National Edition - May 18, 2008
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Newsworthy
Fired Over a Free Timbit
Corporate goodwill reached an all-time low at a Tim Hortons in London, Ontario when the manager fired an employee for giving away a Timbit to a crying child. The employee, a young, single mother of four, was fired for this burst of self-initiative, over an item that cost 16 cents. When the headquarters realized their franchisee’s gaffe, they promptly rehired her at a nearby branch.
(Source: CTV)
HR Seen as a Necessary Evil
Human resource practitioners have been clamoring to be let into the boardroom as a stakeholder in a company’s executive decisions. Now, a newly released survey reveals that most are seriously ill-informed and lack the skill set to tackle the problems ahead. Only 22% were considered experts in globalization, outsourcing, workforce integration, and financial acumen. The profession as a whole needs to brush up on geopolitics and current business news headlines in order to transform themselves from mere administrators into “talent management facilitators.” And doesn’t that sound more glamorous.
(Source: Management-Issues)
Trendspotting
Cubicle Creativity
While many North American employees work in cubicles, not everyone feels the same way about them. For some, it is an opportunity to express their hidden talents as interior designers, for others they see it as an austere and bleak reminder of how they should have gone to art school. Whichever side of the divide you live on, it should remain functional and not be the object of derisive looks from management-types walking by. Once the thatches inside a cubicle becomes too ornate, like a grandmother’s glass menagerie, it may be time for a little spring cleaning.
(Source: bizjournals)
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Health/Wellbeing
In Focus: Dyslexia Training
What do dyslexics, agnostics, and insomniacs do? They stay up all night wondering if there really is a dog. But seriously, according to figures in the United Kingdom, nearly 10 percent of individuals in the workforce suffer from some form of dyslexia. Often the symptoms of dyslexia can be miss-interpreted as performance-related issues. It’s up to the employee and employer to work together to make the appropriate adjustments. Some simple steps are working with colored folders and using large, sans-serif fonts. Speech recognition packages can also help.
(Source: Personnel Today)
Career Planning
New Program Builds Renovation and Business Skills
After several seasons of Survivor, it would seem that the underlying appeal of wilderness, castaway reality television is about watching scantily clad, young, hard bodies walking around exotic locations scheming and colluding against each other. Well, in the same vein, the carpenters and handymen on the home-renovation reality-TV shows are always handsome and rugged men. These shows have a rabid following among female viewers and this fact has many men wondering what kind of attention they’d get if they too had a hammer.
(Source: Canoe, Jobboom Career Zone)
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Can you... feel the heat? As summer approaches, people dress to stay cool in the hot weather. Yet, male and female colleagues should make a pact: “I won’t show you my cleavage if you don’t expose your upper thigh.
- “Cleavage is the worst," says the author of a new book, "It draws attention to your breasts, and in the workplace, that's not what you want attention for."
- Once warm spring days hit, many employees forget about their professional wardrobe and opt for T-shirts and other clothes reminiscent of beach wear.
- When confronted, many people say they can't afford to buy clothes.
- Each generation makes this common mistake, but the youngest employees tend to be the worst offenders.
- One company held an in-house fashion show displaying appropriate and inappropriate ensembles.
- If in doubt, look to the senior level employees at the company and emulate their standards.
(Source: Canoe, Lifewise @work)
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