Strong growth in demand for skilled workers

The recent article on reliableplant.com indicates strong growth in demand for skilled workers in the month of April according to the findings of Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM) and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, for the month of April in U.S. The stats are well explained keeping in mind the manufacturing and service industry.

HR as a Strategic Partner

For all of you in the HR industry and are in & around Central Missouri, The Human Resource Association of Central Missouri is holding a program titled “HR as a Strategic Partner,” starting from Friday. Click here for more details.

Walker Prize 2006

From the reports on chron.com on 21st, Thomas Sy from California State University and Laura Sue D’Annunzio from Booz Allen Hamilton, were announced the winners of 2006 Walker Prize by The Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS). In the year 1977, Jim Walker has helped establish this award named after him as Walker Prize. It celebrates the tradition of vision, quality and innovation exemplified. It is awarded annually to the paper, article or commentary published by HRPS that best advances state-of-the-art thinking or practices in human resources.

The Housing Authority to track workers where abouts

The GPS system – that works on Sprint Nextel phones and walkie-talkies – sends location information from employee phones to a central computer, that inturn generates real-time maps and reports for employers. This information then gets imported into payroll or billing systems for time-sheet purposes. The Housing Authority is considering this technology to track their employees where abouts. Click here for more details.

Companies hire professionals to check accuracy of resumes

From the latest reports on taipeitimes.com, The Human Resource Management did a survey last year that showed 40 percent of human resource professionals had increased the time they spent checking references since 2002, and 52 percent said they contracted out at least part of the background checking to professionals.
It is not new that employees lie on their resume about their work experience. More and more companies are hiring professionals to check their background to track the accuracy of the details mentioned in their resumes when they apply for a new job.

The Housing Authority to track workers where abouts

The GPS system – that works on Sprint Nextel phones and walkie-talkies – sends location information from employee phones to a central computer, that inturn generates real-time maps and reports for employers. This information then gets imported into payroll or billing systems for time-sheet purposes. The Housing Authority is considering this technology to track their employees where abouts. Click here for more details.

West Bend Police suspended for falsifying time sheets

West Bend Police suspended 3 offiers Andrew Adee, Kurt Bohn and Todd Yerges, on March 8th, accused of knowingly falsifying their time sheets over a two-year period. The West Bend Fire and Police Commission will reconvene on Monday to continue deliberations on the fate of these three city police officers. Click here for more.

Human resource professionals

This article is worth reading for all human resource professionals in shrm.org that covers sharing quotes by Kimberly A. Wheeler, SPHR about alertness in finding hr solutions during natural disasters.
Some of her quotes were, “If there’s a loss of power, computer system failure, etc., the phones will not work if they are routed through your computer or other electronic systems,”
“We identified several areas in our building and installed stand-alone landlines [that] we were able to use during and after the storm,”.

Reslove reported record sales of $31.1 million

Resolve Staffing, Inc. a Human Resource (HR) Services providers, reported record sales of $31.1 million for 2005, an increase of 423% over 2004 sales of $6.0 million.
Ron Heineman, President and Chief Executive Officer, was quoted in the latest article on chron.com saying “We had a great 2005 and our business continues to grow. Not only did we report our first profitable quarter in 2005, our EBITDA was also close to breakeven for the entire year,”

Virtualization saves taxes for H&R Block

H&R Block started applying virtualization software from EMC Corp. subsidiary VMware Inc according to reports on computerworld.com.
The firm’s estimated savings because of this reached $1 million on hardware purchases since rolling out the technology in June 2005. About six years ago, they only had 80 servers. Now they’re up to 600 or 700 servers. H&R Block now has about 25% of its data center virtualized, and have completely virtualized its in-house time-sheet application.