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		<title>BMW &#8211; Not just a fancy car!</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/04/19/bmw-not-just-a-fancy-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2011/04/19/bmw-not-just-a-fancy-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lea Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are out with your boss at a business luncheon.  As you sit down at the table, you begin to panic!  Which glass do you drink out of?  Is your bread on the left or right?  Here’s an easy way to remember: BMW – Bread, Meal, Water.  As you sit facing your plate, your bread [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday:  2011 Compensation Budgets Stabilizing</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/12/23/hr-fact-friday-2011-compensation-budgets-stabilizing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/12/23/hr-fact-friday-2011-compensation-budgets-stabilizing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compensation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aon Hewitt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. employers&#8217; compensation budgets are likely to remain intact for 2011, and few companies expect to have to take drastic actions such as pay freezes to reduce costs, a November 2010 survey from consultancy Aon Hewitt reveals. Aon Hewitt’s survey of more than 500 employers found that: Three-quarters of U.S. companies expect to reach or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Are Holiday Parties Sign of Improving Economy?</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/11/19/hr-fact-friday-are-holiday-parties-sign-of-improving-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/11/19/hr-fact-friday-are-holiday-parties-sign-of-improving-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General HR Buzz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday Party]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news for people that have been missing the annual company holiday party for the past few years due to budget tightening in a poor economic climate. Holiday events are making a comeback! With growing signs of economic recovery employers are again warming up to holiday parties. After two years of cutbacks, layoffs, bailouts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Pay Incentives Planned to Limit Post-Recession Flight</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/07/23/hr-fact-friday-pay-incentives-planned-to-limit-post-recession-flight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/07/23/hr-fact-friday-pay-incentives-planned-to-limit-post-recession-flight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incentive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentive plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merit increase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay bonus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raise]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1517</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many U.S. employers are planning to use compensation incentives to limit &#8220;post-recessionary employee flight&#8221;, according to a survey of HR decision-makers by Workscape. The survey conducted at the end of March, 2010 found that 65% of the 476 respondents are considering or strongly considering pay increases to drive retention as the economy recovers, while 46% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Pay Incentives to Limit Post-Recession Flight</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/06/04/hr-fact-friday-pay-incentives-to-limit-post-recession-flight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/06/04/hr-fact-friday-pay-incentives-to-limit-post-recession-flight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General HR Buzz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Raise]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many U.S. employers are planning to use compensation incentives to limit &#8220;post-recessionary employee flight,&#8221; according to a survey of HR decision-makers by Workscape, a provider of employee performance, compensation and benefits administration services, conducted at the end of March 2010. According to the survey report, Managing Employees and Total Rewards during the Economic Upswing, 65 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: US Added 290,000 Jobs in April</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/05/07/hr-fact-friday-us-added-290000-jobs-in-april/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/05/07/hr-fact-friday-us-added-290000-jobs-in-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 14:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiring & Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The American economy added an unexpectedly strong 290,000 jobs in April, while the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent, the government said Friday. Analysts had expected a gain of about 190,000 in the month. With revisions on Friday, April was the fourth consecutive month that the economy added workers (a revised 230,000 jobs were added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Business Ethics Improved During Recession</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/02/05/hr-fact-friday-business-ethics-improved-during-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2010/02/05/hr-fact-friday-business-ethics-improved-during-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General HR Buzz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[misconduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retaliation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally some good workplace news to come out of the recession. In the January issue of HR Magazine it was reported that a devastated U.S. economy did not translate into an increase in unethical behavior at U.S. companies, according to a study from the Ethics Resource Center (ERC). Although the ERC&#8217;s 2009 National Business Ethics Survey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: Worker Engagement and Expectations Dropping</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/11/13/hr-fact-friday-worker-engagement-and-expectations-dropping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/11/13/hr-fact-friday-worker-engagement-and-expectations-dropping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Management Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee commitment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Watson Wyatt]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cost cutting actions made by U.S. employers in 2009 to deal with the economic downturn have contributed to a sharp decline in the morale and commitment of their workers, especially top performers, according to an annual survey by consultancy Watson Wyatt and WorldatWork, an association of HR professionals. The 2009/2010 U.S. Strategic Rewards Survey found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HR Fact Friday: More Cuts to Payrolls for End of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/09/18/hr-fact-friday-more-cuts-to-payrolls-for-end-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/09/18/hr-fact-friday-more-cuts-to-payrolls-for-end-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiring & Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manpower]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hrnblog.com/?p=1011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I really am trying to find good HR news to feature in my weekly HR Fact Friday posting. Sadly, it&#8217;s just not happening. Even with the statement earlier this week by a top U.S. government official that the recession is &#8220;probably&#8221; over I just can&#8217;t take the glass half full viewpoint. And I am in marketing. That&#8217;s my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Gain as Men Lose Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/09/08/women-gain-as-men-lose-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hrnblog.com/2009/09/08/women-gain-as-men-lose-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiring & Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Job]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: USA TODAY, 9/4/2009, Dennis Cauchon Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time, a historic reversal caused by long-term changes in women&#8217;s roles and massive job losses for men during this recession. Women held 49.83% of the nation&#8217;s 132 million jobs in June and they&#8217;re gaining the [...]]]></description>
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