An important role of the manager is to discipline their staff. Disciplining can relate to performance related tasks or it can relate to the more serious issue of misconduct. Misconduct is considered to be a more serious matter and needs to be treated differently compared to performance issues. When misconduct occurs it means that there [...]

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Article Contributed By CareerAlley Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive it isn’t.” – Richard Bach I don’t know if this happens to you, but sometimes I get calls from recruiters asking if I know someone with specific job experience. Of course, the experience they just [...]

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Is your organization reaping the rewards of a diverse workforce or are your efforts to promote diversity impotent or, worse, counterproductive? Guest Post by R.S. Basi The surest way to relegate your organization or your career to mediocrity is to pursue goals without truly understanding either the goal or your means to achieve them.  This [...]

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Article Contributed By: Ron Cottick, Information Exchange Group I got more involved in writing, editing and re-writing job descriptions when I worked in the corporate recruiting world than ever before. Since that time I still get involved in editing and re-writing. I am guilty of not always asking permission but then I may not get [...]

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by Cathleen Faerber, The Wellesley Group Many recruiting firms call themselves “search firms”, but what do they really do? The most common distinction is “contingency” versus “retained”. Contingency Firms only charge you a fee should you hire one of their candidates, whereas, Retainer Based Firms charge the fees as they are doing the “search”. However, [...]

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