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   <title>About.com Human Resources: Most Popular Articles</title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Work Dress Code]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/dress_code.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Your Company's objective in establishing a business casual dress code, is to allow our employees to work comfortably in the workplace. Yet, we still need our employees to project a professional image for our customers, potential employees, and visitors. Because all casual clothing is not suitable for the office, these guidelines will help you determine what is appropriate to wear to work. Business casual dress is the dress code standard. Learn more about business casual dress in this dress code.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR Job Descriptions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/f/hr_job_mgr.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Human resources are the people that staff and operate an organization. Learn about the people who work in Human Resources do. Specifically, learn about the job description of the HR Manager, the HR Generalist and the HR Director. There is considerable overlap depending upon the size of the organization and the job description of the HR Manager, the HR Generalist and/or the HR Director.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Twelve Tips for Team Building]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/involvementteams/a/twelve_tip_team.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[People in every workplace talk about building the team, working as a team and my team, but few understand how to create the experience of team work or how to develop an effective team. Here are twelve tips for building successful work teams. You can use these tips for effective team building every day.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Human Resource Management]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/f/hr_management.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Human Resource Management is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment, management, and the direction of the people in the organization. Human Resources management is also performed by line managers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Your Strategic Framework]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/strategicplanning1/a/strategicplan.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Both people and organizations need to establish a strategic framework for significant success. Identifying your vision, mission statement, values, strategies, goals and action plans will fuel your future accomplishments. Want to know how?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Candidate Rejection Letter]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesc/a/rejection.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a sample candidate rejection letter? Your candidates appreciate receiving official notification from organizations in which they invested the time to apply and interview. Use this sample candidate rejection letter as a base for developing your own.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Policy Samples]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamples/a/policy_samples.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for policy samples, sample checklists, sample procedures, sample forms, and examples of Human Resources and business tools? You've found the site for policy samples, sample checklists, sample procedures, sample forms, and examples of Human Resources and business tools. These samples are provided for personal use, if you cite the source. Contact the Human Resources Guide to inquire about use of the samples for publication or any other use.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Management Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/managementandleadership/a/mgmt_questions.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The following sample job interview questions about management and supervisory skills enable you to assess your candidate&#146;s skill in the management and supervision of employees. Feel free to use these job interview questions in your own candidate interviews.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job Interview Tips]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interviewing/a/one_stop.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The job interview is a powerful factor in the employee selection process in most organizations. While the job interview may not deserve all the attention that the job interview receives, it is still a powerful force in hiring. Other background checking and work history references provide much less personalized and more factual information, and hopefully, you have also added these checks to your hiring decisions, too. But the job interview remains key to assessing the candidate's cultural fit. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Performance Checklist]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/performancemanagement/a/perfmgmt.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Performance management is a hot topic in business these days. This Performance Management Process Checklist will help you do the right things right to create an effective employee performance management  and development system in your company for your employees.&#10;&#9; ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job Offer Letter]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/policysamples/a/joboffer.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a sample job offer letter? Your candidates appreciate the job offer terms spelled out in detail. Use this job offer letter as a base for developing your own employment offer.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR Director Job Description]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/a/HR_Director.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is a sample job description for a Human Resources Director. While all Human Resources Director job descriptions need to be customized to meet the needs of the organization in which they serve, this sample Human Resources Director job description will give you ideas and sample phrasing, too.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interviewing/tp/interview_questions.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The job interview is a powerful factor in the employee selection process. While the job interview may not deserve all of the attention that the job interview receives, it is still a powerful force in hiring. The job interview questions used are critical in magnifying the power of the job interview to help you select superior employees. Job interview questions matter to employers. Here are sample job interview questions for employers to use.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sample Resignation Letter]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesrs/a/resign_letter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sample letter of resignation or a resignation letter  for the human resources policy, checklist, procedure, and samples directory.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Difficult People]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/difficultpeople.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Difficult people do exist at work. Difficult people come in every variety and no workplace is without them. How difficult a person is for you to deal with depends on your self-esteem, your self-confidence and your professional courage. Dealing with difficult people is easier when the person is just generally obnoxious or when the behavior affects more than one person. Dealing with difficult people is much tougher when they are attacking you or undermining your professional contribution.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HRIS]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/a/hris.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Human Resource Information System (HRIS is a software or online solution for the data entry, data tracking, and data information  needs of the Human  Resources function within a business. Normally packaged as a data base, hundreds of companies sell some form of HRIS and every HRIS has different capabilities. Pick your HRIS carefully based on the capabilities you need in your company.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR Definition]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/f/what_hr.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Human resources are the people that staff and operate an organization. Read this definition of Human Resources.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Human Resource Development]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/f/hr_development.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Human Resource Development (HRD) is the framework for helping employees develop their personal and organizational skills, knowledge, and abilities. Human Resource Development includes such opportunities as employee training, employee career development, performance management and development, coaching, succession planning, key employee identification, and organization development.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR Generalist Job Description]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/a/HR_Generalist.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is a sample job description for a Human Resources Generalist. While all Human Resources Generalist job descriptions need to be customized to meet the needs of the organization in which they serve, this sample Human Resources Generalist job description will give you ideas and sample phrasing, too.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Ask for a Pay Raise]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/salaryandbenefits/a/ask_raise.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want more money than you're currently making? If your goal is to stay in your current job, working for your present employer, you'll need to ask for a pay raise. Planning and preparation are key when you ask for a pay raise. So are timing, your employer's pay practices, and the market-based pay rates for your job.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nonverbal Communication]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interpersonalcommunicatio1/a/nonverbal_com.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is there ever any doubt in your mind as to the mood of a coworker upon their arrival at work? Nonverbal communication is the single most powerful form of communication. More than the voice or even words, nonverbal communication cues you in to what is on another person&#146;s mind. The best communicators are sensitive to the power of the emotions and thoughts communicated nonverbally. Find out more about nonverbal communication.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employee Recognition Letters]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/rewardrecognition/a/thank_letters.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A simple thank you letter, that recognizes specific employee contributions, goes a long way in helping employees feel recognized and rewarded. In fact, an employee recognition letter that accompanies a bonus check or a gift magnifies the recognition an employee experiences. Some employees experience such gratification that they post the thank you and recognition letter in their cubicle, office, or workstation for years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Develop Job Descriptions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/a/develop_job_des.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Develop job descriptions to help you articulate the most important outcomes you need from an employee performing a  particular job. Develop job descriptions as a communication tool that tell coworkers where their job leaves off and the job of another starts. Develop job descriptions to tell an employee where their job fits within the overall department and the overall company. Learn more about how to develop job descriptions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hiring Checklist]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/selectionstaffing/a/hiringchecklist.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want to recruit and hire a superior workforce? This checklist for hiring employees will help you systematize your process for hiring employees, whether it's your first employee or one of many employees you are hiring. This hiring employees checklist helps you keep track of your recruiting efforts. This hiring employees checklist communicates both the recruiting and the hiring process to the hiring manager. Your feedback and comments are welcome to improve this checklist for hiring employees.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Work Dress Codes]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/tp/dress_code_collect.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A work dress code is a set of standards that companies develop to help provide their employees with guidance about what is appropriate to wear to work. Work dress codes range from formal to business casual to casual. The formality of the workplace dress code is normally determined by the amount of interaction employees have with customers. See sample work dress codes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Illegal Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interviewing/a/interview_quest_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The job interview is a powerful factor in the employee selection process. You can use behavioral-based job interview questions to help you select superior candidates.  