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U.S. Workers More Confident

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workers'' personal confidence and tracks perspectives around jobs and the economy each month, was conducted online by Harris Interactive among more than 1,200 employed U.S. Randstad, an HR services and staffing company, has been tracking workforce trends and publishing the index since 2004. The survey, which monitors U.S.

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HR Staffs, Budgets Saw Modest Rebound in 2012

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and 1 HR staff per 100 employees from 1996 to 2004. Quality and track record are primary determinants of vendor selection for outsourcing. Existing relationships or the low bid do not often secure the inside track for contractors and vendors, according to surveyed HR executives. The median ratio bounced between 0.9

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ESPN’s Top Play: Learning

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Although she had previously told herself she would never teach, Cornileus said the experience was gratifying — it might have been the spark, she said, that put her on track to become a learning professional. But I [as an employee] might not know how all of these pieces fit together to make the whole of ESPN.”

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AlliedBarton’s Bill Whitmore: A Higher Calling for Security

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In 2004 the company acquired Barton Protective Services, doubling the size of its workforce from 8,000 to 16,000 and changing its name to AlliedBarton. There are three tracks: Security Officer’s EDGE, Manager’s EDGE and Leader’s EDGE. Whitmore was again made CEO.

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Your Brain on Learning

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Emotions strengthen memories, researchers at Duke University reported in a 2004 study, “Interaction between the amygdala and the medial temporal lobe memory system predicts better memory for emotional events.” Emotions are powerful, able to sabotage learning engagements or to enhance them.

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Why CLOs Should Invest in Early Education

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which launched its PNC Grow Up Great initiative in 2004 to help teach science, math, arts and financial education to young children. … An estimated rate of return (the return per dollar of cost) to the Perry Program [a longitudinal study tracking the success of low income preschool attendees] is in excess of 14 percent.”

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Leadership in the Great Acceleration

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In 2004, Blockbuster Video had 9,000 stores. They should involve all their people in creative problem-solving and change initiatives, and they should track experiments and celebrate both successes and failures as necessary parts of the process. Online video streaming is another example.