HR COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Investigating Complaint! February 1, 2001 - Vol. 2, No. 9 ISSN: 1533-3698

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Highlights:

* How to Address a Sexual Harassment Complaint
* Tips About Dating, Sex, and Romance at Work
* Survivors Can Soar After Downsizing!
* Are You Ready for Your Agile Future?
* More Goodies in the Glossary
* Lots of People in the Forum – New Links!
* Women Face Glass Ceiling in Hiring
* Love is in the Air
* HR Needs Worldwide Expertise
* Sometimes Real is Funnier Than Fiction!
* Messages for You – Groundhog’s Day

TIPS ABOUT DATING, SEX, AND ROMANCE AT WORK
What's love got to do with dating, sex, and romance at the office? Plenty! Get tips about how to address dating, sex, and romance at work.

http://humanresources.about.com/library/weekly/aa012801a.htm

SURVIVORS CAN SOAR AFTER DOWNSIZING!
If you do the right things right, you can minimize, and even eliminate, the negative organizational impacts of a downsizing. Find out how!

http://humanresources.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201a.htm

ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR AGILE FUTURE?
Agile, nimble, resilient—these words describe the people you want to hire, retain, and develop in the future. They describe the organizations that will thrive in times of change. Find out more!

http://humanresources.about.com/library/weekly/aa111000a.htm

NEW @ABOUT HR

NEW GOODIES IN THE GLOSSARY
Take a minute to check it out! It’s not like any other HR Glossary you’ve seen! Submit a link or a word.

http://humanresources.about.com/library/glossary/blglossary.htm

COMMUNITY CONNECTION FORUM

Think about joining and participating! You can visit these links without logging in. Give the Forum a try!

JEHANIA and others are discussing emotional intelligence and testing to use in candidate selection.

http://forums.about.com/ab-humanrsrc/messages?lgnf=y&msg=524.3

Mark is looking for examples of values-driven, large scale successful change processes. He wants to identify core values and use them as a basis for the change.

http://forums.about.com/ab-humanrsrc/messages?lgnf=y&msg=514.1

KLBECK29 has fired an employee for drug use and the employee is claiming foul play and getting a lawyer!

http://forums.about.com/ab-humanrsrc/messages?lgnf=y&msg=550.1

POLLS IN THE FORUM
You don't need to join to answer!

Do you have an office romance policy?

http://forums.about.com/ab-humanrsrc/messages?lgnf=y&msg=545.1

Will the Bush Administration be good for HR interests?

http://forums.about.com/ab-humanrsrc/messages?lgnf=y&msg=507.1

MORE FROM GUIDES @ABOUT

WOMEN FACE GLASS CEILING IN HIRING
How would you like to get on the typing track? Dawn Rosenberg McKay, Career Planning Guide, says the world is making progress. More progress is needed.

http://careerplanning.about.com/library/weekly/aa012601a.htm

LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Not much you’re going to miss about Valentine’s Day when you visit the About Guides’ special. Learn history, gifts, the good news about relationships and the bad news about office romance.

http://holidays.about.com/valentines/index.htm

NEWS FROM THE WEB

HR NEEDS WORLDWIDE EXPERTISE
Keep it simple, get global experience, and cultures ARE different, are words of advice offered by Clive Newton, global head of HR for PricewaterhouseCoopers. HRWire describes a fourth trend for the HR professional. You’ll want to read.

http://www.hr-esource.com/index.asp?rightframe=requestBroker.asp&action=freenews&productid=hrwir/hrwir-2

THE LIGHTER SIDE

SOMETIMES REAL IS FUNNIER THAN FICTION!
Be sure to check out the one about the woman who sued the weather forecaster for a poor prediction that caused her to get the flu and miss work. These are just great!

http://www.duhaime.org/lawsuit.htm

WHAT'S NEW?

Dear People,

February 2^nd is Groundhog’s Day. If the groundhog sees his shadow, when he pops up out of his hole, he’ll return to his burrow for another six weeks of winter. If not, he’ll stay above ground, and we’ll thankfully await spring.

Particularly if you’re a parent looking for something fun and informative for the weekend, Sherri Osborne, the About Guide to Family Crafts, has some great links and ideas about fun ways to celebrate Groundhog’s Day.

For me, it is another opportunity to explore the European roots of many U.S. traditions. Thinking about next year in the HR world, it could be a great day to celebrate and reward employees. (Everyone who shows up for work every day for the next six weeks gets a special reward.) Look for an article on this topic soon--not groundhogs, but rewards and recognition! Heck, if you are really agile, you could announce this initiative for this year! Good luck!

The About HR site is now officially accepting reader submissions for potential publication. If you are interested, please send me an e-mail to discuss topics, or use this form to submit material for consideration.

http://humanresources.about.com/library/blsubmission.htm

Visit often, stay as long as you’d like; my door is always open. Introduce yourself in the Forum! Help create a useful HR community!

Thanks for reading. I am always interested in your feedback. What can I do to make this newsletter and the About HR site better serve your HR needs? Together, we can create a site that effectively serves the information needs of the forward thinking Human Resources community.

Regards,

Susan

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