com/0142-5455.htm Diversity in the workplace Hispanic perceptions of the hiring decision Spero C. Peppas Stetson School of Business and Economics‚ Mercer University‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ USA Abstract Purpose – Given the growing importance of the Hispanic population in the USA‚ the increasing presence of this minority at all organizational levels‚ and the possibility that different subcultures would value different traits when hiring‚ the purpose of this research was to determine if there were culture-related
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A current and somewhat controversial topic regarding the hiring process is employers’ use of social media screening. The most popular sites to be checked are Facebook‚ LinkedIn‚ and Twitter and now more than ever‚ companies are looking on the Internet to see if applicants are active on these social media websites (Swallow). Harris Interactive conducted a survey of 2‚303 respondents from February 9‚ 2012 through March 2‚ 2012 to find out how many companies used social media sites to check on job
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Transitory employees are defined as experienced‚ skilled workers who have less than five years of tenure with their current employer. There are two types of transitory employees: Intra-industry and Extra-industry. An intra-industry transitory employee already possesses knowledge of the business/industry language and technical aspects of the job and only requires training in their new company’s culture and ways of doing business. Sources for these candidates can be either: • Internal—transfers
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Rights of Employees CONTENTS Introduction 1. Workers and employees 2. Length of service 3. Contracts of employment 4. Written statement of terms 5. Statutory procedures and the LRA Code of Practice 6. Wages 7. Hours‚ holidays and rest breaks 8. Sunday working 9. Time off provisions 10. Maternity‚ paternity and adoption 11. Part time workers 12. Fixed term employees 13. Discrimination 14. Whistleblowing 15. Employment protection in health and safety
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Ethical Issues in Management Hiring Hiring is the process of interviewing the candidate selected to the job he‚ or she applied for. Appointment of a certain person to a particular post involves formally asking that person to work on the position her‚ or he officially to do it; It involves placing the selected employees on the right position of the jobs. Hiring is an everyday job for every business. It is not an easy job as it sounds; they are numerous rules‚ and procedures
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crushers or grinding mills are cheaper than new ones.Somewhere it maybe true‚but it抯 not true for SBM devices.SBM company set up two large R&D Centers.Thus it can be true that new devices are cheaper than used ones in SBM businesses because SBM R&D decrease the product cost though developing new techniques and perfecting JS1000 Concrete Mixer designs of every detailed parts with each style of mining machines.Thus new ones are cheaper.Why not choose new? Wearing parts: Since consumers bought
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Hiring a boyfriend or girlfriend home Hiring a boyfriend or girlfriend home during Spring Festival has already switched from individual cases to a common phenomenon. Several years ago‚ such cases could be splashed in the front page of newspapers to catch readers’ eyes; while today‚ the advertisement on this renting deal is no longer confined to various chatting groups but appears on Taobao website. So‚ in 4 years‚ when I graduate from college‚ about 25 years old ‚ suppose unfortunately I remain
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works hard and their job and shows enjoyment in what they are doing. As a health care manager you play a large role in how motivated your employees are in doing assigned tasks‚ reaching goals along with daily duties. As a health care manager I would implement the following motivational method techniques in order to keep good productivity‚ satisfied employees and good team work skills. One motivational technique that I would use is motivation through self- confidence. When individuals have a high
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illegal according to the immigration laws of the destination country. This case study deals with the hiring of illegal immigrants‚ which in this case are people who came to the United States without a Visa‚ who crossed the border by avoiding inspection and who are looking for employment in the United States. When a company hires illegal immigrants‚ there are possible penalties such as‚ civil fines‚ criminal penalties or debarment from contracts with the government. In this case study‚ we will look
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making presented in this chapter. Based on Schrage’s first scenario‚ the problem would be: “If the CRM will completed‚ what would happen to the current employees?” As such‚ that should be the focus of the CIO. There is still no guarantee that there would be mass layoff‚ but only a possibility. Therefore‚ the CIO needs to discuss with its employees the possible scenarios and identify what method of action should be taken for each of the scenarios. One possible scenario is that the mass layoff is inevitable
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