Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Want to Win a Personalysis Assessment on November 1?


Tomorrow, at the Texas HR Pros' mixer at Sam's Place in Houston, attendees will receive a chance to win an assessment compliments of Personalysis.  Angela Stauder, a VP of Personalysis, has donated two assessments with consultation meetings which will enlighten you how to best work with and engage teams by better knowing your communication preferences and genuine style. 

The winners will love their session...because the report is all about you!  I took the assessment and was coached by Stauder, who is also a Texas HR Pros leader, and I discovered how to use my strengths to my advantage and how to influence teams.  The coaching session also can give you insight to manage your personal relationships as well.



Personalysis Report and Colorgraph | Personality Type Assessment | Personalyis, Houston, TX, USA


Personalysis is a proprietary personality assessment tool that provides you with insights into how people think, feel, deal with others, and cope under stress. Today’s corporate environment requires you to work closely with others to achieve organizational goals, yet the shortened time frames and greater geographical distances no longer allow you the luxury of “hit or miss” relationship building. This creates road blocks to productivity by making it difficult to understand and accommodate personality differences within the workplace.

You can take the guesswork out of understanding people and why they do what they do. The simple, 15-minute online questionnaire results in the Personalysis Report, a written personality interpretation, and the Personalysis Colorgraph, an easy-to-use graphical personality snapshot. The data—depicted as colors, shapes, and numbers—enables you to understand differences, grow, and manage others. The Colorgraph images displayed in your workplace serve as visual clues to help you and others stay on target.

By using our personality assessment tool, you can employ real-world solutions to overcome obstacles, accelerate teamwork, and create productive working relationships throughout your organization. By depicting behavior objectively and graphically, road blocks caused by style and personality differences are eliminated, and people are able to stay focused on achieving goals.

Join us on Facebook, Linked In, Twitter, YouTube or our Blog to receive valuable information on a variety of topics. Expand your working knowledge of being more effective with people—wisdom you can apply right now.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Make Plans for Thursday's Texas HR Pros' Mixer at Sam's Place


Texas HR Pros' Houston Mixer
5:00 – 8:00 PM
Sam's Boat/Sam's Place
5720 Richmond Avenue
Houston, TX 77057


OUR VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS:

Employment Screening with Precise Hire




 
 
 
 
 
PreciseHire is donating for a drawing to win a $500 in Free Background Checks (bring your business cards)!   PreciseHire is based in Dallas.  Contact Mark Lingo & Andrew Andersen, Principals at 866-773-5486 • www.precisehire.com.

HAPPY HOUR DRINK PRICES
(enjoy these drink prices but please have a designated driver available):
• $2.00 Well Drinks
• $3.00 Call Drinks
• $4.00 Premium Drinks
• $5.00 Super Premium Drinks

$.50 Hot Boiled Shrimp & Oysters on the ½ Shell from 5:00 – 7:00 PM.
Other great prices on sandwiches, Tex-Mex and other great menu items

Bring your HR buddies and anyone else who wants to network - or just wants to have a good time.

Never been to Sam’s Boat before? Map out the trip right here: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=5720+Richmond+Ave&city=Houston&state=TX&zipcode=77057

Next Houston mixers are scheduled for 1/31 and 3/28.

We hope to see you this Thursday!

Your hosts,
Eric Griesel & Marvin Martin

Monday, October 29, 2012

Red Cross Has a Helpful Blog Covering FrankenStorm

Did you know that American Red Cross has a resourceful blog?  Check it out here:   http://redcrosschat.org/.

If you and your employees can donate funds, blood (their blood drives were cancelled in the NE for obvious reasons), or items, contact your local chapter here.

The American Red Cross has a phone app that also notifies family members on several social media sites that you are okay.

Hurricane App


Be ready for severe weather with Hurricane by American Red Cross. Monitor conditions in your area or throughout the storm track, prepare your family and home, find help and let others know you are safe even if the power is out – a must have for anyone who lives in an area where a hurricane may strike or has loved ones who do.

From your mobile phone, call "**REDCROSS" (**73327677) and we will send you a link to download the app to your phone or you can download them directly from the iTunes or Google Play app stores.


Features
  • One touch “I’m safe” messaging that allows users to broadcast reassurance to family and friends via social media outlets that they are out of harm’s way
  • Location-based NOAA weather alerts for the United States and its territories users can share on social networks
  • Remote monitoring of personalized weather alerts where family and friends reside
  • Locations of open Red Cross shelters
  • Simple steps and checklists people can use to create a family emergency plan
  • Preloaded content that gives users instant access to critical action steps even without mobile connectivity
  • Toolkit with flashlight, strobe light and audible alarm
  • Badges users can earn through interactive quizzes and share on social networks

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Need Your Strategic Credits? G-Squared to the Rescue 11/8 and 11/9 with Discount

Exciting news from
G-Squared Business Management Services

The Strategic HR curriculum currently offered through my consulting practice has now been absorbed by University of Texas-Austin! This is a fantastic opportunity to expand my market reach and develop more specialized coursework, but it means this is my final opportunity to hold an independent workshop under my practice.

SO...if you've never taken my workshop, or you need strategic credits, or you just want to take advantage of a special farewell rate, this is the final opportunity of 2012 to take advantage of Texas HR Pros pricing on HRCI-approved strategic credit courses!
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Earn up to 16 strategic credits (8 for one day) while deeply enhancing your understanding of strategic HR principles! Content revised for 2012, so even if you took the workshop last year, you can take it again for full credit!  Register here:  http://www.g-squaredbms.com/workshops.html

Houston - November 8, 9

One-Day Discount: $75 off (code STRAT75) | Two-Day Discount: $150 off (code STRAT150)

Even if you can't take advantage of this opportunity, let someone else know!

