September 3, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
It may not be the 200,000 jobs a month required to pull the economy into a sustained recovery, but many of your peers expect to do their part to increase headcount ASAP. Will you benefit?
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Tags: Delaware, Economy, Finance, Florida, Fourth Quarter, Fourth quarter hiring outlook, Hiring increase, Recovery, Robert Half Professional Employment Report
August 27, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
For folks hoping their employers would reinstate their 401(k) match this year, we have some bad news: Probably not going to happen.
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Tags: 401(k) match, Carrots, Come clean, Costly benefit, Finance, Hewitt Associates, HR, Key benefit
August 20, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
E-mail use is down 28% in the past year, according to a new survey. Bet they didn’t look at your in-box!
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Tags: 5-minute folder, Attachment reminder, Delivery, E-mail management tips, In-box, Request, Subject line
August 13, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
Most of it doesn’t take place by the water cooler anymore, but there’s no shortage of workplace gossip out there.
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Tags: Co-workers, Equal opportunity job, Legal minefield, Negative comment, Office gossip, Policies, Target, Workplace gossip
August 6, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
Looking to free up some filing cabinet space in Finance? Then you’ll want to look at final rules just released by the feds on critical new hire paperwork.
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Tags: Department of Homeland Security, Electronic storage systems, Feds, Finance, Form I-9, Guidance, Paperwork, Regulations
July 30, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
You spend more time there than anywhere else. So is your desk as organized as it could be?
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Tags: Clean, Desk, Electronics, Inefficiencies, IT, Organized desk, Pencils, Productivity killer, Workspace
July 23, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
Fact: Benefits are surpassing salaries as the most important perk to employees. But did these companies step out of line to enforce their benefits policies?
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Tags: Benefits, Benefits policies, COBRA notice, Documentation, Flex spending, Flex spending accounts, FMLA leave, Health insurance, IRS, Judge, Perk
July 16, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
Stay out too long in the sun and you’ll get burned. Stay too long in a stressful or unfulfilling job and you’ll get burned out. Is it a problem in your office?
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Tags: Activity, Burned out, Burnout, Cynical, Finance staffers, Job expectations, Joy, Mayo Clinic, Office, Productive, Signs, Symptoms
July 9, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
July 2, 2010 by Jennifer Azara
Yes, you’re red-faced when that report or e-mail you sent has a typo in it. But that blunder probably didn’t land your company in the red. Some of these may have.
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Tags: Arkansas, Blunder, Construction drawings, Financial Consequences, Judge Jacob P. Hart, Legal eagles, Marital woes, Mike Beebe, Philadelphia, Typo
