Previous Issues - 2006

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December 20, 2006 - Non-Clinical Personality Tests, A Hire Standard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Tip No. 5: Use Only Non-Clinical Tests 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #604 to #605 3. New for 2007: "Leading Others Seminar" - March 2007 4. CriteriaOne DISC Certification: January 9, 2007 5. Test Drive JobClues 6. Quotes from the Hire Authorities

December 13, 2006 - Professional and Valid Pre-Employment Tests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Tip No. 4: Use Only Professional, Valid Tests 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #601 to #603 3. New for 2007: "Leading Others Seminar" 4. First Time Ever! CriteriaOne DISC Certification 5. Find Out What You Need To Know BEFORE Hire Your Next Employee! 6. Quotes from the Hire Authorities

October 18, 2006 - SPS Insures LISI Hiring Success, HealthCare Clues Pre-Employment Tests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Success Story: SPS Insures LISI Hiring Success 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 583 to 584 3. 50 Training Activities 4. HealthCare Clues Pre-employment Tests 5. Quotes from the Hire Authorities 6. 2006 Job Fair Survey: 1 in 3 Employees Job Shopping

October 11, 2006 - Recipe for On-The-Job Success, Personality Traits ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. A Recipe for On-The-Job Success 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 581 to 582 3. 2006 Job Fair Survey Results 4. ASSESS Expert Assessment System for Managers and Executives 5. Quotes from the Hire Authorities 6. Get JobClues 24/7

September 20, 2006 - Employee Engagement Surveys, Get Clues ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Disengaged Workers Aren’t Born That Way 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 574 and 575 3. Employee Engagement Surveys 4. Get Clues 24/7 5. Quotes from the Hire Authorities 6. CriteriaOne Certification Workshop - Nov 1-3, 2006

September 13, 2006 - Older Workers: Birth Dearth vs Brain Drain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Birth Dearth vs Brain Drain: Retaining Older Workers 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 572 and 573 3. Behavioral Interview "Store" 4. Get Clues 24/7 5. DISCovering the Styles 6. Quotes from the Hire Authorities 7. CriteriaOne Certification Workshop - Nov 1-3, 2006

August 23, 2006 - Dealing with Difficult Conversations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Dealing with Difficult Conversations 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 567 3. 20 Supervisor Slip-Ups That Lead to Hiring-Related Lawsuits 4. Manager's Pocket Guide to Dealing with Conflict 5. Quotes from the Hire Authorities 6. Employee Engagement Surveys

August 9, 2006 - Helicopter Parents and Boomerang Kids ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1.  Helicopter Parents and Boomerang Kids 2.  Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 562 to 564 3.  Generational Style Assessment 4.  Quotes from the Hire Authorities 5.  Managing the Generation Mix

August 2, 2006 - Job Clues. Detecting Candidates Who Are Too Good To Be True ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Detecting Candidates That Are Too Good To Be True 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #560 to #561 3. Get Clues Before You Hire 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Motivating Hispanic Employees

July 26, 2006 - Hiring the Right Employees ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Hiring the Right Employees: UNCB Banks on SPS 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #556 to #559 3. Customer Service Skills 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. NEW! Basic Office Skills Testing

July 19, 2006 - Why Executives Change Jobs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Why Executives Change Jobs 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #554 to #555 3. Interview candidates online - fast, convenient, cost-effective 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Assess Executive Development Reports

July 12, 2006 - Employee Evaluations, 360 Degree Feedback, Job Clues ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Employee Evaluations Drive Performance and Profits 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #551 to #553 3. Perception 360 Degree Feedback - Multi Rater Assessment (MRA) 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Eleven new health care templates added to JobClues

July 5, 2006 - Why Traditional Interviews Are Unreliable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Four for the Fourth 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #549 to #550 3. Interview Questions You Can and Can't Ask 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Leadership Clues for Self-Development and Managers

June 28, 2006 - Leadership, Values and Attitudes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Leadership, Values and Attitudes 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #547 and #548 3. Leadership Clues for Self-Development and Managers 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. ASSESS 360 Degree Feedback 6. The Leader Within

June 21, 2006 - Mistakes Managers Make, 360 Degree Feedback, Multi-Rater Feedback ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. 360 Degree Feedback: Mistakes Managers Make and How to Avoid Them 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #545 to #546 3. Perception 360 Feedback Reports - Mulit-Rater Feedback 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. ASSESS 360 Degree Feedback

June 14, 2006 - Employee Values: Different Points of View ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Why some employees connect the dots differently than you do 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #543 to #544 3. Understanding Generational Differences 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Which DISC is your boss?

June 7, 2006 - Motivate Your Problem Employees ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. How Prepared Are You if 40 Percent of Your Workers Don't Show Up for Work? 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #541 to #542 3. Executive Clues 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Managers vs. Leaders 6. Why Are So Many Employees Avoiding Vacations?

May 31, 2006 - Motivate Your Problem Employees ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. How to Motivate Your Problem Employees 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #538 to #540 3. Employee Motivation - Understanding Business Values and Motivators 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Employee Motivation Books 6. Why Are So Many Employees Avoiding Vacations?

May 24, 2006 - Aging Workforce, CriteriaOne DISC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Aging Workforce: Be Careful of the Light at the End of the Tunnel 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #535 to #537 3. DISCovering the Styles 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. CriteriaOne DISC

May 17, 2006 - Wal-Mart - Changing the Way We Do Business ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Wal-Mart - Changing The Way We All Do Business 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #533 to #534 3. Leadership Clues 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Should Employers Be Required to Provide Health Care Benefits?