Ask interview questions that help you identify whether the candidate has the behaviors, skills, and experience needed for the job you are filling. Review sample job interview questions, both legal job interview questions and illegal job interview questions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR Assistant Job Description]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/a/HR_assistant.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is a sample job description for a Human Resources Assistant. While all Human Resources Assistant job descriptions need to be customized to meet the needs of their organization, this sample Human Resources Assistant job description will give you ideas and sample phrasing, too. The job description of the HR Assistant can range from clerical to responsibilities that cross over into those of a Human Resources Generalist.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/inter_questions.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The following sample job interview questions about interpersonal skills enable you to assess your candidate&#146;s skill in interpersonal and work relationships. Feel free to use these job interview questions in your own candidate interviews.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Quit Your Job]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/whenemploymentends/a/quit_job.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[These are the top ten reasons why you might want to quit your current job. These are difficult, if not impossible, work problems to solve. You need to look out for your best interests. Your job consumes too many hours of your life for you to stay where you are if you're miserable. No excuses, now. If these problems exist in your current job, make a plan, and quit your job.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Motivation Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/involvementteams/a/team_questions.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The following sample job interview questions about teams and team work enable you to assess your candidate&#146;s skill in working with teams. Feel free to use these job interview questions in your own candidate interviews.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job Analysis]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/g/job_analysis.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A job analysis is the process used to collect information about the duties, responsibilities, necessary skills, outcomes, and work environment of a particular job. You need as much data as possible to put together a job description, which is the frequent outcome of the job analysis. Learn more about the job analysis.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ask Right to Hire Right]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/selectemployees/a/hiringtips.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a simple, yet effective way to immediately improve your interviewing and staff selection process? There's a way to ask questions that will help you hire employees that will ensure you hire people who will contribute positively to your organization.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employee Recognition]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/rewardrecognition/a/recognition_tip.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Employee recognition is not just a nice thing to do for people. Employee recognition is a communication tool that reinforces and rewards the most important outcomes people create for your business. When you recognize people effectively, you reinforce, with your chosen means of recognition, the actions and behaviors you most want to see people repeat. An effective employee recognition system is simple, immediate, and powerfully reinforcing.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Build a Teamwork Culture]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/involvementteams/a/team_culture.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Team building is creating a work culture that values collaboration. In a teamwork environment, people understand and believe that thinking, planning, decisions and actions are better when done cooperatively. People recognize, and even assimilate, the belief that &#147;none of us is as good as all of us.&#148; (High Five) It&#146;s hard to find work places that exemplify teamwork. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Behavioral Interviews]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interviewing/a/behavior_interv.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Behavioral interviews are the best tool you have to identify candidates who have the behavioral traits and characteristics you have determined are essential for success in your open position. As you read my tips in How to Conduct an Effective Behavioral Interview below, please note that the actual behavioral interview is preceded by behavioral trait identification and a job description. Learn more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Develop a Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policiesandsamples1/a/how_to_policy.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You want to have the necessary policies and procedures to ensure a safe, organized, convivial, empowering, nondiscriminatory work place. Yet, you do not want to write a policy for every exception to accepted and expected behavior. Policy development is for the many employees not for the few exceptions. Learn How to Develop and Write a Policy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossarys/a/sexualharassdef.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sexual harassment occurs when one employee makes continued, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, to another employee, against his or her wishes. Here are examples of sexual harassment, recommendations about sexual harassment complaints and investigations, and sexual harassment prevention in the workplace.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Conflict Resolution]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/managementtips/a/conflict_solue.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As an organization leader, manager or supervisor, you are responsible for creating a work environment that enables people to thrive. If turf wars, conflicts, disagreements and differences of opinion escalate into interpersonal conflict, you must intervene immediately. Conflict resolution, with you as mediator, is essential. Conflict resolution is an immediate priority for your organization.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Personal Values]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/success/qt/values_s7.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Values are traits or qualities that are considered worthwhile; they represent your highest priorities and deeply held driving forces. When you are part of any organization, you bring your deeply held values and beliefs to the organization. There they co-mingle with those of the other members to create an organization or family culture.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[360 Degree Feedback]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/360feedback/a/360feedback.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[360 degree feedback is a method and a tool that provides each employee the opportunity to receive performance feedback from his or her supervisor and four to eight peers, reporting staff members, co-workers and customers. Read more about 360 degree feedback and how it can affect your organization. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inspirational Quotes Index]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/quotations_dir.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration in business and at work. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Candidate Rejection Letter ]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesc/a/rejection_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a sample candidate rejection letter? Your candidates appreciate receiving official notification from organizations in which they invested the time to apply and interview. Use this sample candidate rejection letter as a base for developing your own.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leadership Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/leadership/a/leader_question.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The following sample job interview questions about leadership enable you to assess your candidate&#146;s skill in leadership. Feel free to use these job interview questions in your own candidate interviews.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Show Employee Appreciation]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/rewardrecognition/a/appreciation.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for ways to show appreciation to your coworkers and employees? Employee appreciation and recognition need not be expensive or time-consuming. Even if employee appreciation is, and you can afford to spend, it's often money well-invested for the potential paybacks in more positive employee morale and employee motivation. A happier, more productive workplace is promoted through employee and coworker appreciation and recognition.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Change Culture]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/organizationalculture/a/culture_change.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Are you ready to change the  culture that exists in your organization? Your assessment of your organizational culture may make you happy; your organizational culture assessment may make you sad. Whatever your organizational culture assessment teaches you about your culture, though, your culture is what it is. To change your organizational culture, to enhance your organizational culture, to benefit from your organizational culture, you need to see and understand your culture. Take the first step.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Icebreaker: Commonalities]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/icebreakers/a/icebreaker_com.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I've used this successful team building icebreaker for so many years that I don't remember where it originated. This team building icebreaker is fast, easy, and fun. Try out this always successful, laughter-generating, team building icebreaker.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employee Thank You  Letters]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/rewardrecognition/a/formal_letters.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A formal thank you letter, that recognizes specific employee contributions, goes a long way in helping employees feel recognized and rewarded. In fact, a formal employee recognition letter that accompanies a bonus check or a gift magnifies the recognition an employee experiences. Some employees experience such gratification that they post the thank you and recognition letter in their cubicle, office, or workstation for years.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job Description]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/g/job_description.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Job descriptions are written statements that describe the duties, responsibilities, most important contributions and outcomes needed from a position, required qualifications of candidates, and the reporting relationship of a particular job. Job descriptions define an employee's role. Use care in developing job descriptions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Severance Pay]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossarys/a/severance_pay.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Severance pay is money that an employer might want to provide for an employee who is leaving their employ. Normal circumstances that might warrant severance pay include layoffs, job elimination, and mutual agreement to part ways for whatever reason. Severance pay usually amounts to a week or two of pay for each year of service to the company. In some instances, a severance package might include extended benefits and outplacement assistance.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR New Roles]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/hrbasicsfaq/a/hr_role.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Three new roles of the human resources professional are discussed: strategic business partner, employee advocate and change champion.&#10;]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Personal Vision Statement]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/success/a/personal_vision.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Your personal vision statement guides your life. Your personal vision statement provides the direction necessary to guide the course of your days and the choices you make about your career. Your personal vision statement is the light shining in the darkness toward which you turn to find your way. Your personal vision statement illuminates your way. Find out how to develop your personal vision statement.