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   www.workforce.com August 24 - 30, 2008 Vol. 9  Issue 34    

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IN THE NEWS | More


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TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

» The Boom in Business Coaching
Companies are investing in coaching in an effort to develop a new generation of leaders to replace retiring baby boomers. The ones that use it most effectively develop specific performance goals, financial measurements or other tools to determine what they want the end result of their coaching program to be.

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+ Executives Headed Overseas Benefit From Expat Coaching

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EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK

» This Year’s Graduates Face Tough Job Market
Despite the gloomy statistics, the hiring picture isn’t all bad. Health care and sales are hot areas, but engineering and IT may well be the brightest spots.

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+ 10 Rules for Hiring Unpaid Interns

+ Deloitte Reaches Across Generations

IN THE CONTENT CHANNELS

COMP, BENEFITS & REWARDS

HR MANAGEMENT

FEATURE: Employers Beef Up Efforts to Increase Worker Participation in Wellness Programs

FEATURE: Melding Managed Care and Health Care Consumerism

FEATURE: 12 Questions to Measure Employee Engagement

FEATURE: 10 Ways to Take the ‘Success’ Out of Succession Planning

LEGAL INSIGHT

RECRUITING & STAFFING

FEATURE: The Most Common HIPAA Privacy Mistakes Employers Make

FEATURE: Avoiding Age Discrimination Claims in Hiring

FEATURE: The Hiring Process: A Primer of Legal Do’s and Don’ts

FEATURE: Avoiding Truth-in-Hiring Lawsuits

SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

FEATURE: Not Easily Spooked

FEATURE: Job Candidate Assessment Tests Go Virtual

FEATURE: Snake Oil or Science?

FEATURE: Picking the Right Assessment Tools

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BLOGS | More

Management Lessons From the U.S. Olympic Basketball Teams
- from the Business of Management blog

Why Moms Think Your Employment Brand Is Weak
- from the Fistful of Talent blog

Every Bad Boss Needs a Simple User's Manual
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Do You Have a 'Culture Committee'?
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Does Your Company Allow You to Access Facebook From Work?
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Can Your Employees Make a Difference? What Does Your Incentive Plan Say?
- from featured blog: Compensation Force

Olympic Gold: Defeating the World by Embracing It
- from the Workforce Washington blog

High Gas Prices—a Tipping Point for U.S. Worker Productivity?
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Tailor-Made Careers
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