Holiday Corporate Gift Etiquette
. When choosing holiday corporate gifts for your clients, vendors, and associates at other companies, there is some etiquette involved. You need to make sure your gifts are chosen with care to both show the recipient you appreciate and understand them. For example, if you get food for your corporate holiday gift baskets, don’t get pork for a Jewish holiday, beef for a Hindus Holiday, or any kind of meat or animal products for vegetarians. Don&#

Employee Retention – 7 Tactics to Retain Your Most Valuable Asset
A survey developed by Robert Half International and independently conducted with 100 Canadian senior executives between September 15 and October 15, 2008 stated that 35% of the senior executives had employee retention as their greatest staffing concern. Max Messmer, chairman and CEO of Robert Half International, states “Companies that lose top performers may not only experience declines in productivity but also incur significant costs in replacing these professionals.” Furthermore, two additional recent studies have shown that smart organizations are investing in employee retention and engagement to weather the current recession. According to Douglas Matthews, P

Googling for Jobs – How to Use Google to Find a Job
thesearchologist.com – Jim Stroud demonstrates how to use Google to find hidden job opportunities. | Click here to subscribe to The Searchologist video series on iTunes. Googling for Jobs – How to Use Google to Find a Job from Jim Stroud on Vimeo. Related Posts

Ethics – An Inherent Element of an Effective HR Program
Over my 34 year HR career, I have witnessed a deterioration of ethics in the general public’s behavior and in business practices. WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, Adelphia, Global Crossing, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, etc., are recent reminders of how far some executive management teams and their

90% of Employees say, “If you are sick – STAY HOME!!”
Over 90% of fellow employees do not want you to come to work with any H1N1 flu symptoms And if you do go into work showing symptoms, chances are a colleague will likely report you to a superior . New York, October 20, 2009 – 91 per cent of Americans said they want their co-workers to remain at home if they are infected with the H1N1 flu virus according to a national survey released today by Mansfield Communications. And if you are considering going in