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Organizational Culture]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/organizationalculture/a/culture.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[People in every workplace talk about organization culture, the mysterious word that characterizes a work environment. One of the key questions when employers hire an employee explores whether the candidate is a good &#147;cultural fit&#148;. Culture is difficult to define, but you generally know when you have found an employee who appears to fit your organizational culture. Learn more about organizational culture.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Performance Improvement Plan]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/performancemanagement/a/PIP.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Performance Improvement Plan (PDP) facilitates constructive discussion between a staff member and the supervisor and clarifies the work performance to improve. It is implemented, at the discretion of the supervisor, when it becomes necessary to help a staff member improve performance. The supervisor, with input from the affected employee, develops an improvement plan; the purpose of the activities outlined is to help the employee to attain the desired level of performance.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sample HR Letters]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/newslettersblogs/tp/hr_letters.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[These sample Human Resources letters provide guidance for common letters you encounter in business and human resources. Use these sample human resources letters to make job offers, thank rejected job candidates, resign from your job, review resume cover letters, review interview thank you letters, and provide effective employee recognition. Find sample human resources letters.]]></description>
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            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/formsforhiring/a/rejection_letters.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Do you  need sample applicant rejection letters? Here are sample rejection letters for the applicants who did not get the job. Use these sample rejection letters to develop your own letters to politely and kindly turn a candidate down.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leadership Values]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/leadership/a/leader_values.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Leaders know what they value. They also recognize the importance of ethical behavior. The best leaders exhibit both their values and their ethics in their leadership style and actions. Your leadership ethics and values should be visible because you live them in your actions every single day. Learn more about ethics and values.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Human R esource FAQs]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/hrbasicsfaq/a/hr_faq.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want basic information about human resources including a human resources definition? Career planning, a career outlook and more? I've answered some of the questions about human resources that I receive most frequently in email. I trust the responses to these human resources questions will be useful to you, too.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employee Job Descriptions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryj/a/jobdescriptions.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Effectively developed, employee job descriptions are communication tools that are significant in your organization's success. Poorly written employee job descriptions, on the other hand, add to workplace confusion and hurt communication. Here's why effective employee job descriptions are so important.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Achieve Goals]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/strategicplanning1/a/goal_setting.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Don't let your goals and resolutions fall by the wayside. Chances are that to achieve your dreams and live a life you love, those goals and resolutions are crucial. Goal setting and goal achievement are easier if you follow these six steps for effective and successful goal setting and resolutions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Make Meetings Work]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/meetingmanagement/a/meetings_work.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[People spend so much time in meetings that turning meeting time into sustained results is a priority for successful organizations. Actions that make meetings successful require management before, during, and after the meeting. If you neglect any one of these meeting management opportunities, your meetings will not bear the fruit you desire from the time you invest in meeting. Take these twelve meeting management actions to guide meeting attendees to achieve expected, positive outcomes. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bad Bosses]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/badmanagerboss/a/bad_boss.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You're weary. You're frustrated. You're unhappy. You're demotivated. Your interaction with your boss leaves you cold. He's a bully, intrusive, controlling, picky and petty. He takes credit for your work, never provides positive feedback and misses each meeting he schedules with you. He's a bad boss, bad to the bone. Dealing with less than effective managers, or just plain bad managers and bad bosses, is a challenge too many employees face. These ideas will help you deal with your bad boss.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Team Building Success]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/involvementteams/a/team_one_stop.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Team work, effective work teams, and team building are popular topics in today&#146;s organizations. Successful teams and team work fuel the accomplishment of your strategic goals. Effective work teams magnify the accomplishments of individuals and enable you to better serve customers. Here is the information you need to develop team work and effective work teams in your organization. Use this information for team building.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR OneStop Center]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/hrbasicsfaq/a/hr_onestop.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for information about any aspect of human resources, work force management and development, self development, or business management for your business or organization? You've found the right resource. Here are all the resources you'll need to effectively start, manage and develop your human resources department and all aspects of your business. Find information about human resources, management, and working with people at work.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Develop an Employee Handbook]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/handbookspolicies/a/sample_handbook.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for ideas about the content of a comprehensive employee handbook? Here&#146;s a list of the policies, procedures, and professional behavioral expectations found in many employee handbooks. This sample employee handbook table of contents also covers pay, benefits, performance expectations and legal issues. When additional resources are available on the site about a particular employee handbook item, I have linked additional articles, policies, checklists, and forms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Employees Want]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/rewardrecognition/tp/recognition.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Every person has different reasons for working. The reasons for working are as individual as the person. But, we all work because we obtain something that we need from work. The something obtained from work impacts morale, employee motivation, and the quality of life. To create positive employee  motivation, treat employees as if they matter - because employees matter. These ideas will help you fulfill what people want from work and create employee motivation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ways to Be Happy at Work]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/success/tp/happy_work.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Working at Google sounds very cool. I'd be the first to tout Google as a motivating employer: free food, engineers who spend 20 percent of their time on their own projects ... Google and other Fortune magazine top 100 employers provide best workplaces. At the same time, perks that enable employees to spend all their time at work exploit people and destroy work - life balance. So, even the best employer may not be best for everyone. These are factors that will help you find happiness at work.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cell Phone Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesc/a/cell_policy.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You can make this cell phone policy the basis for your work place cell phone policy. This cell phone policy sample is not to be construed as legal advice.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Formal Dress Code]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/dress_formal.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Your Company's objective in establishing a formal dress code is to enable our employees to project the professional image that is in keeping with the needs of our clients and customers. Because our industry requires the appearance of trusted business professionals and we serve clients at our site on a daily basis, a more formal dress code is necessary for our employees. See a formal dress code.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sample Email Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policiesandsamples1/a/email_policy.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is a sample simple, straightforward email and Internet policy. Please utilize to form the basis for your work email and Internet policies. This policy sample is not to be construed as legal advice.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[More Retention Tips]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/retention/a/more_retention.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Key employee retention is critical to the long term health and success of your business. Managers readily agree that their role is key in retaining your best employees to ensure business success. If managers can cite these facts so well, why do they behave in ways that so frequently encourage great employees to quit their job? Here are ten more tips for employee retention.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hiring an Employee]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/recruiting/tp/recruiting_employee.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hiring the right employee is a challenging process. Hiring the wrong employee is expensive, costly to your work environment, and time consuming. Hiring the right employee, on the other hand, pays you back in employee productivity, a successful employment relationship, and a positive work environment. Hiring the right employee is rewarding for employees. Hiring the right employee enhances your work culture and pays you back a thousand times over. These steps are key to hiring the right employee.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sample Attendance Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/attendancepolicy/a/attendance_pol.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Excellent attendance is an expectation of all employees of Your Company, Inc. Daily attendance is especially important for hourly employees whose customers and coworkers have the expectation of on-time product shipping and delivery. Emergency personal time is made available to employees for such unscheduled events as personal illness, immediate family member illness, and doctor appointments. See a sample attendance policy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Resume Cover Letter]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/selectemployees/a/cover_letter2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Resume cover letters ought to matter to employers. As an employer, you are seeking the resume and resume cover letter that describe the candidate who will best fill your position. A thoughtful resume cover letter tells you that the candidate took the time to customize his application to fit your needs. Perhaps the applicant with a superior resume cover letter, will make a superior employee.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Performance Appraisal]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/performanceevals/a/perf_appraisal.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Performance appraisals, or performance reviews, as they have traditionally been approached in organizations are fundamentally flawed. The adoption of a performance management system instead will improve both employee performance and employee motivation.