I'm very excited to partner with University of Texas-Austin, but I will remain actively connected to Texas HR Pros!

Olive Gatling
G-Squared BMS

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Halloween Special for Practice PHR/SPHR Exams by HR Review

Submitted by: Shalanda H.

HRReview Announces Special Halloween Sale On PHR and SPHR Practice Exams

PHR/SPHR Practice Exams

Special Halloween Sale: Buy Once. Get Unlimited Access.
 
Buy the practice exam once, get unlimited access to both the PHR and SPHR practice exams!
 
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What Does This Mean?
We usually charge $49 for every time you want to take either the PHR or SPHR practice exam. Now, for a limited time only, you pay just $49 and you can take BOTH the PHR and the SPHR practice exams as many times as you want!


Why Would We Do This?
The HR Certification Exam can be SCARY! HRReview wants YOU to pass. And we want to make it as easy and affordable for you to prepare for your HR Certification Exam as possible. That is why we are offering this special deal! Offer ends at Midnight on Halloween!


How Does This Work?
After you purchase the exam here, you will receive an email with instructions to access your practice exams. The email will include a special code that is unique to you. This code will allow you take both the PHR and SPHR practice exams as often as you want for free. The code will expire on January 31, 2013.


Product Details:

If you are ready for a solution to the human resource certification test taking jitters, these HRReview practice exams are your affordable answer to successfully passing the PHR and SPHR exams.
These practice exams will help you in assessing your knowledge and "readiness" to sit for the PHR and SPHR exam. Each 125 question exam is unique (just like the "real deal") and pulls from a bank of over 800 possible practice questions.

The Professional and Senior Professional in Human Resources (PHR and SPHR®) exams assess generalist knowledge of the HR field, including strategic management, workforce planning and employment, HR development, compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, and occupational health, safety and security.

The questions, answers, and explanations in the HRReview online practice tests are copyrighted and may not, in whole or in part, be printed, copied, shared, or reproduced by any means for any reason without prior written consent of HRReview. Your purchasing of HRReview online exams indicates your acknowledgment of and agreement to these terms.

Please review the answer explanation carefully as you take the assessment as they will not be summarized at the end of the exam.




Friday, October 26, 2012

People on the Move

Need to post a Professional Recognition, New Hire, Promotion or Board of Directors change?
 
Where to post:

Why public announcements are a good practice:

Making Great Announcements

When do you use the newspaper for publishing announcements for promotions or new partnerships?

Adding an announcement to a newspaper will only bring further recognition to your business. You should always send items such as the hiring of a new employee, the announcement of a new contract, the change of location or any other item that you would like the world to know. Announcements are a way for you to communicate to the rest of the business community that you are a company on the move. You must find the right locations to place your announcements and you should have a list of the local, regional and national media that has a calendar, or section that places these announcements.

Announcements will get your face in the paper or other media. It is a good first step but there are many other ways that you can take advantage of the press. They are always looking for other items of interest. Turn you announcements into a real interest story and make it unique to you and your business.
 
Read full article here:  Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/30912

Thursday, October 25, 2012

LinkedIn 101 Enlightenment by HR and Social Media Expert Susan Kubiak

Ever wonder how top-notch recruiters use LinkedIn to find ideal candidates? Well today, at Second Baptist Church in Houston, an auditorium full of job seekers gathered for Career Connections' second annual LinkedIn 101 training to become enlightened. Career Connections, a job ministry of Second Baptist Church, conducts job training seminars for Houstonians throughout the year.
Susan Kubiak, MBA and Marvin Martin, SPHR enlightening job seekers

Susan Kubiak of Performance Search Group, a division of Career Partners International, led the training with LinkedIn's history, growth, and facts. Kubiak is an expert in the field of social media and has also taught LinkedIn recruitment tips to HR professionals at other organizations.

Kubiak shared profile optimization tips from recruiters' eyes. She stressed the importance of placing key words in the "Summary" and "Specialties" sections, so recruiters can find candidates with those particular skills when they use the "Advanced Search" feature in LinkedIn. She also covered the value of joining LinkedIn groups to network and see the "Job Discussions" tab.

Texas HR Pro's Houston leader, Marvin Martin, was instrumental in setting up and cross marketing the event across several LinkedIn Groups. Martin invited Texas HR Pros' class for professionals in transition, the Career Connections' members, and other job ministries to the event. Martin also has a recruitment background and is an industrious social media user.


LinkedIn 201 Training at Woodway Village at Second Baptist
Kubiak's next training will be LinkedIn 201 on Thursday, November 1, from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, at Second Baptist Church. This class is also a complimentary training, and there is no need to register.

We thank Kubiak and Martin for their volunteerism in guiding Houstonians to thrive and find their future jobs.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Free HR Templates on HR.com

HR.COM - The Human Resources Social Network




Need an Inventions and Proprietary Information Agreement?  Well, HR.com has 80 templates, ready for you to download.  Here are some of the featured forms and templates available to all site visitors:

Vacation Request Template
Interview Questions - Sales Coordinator
Internal Job Posting
Sample Reference Letter - Poor Performance
Candidate Evaluation Form
Compliance Posters

These are just templates, so have your in-house attorney review your draft of a policy before posting or updating your handbook.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Need HRCI Credits? Don't Forget HR.com's Free Webinars


TUNE IN. PLUG IN. LOG IN....HR education at work, at home and on the go. You may be interested in some of these upcoming 60 minute webcasts. Stay on top of the latest HR practices, technologies, and trends.
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October 25, 2012 at 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
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October 25, 2012 at 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
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October 30, 2012 at 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
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October 30, 2012 at 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
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November 1, 2012 at 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
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November 1, 2012 at 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
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November 8, 2012 at 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET
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November 13, 2012 at 11:00 - 12:00 PM ET
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