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ROCKLIN, CA - A research study conducted by Srinath Gopalakrishna, Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Missouri - Columbia, found that an employee recognition awards program provided by The Business Group, Inc dramatically increases a company’s net profitability. The study was funded by The Incentive Research Foundation, an independent research company.

The study looked back on three years of data and used regression analysis to see how employees were affected by incentive awards programs. The study’s author looked backwards and found that the company would have lost money without the incentive program. It found that the program dramatically increased a company’s net profitability and cash flow with minimal risk and investment.

“The study just proved what we’ve known all along – that employees make the difference in a company’s success. Many companies think that more sales will automatically solve any and all problems they have, but don’t know exactly how to increase those sales. Even the most self-motivated employees are motivated by a recognition awards program, but the problem with most companies is that they don’t know how to implement one. That’s where we come in, said Bob Dawson, CEO of The Business Group, Inc (http://www.businessgroupinc.com/).

The study found that any money spent on an employee incentive program was worth the effort. The return on investment was 84% after the addition of investments in the case studied, while the expected return on investment without the program was found to be negative 92%.

The Business Group, Inc offers many different types of incentive awards programs. Customers can tailor programs using the company’s return of investment calculator to ensure they are spending their money as wisely as possible. The company also offers programs specialized for non-sales positions for companies that realize the value of improved customer service.

“The key ingredients for any incentive awards program are customers and employees. It’s as simple as that. With those two factors, we can tailor a program for our customers. Our customers and their employees want to know ‘what’s in it for me?’ This study helps us answer both of those questions. Our customers routinely achieve record high sales with more cash in their accounts, while their employees have an added incentive to convince customers to buy more and pay their bills on time. Our successful customers know that our program is a necessary investment in the financial health of their companies,” said Dawson.

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Phoenix, Arizona - Global competition has brought increased interest in the need for US companies to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Outsourcing has brought about unique issues in the service industries. One field of growing concern is the call center industry which has recently experienced the loss of over 250,000 jobs to cheaper overseas competitors like India. Although US organizations are not able to compete in terms of employee wages; they can consider one significant cost factor. Call center turnover is alarmingly high. Most estimates put turnover between 60 and 80% annually, which is about double when comparing it to the overall service industry.

Call center employee training is expensive considering it involves developing knowledge of complex systems and products. Turnover costs must also consider other factors such as lost productivity and increased strain on remaining workers, which leads to employee burnout and even more turnover.

Dr. Michael Shaw, co-founder and President of SilkWeb Consulting & Development, recently conducted a study on turnover in call centers and discovered a significant relationship between turnover and employee-organizational value alignment. As employee perceptions that the organization’

s values aligned with their own increased, employee commitment also increased. Commitment is widely considered a highly accurate measure of employee turnover.

SilkWeb Consulting & Development will help your organization understand its turnover problems and develop innovative ways of improving the problem through its business consulting services.

About SilkWeb Consulting & Development, LLC:
SilkWeb was formed in 2006 by Dr. Michael Shaw and Laurel Silk. Based in Phoenix, Arizona SilkWeb focuses on training and development using proven instructional design methods combined with educational technology to bring corporate clientele the most useful and up-to-date online training courses on the market.

For more information, call SilkWeb Consulting & Development, LLC at: 623-465-5956 or email at info@silkwebconsulting.com or visit their Website at www.SilkWebConsulting.com

PingMycompany.com announces new and improved features in recent release. The new features will now enable the two way communication between employers and job seekers and or employers. PingMyCompany.com was initially based on user [job seekers and employers’] opinion, now bringing more effective communication.

Betterment, growth and development are the ultimate desires of any organization, and having a quick feedback is the first and biggest step towards all this. Though there are various mediums to collect the feedback, but online platforms are more successful ever. Platforms that provide employers’/employees interaction are regarded as the change makers, as they open the doors for people to have direct communication with the company they want to join and or want to inquire more about it, and same helps employers to hunt the best talent for them.