&#10;&#9; ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Candidate Evaluation Form]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/recruiting/a/candidateeval.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Interested in a consistent candidate evaluation form so that various people conducting interviews can easily compare notes? This candidate evaluation form will help your interviewers target specific skills and behavioral characteristics during their interviews. It will assist your hiring managers to compare candidates and select the best candidate for your available job.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Business Women]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/worklifebalance/a/business_women.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Tired of reading about Carly Fiorina, the former Chairman of the merged Hewlett-Packard - Compaq? Fiorina and other successful women such as Condoleezza Rice, Sherry Lansing or Martha Stewart are the poster faces for the 'You've come a long way, baby' spin doctors. I applaud and laud the work success of these business women and hope all people learn from their wisdom and achievements. However, what is happening for the rest of the women in the workforce now? For the future?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Employee Welcome Letter]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/orientation/a/welcome_letter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A welcome letter to a new employee who has accepted your job offer confirms the employee's decision to accept the position. The new employee welcome letter helps the new employee feel wanted and welcomed.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Motivating Employees]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/motivationsucces3/a/motivatestaff.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Successfully motivating your employees can bring a lot to your organization. Read about motivating employees during times of change, including the advantages and disadvantages of employee motivation, employee motivation tips, and an employee motivation check list.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Discipline]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryd/a/discipline.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Definition of discipline for the human resources glossary of human resources related terms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Team Building Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/inspirationalquotations/a/quotes_team.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These team building and team work quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration. These quotes about team building and team work will help you create success in business, success in management and success in life.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Provide Feedback That Has a...]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/communication/ht/Feedbackimpact.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Make your feedback have the impact it deserves by the manner and approach you use to deliver feedback. Your feedback can make a difference to people if you can avoid a defensive response.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leader Tips for Motivation]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/motivationsucces3/a/lead_motivation.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You can make their day or break their day. Your choice. No kidding. Other than the decisions individuals make on their own about liking their work, you are the most powerful factor in employee motivation. As a manager or supervisor, your impact on employee motivation is immeasurable. Learn more about employee motivation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Work Needs and Wants]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/rewardrecognition/a/needs_work.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Some people work for personal fulfillment; others work for love of what they do. Others work to accomplish goals and to feel as if they are contributing to something larger than themselves. The bottom line is that we all work for money and for reasons too individual to assign similarities to all workers. Learn more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trust Rules]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/trust_rules.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Without trust, you have nothing. Trust forms the foundation for effective communication, employee retention, and employee motivation and contribution of discretionary energy, the extra effort that people voluntarily invest in work. When trust is present, everything else is easier. Learn more about how to build trust in your workplace.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Com Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interpersonalcommunication/a/com_questions.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The following sample job interview questions about communication enable you to assess your candidate&#146;s skill in communication. Feel free to use these job interview questions in your own candidate interviews.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leadership Success Secrets]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/leadership/a/leader_success.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Key leadership success secrets set great leaders apart from so-so leaders in organizations. Leadership style is learned from mentors, learned in seminars and exists as part of a person's innate personal leadership skill set developed over years, and existing, possibly from birth. Nature or nurture is a question often asked about leadership. I answer, &quot;yes,&quot; because I believe the combination of natural leadership skills and nurture through leadership development defines leadership style.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Workplace Harassment]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/legalissues/a/harassment.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Most employers are aware of problems related to and have adopted policies prohibiting sexual harassment.  An employer who limits its anti-harassment efforts to claims of sexual harassment, however, does so at its own risk.  Both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) have taken the position that conduct constituting harassment on the basis of any protected class is unlawful.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dealing With Difficult People]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/difficultpeople/tp/dealing_difficult.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Difficult coworkers. In every workplace, you will have difficult coworkers. Dealing with difficult coworkers, bosses, customers, clients, and friends is an art worth perfecting. Dealing with difficult situations at work is challenging, yet rewarding. You can increase your skill at dealing with the difficult people who surround you in your work world. These tips will help you in dealing with difficult people at work.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Training Needs Assessment]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/trainingneedsassessment/ht/training_needs.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want to quickly learn the training needs of a group of employees who have similar jobs? Yet, you don't want to develop and implement a survey, put the questions in a computer program, or run analyses on demographic information you collect. This training needs assessment works best in small to mid-sized organizations. It will give you a quick assessment of the training needs of an employee group.  This training needs assessment helps find common training programs for a group of employees. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Phone Screen]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/recruiting/a/phonescreenform.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The telephone interview or candidate screen allows the employer to determine if the candidate's qualifications, experience, workplace preferences and salary needs are congruent with the position and organization. The telephone interview saves managerial time and eliminates unlikely candidates. While I recommend developing a customized interview for each position, this generic interview will guide you.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reward, Recognition, Award,...]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/fortheholidays/tp/recognition.--7t.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for convenient, appreciated, reasonably cost-conscious ways to provide rewards and recognition, demonstrate your appreciation and say 'thank you' for contributions that people make at work? These ideas for rewards and recognition will help.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Careers in Human Resources]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/hrbasicsfaq/tp/careers_in_hr.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Many people are eager to start a career in Human Resources, as it is a fast-growing career field with many lucrative opportunities. Career analysts expect the number of Human Resources jobs to increase in the future and the median annual income for careers in Human Resources is above the national average. For these reasons and more, you are probably wondering how to start a career in Human Resources of your own. You will find some useful information below that will guide you through the process.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Demonstrate Respect]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/demo_respect.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Ask anyone in your workplace what treatment they most want at work. They will likely top their list with the desire to be treated with dignity and respect. You can demonstrate respect with simple, yet powerful actions. These ideas will help you avoid needless, insensitive, unmeant disrespect, too. Read more about how to demonstrate respect.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[PDP Process]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/perfmeasurement/a/pdp.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Are you looking for the process that provides the heart of your performance management system? You've found it. The Performance Development Planning (PDP) process enables you and the people who report to you to identify their personal and business goals that are most significant to your organization's success.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Make Your Job Work]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/careerplanningandadvice1/a/time_to_go.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Are you feeling increasingly unhappy about your job? Then, it may be time for you to quit your job. Or, alternatively, address the issues that you dislike about your current career. Without leaving your job, you may be able to solve the problems. Take a look at these reasons to determine whether it's time to quit your current job. Perhaps you can identify adjustments that will re-invigorate your job and career.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR Recruiter Job Description]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/a/HR_recruiter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is a sample job description for a Human Resources Recruiter. The Human Resources Recruiter is responsible for delivering all facets of recruiting success throughout the organization. This will be achieved through the development of local and national recruiting plans, employing traditional sourcing strategies and resources as well as developing new, creative ideas.  The Corporate Human Resources Recruiter will play a critical role in ensuring we are hiring the best possible talent.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employee Empowerment]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossarye/a/empowerment_def.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Empowerment is the process of enabling or authorizing an individual to think, behave, take action, and control work and decisionmaking in autonomous ways. It is the state of feeling self-empowered to take control of one's own destiny. Empowerment rules as a development strategy. Learn more about what empowerment is &#150; and is not.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Salary Negotiation]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/salaryandbenefits/a/salarynegotiate.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A salary negotiation window exists from the time you offer a job to a candidate to the acceptance of the job by your selected candidate. The results of this negotiation can leave a candidate feeling wanted or devalued. The results of this negotiation can leave the employer excited to welcome the candidate or feeling as if he lost. A positive employer and a positive employee are the result of a successful salary negotiation. Here are some tips for conducting a successful salary negotiation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Implement Strategic Framework]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/strategicplanning1/a/implement_plan.