A full course in human-resources

[Dr. Zaus]

Employment law
1."Ruling has big impact for employers", on the?Marketplace website,?at http://marketplace.publicradio...06/29/am_firefighters/
2.World of Work: Ricci v. DeStefano -- Supreme Court Holds City Violated Title VII By Rejecting Racially Disparate Test Results, June 29th, 2009, http://www.worldofworklawblog....isparate-test-results/
3.Staffing Firm Ordered to Pay $250,000 in Bias Lawsuit, Workforce Management, July 10th, 2009, http://www.workforce.com/secti...0/article/26/53/56.php
4.Firms Get Good News as Pressure Mounts on Exec Comp Disclosure?, Workforce Management, July 10th, 2009, http://www.workforce.com/secti...0/article/26/54/28.php
5.Bank of America Accused of Gender Discrimination at Merrill Lynch, Workforce Management, July 10th, 2009, http://www.workforce.com/secti...0/article/26/53/62.php

6.Wal-Mart Pays $17.5M in Bias Suit Settlement, Business Fleet, July 9th, 2009, http://www.businessfleet.com/N...s-Suit-Settlement.aspx

7.Companies, Workers Tangle Over Law to Curb Layoffs, WSJ, July 6th, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/...html?mod=djem_jiewr_HR


Social Networks/Recruiting
8.Facebook: An Employer's Secret Recruiting Weapon, Human Resources IQ Podcast, 22:00, 5/6/09, http://www.humanresourcesiq.co...ter.cfm?externalID=111 (or iTunes)
9.Recruiting: Enough to Make a Monster Tremble, Business Week, June 25, 2009, http://www.businessweek.com/ma..._27/b4138043180664.htm

10.Using Twitter and Facebook to Find a Job, Time, June 8, 2009, http://www.time.com/time/busin...0,8599,1903083,00.html
11.LinkedIn?s Corporate Play Takes Aim at Recruiters, Workforce Management, March, 2009, http://www.workforce.com/secti...re/26/21/48/index.html

Ideas in an Economic Downturn
12.Recruiters See Strong Hiring Ahead Despite Recession Talk, Workforce Management, February 4th, 2008 (just laugh)

13.How to get a job- Fortune, March, 2009
14.http://money.cnn.com/magazines...plement/flyp/index.htm

15.Explaining Your Layoff to a Job Recruiter Skip the Details of Your Departure in the Cover Letter: Avoid Self-Pity or Bitterness at the Interview, WSJ, December 9, 2009

16.It Isn?t Always a Job Behind an Online Job Posting Employment Ads on the Web Can Lead You to Marketing Pitches, or Worse; Ways to See Which Are Sincere, WSJ, February 17, 2009

17.The New Resume: Dumb and Dumber, WSJ, May 26, 2009

18.The Laid-Off Can Do Well Doing Good, WSJ, March 17, 2009

19.Fast Times for Jobless Runners, WSJ, June 8, http://online.wsj.com/article_...DA5MDAwODEwNDgyWj.html

20.Do You Want An Internship? It'll Cost You, WSJ, January 28th, http://online.wsj.com/article_...DI5MzIzMzEyMDM2Wj.html

21.As Times Get Tougher, Many Turn to Freelancing, The Wall Street Journal, February 6th, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/video/as...A41B-5565C5D1130F.html

22.Sperm, egg donors increase during recession, USA Today, July, 6th, 2009, http://www.usatoday.com/news/o..._N.htm?POE=click-refer

23.Selling Expertise On the Internet For Extra Cash, WSJ, March 3rd, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604090494214861.html
24."Some turn to 'Mechanical' job search", on the?Marketplace website,?at http://marketplace.publicradio...2009/06/30/pm_turking/
25.Legoland Model Builder Search : Compete For Your Dream Job, June 1, 2009, http://www.randomsandiego.com/...te-for-your-dream-job/
26.Delayed Retirements Are Boon and Bane for Firms, WSJ, July 13, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article_...DI5NDE3MzQxNDMxWj.html - articleTabs=article

