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Everyone thinks that being a startup CEO is a glamorous job or one that has to be a ton of fun. That's what I now refer to as the "glamour brain" speaking aka the startup life you hear about from the press. You know the press articles I'm talking about... the ones that talk about how easy it is to raise ... Continue Reading »

Interactees let those trying to hire in-demand techies advertise their job openings -- everywhere they go. By Laurie Segall, staff reporterMarch 7, 2011: 5:35 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- With launch costs low and Continue Reading »

Is the technology job market feeling better around here? It should, if a report this morning from the Dice technology employment site is any ... Continue Reading »

By JIM KUHNHENN

The Associated Press

The Obama administration launched a consolidated effort to spur new startup businesses Monday, part of its campaign to emphasize job creation ... Continue Reading »

In a report issued last Friday (PDF. 109 pages) the U.S. Government Accountability Office calls for closer Congressional scrutiny of the country's H-1B visa process, spotlighting a number of problems with the ... Continue Reading »

Salary increase budgets and are near to historical lows, and are likely going even lower, due to the weak economic "recovery."  Growth in 2010 has been so tepid that unemployment has barely budged and employers have started to cut back their budget plans for 2011 (and even for 2010, if they haven't fully implemented them yet).

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Helping your Gen Y's Resolve Ambiguity – A 7-Step Process

According to the Webster's College Dictionary, ambiguity is "doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention."  In a business sense, it's lack of clarity.  How many times have we, as managers, assigned projects or tasks without 100% clarity?  Often!
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Helping your Gen Y's Resolve Ambiguity – A 7-Step Process

According to the Webster's College Dictionary, ambiguity is "doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention."  In a business sense, it's lack of clarity.  How many times have we, as managers, assigned projects or tasks without 100% clarity?  Often!
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The Changing Landscape of Rewards
Doug Sayed, SPHR, CCP, Applied HR Strategies, Inc.

The past two years has seen the quickest and most dramatic shifts in compensation (aka "rewards") plans practices ever.  In the past two years, we've witnessed "the sky is falling" near-collapse of 2008, the "big one" recession of 2008 - ... Continue Reading »

Mitch Shepard
President, Dynamic Interactions

A few years ago I was hired to work with a leader who had just adopted a new team from another part of the company.  When it came time for us to plan a strategy for the team's future he had big goals, intense external pressure, new people to manage and a tight timeframe to work ... Continue Reading »

Swift HR Solutions is a big supporter of the Northwest Entrepreneurs' Network, focused on helping Northwest based companies succeed.  At the recent First Look Forum, Findood was crowned the winner in a crowd of talented companies including: Dibspace (funny money, serious business), Digital Scirocco (where content creates value), Geedra ... Continue Reading »

Well it is official, the Federal COBRA Subsidy has been extended into 2010.  What does that mean to you and  your company?

One of our Trusted Resources, Strategic Pay Series, has a great Blog post that gives a wonderful overview as to ... Continue Reading »

According to a recent article in one of our favorite online publications, Xconomy, the raises for tech executives are the lowest they have ever been, even lower then the bubble burst ... Continue Reading »

So what is new with COBRA? It seems like everything!

There have been and continue to be legislative changes that may directly impact your company's administrative and cash flow procedures. We hope that this article helps clarify issues around COBRA and related legislation passed as a part of the Economic Stimulus Package. Congress is ... Continue Reading »

OSHA, The Occupational Safety And Health Administration said it will be increasing their number of audits on employer's injury and illness records and doing more employee interviews at each audit.  Apparently, a review by the Government Accountability Office found that the lack of interviews of employees was just one of several flaws, but ... Continue Reading »