http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog Corporate outplacement and job search news and views from RiseSmart Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:37:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_3555" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="They've come for...your employees!"][/caption] Nobody likes employee poaching. It’s underhanded and unethical to recruit out of the competition’s talent pool, and we’d all be a lot better off if we agreed not to do it under any circumstances. Right? Well, that may be the official line in some quarters, ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/employee-poaching-not-so-bad-after-all/ When you've been laid off, you quickly find that job hunting can be a job in itself -- only often with even more stress. Staying positive and knowing how to find the right job for you can be difficult. Following a few simple rules can make the difference between the ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/laid-off-try-these-seven-tips-for-landing-your-next-job/ [caption id="attachment_3502" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Most employers say they are taking a hard look at their health care strategy following the passage of President Obama's reform legislation."][/caption] How companies would react to President Obama’s reform plan has been a big question mark in considering how the health care landscape will shape up ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/study-shows-big-changes-on-the-way-for-employee-health-care/ [caption id="attachment_3515" align="aligncenter" width="277" caption="The BranchOut logo suggests the networking potential for Facebook users."][/caption] Social media is now a permanent part of the job market, there’s no getting around it. But for the majority of people in the workforce, there continues to be a disconnect between the two worlds that’s puzzling. ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/career-networking-comes-to-facebook/ [caption id="attachment_3494" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Lawsuits against employers are up, which makes it a poor time to cut some types of training."][/caption] As the recession has worsened, employers have looked deeper and deeper into their budgets for ways to cut costs. Things that once seemed critical to good business now often seem ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/wage-and-hour-lawsuits-are-on-the-rise/ [caption id="attachment_3475" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Are four-day work weeks hurting or helping productivity?"][/caption] To say that it was big news when Utah adopted a four-day work week two years ago would be a massive understatement. In many minds, this was set to be a turning point for the American workforce. On both ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/has-the-four-day-work-week-fizzled/ [caption id="attachment_3469" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Supreme Court's ruling is the first time the issue of privacy for texts on company devices has been addressed."][/caption] The Supreme Court’s recent decision that a California police chief did not violate an officer’s Fourth Amendment rights by searching his text messages kicked up a load ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/court-ruling-on-text-message-privacy-isn%e2%80%99t-as-surprising-as-it-seems/ [caption id="attachment_3437" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The Atlantic's graphic projecting the economic outlook through 2015."][/caption] Relief for the millions of Americans out of work could be on the way on today, after more than a month of maneuvering in Congress. Federal extensions for unemployment insurance expired on June 2, and have been shot ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/can-unemployment-benefit-extensions-go-on-forever/ [caption id="attachment_3437" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A lot of people hate buzzwords, but everyone likes buzzword bingo!"][/caption] I was reading Maria Hanson’s list of most annoying business trends for 2010 over at LiveCareer, and one of them gave me a serious case of déjà vu: Overused jargon and inappropriate clichés: Value-add. Brain-dump. Incentivize. The ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/the-worst-business-buzzwords-we-can%e2%80%99t-stop-using/ [caption id="attachment_3425" align="aligncenter" width="618" caption="Mercer's comparison of non-cash rewards in their new study compared to 18 months ago."][/caption] The last year and a half have seen some creative juggling on the part of employers to retain their top talent. With budgets tight, but the threat of the much-hyped “talent shortage” looming, ... http://www.risesmart.com/risesmart/blog/forget-non-cash-compensation-employees-say-%e2%80%9cshow-me-the-money/