Selection
27.Buying Options on Lawyers, HR executive Online, May 26, 2009, http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/s...d=212747437&topic=Main
28.A Job Interview You Don't Have to Show Up For, WSJ, June 20, 2007

29.A Question to Make a Monkey of You, WSJ, February 3, 2009

30.What Won?t You Do for a Job? WSJ, June 2, 2009
31.Economy Promises to Fuel Resume Fraud, WSJ, November 17, 2008
32.DHS Seeks Mandatory E-Verify for Federal Contractors, Workforce Management, July 8th, 2009 ?http://www.workforce.com/secti...0/article/26/53/27.php

Training
33.Running Training Like a Business: Delivering Unmistakable Value, Human Resources IQ Podcast, 52:56, 6/17/09, http://www.humanresourcesiq.co...ter.cfm?externalID=122 (or iTunes)
HR Issues Abound
34.Scott Pitasky, Microsoft 1:03:58 3/19/09 Darden Business School Podcast http://media.darden.virginia.e...ts/Series.asp?SER_ID=4 (or iTunes)

Benefits
35.Stimulus Makes Cobra Coverage a Better Bet Subsidy for Laid-Off Workers Eliminates Barrier That Kept Many Out of the Program, WSJ, February 12, 2009
36.Perking Up: Some Companies Offer Surprising New Benefits, WSJ, March 18, 2009
37.Workers Get Health Care at the Office, WSJ, November 18, 2008
38.Companies Recoil From Incentive and Rewards Trips, Workforce Management, July, 2009, http://www.workforce.com/archi...ure/26/50/95/index.php
39.When All Else Fails: Forcing Workers Into Healthy Habits WSJ July 12, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/...74274102603258642.html

40.Trade Group Challenges Wal-Mart on Health Care, WSJ, July 13th, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article_...DI5NDE3MzQxMzM5Wj.html

41."State unemployment funds go bust", on the?Marketplace website, http://marketplace.publicradio...eb/2009/06/04/pm_ants/
42.Best And Worst Cities For Unemployment Pay - Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/...ployment_benefits.html

43."Very different states of unemployment", on the?Marketplace website,?at http://marketplace.publicradio...06/03/pm_unemployment/

44.Molson retirees losing their free beer to cry in, June 9, 2009 http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/647664
45.Targeting ?Feel-Good? Benefits, WSJ, July 8th, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article_...DA5MDAwODEwNDgyWj.html

Compensation
46.Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/wh1282.pdf

47.Steven Kerr, ?On the Folly of Rewarding A While Hoping for B,? Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 18, 1975, pp. 769-83.

48.Steve Kerr on Performance Rewards Systems That Really Work How to dramatically improve your organization's performance and create a more motivated workplace. April 17, 2009 / Podcast # 09-16. http://podcast.amanet.org/edge...egory/human-resources/ (or iTunes AMA edgewise)

49.More Firms Cut Pay to Save Jobs, WSJ, June 8, 2009
50.Employers Hit Salaried Staff With Furloughs Being Sent Home Temporarily is Still Better Than a Layoff, Many Professional Say, WSJ, February 24, 2009
51.Thain Spars With Board Over Bonus at Merrill, WSJ December 8, 2008
52.Limits on Pay Left Unclear in New Law, WSJ, February 18, 2009
53.Bailout Bank Execs Get Payouts, ProPublica, June 11th, 2009, http://www.propublica.org/ion/...-execs-get-payouts-611
54.Salaries Safe, Bonuses Hit Obama Drops Tough Plan on Bank Compensation; 10 Lenders Repay Bailout Cash, WSJ, June 10, 2009
55.AIG Seeks Clearance to Release Bonuses - WSJ.com http://www.cbsnews.com/video/w...ontentMain;contentBody

