Resume fibs

Experts estimate that 10 to 30 percent of job seekers have lied or embellished their resumes to improve their hiring chances. According to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the most common resume fibs used by job seekers include enhancements in education, degree and job title, over-stated compensation, false reasons for leaving a previous job, and inflated accomplishments.
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Union membership

According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 12% of U.S. workers were union members in 2005, down from a high of nearly 20% in 1983. The states with the highest rates of union membership were New York, Hawaii, Alaska, Michigan and New Jersey. The lowest rates of union membership were recorded in South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia and Utah.
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Design a training program

The four basic steps to effectively design a training program include the following. Define the training needs and requirements. Define the target audience to receive training. Develop the content to be used for training. Establish the goals to be achieved from training.
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KSAO

KSAO stands for Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other characteristics. This acronym is commonly used by human resources and recruiting professionals to describe the characteristics of a person as it relates to job performance and requirements.
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HR Quote of the Day

A commonly used job evaluation method is the paired comparison evaluation system. The paired comparison system compares each job within a company with every other job within the company. A job's resulting score is determined from the comparisons. The jobs are then ranked by score.
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Three basic benefits

Every legal worker in the U.S. is entitled by federal law to three basic benefits. Workers' compensation provides insurance for work-related injuries or death. Social security provides retirement income and disability coverage for workers and their dependents. Unemployment insurance provides payments for a period of time presumably long enough to allow workers to find new jobs.
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Employee turnover

Employee turnover is caused by external and internal factors. External influences include local economic conditions and labor market conditions. Internal causes include such things as non-competitive compensation, high stress, poor working conditions, monotony, sub-par supervision, dysfunctional job fit, inadequate training, poor communications, and loose organization practices.
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