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Hi everyone,
I'm the Office Administrator for my office who is learning anything HR related from either website searches, "The Employer's Legal Handbook" and the "Illinois Employer's Guide". My bos
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Good HR Books?
posted at 4/18/2002 9:17 AM EDT
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First: 8/22/2001 Last: 8/30/2005 |
Hi everyone,
I'm the Office Administrator for my office who is learning anything HR related from either website searches, "The Employer's Legal Handbook" and the "Illinois Employer's Guide". My boss does not want to spend the money to send me to any HR seminars or classes but will agree to let me order some HR books that would be good resources. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I should look into purchasing? I have a general knowledge of HR so an "HR for Dummies" book would be a bit too basic. Thank you all in advance for your suggestions!!!! Jennifer |
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Good HR Books?
posted at 4/19/2002 8:57 AM EDT
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First: 12/6/2001 Last: 5/13/2003 |
Here is another option for you:
Here in MA we have The Employers Association. www.the-cmea.com This is a great resource for our 30 e company. It's about $300 per year (depending on your size) and it includes the following: -A hotline to answer any HR question you have, from absenteeism to Worker's Comp. -monthly meetings covering different topics. -discounts on seminars for members Well, I could go on and on....just check out the web site and see if there is something in your area you could join. Good luck! |
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Good HR Books?
posted at 4/22/2002 10:23 AM EDT
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Essentially, I am the benefits administrator and HR administrator for the office. The only thing I don't really take care of is recruiting and hiring since we have an outside company take care of that for us. I'm looking for what I need to do with employee paperwork, unemployment issues, COBRA, and legal issues. Since the laws change so often, I don't know where to find a resource that will keep me up to date for the state of Illinois.
Thanks! Jennifer |
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Good HR Books?
posted at 4/24/2002 3:57 PM EDT
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First: 5/29/2001 Last: 5/12/2002 |
Human Resources for Dummies is actually a really good general book, with a CD-ROM with policy's etc on it
Scott Stratten www.WorkYourLife.com Enjoy Life, Now. |
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Good HR Books?
posted at 7/16/2002 7:14 AM EDT
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First: 4/29/2002 Last: 11/4/2002 |
I would suggest looking into a subscription to HRComply (www.hrcomply.com). I just paid $195.00 for one year and get a years worth of access to a help line staffed with HR specialist. I'm new to HR as well and have found this to be a great resource, and it's not really that expensive.
As far as books go, I use the Employers Legal Handbook as well and have found it more useful than most of the other books I have. You could try "Your Rights in the Workplace". It's a book written from the view of the employee, but it's been pretty helpful as well. |
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Good HR Books?
posted at 7/19/2002 6:28 AM EDT
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First: 6/18/2002 Last: 7/19/2002 |
I would highly suggest that you join a professional HR association. The benefits are many: ability to keep up with the profession; opportunities for training (sometimes free!); opportunities to network; subscrption to journal/magazine of the organization. I'd joing SHRM if I were you, and I would also get a subscription to Workforce Magazine. |
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Good HR Books?
posted at 7/19/2002 8:45 AM EDT
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First: 8/22/2001 Last: 8/30/2005 |
Thanks for the suggestions.
I actually do have a subscription to Workforce and I love it! Unfortunately, the management in my company believe that I can find out everything I need to know with a couple of books and web access. So far, I've been lucky and have been able to get by but the day will come when I will need for them to pay for a membership of some kind! |
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Good HR Books?
posted at 8/8/2002 8:44 AM EDT
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First: 3/13/2002 Last: 10/24/2002 |
Hi,
I would suggest joining SHRM or any other organization. In addition,depending on the information you need, you may want to refer to the Department of Labor website- www.dol.gov. Also, check out the websites of vendors you might work with. A lot of times a lot of information is posted in their website, which you may be unaware of. By the way, I'm in Illinois too. Winston & Strawn has a program called eLunch- no fee- and they have different online seminars some related toward HR. |
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