May 10, 2006 - Should Employers Be Required to Provide Health Care Benefits? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Should Employers Be Required to Provide Health Care Benefits? 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #531 to #532 3. JobClues 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Managing Generation Y

May 3, 2006 - How to Hire Sales Hunters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. How to Hire Sales "Hunters" Who Won't Crash and Burn 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #528 to #530 3. Assess360 Component 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. The Leader Within 6. NEW! Basic Office Skills Testing (MS Office Tests, too!)

April 26, 2006 - The Waiter Rule, Customer Service Skills Profile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ***Last week to respond - Health Care Benefits Survey*** 1. The Waiter Rule Reveals A Lot about Character 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #525 to #527 3. Customer Service Skills Profile 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Ask The Hiring Expert 6. NEW! Basic Office Skills Testing (MS Office Tests, too!)

April 19, 2006 - Job Interviews, Basic Office Skills Testing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *******Health Care Benefits Survey********* 1. What does the job interview and stepping on a bathroom scale have in common? 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #523 to #524 3. NEW! Basic Office Skills Testing (MS Office Tests, too!) 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Ask The Hiring Expert 6. Value of 360 Degree Feedback

April 12, 2006 - Hiring the Right Joe, Sales Personality, ASSESS 360 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *******Health Care Benefits Survey********* 1. Hiring the Right Joe (and Not Just Another Joker) 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #521 to #522 3. Interview candidates online - fast, convenient, cost-effective 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Ask The Hiring Expert 6. ASSESS 360 for Sales and Leadership

April 5, 2006 - Why Personality Testing is Legal, TotalView, ASSESS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Why Personality Testing is Legal 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #519 to #520 3. Ask The Hiring Expert 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Screen Employees Fast 6. ASSESS 360 for Sales and Leadership

March 29, 2006 - Drowsy Workers Drive Up Accidents and Absenteeism ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Why Workers Drive Up Accidents and Absenteeism 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #516 to #518 3. ASSESS 360 for Sales and Leadership 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Screen Employees Fast 6. Wolfe and Walker Earn Certification in Strategic Success Modeling

March 22, 2006 - Personality Traits, What Makes Salespeople Tick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Personality Tests Detect What Makes Salespeople Tick 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #513 to #515 3. Wolfe and Walker Earn Certification in Strategic Success Modeling 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. CandidClues™: The cost effective solution to curb absenteesism and employee theft. 6. Survey Results: Over 82 percent believe HR should report to CEO

March 15, 2006 - Who Should HR Report To? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Survey Results: Over 82 percent believe HR should report to CEO. 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #511 to #512 3. Hiring Smart Thinkers 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. CandidClues™: The cost effective solution to curb absenteesism and employee theft. 6. Clues Makes "HR's Job A Snap"

March 8, 2006 - Leadership Made Simple, Job Clues ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Leadership Made Simple 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 509 to # 510 3. Last Chance - New Survey: Who should HR report to? 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. JobClues: The world's leading pre-employment assessment? 6. Clues Makes "HR's Job A Snap"

March 1, 2006 - Competitiveness, Drive, Teamwork, Counter Productive Behaviors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Second Place: First place for losers? 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 507 to # 508 3. New Survey: Who should HR report to? 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. New Service: Reference Checks and Education Verification 6. Prevalence of Counter-Productive Behaviors

February 22, 2006 - Employee Conflicts, Teamwork, Reference Checks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. De-coding conflicts breeds better teamwork. 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 505 to # 506 3. New Survey: Who should HR report to? 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. New Service: Reference Checks and Education Verification 6. Total Applicant Processing System

February 15, 2006 - Faking Personality Tests, TotalView Assessment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Can Job Candidates Game Personality Tests? 2. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #504 3. New! Employee Engagement Surveys 4. Quotes from Hire Authorities 5. Seven Surefire Steps to Hiring High Performance Employees 6. From The Total View readers

February 8, 2006 - Poll Finds Gap in Employee Recognition and Motivating Employees ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Poll finds Huge Gap in How Employees Are Recognized 2. 65 percent of employees to begin new job search 3. New! Employee Engagement Surveys 4. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #499 to #501 5. Manager's Guide to Motivating Employees 6. Understanding Business Values and Motivators

February 1, 2006 - Personality Tests Crack Job Fit Code ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Personality Tests Crack the Job Fit Code 2. HR's Believe It or Not 3. The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback 4. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #499 to #501 5. Supervisory Skills Boot Camp begins February 21, 2006

January 25, 2006 - College Students Lack Basic Literacy Skills ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Calculating Tips Challenges College Student Skills 2. Ripped from the Headlines: Employee Theft 3. A Checklist for Setting Employee Performance Objectives 4. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #497 to #498 5. Supervisory Skills Boot Camp begins February 21, 2006 6. CriteriaOne Train-the-Trainer: Job Benchmarking and Certification

January 18, 2006 - Excellent Customer Service, Excuses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Excellent Customer Service: Get The Spirit 2. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses 3. Customer Service Skills Profile 4. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #495 to #496 5. Supervisory Skills Boot Camp begins February 21, 2006 6. CriteriaOne Train-the-Trainer: Job Benchmarking and Certification

January 11, 2006 - Personality Tests Detect What Makes Salespeople Tick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Personality Tests Detect What Makes Salespeople Tick 2. Q & A about employee testing 3. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #493 to #494 4. Supervisory Skills Boot Camp begins February 21, 2006 5. CriteriaOne Train-the-Trainer: Job Benchmarking and Certification 6. New Book! Instinct - DNA of Success

January 4, 2006 - 2006: A Ticking Workforce TimeBomb? Skilled Worker Shortages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. 2006: A Ticking Workforce Timebomb? 2. Global Good Luck Traditions 3. Perfect Labor Storm Alerts #491 to #492 4. Supervisory Skills Boot Camp begins February 2006 5. CriteriaOne Train-the-Trainer: Job Benchmarking and Certification 6. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

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