PingMyCompany.com has come up with exciting features that make a best career and job oriented discussion board. The features include:

* Company Section:An area exclusively meant for employers to keep an eye on pings and comments posted for their company, and reply to them in an effective manner. Employers’ registration is strictly restricted to hr@yourcompanysite.com, careers@yourcompanysite.com, and info@yourcompanysite.com, for Employer’s security. The process of registration is completely automated, but not the activation, as an admin must approve a company account manually. Employers can have all controls to communicate with the users from the company’s page. The company’s page now comes with:

* Pings
* Questions and Answers
* CrunchBase profile of the Company

* Questions and Answers section is a simple way for users to post questions about companies. It also let companies and users interact in a more effective way, i.e. share information and have quick feedback. CrunchBase Profile is also added to each company.

* Notifications is another interesting feature in this release. This is for employers as well as for users where by they can set an alert for latest pings and comments about companies. To get this feature enabled one will have to subscribe for a particular company. Notification setting can later be edited as well.

* FAQs section has been updated with detailed categories, covering almost all aspects of pingMyCompany.com. Currently it covers:

* General User Guidance
* Company Account Holders
* Pinging & Commenting
* Login/Registration
* Legal Issues

* PingMyCompany widget is to let websites and blog holders entertain their visitors with relevant informant from PingMyCompany. One can access the widget code from www.pingmycompany.com/

widget.htm

National Seminars has developed an Behavior-Based Interviewing skills seminar that will help interviewers find out what the candidates for a position is really like. Attendees in this one day seminar will learn behavior-based techniques that can be used to hire anyone from entry-level mailroom clerk to the CEO.

Read a complete outline of “How to Conduct Behavior-Based Interviews” (http://www.seminarinformation.com/qqbuqj/how-to-conduct- …), find a date and location and enroll online at http://www.seminarinformation.com or call toll free 877-SEM-INFO.

National Seminars Group,sponsor of the seminar, is a division of Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center, Inc., is one  of the nation’s leading providers of continuing education. Each year, they provide more than 6,000  seminars in the United States and Canada, and in their 14-year history, more that 5 million professionals have participated in these programs.

Founded in 1981, Seminar Information Service, Inc. publisher of 18 editions of the SIS WORKBOOK has been the recognized leader in the field.

In 1999 SeminarInformation.com started on the Internet  and continues to provide the same quality information on the web with over 600 seminar sponsoring organizations  providing over 360,000 seminars and training programs.

The free, user-friendly site provides dates, locations, descriptions and  registration options for all the programs listed. Seminar experts can be contacted toll free at 877-SEM-INFO. They can answer any questions, make recommendations or take registrations for seminars.

Presentations can be arranged at any location for larger groups of attendees. Contact SeminarInformation.com at 877-736-4636 for details.

With the rising cost of healthcare, companies big and small are looking for cost effective ways to keep their employees in good health. Nutrition coaching is one of those topics that affects nearly all major health issues such as weight management, diabetes, and high blood pressure to name a few. Employee wellness programs traditionally include things such as onsite nutrition counseling, and lunch and learn seminars. Now, however, companies can utilize the internet to provide a virtual dietitian for their employees that mimic onsite visits at a lower price.

Real Living Nutrition Services, LLC provides online nutrition coaching services where individuals can work with a Registered Dietitian regularly through their e-coaching system. The core program is a weight management program that can also be utilized for those seeking help with Type 2 Diabetes, cholesterol management, and high blood pressure. “Online coaching is such a great avenue for corporations,”

says Meri Raffetto, founder of Real Living Nutrition. “It offers an affordable way to get professional nutrition counseling for employees. One on one nutrition coaching and education has proven to help lower overall healthcare costs for employers.”

Real Living Nutrition offers four packages:
1.   Discounts for employees with a free bi-monthly e-newsletter.
2.   Employer pays partial payment of the programs while the employee pays a co pay.
3.   Employer pays full payment of the Mini Diet Makeover assessment with a Registered Dietitian that includes an e-cookbook and restaurant guide.
4.   Employer pays full payment of the Balance Program, an 8-step program including the assessment, an online workbook, 8 e-coaching sessions with a Registered Dietitian, and access to all tools such as Pilates video, exercise demos, and meal planning guides for a lifetime.