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Strategic planning implementation is at the heart of how to make change of any kind happen in your organization. Start by answering why your organization might want to embark on a strategic planning process and implementation. Want to be one of the organizations, in which employees understand the mission and goals? They enjoy a 29 percent greater return than other firms. Find out how.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Human Resource Department]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/f/hr_department.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Departments are the entities organizations form to organize people, reporting relationships, and work in a way that best supports the accomplishment of the organization's goals. Departments are usually organized by functions such as human resources, marketing, administration, and sales. But, a department can be organized in any way that makes sense for the customer.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ten Toughest Questions ]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/resourcesreferenceshumor/tp/tough_questions.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Regular emails from readers ask hundreds of questions each year. Patterns emerge about the toughest situations you face in your organizations. These are the ten toughest, but most frequent questions you send my way. I&amp;#146;ve written a how-to piece to answer each question you&amp;#146;ve asked. These articles address and answer your toughest questions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Staff Motivation]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/coachingmentorin1/a/trainmotivation.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want to keep your staff motivated about learning new concepts? The quality and variety of the employee training you provide is key for motivation. Reasons for employee training range from new-hire training about your operation, to introducing a new concept to a workgroup to bringing in a new computer system.  Whatever the reason for conducting an employee training session, you need to develop a comprehensive, ongoing and consistent employee training program.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Negative Coworkers]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/conflictresolution/a/negative_worker.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Some people exude negativity. They don&#146;t like their jobs or they don&#146;t like their company. Their bosses are always jerks and they are always treated unfairly. The company is always going down the tube and customers are worthless. You know these negative Neds and Nellies &#150; every organization has some &#150; and you can best address their impact on you via avoidance.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Everything Ice Breakers]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/icebreakers/tp/Everything-Ice-Breakers.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Ice breakers, energizers, and activities heighten the effectiveness of training sessions when targeted to the training, speaking, or facilitation topic and the needs of the learners or participants. Ice breakers are also useful to start out meetings and encourage interpersonal communication.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Management Secrets]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/managementtips/a/mgmtsecret.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Your expectations of people and their expectations of themselves are the key factors in how well people perform at work. Known as the Pygmalion Effect and the Galatea Effect, respectively, the power of expectations cannot be overestimated. These are the fundamental principles you can apply to performance expectations and performance improvement at work. Learn more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Difficult Conversations]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interpersonalcommunicatio1/qt/feedback_com6.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If you manage people, work in Human Resources, or care about your friends at work, chances are good that one day you will need to hold a difficult conversation. As an example, people dress inappropriately and unprofessionally for work; personal hygiene is sometimes unacceptable. These steps will help you hold difficult conversations when people need professional feedback.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fire With Class]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/discipline/a/fire_employee.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Assuming that you have taken all possible steps to help an employee improve their work performance, it may be time to fire the employee. These are the legal and the ethical steps in how to fire an employee. Ensure that the company's actions as you fire an employee are above reproach. How you fire an employee sends a powerful to your remaining staff - either positive or negative. So, always fire an employee as a last resort. How you fire an employee matters.]]></description>
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            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/formsforhiring/a/rejection_letter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Do you  need a sample rejection letter? Here is a sample rejection letter for the applicants who did not get the job. Use this sample rejection letter to develop your own letters to politely and kindly turn a candidate down. This rejection letter is for an applicant you&#146;d like to hire in a different position.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Work Tips Index]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/managementtips/a/leader_tips_ind.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Use these work relationship tips, leadership tips, and management tips to become an effective, successful employee, business leader, and/or management professional. These work relationship tips, leadership tips, and management tips convey best workplace and business leadership and management practices.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ Business Casual Dress Code]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/dresscodesforwork/ig/Business-Casual-Dress-Code.-5BX/Business-Casual-Dress-Code.-5BY.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A collection of images featuring different options to fulfill a Business Casual Dress Code in an office environment, including a variety of images of business casual attire for both men and women.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sample Welcome Letter]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysampleswz/qt/welcome_letter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Here's a simple, sample welcome letter for new employees. This sample welcome letter serves just one purpose. You are welcoming your new employee to your organization.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bereavement Leave Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamples/p/bereavement.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is a bereavement leave or funeral leave sample or example policy. Use this bereavement leave or funeral leave policy as a starting point to write your own bereavement leave or funeral leave  policy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Office Romance]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/workrelationships/a/workromance.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What's love got to do with dating, sex, and romance at the office? Plenty! Get tips for addressing dating, sex, and romance at work.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Values in an Organization]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/strategicplanning1/a/organizvalues_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;Our people are our most important asset.&quot; You&#146;ve heard these words many times, if you work in an organization. Yet how many organizations act as if they really believe these words? Not many. These words are the clear expression of a value, and values are visible through the actions people take, not their talk. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Work Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/inspirationalquotations/a/quotes_work.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation about work for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These work quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration. These quotes about work will help you create success in business, success in management and success in life.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Speed Meeting Icebreaker]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/icebreakers/a/icebreaker_speed.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an icebreaker that will quickly allow your training session participants to meet fellow participants? Need an icebreaker that will warm up the group with action and movement? You&#146;ve found the right icebreaker. This speed meeting icebreaker will accomplish both of these objectives.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Interviewing Styles: Tips f...]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/selectionstaffing/a/interviews.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Interviewing is often just as stressful for the interviewer as it is for the job seeker. Knowing the different types of interviews, and why and when they are successful, can help make your interviews more comfortable for both parties.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Casual Dress Code]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/dress_casual.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Your Company's objective in establishing a relaxed, casual, and informal work dress code is to enable our employees to work comfortably in the workplace. Yet, certain standards are established so employees are not confused about the meaning of the terms: relaxed, casual, and informal dress. Because no customers or clients are served in person at our company location, our chief concern is the comfort of our employees. See a casual work dress code.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Positive Employee Recognition]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/rewardrecognition/a/recognition_ten.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Prioritize employee recognition to ensure a positive, productive, organizational climate. Provide employee recognition to say &#147;thank you&#148; and to encourage more of the actions and thinking you believe will make your organization successful. People who feel appreciated are more positive about themselves and their ability to contribute. These beliefs about employee recognition are common among employers - if not commonly carried out. Why then is employee recognition so closely guarded at work?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goal Setting]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/performancemanage/a/goalsetting.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, in a business management world that seems more remote with every passing day, SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-based goals) supported business success. No more. Goal setting is the foundation for personal and business success. It is time, however, in the business environment existing today, to expand the meaning of SMART goals. And, perhaps, one word per letter is no longer enough to define a useful acronym. Read more about goal setting..]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Credo of Empowering]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/managementandleadership/tp/empowerment.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for real management advice about people? You want to create an environment in which people are empowered, productive, contributing, and happy. Don't hobble them by limiting their tools or information. Trust them to do the right thing. Get out of their way; watch them catch fire. These are the most important principles for managing people. They reinforce employee empowerment, accomplishment, and contribution. These management actions enable the people who work with you / for you to soar.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employment Ending Checklist]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/whenemploymentends/a/end_employment.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Employees leave your organization for good reasons and bad reasons. On the positive side, they find new opportunities, go back to school, retire or land their dream job. Less positively, they are fired for poor performance or poor attendance or experience a layoff because of a business downturn. In each instance, you need an employment termination checklist to help the employee exit process go smoothly. Here's a sample employment termination checklist.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goal Setting Triumph]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/performancemanagement/a/goal_setting.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When you begin your new year with desired outcomes and goals in mind, you set yourself up for awesome success. The new year is a beginning, so new goals and resolutions, new plans, new dreams and new directions fuel your thoughts. Whether it's your fiscal year, your budget year, your religious year or the new calendar year, these tips will help you achieve your goals and live your resolutions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job Offer Letter:  Executive]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/formsforhiring/a/job_offer_exec.