Human Resources


Recent Human Resources Articles

How to Unite Field and Phone Sales

Fostering teamwork motivation among in-house telemarketers independent field sales reps.  Read more

Guiding Failed Employees

Helping employees who don't work out find new positions.  Read more

Team-building Techniques

Team building techniques to motivate employees.  Read more

Top Exec's Paychecks

Ernst Young chart comparing the salaries of top executives and CEOs.  Read more

Getting Drug-free

Implementing sensitively designed employee drug-testing programs.  Read more

A Slowdown in New ESOPs

NCEO chart reflecting the growth of ESOPs in the last six years.  Read more

Giving Part-Time Workers Benefits

Why CEO Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee provides competitive benefits to his part-time employees.  Read more

Do Small-Company Benefits Measure Up?

Chart reflecting the superior benefits offered by large companies as opposed to small companies.  Read more

Network: July 1992

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Quality with Tears

Profile of the rapid growth growing pains of an industrial hardware components distributor.  Read more

Getting New Recruits on Track

New employee orientation approach helps new hires to understand the company what is expected of them.  Read more

Affordable Wellness Programs

Promoting healthful habits in small businesses.  Read more

Creating a Wellness Program

Various resources for promoting health programs within the company.  Read more

CEO's Pay Strategies

Strategies for CEOs who want to withdraw money from their start-up operations.  Read more

How Much Should I Pay Myself?

Self-compensation survey focusing on four CEOs' personal salary practices.  Read more

Network: June 1992

Network questions and answers.  Read more

Playing for Keeps

Public relations firm reorganizes employee structures responsibilities to continue growing successfully.  Read more

How to Fire

Insight into successful firing and hiring practices.  Read more

Lowering Turnover by Using Apprentices

Using an apprenticeship program to lower turnover and cut service time.  Read more

Who's at Fault for Unemployment Overpayments?

Department of Labor chart depicting those responsible for unemployment overpayments.  Read more

The Hidden Cost of Firing

Monitoring unemployment claims and tax rates to control costs.  Read more

Steps to Discourage Harassment

Educating employees adopting a meaningful sexual-harassment policy.  Read more

Sexual-Harassment Guides

Resource guides for understanding sexual harassment in the workplace.  Read more

Target Benefit Plans

The flexibility and low cost of target benefit plans.  Read more

Insurance Costs and Commitments

Chart representing medical insurance costs the possible future of medical benefits.  Read more

Gauging Investment Performance

Resource guide designed to help find a quality investment analyst.  Read more

Computing by Radio

New radio-packet modems available.  Read more

An Employee Newsletter with Zing

Company newsletter as a creative way of communicating internally.  Read more

How to Stay Awake at Meetings

A resource book on how to hold successful meetings  Read more

A Globetrotting Guide to Managing People

Insight into opening foreign offices. A sample of five countries' standards in the workplace.  Read more

Toting Up Total Compensation

Sharing employee-benefit costs with your staff.  Read more

Informing Investors

Keeping outside investors informed through newsletters, videotapes, fax lines, tours, etc.  Read more

Curing Computer Viruses

Preventing computer viruses with virus-checking software.  Read more

The Change Masters

Profile of how Granite Rock Company stays ahead of the competition.  Read more

On-Site, Low-Cost Day Care

Mothers caring for babies at work.  Read more