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by Taylor Korsak Remember U.S. I? When the Articles of Confederation benefitted state power, the new states felt like little countries and colonists abhorred the idea of centralized government? The spirit of ‘76? Come on! The battle between state government and federal government- one that has been ongoing since the United States’ birth – has zeroed in on hiring. read more

We hosted a webinar last week, titled Onboarding: An Employee Engagement Tool, and posed a poll question to our participants: "How do you currently know if your new employees are highly engaged at the 100 mark?" Here are the responses-- 54% used surveys 21% had one-on-one conversations 25% did not know and does not measure new hire engagement The great news is that the majority of the organizations in our audience were taking the time during the onboarding process to find out how engaged their read more

Do your (new) employees know: Your background and experience? At least enough personal information to show that you are human? (When it comes to working with people, it is all about relationships. read more

If you work in Human Resources or live in Ohio, you need to know Steve Browne. He is the ultimate connector and social media guidance counselor — but he also works in the trenches of Human Resources. read more

This post was originally published as a contributed guest posting at Silicon Angle. The past few years have seen the social web truly take off. read more

Will Kenny, Best Training Practices With the economy in the condition it is, and the endless drumbeat of bad news we are all exposed to these days, you are no doubt delivering training and employee communications to people who are afraid, angry and suspicious. read more

I just got off the phone after doing a survey sponsored by my local HR association. It was all about “human capital this” and “human capital that. read more