All packages include a customize registration page for each company. “There is something for everyone, no matter what size company says Raffetto.”  Real Living Nutrition works with each company to create a program that works with their budget and needs.

Some of the benefits of online nutrition coaching other than cost include privacy (employees can keep their health information private vs. sharing with group classes), ease of scheduling for the employee, and providing the same benefit to several different work sites. Employees also receive a wide variety of tools to provide long term support once they have completed a program. Real Living Nutrition has 39 Registered Dietitians in their network and employees can read through their bios and pick who they want to work with on the site.

More information is available at http://www.reallivingnutrition.com/corporatewellness.aspx

Accurate Placement is quickly establishing itself as the nationwide recruitment firm for the energy and utility industry from its corporate office in West Palm Beach, FL. The increasing need for new power generation capacity (compounded with the retirement of the baby boomers), distribution upgrades and new transmission lines are fueling the need for engineers and other technicians in the power industry.

Accurate Placement has built a team of recruiters with experience filling positions in Nuclear, fossil generation, power distribution and transmission and energy marketing and trading. “At FPL [Florida Power & Light], I was responsible for workforce planning, recruiting and talent development and saw firsthand how proactive organizations are handling the current and future need for talent,” said Ron Carryl, President of Accurate Placement. The energy infrastructure is critical to the health of our economy and Accurate Placement is positioned as a key source of critical talent for all aspects of the energy industry from construction to ongoing maintenance and operations.

Recently hired as the new head of Accurate Placements’ Engineering Placement Division, Rick Pitman brings with him nearly twenty five years of experience developing and implementing major recruiting and staffing campaigns for world class Fortune 1000 companies, including Florida Power & Light.  He holds a B.B.A from Pacific Western University and an M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University

How much money would a business save if it were able to avoid miscommunication?  The answer may reach as high as billions of dollars.  Specialized training can do wonders in facilitating communication.  The Institute for Motivational Living offers such training in the form of the DISC personality profile.  Many companies have already benefitted from this revolutionary communications training system.

A DISC personality profile is part of a system of classifying and understanding human behaviors.  Scientists and doctors have long known that human behavior, even when it seems randomized, is often motivated by specific events and interactions.  Understanding the science of human interaction can help organizations prevent miscommunication, reduce arguments, and help improve the overall productivity of a joint effort.

This is what the Institute teaches through its DISC system.  Understanding the DISC personality profile is paramount to organizing large groups of people and uniting workers towards a common goal.  The Institute of Motivational Living delivers this education at a low cost.  They offer their products at the website, http://www.discinsights.com.  Curious parties can learn more by calling (800) 779-3472.

Earn MBA degree in Human Resource Management

Employment prospects are bright for those who obtain a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management degree. The government predicts that the HR sector will grow faster-than-

average through at least the year 2016.

Search at http://www.mbadegreeinfo.com/ online MBA degree programs in human resources, human resource management and labor relations. Online MBA Degree program are available from accredited universities and colleges.

Why MBA degree in Human Resources:- A career in Human Resources is a perfect opportunity for people seeking long-term growth and stability. The government predicts that the HR sector will grow faster-than-average through at least the year 2016. Aside from financial security, a career in Human Resources is a great way to help people succeed.

MBA-HR Career & Job Opportunities:- The private sector provides nearly 9 out of 10 jobs. In 2006, human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists held about 868,000 jobs, projected employment for 2016 is 1,015,000. Government employed 13% of human resources managers and specialists. Overall employment is projected to grow by 17% between 2006 and 2016.

Search more online degree programs at http://www.mbadegreeinfo.com/programs/mba-human-resource …

University of Phoenix:-

MBA - Human Resources Management:- You will create and defend solutions to problems of crisis management, profitable growth opportunities, and change leadership, gain experience in distilling a situation into a well-defined problem, applying tools and concepts to analyze a variety of alternative solutions, and selecting and defending your recommended course of action.

