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According to Alexa Internet, Inc., an Amazon.com company, today's bestsellers in employee motivation and rewards include:

1. Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results by Stephen C. Lundin

2. Peopleware by Tom Demarco and Timothy Lister

3. Make Their Day! Employee Recognition That Works by Cindy Ventrice

4. Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment by William Byham and Jeff Cox

Stat #1
National statistics indicate that over 50% of all interns are re-hired full-time after graduation.

Stat #2
According to Workindex.com, several organizations have estimated that 60 - 70 percent of their executives will be eligible to retire before the year 2010.

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The Keys to Successful Campus Recruiting
By John Flato, President, EliteGraduateJobs

Over the past few years, the need to hire college graduates directly from campus has been very volatile. Many organizations have significantly cut back on their campus recruiting programs and staff, and are now attempting to reestablish their foothold on campus with the hire of new campus recruiters.

It’s well known that campus recruiting is an effective and cost efficient way of attracting new talent to an organization. Newly minted undergraduate- and graduate-degreed employees bring great value to an organization. New employees are very loyal and, through their contacts still in college, can help feed the pipeline for the next recruiting campaign.

Now that the economic outlook is brightening and labor markets are beginning to tighten, organizations need to jump-start their campus recruiting to increase the flow of candidates and meet new hiring goals. Merely renting a booth at a college job fair is simply not enough to successfully recruit the best and brightest.

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Datagence Targets National Accounts with TWC
Success Story of the Quarter

No matter who your target audience is, chances are Redbank, NJ-based Datagence has a way to reach them. This innovative company is the leading provider of postal, email and telephone information on consumers. But that’s not all. The information is so detailed that Datagence can pinpoint demographic, lifestyle and transactional data—helping clients develop and implement intelligent direct marketing campaigns that maximize results.

Paul Chachko, CEO, started the company in 2000 with colleagues and initially grew the business through people whom he knew and employee referrals. But when Datagence needed to staff up its national sales force, he sought a broader expertise. Paul turned to T. Williams Consulting, LLC (TWC).

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Reality Check: Separation and Performance Counseling
By Strategic Management Solutions

This article sheds some light on how to discipline employees, including when to discipline, the steps in progressive discipline, and the conduct of an investigation. It also discusses the dangers of not disciplining employees and the importance of fairness. Specific topics include:

· Who should go?
· Discipline policies
· Progressive discipline or due process
· The Investigation
· Do employees have to participate in the investigation?
· What the organization can learn during an investigation
· The danger of not taking action

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