Jack Deal is the owner of Deal Business Consulting and a frequent jungle traveler. Related articlesmay be found at http://www.jddeal.com/blog/culture_and_society and http://www.freeandinquiringmind.typepad.com
Company Manual As A Business Tool The Employee Manual is another one of those 'groan' topics that everyone gives a sigh and throws up their hands on. Just the mention elicits a painful response. But it's not all that painful.There are a number of templated softwares available on the Internet for building an employee manual. Pick one and look at the contents.The first thing you notice is how the Employee Manual is a funny bird and...... Similar Editorial : Dont Forget That Manual by V. Berba Velasco Jr., Ph.D.. | Source : Human Resource Management
Are Your Employees Good Enough To Beat Your Competition? An old saying goes 'that in good times anybody can make money; in bad times only the best can.' In down times, even more than boom times, employees become the critical edge. And in good times or bad, employees determine profitability. The question is, are yours good enough? And if the numbers are not where they should be, what can you do?The first step is a close examination of your business...... Similar Editorial : Satisfied Employees by Kathleen Gage. | Source : Human Resource Management
May Personality Honesty Tests One of my strangest HR projects involved kiosks and personality tests to determine if an employee had a predisposition for theft and criminal activity. Our strategic ally was a company that had started out doing polygraphs or lie detector tests and then had to change their business model when the Supreme Court ruled lie detector tests were not reliable enough to be admissible as evidence in...... Similar Editorial : CDC Recommends HIV Tests by RickHendershot. | Source : Employee Appreciation
Why Continuous Recruitment As human resources increasingly become the key to business success it is essential that ownership and management look at ways to optimize the recruiting process. One of the most useful concepts in successful human resources is continuous recruitment. Recruiting is not easy but many recruiting problems can be avoided by using continuous recruitment. Most companies wait until they need employees...... Similar Editorial : Example of Online Recruitment by . | Source : Employee Appreciation
The World's Best Athlete At least he gets my vote. The inside 'skinny' is that Santa Cruz' Darryl Virostko or Flea is about five six and weighs about 155 pounds. Flea is one of the best surfers worldwide although he is not known for his fancy points in judged competitions. Flea is best known for riding the really big ones.Actually Flea spends most of his time just waiting. Without the wave, Flea cannot do what he...... Similar Editorial : The Baby Boomer Athlete by Louise Roach. | Source : Inflatable Sea Kayak
