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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

About Human Resources: 4 Tips to Reduce Seasonal Stress; Background Check

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From Susan M. Heathfield, your Guide to Human Resources

Vol. 12 No. 164 - ISSN: 1533-3698 December 20, 2011

Dear People:

Anyone who works for a business has stories to tell about candidates and background checking. For the holidays and the New Year, resolve that you will never skip background checking, even for that charming candidate who blew your interview team away... You'll be sorry... Or, could be. I once called a potential employee's first reference and found he had given me his wife as a reference. When I asked him what on earth he had been thinking, he replied that he had talked with his wife the night before his interview about whom he should use as references. She told him to pick people who liked him and would say nice things about him. Who better, he asked me. Hmm. The end of the story isn't pretty either. Read more...

Do you know that I write a new blog post every day? Check out the blog in the center column on my home page.

Comments, questions, suggestions? Email Me.

Please forward this newsletter, in its entirety, to your colleagues, coworkers and friends, because you want to add value to their work and lives.

Regards and wishing you and yours the best this week,

Susan


4 Tips to Reduce Seasonal Stress

Looking for ways to keep the holiday season under control? You can thrive, not just survive, and create a wonderful holiday season this year. You just need to do four things...


10 Tips for Effective Performance Reviews

Are you interested in what will make your performance reviews effective and motivating? I've pulled together my ten best ideas from participating in and observing performance reviews throughout my career. Performance reviews are not inherently bad - and done well - can help you create a motivational, rewarding work environment. Find out more...


Need a Rejection Letter Example?

Need a rejection letter example for a job applicant who appeared to be a poor cultural fit during her interview? Here's a sample rejection letter that also identifies what you don't want to say in your letter. Find out more.


10 Days to Happiness and Success

Take some time this week to read through my ten day program about how to have a more successful, happy, career and life. The truths you will discover over the ten days, if you choose to read a lesson a day, are simple to explain and profoundly difficult to practice. So, consider the pursuit of happiness and success in work and life - a journey. These practices will get you started on that journey.


 


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Susan M. Heathfield
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