April 2005 

HR MAGAZINE · April 2005
Vol. 50, No. 4
Table of Contents

COVER STORY
Find What Workers Want. . Discovering what motivates particular segments of your workforce is more important than ever—and increasingly doable.
Pamela Babcock

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Training Revs Up. The race to build internal employee talent fuels an increased emphasis on training. (Members Only)
Kathryn Tyler

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Meet the New Learning Executive. New-breed learning executives are making their business mark on organizations. (Members Only)
Robert Rodriguez

Special Report on Employment & Staffing(Members Only)

The Next Generation of Hiring Metrics. The latest generation of metrics offers HR new opportunities to evaluate the effectiveness of corporate hiring practices. (Members Only)
Charlotte Garvey

Dialing for Candidates. Good phone screening techniques can save time and quickly identify the most promising job candidates.
Martha Frase-Blunt

De-Greening Teens. Better screening and orientation strategies for teenagers may help prevent legal and practical problems in the workplace. (Members Only)
Susan J. Wells

HR AGENDA: HR TECHNOLOGY
‘Social Network’ Recruiting. Old-fashioned recruitment networking goes high-tech.
Jennifer C. Berkshire

HR AGENDA: COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Health Education Turns Proactive. With workers requiring deeper, more-tailored information to manage their health options, HR is finding ways to fill the bill. (Members Only)
Lin Grensing-Pophal

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS(Members Only)

From The President. Social Security and the Role of HR: HR must monitor the Social Security debate to assess how it may impact their organization’s pension benefits for current and future workers. Susan Meisinger
From the Editors. What motivates employees; training on the rise; hiring practices. Patrick Mirza; Terence F. Shea; Adrienne Fox
HR Solutions: Union Cards, Independent Contractors, Child Care. Glynda R. Parker, John Sweeney and Vicki Neal
Management Tools: Stay Above the Fray. Encourage your employees to try to resolve minor conflicts before bringing them to you. Kelly Mollica
Legal Trends: Shatter the Glass Ceiling, Dodge the Shards.. Help develop female talent, but beware of policies and practices that might inadvertently discriminate against men. Jonathan A. Segal
Future Focus: Privacy at Work. Employees may be more tolerant of employer monitoring if they are assured that their personal data will be safeguarded. Jennifer Schramm
Executive Briefing. Stock option grants dwindling; CEO pay scrutinized; CEOs attend ‘boot camp’; more.
HR Technology. Reduce ‘onboarding’ time with technology.
Court Report. Labor law rulings: verbal abuse of supervisor not protected; RNs not supervisors; more.
Books in Brief. Quick! Show Me Your Value; more.
What's New. COBRA-related resource; EEOC training guide; more.

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