Capella University:-

MBA: Human Resource Management:- Human resource managers are increasingly recognized as important contributors to overall business success. This MBA specialization in Human Resource Management is designed to strengthen your ability to perform this strategic role. The course work mapped to the competencies identified by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM®).

Kaplan University - Online:-

MBA/Human Resources Management:- This advanced business degree, MBA/Human Resources Management, is highly regarded for those who want to be leaders in the demanding new global economy. Topics include hiring practices, training, corporate policies, communications, and executive leadership. Courses include: Employment and Labor Law, Training and Development, Strategic Reward Systems, Recruitment and Selection.

Colorado Technical University Online:-

MBA: Human Resource Management:- The Colorado Tech Online MBA with a concentration in Human Resource Management has been created to address the growing need for qualified, skilled HR professionals who have strong interpersonal skills and corporate operational expertise. It is designed to prepare students wishing to pursue careers as Employee Relations Specialists, Benefits Administrators, HR Supervisors, Recruiters and many other interesting positions.

National American University Online:-

MBA: Human Resources Management:- An emphasis in human resource management is designed to assist students to become more effective supervisors or to excel in a human resources position. Graduates from this program will be better prepared to handle various aspects of employment including compensation, benefits, training and development, or employee relations. You can enroll in NAU graduate classes completely online or a combination of both on-campus and online to complete your degree in 12 months.

Walden University:-

M.B.A.: Human Resources:- Walden University is an accredited institution that for over 35 years has provided an engaging learning experience for professionals. Through a specialization in Human Resource Management, you will develop a deeper awareness of leadership styles and how they impact individuals and teams. Learn the tools needed to lead a high functioning team and be prepared to counsel senior management on key personnel issues.

Strayer University Online:-

MBA: Human Resource Management:- The value of a degree or certification is only as high as the standards of the university that confers it. Career information, job referrals, and resume assistance are available to students on an individual basis. The program features a curriculum that prepares adult students for the emerging knowledge economy while emphasizing the latest concepts, practices, and skills in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. It is designed for working professionals.

American InterContinental University Online:-

MBA - Human Resources (MBA-HR):- Most companies can benefit from an employee who has earned a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management degree online thus employment prospects are bright. An online Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management degree can be obtained in as little as 10 months.

Ashford University:-

MBA: Human Resource Management:- MBA with concentration in Human Resource Management focuses on training and development, compensation and benefits, and strategies in human resource management. Courses cover areas such as workplace performance, including performance problems, and how the HR function aligns with the vision, strategy and values of organizations.

Upper Iowa University:-

MBA: Human Resources Management:- Founded in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private, not-for-profit university providing educational excellence and leadership development. Upper Iowa University is a recognized innovator in the delivery of accredited, quality education.

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Power Applications, a brand new company with a fresh idea that’s redefining the daunting recruiting process for employers, is giving employers the opportunity to earn money simply by doing what they’re going to do anyway - recruit new employees. The service is offered at no cost.

Power Applications designed their process to not only boost revenue for its clients, but also to align them with more candidates by providing employers the opportunity to capitalize on traffic to their typical job ad. By utilizing Power Applications’

services, an employer can post ads on any job board they prefer, as they normally would. The only difference in the ad is the link Power Applications provides, which takes interested applicants to an application page designed specifically for the employer. On the application, the job seeker encounters opportunities from marketing verticals, which is where the potential revenue sharing comes into play.

Along with the unique money-making opportunity, Power Applications has a team of writers and media buyers, experienced in the employment industry, who can maximize traffic to your job ad. By writing an attractive job ad as well as aligning that ad with the most applicable candidates, employers will have the opportunity to retain the best-qualified candidates for their company – simply because they’ll be seeing more of them!

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Power Applications is a privately owned company operating on the Internet at http://www.powerapplications.com .

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