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Snakes in a Playpen: Why U.S. Policy Regarding H-1B and EB-5 Visas is Outdated and Ineffective
In an earlier post from the spring I had talked about the manner in which inspiration usually hit me in terms of ideas for the articles that ultimately find their way to the pages of this as well as other blogs. I had bemoaned the fact that at the time I had not yet incorporated into the creative process the practice of carrying a pen and paper, without which to jot down the ideas I found the exercise of remembering these flashes of inspiration tantamount to the old Larson cartoon with the playpen of snakes.
Entrepreneurs – Some Changes To Help You Survive The Recession.
Times are hard, business is slower and your profits are squeezed. You love your business and don’t want to go back to being a wage slave again – even if there was any work out there to be had! So how do you survive the recession?
Every day I am learning something new about human nature.
Advantages, to small business owners, of todays economy
Boomer Retirement Planning: It's Not Just for the Retirees
Boomers planning for their retirement has been all over the news of late; particularly hot is the revelation that we Boomers have not planned very well. What is not as well known is that Boomers themselves are not alone in that lack of retirement preparedness....companies are even less ready to handle the tremendous amount of information and skill that will walk out the door along with those retirees. Here's what you can do about it.
Global Talent Shortages Intensify
Face with a shortage of skilled workers, more employers will broaden their people searches to include talented people in other locales, both domestic and foreign
Why the Classroom is Still King & Other Training Myths
Arupa Tesolin takes a look at how training is evolving and how formal training, while still very relevent is being supplemented by informal peer training.
The dollar is the draw
We often use money as a draw for employees. The question that really needs to be asked is: Is that really what will draw the right employee to your door?

Does Availability of Educated Workers Increase Enterprise Training?
A number of studies have addressed the issue of whether educated employees are more likely to receive enterprise training. Since productivity gains of training activities among educated workers are expected to be higher, firms with a higher proportion of educated workforce are more likely to provide training.
Determinants of Enterprise Training: What are the Training Constraints?
Enterprise Surveys have shown that large variances in training incidence exist across firms. A natural question then is why do certain firms invest more in training and others do not. There is a certain amount of cross-country and individual country evidence in the literature to identify why this is the case.
Attracting Service Sector MNEs
As shown in section II.2, services sector FDI has been a growing area in the past 15 years. Since the service sector FDI, in general, involves high value-added MNEs that possess knowledge and technology, host developing countries may want to mobilise their human resources so as to attract these types of MNEs. While not all servicesrelated MNEs require high-skilled workers, some of the growing services-related MNEs do actually require a high-skilled workforce. They include MNEs operating in the area of financial services, information technology, telecommunication, pharmaceutical, medical, as well as firms that locate regional headquarters in the host country.

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Strategic Tips From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach For Managing The MultiGenerational Work Force
One of the most impactful current dynamics in today’s workplace is the presence of four generations of workers at the same time, which has increased the level of challenges to manage, retain and recruit a skilled work force. These four generations of American workers are: The Veterans - born prior to World War II; The Baby Boomers - born between 1946 and 1964; The Generation Xers – born between 1965 and 1980; and The Generation Ys or Boomerangs – children of Baby Boomers, born after 1980. Each group has its own distinct characteristics, values, and work ethics, based on its generation’s life experiences. This is a huge challenge to business today to successfully integrate these diverse generations to effectively work together. Here are some strategic tips for managing a multigenerational work force.

Attracting Service Sector MNEs
As shown in section II.2, services sector FDI has been a growing area in the past 15 years. Since the service sector FDI, in general, involves high value-added MNEs that possess knowledge and technology, host developing countries may want to mobilise their human resources so as to attract these types of MNEs. While not all servicesrelated MNEs require high-skilled workers, some of the growing services-related MNEs do actually require a high-skilled workforce. They include MNEs operating in the area of financial services, information technology, telecommunication, pharmaceutical, medical, as well as firms that locate regional headquarters in the host country.
Data Entry Workers In Demand
One would think doing online data entry work would be a simple job that almost anyone could do. Many data entry workers in demand are skilled typists, however others may seek these positions as well. If you have experience as a secretary or in accounting, you may have what it takes to work in data entry.
The New Leadership Frontier
The next decade is expected to present three major challenges for leaders. • Skills shortages • Employee Retention • Innovation Skills Shortages • In 2006, 9 out of 10 U.S. Manufacturers polled indicated they could not find enough skilled workers to fill the jobs needed to run their shops. • 64% of HR Professionals polled indicated recruiting is their leading challenge and they expect that to continue • Three-fifths of the new jobs in this century will need skills that only one-fifth of today’s workers have • Nearly 3 out of 10 employers worldwide said they would have hired more workers last year but were unable to find qualified applicants

Michigan Workers’ Compensation Costs Have Risen Drastically Due To Explosive Growth In Health Care Costs
The number of claims filed are not primarily responsible for rising workers’ comp costs because many workers remain uninformed about their rights to benefits for workplace injury or occupational diseases. The fact is that almost all employers know far more about workers’ comp law than does the average employee. Although many employers are honest and well-intended, there are far, far too many unethical employers who will cheat their workers out of entitled benefits.

How to be An Effective Leader in a Virtual Team
One of the major problems companies are facing is how to manage their workers. Most of them have this wrong belief that remote workers and workers at home are not as productive as an in house staffer.

Training the Trainer
Education training is a billion dollar business, as many companies find themselves spending lots of their capital on furthering the educational value of their workers. Because of the lucrative nature of this business, many companies are now training workers from within to become trainers. Training the trainer has become an exciting field for workers who wish to boost their profile and their wages.
Global Talent Shortages Intensify
Face with a shortage of skilled workers, more employers will broaden their people searches to include talented people in other locales, both domestic and foreign
Sailors, Maritime Workers Protected By Special Laws For On-the-Job Injuries
Sailors and maritime workers who are injured on the job do have remedies to seek to get recovery for damages and expenses incurred. But there’s a totally different set of laws to protect maritime workers than for workers injured on the land.

RETENTION OF STAFF
Why is retention of staff such an issue these days? Surely staff are lucky enough to be employed in a full time job without you having to worry about whether or not you’re going to keep them? Retention of staff is an issue that should be ranked priority number one. Regardless of the current economy - we do not have enough skilled staff with the appropriate skill base to fill all the available jobs – and it’s not going to improve. Simply put, the workforce growth rate is declining. In the long run there will be more jobs than workers. The future will be that there is increased competition for fewer qualified workers, which will necessitate an enormous emphasis on the need to retain the workers we already have.

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