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a sample job offer letter for the executive, director, or other high level employee? Your candidates appreciate the job offer terms spelled out in detail. Use this executive job offer letter as a base for developing your own executive employment offer.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Recruiting Candidates]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/recruiting/a/candidatepool.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for talent? The smartest employers, who hire the best people, recruit a pre-qualified candidate pool of potential employees before they need to fill a job. You can develop relationships with potential candidates long before you need them. These ideas will also help you in recruiting a large pool of candidates when you have a current position available. Read on to discover the best ways to develop your talent pool and recruit employees.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Training Transfer Tips]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/trainingtransfer/a/training_work.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How much money did your organization invest last year in employee training that failed to provide the results you sought? You are not alone if employee training classes rarely resulted in the transfer of immediately useful information to your workplace. Real employee behavioral change, based on the training content, is even harder to demonstrate. Discouraging? You bet. So what's an organization to do to ensure employee training transfer to the workplace?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blogging Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesb/a/blogging_policy.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Your Company recognizes the importance of the Internet in shaping public thinking about the company and our current and potential products, employees, partners, and customers. Your company also recognizes the importance of employees joining in and helping shape industry conversation through blogging and interaction in social media. These guidelines in this blogging and social media policy will help you make appropriate decisions about your work-related blogging content and online interactions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meeting Ice Breakers]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/icebreakers/a/icebreaker_dev.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want to know more about creating quick, fun ice breakers for training and team building sessions and regular meetings? I am a proponent of ice breakers that reinforce the content and goal accomplishment of a team building or training session. At the same time, there is a place for a fun ice breaker whose only purpose is to help session attendees know and appreciate each other. Here is  an ice breaker that requires some time in preparation, but is quick and fun to carry out at your meeting.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Play Well With Others]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/play_well.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You can submarine your career and work relationships by the actions you take at work. No matter your education, your experience, or your title, if you can't play well with others, you will never accomplish your work mission. Effective work relationships form the cornerstone for success and satisfaction with your job and your career. They form the basis for promotion, pay increases, goal accomplishment, and job satisfaction. Learn more about seven effective work relationship musts.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Succession Planning]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossarys/g/successionplan.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Succession planning is a process whereby an organization ensures that employees are recruited and developed to fill each key role within the company. Succession planning ensures you can fill key roles from within your organization.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/manageperformance/a/improve_perform.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a step-by-step coaching approach you can use to help an employee improve his work performance? This approach avoids discipline and produces great results.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Success Quotations]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/quotes_success.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration at work. These quotes about success will help you create business and management success.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Honesty and  Integrity]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/inspirationalquotations/a/integrity.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These honesty and integrity quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration. These quotes about honesty and integrity will help you create success in business, success in management and success in life.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Discipline Record]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/discipline/a/discipline_form.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Disciplinary action is sometimes necessary when an employee's behavior is negatively impacting his or her work, his or her coworkers' work, or the workplace. This disciplinary warning form documents the discipline warning. This disciplinary warning form also documents and records the coaching or counseling discussion that accompanied the discipline warning.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exempt Employees]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossarye/g/exempt.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Exempt employees are employees who, because of their positional duties and responsibilities and level of decision making authority,  are exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Learn more about exempt employees.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employee Introduction]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplese/qt/employee_introduction.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This sample new employee introduction letter welcomes the new employee and introduces the new employee to his or her new coworkers. A nice touch for the employee introduction to the company is to schedule an informal time, with food and drinks, for coworkers to greet the new employee. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Get Along With Your Boss]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/boss_relations.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[At one point or another in your career, you will report to a manager, the person you fondly - or not - call boss. The relationships that you create and manage, with both your immediate supervisor and other employees who have managerial or leadership responsibility in your company, are critical for your work success and career progress. And, face it, whether you like it or not, you're in charge of your relationship with your boss.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employee Satisfaction Surveys]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/employeesatisfaction/a/surveys.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Employee satisfaction surveys and focus groups help the employer to identify areas of employee satisfaction and dissatisfaction. For accurate, reliable results, employee satisfaction surveys or focus group questions need to be ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leadership Vision]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/leadership/a/leader_vision.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Leaders have vision. They share a dream and direction that other people want to share and follow. The leadership vision goes beyond your written organizational mission statement and your vision statement. The vision of leadership permeates the workplace and is manifested in the actions, beliefs, values and goals of your organization&#146;s leaders. Read more about leadership vision.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Motivation Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/inspirationalquotations/a/quotes_motivate.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These motivation quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration. These quotes about employee motivation will help you create success in business, success in management and success in life.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Delegation]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/manageperformance/a/delegation.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Your leadership style is situational. Your leadership style depends on the task, the team or individual's capabilities and knowledge, the time and tools available and the results desired. These tips for successful delegation of authority will help you with employee involvement and employee empowerment as your selected leadership style.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Minimizing Negativity]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/negativity.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Your workplace is seething with negativity and hostility. No matter where the bad vibes came from, it's your reponsibility, to help make the atmosphere less negative and more positive, productive, stress-free and supportive.&#10;&#9; ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Exit Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/whenemploymentends/a/exit_interview.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The exit interview with a terminating employee is your opportunity to obtain information about what your organization is doing well - and, what your organization needs to do to improve. Exit interviews are key to organization improvement since rarely will you receive such frank feedback from current employees. The exit interview questions you ask are key to obtaining actionable information. This is how to conduct an exit interview. Read on for sample exit interview questions.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job Specification Sample]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/qt/specification_marketing.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This sample job specification for a marketing manager provides an example of a job specification. See this sample job specification for a marketing manager.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Job Specification]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryj/g/job_specification.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A job specification describes the knowledge, skills, education, experience, and abilities you believe are essential to performing a particular job. The job specification is developed from the job analysis. Ideally, also developed from a detailed job description, the job specification describes the person you want to hire for a particular job.  Learn more about the job specification.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employee Involvement]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossarye/a/employee_inv.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Employee involvement is creating an environment in which people have an impact on decisions and actions that affect their jobs. Employee involvement is not the goal nor is it a tool, as practiced in many organizations. Rather, employee involvement is a management and leadership philosophy about how people are most enabled to contribute. Find out mmore about employee involvement.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Performance Management]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryp/g/perform_mgmt.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Definition of performance management for the human resources glossary of human resources related terms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Unusual Interview Questions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interviewing/a/interview_odd.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Are you interested in a new trend in job interview questions - or perhaps an old trend newly revived? Lynne Sarikas, director of the MBA Career Center at the Northeastern University business school, believes that more and more businesses are asking unusual job interview questions as part of their candidate job interview process. See how unusual job interview questions fit with behavioral interview questions to select the best candidate.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reference Checking Format]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/policysamples/a/refcheckform.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Checking job or employment references is time-consuming and frequently unsatisfactory, as many employers, despite recent legislation, refuse to offer more than dates of employment, salary history and job title. Here is the format I use to check references. Take a look; it provides a format for reference checking that you'll find helpful.