October 2009
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SHrM Poll Shows Employers More Accepting of Online...
It seems that the days in which employers look down on job candidates who earn their degrees through accredited online universities is coming to an end. According to a recent SHrM poll, “76 percent of human resources professionals said online degrees are viewed more favorably than five years ago.”
A major reason for this is due to the proliferation of the web in our ever day lives. ...
September 2009
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The Need for Employee Investment
A current article on SHrM.org details the necessity for companies to invest in their employees and lists some worrying trends in financial industry.
The article notes that many banks and financial organizations who have been hit hard by the current economic recession are cutting corners by not investing in their current employees. When I use the word “investing,” I am specifically...
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Employee Relocation, Culture, and Integration
A recent article, Desperate Job Seekers Push Relocation Rate to Three-Year High, on the SHrM website reveals that 18.2 percent of people polled would be willing to “pack-up-shop” and move some where else for a job opportunity.
According to John A. Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, the group who conducted the survey, “Job seekers had been extremely reluctant to...
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Avoiding Subtle Sexual Harassment and the Court...
Sexual harassment, or any form of harassment, in the workplace is not laughing matter. Most organizations have done a great job of developing and instituting sexual harassment policies in the office and often send their employees to sexual harassment prevention training seminars.
And though the days of womanizing and chasing secretaries around the desk are more or less gone, subtle forms of...
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“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original...”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Decline in Workplace Efficiency and Long Term...
According to a recent study by Towers Perrin, many employees feel that the efficiency of their organization’s has plummeted in the past several months. In an article posted on the SHrM website, Max Caldwell, a managing principal of Towers Perrin, notes, “Companies are easing up on the frequency and intensity of their messages about workplace efficiency; employees might feel...
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An Easy Way to Integrate New Employees
According to a recent article on MSNBC, more than half of the employers polled in a recent survey said that they will be hiring employees within the next year. This is no doubt great news for those who have been struggling to find a job during the recession. It will however present some “growing pains” for the hiring organizations. For months now, many companies have cut deep into...
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What does "Learning @..." Mean?
So far I have posted a bunch of information on this crazy sounding thing called Learning @… I’ve posted all this info about the product that states that it is a “a customizable, cost-effective online employee learning tool designed to fit your company’s learning and development needs…” and a cost effective alternative to “expensive Learning Management...
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Learning Quotes
The spirit behind Learning @… is that it provides employees with all the information they need to LEARN so that they can SUCCEED
With that in mind, i’m going to begin posting quotes from some of history’s most brilliant and not-so-brilliant minds regarding the benefits and joys of learning—hopefully they capture the essence of what Learning @… is all about
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Swine Flu, Organizational Communication, and...
Reading the paper while on the train this morning, I learned that the New York Health Department estimates that approximately 800,000 people were infected with H1N1 (more commonly known as the dreaded Swine Flu). As frightening as that statistic is, many of the major news outlets are running stories claiming the virus will be back in full force this coming fall and winter.
With this in mind, it...
August 2009
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Open Communication for "Upskilling"
On the Society for Human Resources Management (SHrM) homepage, there is currently a great article, written by an affiliate from India—Rekha Bajaj—that details the importance of “upskilling”, otherwise known as self-improvement, in times of economic turmoil. Bajaj notes, “Upskilling is the basis for evolution and if the workforce does not evolve with the demands of the market...
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Just a little more info on Learning @...
Here’s the official company text on Learning @… You can find this on the main site, but I thought i’d post it here for those of you tumbl’ing upon us in the blog-o-sphere
Learning @… is a customizable, cost-effective online employee learning tool designed to fit your company’s learning and development needs.
Combining technology, training, and communication,...
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Welcome to the Learning @... Blog
Welcome to the Learning @… Blog, the place to get all the news and updates around the new organizational online learning product from Aspen Organization Development Consulting.
My name is Ben Nash and I am the Creative Director at Aspen Organization Development Consulting and a developer of Learning @… On this blog I will post news and events surrounding Learning @… as well as...