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Skills?

China Gorman

I’m traveling this week and am sharing one of my most popular posts from 2013. Cross-cultural Competency: ability to operate in different cultural settings. Might be worth a re-visit! Skills shortages in 2020 will rise to an entirely new level. And I’m not talking about STEM skills, although they’re critical.

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Was Heavy Workload a Good Excuse for Attorney’s Wrongful Discharge Claim?

HR Daily Advisor

“Liam” worked as a regional legal senior staff attorney in the claims legal division of American Family Mutual Insurance Company’s Kansas City office from July 14, 2003, to August 21, 2013. provides: “A lawyer shall provide competent representation to a client. Rule 4-5.4(c)

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The Affordable Care Act, and Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore It [UPDATE]

ACA Times

During the war, with millions of men in military service, employers had to compete for scarce workers. million Americans went bankrupt in 2013 because of medical bills they were unable to pay. In 1910, the Montgomery Ward chain of department stores provided group insurance to its employees.

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Understanding the Ecosystem of Managed Direct Sourcing Suppliers

LiveHire

From 2013 it has been estimated 75% of Fortune 1000 companies have been using VMSs to manage contingent workers. Sure you can, if you have the capacity and internal expertise to manage a large contingent workforce program. Otherwise, it makes a lot more sense to collaborate with established and experienced MSPs. In Summary.

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Competency analytics

Analytics in HR

Who wouldn’t want all the competencies in the world? Some competencies are so important it is worth seeking them out and treasuring them. What challenges will you face for competency analytics to be both practical and worthwhile? What challenges will you face for competency analytics to be both practical and worthwhile?

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Book Review: Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.) by Wayne Cascio and Herman Aguinis

Workplace Psychology

In comparison, when I looked in the Aamodt (2013) I/O psychology textbook, only half a page was devoted to differential validity and the author explained the concept in one sentence! then one could claim that adverse impact had been demonstrated” (Landy & Conte, 2013, p. In Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.),

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Developing Your (Office) Political Savvy – Positively

The People Equation

Online author Barbara Oaff defines office politics as “The way in which workers recognize, and seek to reconcile, their competing interests.”. It’s when “competing interests” crop up that the potential for maneuvering starts. Competing interests are an inherent part of our work life. This is a value-neutral definition.