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Great Manager Success]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/managementandleadership/a/great_managers.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Great managers break every rule perceived as &#147;conventional wisdom,&#148; when dealing with the selection, motivation, and development of staff. Learn the management success secrets of 80,000 successful managers in human resource management and development. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[candidate pool]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/recruiting/a/recruiting_plan.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Do you select new employees based largely on an attractive resume  and the candidate&#146;s performance at the resultant interview?  If so, you are missing the opportunity to use additional recruiting and screening methods that will ensure a superior hire. Learn how a recruiting planning meeting can ensure you hire candidates who will perform successfully in your work place.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Employment Terminations]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/legalissues/a/terminations.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The decision to terminate an individual&#146;s employment carries with it the risk of a possible legal challenge.  Depending upon an employer&#146;s policies or whether an employee has an employment contract, an employee may, for example, have a breach of contract or &#147;wrongful discharge&#148; claim. Learn the right questions to ask before you terminate an employee's employment.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Icebreaker: Five of Anything]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/icebreakers/a/icebreaker_five.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a winning team building ice breaker that you can use for meetings, training classes, team building sessions, and company events and activities? My five of anything ice breaker makes group cohesiveness and cooperation a natural extension of these team building ice breakers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Ten Employee Complaints]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/retention/a/emplo_complaint.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Are you interested in discovering your employees&#146; most serious complaints? Knowing what makes employees unhappy is half the battle when you think about employee work satisfaction, morale, positive motivation, and retention. Listen to employees and provide opportunities for them to communicate with company managers. If employees feel safe, they will tell you what&#146;s on their minds. Your work culture must foster trust for successful two-way communication.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Human Resources Careers]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/hrbasicsfaq/a/HR_jobs.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Many people are eager to start a career in Human Resources, as it is a fast-growing field with many lucrative opportunities. Career analysts expect the number of Human Resources jobs to increase in the projected future and the median annual income is above the national average. For these reasons and more, you are probably wondering how to start an HR career of your own. Find out more about breaking into a career in Human Resources.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Book Club at Work]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/educationgeneral/ht/book_club.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an easy way to share information and develop employees at work? Form a book club in which a group of employees voluntarily read the same book. Combine the book reading with a regularly scheduled discussion meeting to double the impact of the book. Ask one employee to lead the discussion about the week's assigned chapter or two. Ask a second employee to lead the discussion about the relevance of the book's teachings to your organization. You'll magnify learning with a book club.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Goal Setting Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/quotes_goals.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration at work. These quotes will help you dream, find your purpose and use goal setting to set stretch goals for your life and business.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Follow  the Leader]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/leadership/a/leader_follower.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Leaders are hard to find. They exhibit a unique blend of charisma, vision and character traits that attract people to follow them.  They exhibit the other nine characteristics around which this article series was developed. Successful leadership produces successful followership. Find out more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Best Practices in Interviewing]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/interviewing/a/interviewtips.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We all know how litigious our society has become in the area of employment-related issues. Every recruiter, hiring manager, executive, and department manager needs to realize how important the correct interviewing techniques are. Here's how to interview effectively and legally.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Recognition Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/inspirationalquotations/a/quotes_reward.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These reward and recognition quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration. These quotes about reward and recognition will help you create success in business, success in management and success in life.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Management Success]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/managementissues/qt/mgmtsuccess.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An effective, successful manager pays attention to many facets of management, leadership and learning. He or she displays characteristics that make people want to follow them. Here are seven tips for people who seek management success.]]></description>
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            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/coachingmentoring/a/coaching.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The human resource professional plays an important role as coach to executives and managers. These tips will help the HR professional succeed at coaching.&#10;&#9; ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HR Training Jobs]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/f/hr_job_train.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Human resources are the people that staff and operate an organization. Learn about the people who work in Human Resources. Specifically, learn about the job description of  a Training Manager, Training Director, or Training Specialist.]]></description>
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            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/recruiting/a/recruitingtips.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Finding the best possible people who can fit within your culture and contribute within your organization is a challenge and an opportunity. Keeping the best people, once you find them, is easy if you do the right things right. These specific actions will help you with recruiting and retaining all the talent you need. Here's more about recruiting employees.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Keeping New Employees on Board]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/retention/a/keepnewemployee.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[New Employee Orientation is a critical factor in helping a new person develop a productive, lasting relationship with your organization. Here are tips, tools, and examples for new employee orientation processes that promote longevity and loyalty.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Courage and Conflict]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/conflictresolves/a/conflictcourage.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Practicing personal courage is necessary if you want to really resolve conflicts at work. Many people are afraid of conflict resolution. They feel threatened by conflict resolution because they may not get what they want if the other party gets what they want. Even in the best circumstances, conflict resolution is uncomfortable because people are usually unskilled at conflict resolution. Learn more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Training Investment]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/educationgeneral/a/training_invest.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The right employee training, development and education, at the right time, provides big payoffs for the employer in increased productivity, knowledge, loyalty, and contribution. Learn the approaches that will guarantee that training brings a return on your investment.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lifetime Income: Make More]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/salaryandbenefits/a/life_earnings.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Work is about the money. Work only becomes not about the money when you have sufficient income &#150; however you define sufficient income &#150; to support your chosen life style. With sufficient money to live on, work becomes about other motivations. You can maximize your lifetime income potential by the choices you make for your career, your educational credentials, your approach to working with your employer, and more. Learn how to maximize your lifetime income potential.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Performance Improvement]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/manageperformance/a/manage_perform.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Do you have responsibility for supervising the work of others? If so, you know that employees don't always do what you want them to do. On the one hand, they act as if they are competent professionals. On the other, they procrastinate, miss deadlines, and wait for instructions. So, what's a supervisor to do? Performance improvement is your answer. You must begin by finding out why the employee is not meeting your expectations. This checklist for employee performance improvement will help.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tips for Employee Orientation]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/orientation/qt/tipneonew.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want to know what modern organizations are doing with new employee orientation? It's not your traditional signing of policy acknowledgements. Find out what's new in employee orientation.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leadership Quotes]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/quotes_leaders.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for an inspirational quote or a business quotation about leadership or leaders for your newsletter, business presentation, bulletin board or inspirational posters? These leadership quotes are useful to help motivation and inspiration at work. These quotes about leadesrship will help you create business and management success.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Salary Increases]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/salaryandbenefits/a/salary_savvy.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Do you believe your work is worth more money than you are making? If so, you are not alone.  According to a Salary.com survey of 13,500 random visitors, sixty-five percent of respondents said they are looking for a new job within the next three months. Of those, fifty-seven percent say they are looking because they believe they are underpaid. But, you may not be underpaid. See what salary increases are available for pay raises currently. You might be surprised.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Human Resources Books for H...]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/fortheholidays/tp/hrbooks.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Building a foundation library for you and your Human Resources staff? These book reviews will help you select the core Human Resources, business, and management books critical to your reference collection. Find the information you need fast with these recommended Human Resources, business, and management books. These book reviews will save you research time. Check them out.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Training / Development Options]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/training/a/training_dev.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[One key factor in employee motivation and retention is the opportunity to continue to grow and develop job and career enhancing skills. There are a couple of secrets to what employees want from training and development opportunities, however. Plus, training and development opportunities are not just found in training classes and seminars. Learn more about what employees want in training and development opportunities.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tips to Encourage Meaningful C]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/conflictresolution/a/fightforright.