56.AIG Seeks Clearance to Release Bonuses, WSJ, July 10th, 2009
57.Obama On AIG Rage, Recession, Challenges, 60 minutes, March 22, 2009, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories...oInfo;segmentUtilities
58.Jury rules against AIG, Marketplace, July 7th, 2009, http://www.publicradio.org/col...rules_against_aig.html
59.Firms Get Good News as Pressure Mounts on Exec Comp Disclosure?, Workforce Management, July 10th, 2009, http://www.workforce.com/secti...0/article/26/54/28.php
Citigroup Plans to Raise Salaries by as Much as 50% (three takes)
60.http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5366690/14138690
61.http://www.foxbusiness.com/sea...ries-as-much-as-50.htm
62.http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/...01087&sid=a2EQDhQzn2u4

Performance Appraisal
63.Effective Management Toolkit: How to Conduct an Effective Performance Review, Human Resource IQ Podcast, 35:31, 1/28/09, http://www.humanresourcesiq.co...nter.cfm?externalID=42

Unions/Labor
64.#22 Planet Money: Global Frustration, March25, 2009, http://odeo.com/episodes/24362...ney-Global-Frustration, (18:00- 24:45)
65.Angry French workers turn to 'Bossnapping' to solve their problems, TimesOnline, April 4th, 2009, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t...ope/article6031822.ece
66.Hidden Ramifications of the Employee Free Choice Act, Workforce Management, June, 2009, http://www.workforce.com/archi...ure/26/47/32/index.php

67.The battle over union votes, Marketplace, July 7th, 2009, http://www.publicradio.org/col..._over_union_votes.html

68.Companies Step Up Benefits Communication to Combat Unions, Workforce Management, July, 2009, http://www.workforce.com/archi...ure/26/51/12/index.php
69.G.M. in Deal With Union as Deadline Approaches, NYT, May 21, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/business/22auto.html
70.Unions Kill the Auto Industry, Daily Nexus UCSB, December 4th, 2008, http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=17918
Walmart- ?You Tube?
71.http://www.youtube.com/user/walmartwatch
72.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...I&feature=channel_page
73.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...QYHW4o&feature=channel
74.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...qzYTS4&feature=related
75.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk6n2SxFAJU
76.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...FnMIjk&feature=related

Starbucks Stories
77.http://www.starbucksunion.org/...utes/main1532246.shtml

Employment Law:
It is concerning how we can't tell any more what will be racist and what won't.

Social Networks/Recruiting:
More proof that if it says it enough times on the internet it must be true.

Ideas in an Economic Downturn:
These employment ideas are simple, some are simply to lie and some are simply to deceive; When unethical conduct is what is rewarded in corporate America it is no wonder we why we get the problems that we do.

Selection
Using interesting questions and interview techniques is an interesting concept, but it is important that they be for a good reason, not just some jerk HR guys sadistic pleasure.

Training
This is the best thing in the whole set, listening to the top people in the industry talk about how to train workers. Finding out if what you are training is actual achieving a business end is essential.

HR issues
Microsoft is an interesting place to work, the concept of a 'job brand' separate from a 'product brand' is an amazingly good one.

Benifits
There is a schism between those that see that benefits can add more than they cost and those that want to cut every cost possible. The accountants don't know about people, only dollars and so they destroy companies whenever they are put in charge.

compensation
The fair labor standards act is a good thing to know but the Steve Kerr work "On the folly of Rewarding A while Hoping for B" is very enlightening and anyone even tangentially related to hiring systems should eat that like Montag before a book was burnt.

Citigroup Plans to Rais Salaries by as Much as 50%
Smartest move anyone could make in this economic down turn, buy the good guys and get what you can out of them.

performance Appraisal
To sum this one up: do appraisals so you can help your employees as people, do NOT fill out some 10page questionnaire with no relevant outcome; work with the individual.

labor/wal-mart
I doubt that wla-mart will ever have a union to deal with, it is very easy to find people to do the simplistic low-impact jobs done in wally-world. I just wish there was a credible threat of unions so they would behave better towards their workers.

 

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