May 18, 2011

Edited and Written by Ira S. Wolfe

Published by Success Performance Solutions.

What's Inside this issue of The Total View:

1. Cyberbullying Prevention Expert Reveals What Parents Need To Know

2. Workforce Trends

3. Applicant Processing

4. What Motivates Employees

5. Annual Performance Reviews Simplified!

6. JobClues Assessment

Cyberbullying Prevention Expert Reveals What Parents Need To Know

As cyberbullying has become more frequent and increasingly vicious, the importance of educating parents about how to protect their kids is of paramount importance. This epidemic of online bullying is why I got involved with National Cyber Safety Awareness Day today (May 17th).

After listening to a recent radio interview about the threat and consequences of cyberbullying, I picked up the phone and called the radio guest, Shawn Edgington, America's leading cyberbullying prevention expert.  The timing was perfect because I was about to give a presentation to local high school students and their parents about the threats and risks of cyberbullying.  Edgington shared with me her just released book, The Parent's Guide to Texting, Facebook and Social Media: Understanding the Benefits and Dangers of Parenting in a Digital World. I immediately became immersed in the book. I rarely sit down and read a book but Shawn's research and statistics were gripping.

I immediately agreed to help her promote National Cyber Safety Awareness Day which coincided with a book drive for The Megan Meier Foundation.  Our goal today is to get donations of 1,000 copies of Edgington's book to help the foundation's founder, Tina Meier, educate parents about how to prevent cyberbullying. Meier created the foundation after her 13-year-old daughter committed suicide because she had been cyberbullied on a social network by a neighbor. This tragedy has been the impetus for Meier's drive to warn parents of the hazards kids face growing up in a digitally connected world.

I also hope to have more opportunities to speak with parents about how to use social media safely. I've been helping hundreds of business people who attend workshops and classes at local Chambers of Commerce and Wor-Wic Community College understand how to use social media effectively and safely. Most of the participants are also parents and grandparents which makes what I teach in class touch them personally too. Helping children navigate online safely is also a great way to give back to the community.

Book donations are 100% tax deductible and any individual or organization that donates a case of  books or more will be thanked in Edgington's next printing of her book.  Books can be purchased  at:  https://secure4.planetlink.com/shawn_edgington.

Workforce Trends

Among Technology/ Media/Telecom companies surveyed for Deloitte's Talent Edge 2020 survey, 40% predict a severe shortage of R&D talent; 39% of Consumer/Industrial Product companies reported the same shortages as did 37% of LifeSciences & Health Care companies. 

Source: Talent Edge 2020

For more  workforce and hiring trends, visit Perfect Labor Storm website and Perfect Labor Storm blog.

Applicant Processing Made Easy

Wouldn't it be nice if selecting the right candidate was this easy?

What Motivates Employees

Business values and motivators determine the "why" of human behavior.  
 

For managers, Business Values and Motivators answers the nagging question - How can I motivate my employees?  
 

For employees and individuals looking to re-energize their careers, the Business Values and Motivators report helps them understand what they value most.  As people, we tend to value certain viewpoints positively and judge others negatively.   How we value or judge determines our motivations and provide us with our sources of energy or conflicts and stress in our personal and professional lives.
 

What are Business Motivators? Read more.

Annual Performance Reviews Simplified!

Save time, increase productivity, and eliminate hassles when administering employee performance reviews with HReviewer.

Ask any manager what he or she hates most about the job and you'll often hear "performance reviews."   That's why we've created HReviewer.

We recognized a huge gap in the performance evaluation market between paper forms and online performance management. 

HReviewer is a user-friendly, centralized online solution to streamline and improve the annual, semi-annual or periodic review for small to medium sized organizations. It's convenient and very affordable too.  Our goal was simple: to help take the hassle out of getting managers to complete performance appraisal forms and giving employees more frequent feedback. 

The system comes with a library of competencies, an easy to use form creator, at-a-glance dashboards and reports, and a built-in reminder system to help HR track down managers when reviews are due....or past due!

More about HReviewer or Email us to schedule a FREE demo. 

JobClues™: The World's Leading Pre-Employment Test System just got better.

New JobClues tests just added: 

• Mechanics
• Marketing and Public Relations
• Multi-Location Managers 
• Purchasing 

... to our library of 70+ job templates including  

customer service, retail sales, property management, manufacturing, call centers, health care, hospitality, banks and credit unions and more.

JobClues™ provides reports describe an individual's core personality traits, general reasoning speed, and personality job fit in the context of over 50 job categories.  Each report then provides specific behavioral interview questions based on how the participant responded to the questions.