavy Silicon Valley Looks To the Over-50 Set for Expertise
At age 64, Jack Geisen thought his working life was over. The Silicon Valley-based software specialist had been rebuffed at job interview after job interview early last year, when he tried to re-enter the work force a few years after retiring from Lockheed Martin Corp.
Discouraged, Mr. Geisen sold his home in Los Altos, Calif., and bought a place in a retirement community a few hours' drive north. Then, in June, he got a surprise recruitment call from Tibco Software Inc., a business-software maker attracted by his years of experience managing projects at a big company.
"They really pursued me like you wouldn't believe," says Mr. Geisen, who struck a deal with Tibco that lets him work part of the time from home. "I think I was exactly what they were looking for."
(CareerJournal.com)
- Professor helps assess health of teacher workforce
School districts in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties are lucky to have assistant professor of education Lora Bartlett on their team.
Bartlett specializes in teacher workforce issues, and she is applying her expertise locally, where about one-third of teachers are nearing retirement age and the cost of living forces many new teachers to leave the area.
Those factors may be beyond the control of school administrators, but they make it even more important for districts to ensure that working conditions contribute to high levels of job satisfaction so that teachers who can afford to live in the region will stay in town.
That's where Bartlett comes in. She is chair of the research committee of the Teacher Workforce Initiative (TWI), a three-year collaborative effort to take the pulse of teachers in the tricounty area. The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, a Santa Cruz-based nonprofit, has teamed up with the Monterey Bay Educational Consortium to gather detailed demographic information from local teachers to assess the strength of the workforce. The consortium is made up of representatives of schools and local colleges and universities.
(UC Santa Cruz Currents)
- DOL grant will boost state's 'innovation corridor."
A state region that includes Alameda County has received a $15 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to develop an economic plan encompassing entrepreneurship, manufacturing supply chains and worker training.
The program will benefit companies, organizations and educational institutions in Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Kern, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernadino, Riverside and San Diego counties, said Andrea Seastrand, executive director of the California Space Authority, which authored the grant and will lead the project.
The grant is designed to encourage public-private partnerships to address local economic challenges, said Loree Levy, a spokesperson for the state of California Employment Development Department.
The grant is funded through the federal Workforce Innovation on Regional Economic Development Initiative, or WIRED, and was the only one given in California. The region is one of 13 nationwide to receive the money as part of President George W. Bush's Community-based Job Training Grants initiative.
(East Bay Business Times)
Global:
- Economic Growth Requires Labor Growth
William Parrett, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte), urged some of the world's leaders to work together to facilitate a global labor market capable of supporting sustained economic growth during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Citing a study conducted by Deloitte Research, Parrett told the attendees that a host of global demographic trends — from low birth rates to the graying of the "Baby Boomer" generation — are contributing to long-term skill shortages that are being experienced by developed and developing nations alike.
(Workindex.com)
Bermuda:
- Bermudian workforce to fall as population ages.
The loss of 1,700 Bermudian jobs in the last five years is part of a demographic trend, revealed Finance Minister Paula Cox, which will see the local workforce decline by 8,000 in the next 36 years.
She said Bermudian workers will decline from 40,000 to 32,000 by the year 2042.
In a bid to pre-empt attacks by the UBP who have slated Government over the declining number of jobs held by Bermudians, Ms Cox said it was not due to failed economic policy.
"It is important for observers to understand the underlying demographic factor driving and shaping this trend.
"Due to declining birth rates, the size of the Bermudian work force is shrinking. This means there are more Bermudians retiring from the workforce compared to the number of young Bermudians entering the workforce for the first time.
"We also know projections of the work force over the next 36 years forecast a decline from 40,000 to 32,000 by the year 2042.
"The trend is visible now as the number of jobs held by Bermudians has decreased from 28,900 in 2000 to 27,200 in 2005."
(The Royal Gazette)
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Survey Says:
Hiring engaged and self-motivated new employees is often the intangible ingredient that eludes managers in the selection process, but is critical for organizations that are simultaneously increasing their workforces and accelerating their growth.
A new study by Development Dimensions International (DDI), a global human resources consulting firm, concluded that there is a combination of six personal characteristics can predict a candidate's potential to be engaged, differentiating the candidates who look good in the interview from those who will actually excel on the job.
How does engagement impact the bottom line? While engaged employees are proactive and have pride and ownership in their job, disengaged employees take less initiative and offer a significantly lower contribution than their engaged counterparts. Their reduced commitment to the job and the organization will lead to faster turnover—which means increased hiring costs for the company and a reduction in productivity.
"Measuring and selecting an engaged candidate is like hiring the caterpillar who turns into a butterfly—not the moth who eats away the fabric of your organization," Doug Reynolds, Vice President, Assessment Technology, DDI says.
Hiring for engagement
Job interviews generally place a high priority on experience and skills and a candidate's motivation is often overlooked. In a hiring study conducted by DDI in 2004, 44 percent of managers surveyed said their most significant hiring surprise was that the candidate's personality in the interview differed from what they are actually like on the job.
To reduce the number of hiring surprises—especially those linked to personality—DDI advises that companies take a closer look at a candidate's potential for engagement to predict what they'll be like on the job. DDI conducted a study of 3,800 employees from seven organizations spanning a variety of industries and roles, and identified six personal characteristics that, when combined, will predict a candidate's likelihood to be an engaged contributor.
The characteristics—which can be measured in pre-employment tests—include traits that are attractive in any candidate—adaptability, passion for work, emotional maturity, positive disposition, self-efficacy and achievement orientation. Candidates with a combination of these characteristics are 14 times more likely to be highly engaged employees.
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Coming Soon:
Talent Management Regional Expo
February 23, 2006
Frisco Convention Center, Frisco, TX
Sponsored by IHRIM, HCI and SHRM
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HR Metrics - 2006 Summit
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February 23, 2006
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OnRec Awards 2006
March 8, 2006
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Staffing Industry Executive Forum
March 13 - 16
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ER Expo 2006 Spring
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March 14-16, 2006
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Recruiting 2006 Conference and Expo
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May 10-11, 2006
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NACE National Meeting & Expo
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May 30 - June 2, 2006
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2006 Top Employer Summit
March 27-28, 2006
Four Seasons Hotel
Toronto
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37th Annual Employment Management Conference
March 30-April 1, 2006
Manchester Grand Hyatt
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Human Capital Summit Conference
April 5-7, 2006,
Chicago Marriott Downtown Hotel
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IHRIM: HRM Strategies 2006
April 9-12, 2006
Washington, DC
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SHRM's 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
June 25-28
Washington, D.C.
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2006 EREC
21-22 June 2006
ExCel
London, UK
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OnRec Expo 2006
12-13 September 2006
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Chicago
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2006 Strategic HR Conference
October 4-6, 2006
Westin Kierland Resort
Phoenix, Arizona
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Human Resource Executive's
9th Annual HR Technology® Conference & Exposition
Oct. 4-6, 2006
Navy Pier in Chicago, IL
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2006 SHRM Workplace Diversity Conference
October 16-18, 2006
Century Plaza Hotel and Spa
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October 25 - 27, 2006
Red Rock Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
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