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Generational and Aging Issues

Colloquium at University of Akron

November 14, 2009

The Psychology Archives at the University of Akron will continue its fall colloquium series by welcoming psychologist Dr. Florence L. Denmark, on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m., in Student Union 312. Denmark’s lecture, “The History of Women In Psychology and the Development of the Psychology of Women,” is free and open to [...]

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Age Bias Response to Mark and Tim

October 14, 2009

For some reason my reply button for responding to comments does not work. So I am replying here to comments received from Mark and Tim to a previous blog.
In response to Tim, my powers of prediction were based more on history than on moral hopelessness. For some reason, the courts have consistently drawn a distinction [...]

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Job Loss in Government

October 12, 2009

I find it extremely difficult to predict the future. Everytime I try to I am wrong.
So I provide this report from IPMA-HR on job losses in the government. There are of course two issues. One how many losses will there be over the next two years. Two, how will this impact the relative ratio of government [...]

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All a Twitter

September 24, 2009

We have previously discussed the phenomena of employers searching social network sites for information on job candidates. The September issue of IPMA HR News report on a CareerBuilder Survey that finds 45% of employers use social network sites to research job candidates, up from 22%.
Of those:

29% use FaceBook
26% LinkedIn
21% MySpace
11% Blogs
7% Twitter

My question would be what [...]

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Future Trends in Public Sector HR

September 22, 2009

The newest issue of HR NEWS from IPMA-HR includes an intriguing article on “What’s on the Minds of HR Directors.” My version of their summary is:

The economy – the effects of the recession will be felt for a long time
Public safety departments are not sharing equally in cuts
When openings exist, there are large numbers of applicants
Few [...]

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Workforce Planning in the Public Sector

September 14, 2009

I serve on an IPMA-HR committee that recently looked at Workforce Planning in the public sector. The 2009 IPMA-HR Benchmarking Committee Survey on Workforce and Succession Planning is now available on the website at: http://www.ipma-hr.org/content.cfm?pageid=42. More than 300 members completed the survey which describes how workforce and succession plans are created and implemented. New this [...]

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Sport Psychology: Small Gains for a Deteriorating Baby Boomer

August 4, 2009

I rode my bicycle across Iowa twice in RAGBRAI (the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). I once rode the same bicycle from New Orleans to Chicago while camping in state/national parks over three weeks. I have bursitis in my left shoulder, frequent lower back pain with a touch of sciatica thrown in for [...]

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Generational Issues

July 14, 2009

Generational issues remain a hot top in human resource management. Predictions regarding baby boomer behavior are especialy important in workforce and succession planning. This leads into the topic of the impacts of the economy on retirement. Counter to the predictions of many, the retirement age for men has been falling. However, financial issues may lead [...]

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Happy Father’s Day – Goodbye Mr Mom

June 20, 2009

According to IPMA-HR and Career Builder:
As working fathers face increased financial pressure, fewer are willing to give up the traditional breadwinner role. Thirty-one percent of working dads said they would leave their jobs if their spouse or significant other’s income could comfortably support the entire family, down from 37 percent in 2008 and 49 percent [...]

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Baby Boomers Refusing to Retire

April 21, 2009

Crain’s Cleveland Business has an interesting article on generational issues by Arielle Kass. The article deals with baby boomers putting off retirement. Of course, a little over a year ago we were talking about the problems that would be created when baby boomers left the workplace. Now we are discussing the problems created by baby [...]

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