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, conflict is necessary for effective problem solving and for effective interpersonal relationships at work. Here's how to create and manage healthy work conflict that will be beneficial to your organization.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Attendance and Attendance Policies Definitions]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/glossaryofterms/l/bldefattend.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Definitions of attendance and attendance policies in the human resources glossary of terms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holiday Diversity]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/diversity/a/diversity.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want to develop effective working relationships with diverse people at work? Start with similarities, not differences, among people when you build relationships. Diversity in the workplace adds a special richness, but also special challenges.  As a human resources professional, manager, supervisor, coworker, staff member or business owner, effective diverse work relationships are critical for your success.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Performance Improvement Plan ]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/performancemanagement/a/PIP_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Performance Improvement Plan (PDP) form facilitates constructive discussion between a staff member and the supervisor and clarifies the work performance to improve. It is implemented, at the discretion of the supervisor, when it becomes necessary to help a staff member improve performance. The supervisor, with input from the affected employee, develops an improvement plan; the purpose of the activities outlined is to help the employee to attain the desired level of performance.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Employee Onboarding]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/orientation/a/onboarding.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the talent management universe, the new employee orientation and mainstreaming process is known as &#147;employee onboarding.&#148; Keeping in mind that you never get a second chance to make a first impression, your business should make absolutely sure that new hires feel welcomed, valued, and prepared for what lies ahead during your new employee orientation or onboarding process. Learn more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Internal Job Application]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/recruiting/a/intjobapp.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for a format to use for your internal job application process? You do post job openings for your internal staff first, right? This internal job application form will give you a head start as you develop your internal job application and job opportunities process for current employees.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Human Resource Definition]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/f/human_resource.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A human resource is a person or employee who staffs and operates a function within your organization. Read the definition of a Human Resource.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Resignation Letter]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryr/a/resigne_letter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Definitions for a letter of resignation or a resignation letter  for the human resources glossary of human resources related terms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Communicate Change Management]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/changemanagement/a/change_lessons2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Change can succeed. Effective change management helps change succeed. The role of communication during the change in change management is explored. Your change management efforts can succeed. Learn more about effective comunication during change.&#10;&#9;  ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Team Building and Delegation]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/involvementteams/qt/empower.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Employee involvement is creating an environment in which people have an impact on decisions and actions that affect their jobs. Team building occurs when the manager knows when to tell, sell, consult, join, or delegate to staff. For employee involvement and empowerment, both team building and delegation rule.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Human Resources Employment Information - All Employment Information Including Employment Laws in a Convenient Directoy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/legalissues/l/blemploymentinf.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Human Resources Employment Directory Find What You Need Fast: A - Z Directory of Employment Laws, Information,]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Team Norms]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/teambuilding/qt/norms.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The members of every team and work group develop particular ways of interacting with each other over time. Effective interpersonal communication among members and successful communication with managers and employees external to the team are critical components of team functioning. With the potential power of the impact of these interactions on team success, why leave team interaction to chance? Form team relationship guidelines or team norms early to ensure team success. Learn about team norms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Holiday Pay Practices]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/legalissues/a/holiday_pay.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The end of the year is a good time to review your company&#146;s holiday pay practices.  This article answers common questions regarding holiday pay related issues.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ice Breaker: Favorites]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/icebreakers/a/icebreaker_fave.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[From trees to dogs to vacation spots, people have favorites. The purpose of this ice breaker is to quickly warm up your group with fun and laughter. This ice breaker is a winner because it makes everyone right. Every employee has favorites and so the topic is low stress. Have fun with my favorite of anything ice breakers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Develop Employee Strengths]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/managementdevelopment/a/developstrength.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A management philosophy, that flies in the face of conventional thinking, compels you to help develop employee strengths, not their weaknesses, by deliberate practice. This theory was proposed by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman in &quot;First, Break All The Rules: What the World&#146;s Greatest Managers Do Differently&quot; as a result of the Gallup organization's  interviews with 80,000 effective managers. Learn more about helping develop employee strengths.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tips for Stress Management]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/stressandtimemanagement/a/stress_tips.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[These stress management suggestions will help you manage the stress you experience at work. Effective stress management is not easy and stress management takes time and practice. Developing stress management skills is important for your overall health and well-being, however. Think about your own situation and your own tendencies in stressful situations to select your best stress management strategies. Learn more stress management tips.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Make Values Live]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/orgdevelopment/a/valueslive.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Values exist in every workplace. Your organization's culture is partially the outward demonstration of the values currently existing in your workplace. The question you need to ask is whether these existing values are creating the workplace you desire. Here's more about how to identify your workplace values.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cover Letters Matter]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/selectemployees/a/cover_letter.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Job searching specialists and career counselors recommend that job applicants write a customized resume cover letter to accompany each resume sent to an employer. They&#146;re right. As an employer, a customized resume cover letter matters. A resume cover letter saves you time, connects the candidate&#146;s relevant experience to your advertised job, and provides insight into the candidate&#146;s skills, characteristics, and experience. Look for a resume cover letter from a good applicant.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Handbook Introduction]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesh/a/handbook_intro.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Use this employee handbook introduction as the basis for your introduction to your employee handbook. Customize this handbook introductory letter for your company&#146;s needs.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Address an Employee Sexual ...]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/workrelationships/ht/sexualharass.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When an employee complains that he or she is experiencing sexual harassment of any type, the employer has a legal, ethical, and employee relations obligation to thoroughly investigate the charges. Find out how!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Electronic Surveillance]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/technology/a/surveillance.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are pros and cons about the electronic surveillance of employees at work. This review of the pros and cons of electronic surveillance of employees at work will help employers decide what is best in their organization. Not every workforce, workplace, or work culture and environment is a candidate for electronic surveillance of employees at work. In some work environments, depending on the culture and environment desired, electronic surveillance of employees would injure trust and culture.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Downsizing With Dignity]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/layoffsdownsizing/a/downsizing.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Downsizing or doing layoffs is a toxic solution. Used sparingly and with planning downsizing can be an organizational lifesaver, but when layoffs are used repeatedly without a thoughtful strategy, downsizing can destroy an organization's effectiveness. How you treat people really matters - to the people who leave and the people who remain. Learn more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Absenteeism Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/attendancepolicy/g/absenteeism_pol.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Definition of absenteeism policy for the human resources glossary of human resources related terms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How to Make a Potential Emp...]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/cs/jobopportunities/a/applicantdos.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Looking for ways to impress a potential employer? Want to make your resume or job application stand out from the pack? During one two week time period, I reviewed 485 resumes and applications for 18 different positions. I interviewed 23 candidates and brought six back for a second, more intense round of interviews. Believe me, I can tell you what rang my chimes.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sample Paid Time Off Policy]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/policysamplesoq/a/pto_policy.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The purpose of this Paid Time Off (PTO) policy is to provide staff with the opportunity to take paid time away from work that can be used for such needs as vacation, personal illness, family member illness, personal time, doctor appointments, school or philanthropic volunteerism, and other activities of the employee's choice. The company's goal, in providing PTO, is to reduce unscheduled absenteeism, reduce the need for supervisory oversight, and provide employees with flexible time off.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leadership Recognition]]></title>
            <link>http://humanresources.about.com/od/leadership/a/leader_reward.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A leader makes other people feel important and appreciated. The leader excels at creating opportunities to provide rewards, recognition and thanks to his or her staff. A leader creates a work environment in which people feel important and appreciated. Learn more about rewards and recognition in this fifth article in my Leadership Success series.]]></description>
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