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BookNotes is your monthly guide to good, informative
reading. Each month BookNotes will feature the Editor's choice of
titles.
This month our Editor has selected these books on finding, hiring and
managing talent.
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The
Good News About Careers: How You'll Be Working in the
Next Decade
Publisher:
Jossey-Bass
Author:
Barbara Moses, PhD |
Devoid of real job security, today's working environment
can be a scary place. But the good news is that,
with its emphasis on freedom and flexibility, the
new economy also provides individuals with incredible
opportunities for self-experimentation and expansion
into different roles.
In this powerfully candid work, acclaimed career
counselor Barbara Moses shows individuals and managers
how they can profit from future work trends. She
offers professionals clear advice on how to maintain
self-authenticity in a shifting career landscape-how
to work for "Me, Inc."--and gives managers
concrete suggestions for leading the organizations
of today and tomorrow.
It's a solid guide that offers inspiration and
sound ideas for finding liberation, satisfaction,
and success in an uncertain world.
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Managing
Generation X
Publisher:
WW Norton & Company
Author:
Bruce Tulgan |
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How to Bring Out the Best in Young Talent, Revised
and Updated Edition
The book that exploded the slacker myth and introduced
the world to the real GenX: flexible, technoliterate,
information-savvy, entrepreneurial, and perfectly
adaptable to the new just-in-time workplace.
Managing Generation X explains Generation X to its
employers. It tunes in to the free-agent mindset that
has swept across the entire workforce and serves as
the best source of information on a generation that
is leaving an indelible mark on the culture of American
business. GenXers' willingness to walk away from any
unsatisfactory employment relationship launched the
staffing crisis that plagues employers today--and
has allowed them to become the most entrepreneurial
generation in history. Managing Generation X shows
employers how to tap this valuable, quirky labor pool.
GenXers speak in verbatim interview narratives on
almost every page, offering their firsthand experiences
as well as concrete advice on how to manage them (and
how not to). Through the clear lens of
Managing Generation X, we can see the future of work
and the workforce of the future
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PHR/SPHR: Professional in Human Resources Certification
Study Guide
Publisher:
Anne M. Bogardus
Author:
Sybex (Certification)
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Whether you're a HR professional seeking to validate
the skills and knowledge acquired through years of
practical experience or a relative newcomer to the
HR field looking to strengthen your resume, the PHR
and SPHR certifications from the Human Resource Certification
Institute (HRCI) provide you with the means to do
so. The PHR/SPHR: Professional in Human Resources
Certification Study Guide was developed to help you
prepare for these challenging exams, and includes
additional study tools designed to reinforce understanding
of key functional areas. Key topics include:
Strategic Management. Formulating HR objectives,
practices, and policies to meet organizational needs
and opportunities.
Workforce Planning and Employment. Planning, developing,
implementing, administering, and performing ongoing
evaluation of recruiting, hiring, orientation, and
exit.
Human Resource Development. Ensuring that skills,
knowledge, abilities, and performance of the workforce
meet organizational and individual needs.
Compensation and Benefits. Analyzing, developing,
implementing, administering, and performing ongoing
evaluation of total compensation and benefits.
The Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Senior
Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) are the foremost
nationally recognized certifications in the HR field,
sponsored by the Human Resource Certification Institute
(HRCI) and endorsed by the Society for the Human Resource
Management (SHRM). The PHR exam generally covers technical
and operational matters, while the SPHR exam focuses
on strategic and policy issues.
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Managing By Values
Publisher:
Berrett-Koehler Pub
Author:
Ken Blanchard, Michael O'Connor
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| Today's business world is characterized
by increasing change-technological, cultural, social,
economic, and personal-the net effect of which is increasing
anxiety, insecurity, and more pressure than perhaps
ever before on today's employees, managers, and business
owners. Managing By Values provides a practical, proven
new solution for addressing these issues. Ken Blanchard
and Michael O'Connor provide a framework for stability,
continuity, and growth in the midst of these challenges.
Managing By Values describes a new measure and level
of organizational success-beyond that of "Fortune
500" organizations. Blanchard and O'Connor show
how organizations can commit to a way of doing business
that enables all stakeholders-owners/shareholders,
employees, customers, and others-to win. By committing
to a common purpose and set of values, any organization
can join the ranks of the "Fortunate 500."
This list is defined, not by size or volume or profits,
but by the quality of service available to customers
and the quality of life accessible to employees.
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