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Why Should I Offer Family Friendly Policies and Work Schedules – What’s in it for me??
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| More and more, employees are telling us that balance between work and life is what is most important. But, as a business owner, what's in it for me? |
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"Back To School" for The Entrepreneur
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| The children are back in school. You can be back there too, it’s never too late to learn.
We live in a knowledge-powered economy and if we're not continually upgrading our capabilities we become obsolete!. The good news is, the educational choices we make at eighteen don't need to be hard and fast choices we're stuck with for a lifetime. We now can choose to look at lifelong learning as the homework assignment that never goes away. Or, we can choose to look at it as an essential strategy for living long and living well!.
How are you upgrading your knowledge and abilities? There is always more to learn and we must all strive to master more or new skills.
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Do You Lack The Confidence to Start an Internet Based Home Business?
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| It is a strange thing, but no matter how much talent or knowledge you have, if you have no confidence in yourself you will never achieve very much. But on the reverse side if you have a great deal of confidence in your abilities plus the desire to do something even with very little knowledge or natural ability you will learn to do what you need to and you will succeed. |
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Why Employees' Leisure Interests are Good for Business
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| We all possess unique skills and talents, many of which come to the fore only when pursuing passionately-enjoyed leisure interests. Yet most businesses still only focus on the skills and abilities stated on job specifications. Skills audits rarely ask “what skills and abilities do you enjoy using in your personal life?” Passion promotes potential. To ignore skills used in passionate leisure interests is a major loss to the workplace. |
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How Perceptual Style Determines Our Natural Skills and Abilities
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| Perceptual Style is innate; this means it determines what natural capacities, skills, and abilities we have. Your Perceptual Style supports a broad range of skills and abilities for which you have natural inborn potential. When something comes naturally to you, it means it is supported by your Perceptual Style and you were born with the potential to excel at it. |
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Using Pre-Employment Tests Can Save You Money
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| Pre-employment testing is a way of determining the degree to which a candidate possesses and can demonstrate the knowledge skills and abilities required to successfully perform in the position. Any tests that are used must me job related and valid and comply with the “Uniform Guidelines on Employment Selection Procedures” issued by the EEOC.
Some of the most commonly used types of pre-employment tests are...
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Soft Skills Training
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| It is often argued that the education of hard skills is becoming more prevalent in schools and, as such, graduates are coming out more skilled than ever. Hard skills relate to abilities that are testable, such as typing or mathematical skills. Unfortunately, soft skills are often neglected and today’s grads find themselves incredibly skilled but unable to practically implement what they’ve learned. Soft skills relate to teamwork and interpersonal skills. |
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Align Your Strategy and Operational Plans to Core Competencies
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| Core competencies are the underpinnings of an organization’s skills and the cornerstone of successful strategic execution. Core competencies represent the fundamental knowledge, abilities, and expertise of an organization. They are what make individuals and organizations unique. Furthermore, your ability to understand and measure organizational core competencies is a critical factor in reaching your desired goals.
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Are Your Competencies Defensible?
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| The use of competencies can sometimes be subject to judicial scrutiny when an employment decision is challenged. Organizations must ensure that their competency profiles and the methods of their development meet accepted standards. Key concerns include: the link between competencies and the skills, knowledge and abilities required for job success; how reflective competencies are of required key attributes; the use of expert knowledge in developing competencies; accounting for possible disadvantages to a particular group; and, the actual level of competence required. |
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Competencies from a Non-HR Point of View
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| Properly defined and applied, competencies-the knowledge, skills and abilities needed for success in a job-can take your organizational strategic vision and plan and transform it into reality. A phased-in implementation, with the input, involvement and passion of the workforce and the executive and management teams, secures the benefits and competitive advantage of a Competency-based HR management system. |
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What Is Financial Literacy And Why Is It So Important?
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| The definition of financial literacy is "having the knowledge, skills and abilities to undertake responsible economic and financial decisions and actions with a requisite level of competence."
The recent global economic downturn has served to highlight our deficiencies in this area and has shifted focus to the need for financial education.
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