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Blog: The OptIn OnRamp

• Leadership Development Talent - Managing Your Internal Pipeline - The ISHR Group was interviewed for an article in last month’s HR Executive Magazine. In the article, entitled “Feeding the Pipeline,” Julie Cook Ramirez wrote that most companies stopped seriously investing in leadership development about a generation ago. She continued to write that these same companies tended to lay off many of the HR experts who had been involved in developing future leaders. Guess what? Much of that great talent is here at HR OptIn.


• Strategies for More Flexible Work Hours - HR professionals who are balancing busy work and lifestyles can find it hard to maintain a 40 hour work week or a work regimen that conforms to a standard 9-5 schedule. For a variety of reasons, more people not only prefer, but require a more flexible work schedule. A key challenge is finding the best way to arrange a a flexible schedule, including getting management consent. Here are a few strategies to adopt when asking for a flexible work schedule.


• Employers Report Decline in Benefits as a Piece of Payroll - The average total value of benefits as a percentage of payroll declined for the second straight year, according to a survey by the Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area.


• Convergence 2008 Highlighted Key Trends in Talent Management - Social networking and collaboration, integrated learning and talent management, and training the extended enterprise are today’s most important trends in workforce technology, according to today's HR thought leaders and exemplified by the delegates at Cornerstone OnDemand’s client and partner conference, Convergence 2008.


• Wall Street Journal Recognizes HR OptIn as Leading Resource for Comeback Careerists - A story in the April 9th, 2008 edition of the Wall Street Journal entitled "Reinventing Work After Time Away" takes an in-depth look at the national trends attracting "Comeback Careerists" and recognizes HR Optin for its specialized role placing human-resources executives in part-time or flexible comeback positions.


• The OnRamp and Exit Strategy - Having opted-in and built a successful enterprise, accomplished entrepreneurs face the prospect of opting-out someday when they are ready to sell their business and do other things. In a relevant study, researchers found that most small business owners don't have an exit strategy in place. The research offers terrific advice on how business on-rampers should think and act smarter about an eventual exit.


• HR Consulting Marketplace Continuing to Expand in 2008 - Demand for HR consulting will continue to expand into 2008, with each HR consulting subsegment experiencing increased activity from a variety of client markets according to Kennedy Information's Report "The HR Consulting Marketplace."


• When Weather Turns, Embrace Telecommuting Option - As treacherous winter storms paralyze the mobility of so many Americans across the country to safely navigate to a physical workplace, a more practical idea is being driven home. That idea is Telecommuting. Besides boosting productivity amidst the snarls and tie-ups of snow bound traffic, telecommuting could play a major role in America's energy future. Just look at the numbers.


• HROptIn Parent Gains National Recognition - In recognition of the economic power of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading multicultural Internet site, has named Incite Strategies, Inc., parent of HROptIn.com, one of the top ranked businesses in its home state.


• Dream It. Achieve It in 2008. - Your community organizer and editor has the honor of being quoted in the current issue of Pink Magazine on a subject that holds deep-seated meaning for me...right down to what psychologists describe as the unconscious level. The article is headlined, "Dream it. Achieve it. When it comes to their careers, more women let dreams be their guides." The fact is that dreams have always played a very powerful role in my life.