“Privacy. There seems to be no legal issue today that cuts so wide a swath through conflicts confronting American society: from AIDS tests to wiretaps, polygraph test to computerized data bases, the common denominator has been whether the right to privacy outweighs other concerns of society ” This quote from Robert Ellis Smith explains, in one sentence, the absolute need to ensure privacy in the workplace. One of the most interesting, yet controversial, areas concerning public personnel is employee privacy. What limits are there to employers intrusions into, and control over, employees behaviors and personal properties .

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Three cultural issues that exist in the workplace can be music, religion, and ethics. Each of these issues can have a major effect on the workplace environment and the production of the workflow. Music may increase or slowdown the workflow of many companies. Most warehouse jobs allow employees to listen to music during work hours. Most people say that they work much better when they have music playing in the background while they do their work. If this is the case, then employees should be allowed to play their favorite types of music while they work so they are in a more relaxed working environment. This can often lead to horseplay and laziness.

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In recent years the corporate workforce has become more diversified in gender, race, ethnicity and sexual orientation. As a consequence the workforce at most major corporations is now more reflective of the general population than it was in the past. Yet the issue of diversity in the workplace is often not addressed or, in some cases, overlooked by management. Of particular interest is the management of interpersonal relationships of both heterosexual and homosexual employees in the workplace.

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Workplace and violence are two words that until recently were never associated with one another. Yet when these words come together they strike terror in the lives of the people that are affected by them. Workplace, when we think of this word we think of a safe environment where we go to make to our lives better, a place to make careers for ourselves. The workplace is supposed to provide security for our families and to help to one day achieve the goal of financial freedom. Violence, when we hear this word images pop up in our head like the Jerry Springer Show, the Oklahoma City Bombing, or the latest act of violence to shock our nation the massacre of the high school in Colorado. These images are stuck in our minds forever; the shear horror of these acts puts us back into perspective of reality. Violence is a very real almost unpredictable event that can strike anywhere at anytime. It is the driving force that plagues our workplace as we speak.

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There is a new trend developing in the recruiting of high-tech employees. Due to the competitive nature of the business, companies are looking for new ways to recruit individuals that not only have the business and technical knowledge required to perform a specific job, but they are also looking for candidates that fit well into the corporate culture of the organization. Tech Planet is one such high-tech firm that is using this new approach to recruiting. Instead of the normal first round job interview, applicants at Tech Planet sit down to an informal meal with employees. The goal is to socialize with the employees to determine whether the applicants belong in the organization. After the initial meal, employees vote on which candidates will be invited back for the next round.

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On-line recruiting is the process of attracting and hiring applicants for positions within an organization through use of the internet. In this paper I will assess an on-line recruitment service, identify the advantages and disadvantages of this vehicle as a recruiting technique for an organization, evaluate the pros and cons of dealing with virtual resumes, and develop criteria an organization can use for selecting an on-line recruiting service.

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As of this week, I am now part of American Biz, Inc. They are a company that buys and sells business, seeks investors for business opportunities, builds and sells computers, and web design. We have a new office at NE 32nd Street and A1A.

One of my first projects that I am heading up is the re-design of Dirty South Radio. The site is getting tons of traffic and is not even optimized. Its current success is on popularity alone, and we plan on taking full advantage of this traffic to make money off of it. We are also in the process of creating a new blog and a separate store front to sell his t-shirts.

My personal web site will remain as the main marketing vehicle to promote American Biz products and services. Stay tuned for more updates.

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As you may already know Shally Steckl has been hard at work significantly improved his website, JobMachine. They are constantly adding new information on a daily bases. JobMachine has an extensive library of resources is available without a prescription (or a subscription).  Your credit card doesn’t need to get jealous, or even know that you are cheating on it by getting this stuff at no cost! Check out these beefy topics:

- A review of 2007 Recruiting Conferences:
  http://jobmachine.net/node/451

- Do you blog? Here are some valuable resources:
  http://jobmachine.net/bloggresources

- Get the most out of LinkedIn:
  http://jobmachine.net/sourcer/communities/linkedin

- Sourcing News:
  http://jobmachine.net/sourcer/sourcing_intelligence

- International Staffing Perspectives:
  http://jobmachine.net/sourcer/global_staffing

- Webinars and articles you can download at no cost:
  http://jobmachine.net/press

- Sourcing tip of the day:
  http://jobmachine.net/taxonomy/term/2
  (It has an RSS feed http://jobmachine.net/taxonomy/term/2/0/feed)

- Major recruiting conferences and associations:
  http://jobmachine.net/sourcer/recruiting_industry_resources 
  (if you have one you want me to add please drop me a note!)

UPCOMING EVENT

Jamsession and Master Class http://jobmachine.net/jamsession-03-05-2008 On March 5th in Sunnyvale, CA, Shally will be conducting a “first of its kind” Jam Session and Masterclass where he will reveal many of my best kept sourcing secrets. What is that all about you ask? Well, forget about complex searches that take months to master and days to execute. He’ll will attempt to demystify the Boolean search techniques and break them down for you with clear and simple explanations so you can utilize search engine commands to get instant results. During this master-level class you will learn techniques that allow you to unlock traditional sources so you can get deeper and faster results than ever before.

RECENT WEBINAR RECORDINGS

Super Sourcing Search Strings
http://jobmachine.net/broadlookdiverwebinar
Shally believes this is the best webinar he has done so far! Check it out. You can get the event with full video and audio on DVD, along with all the search strings. He goes through, step-by-step how to construct a great search string, fine tune it, and plug it all into Diver to instantly export all your results to a spreadsheet.

Guru’s Guide to Sourcing on LinkedIn
http://jobmachine.net/linkedinwebinar
Out highly acclaimed advanced LinkedIn class was also recorded in full audio/video. They covered in-depth search techniques and hacks to get the most from your LinkedIn sourcing and work around some of LinkedIn’s built in limitations.

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I race in a circle,
Always to the right.
From Zero to Sixty,
In the blink of an eye.
I rarely stop,
Save for a wind or a juice.
Reliable I am,
Reliant are you.

Check Braingle.com for the answer.

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With Valentine’s Day this is usually the time when desparation sets in. Guy’s come out of the wordworks with some of the cheesiest pick up lines. Women be on alert. Here are 19 of the cheesiest christian pick up lines that you would ever hear.

1. Is your name Grace, because your irresistable.
2. Why yes. I’ve written 4 of the 5 love languages
3. Is this pew taken?
4. I just don’t feel called to celebacy
5. For you I would slay two Goliath’s
6. You are so unblemished I would sacrifice you
7. I didn’t believe in pre-destination until tonight.
8. I believe you have one of my ribs
9. Are we on the mound of transfiguration, because your glowing
10. I have a job
11. Would you like to join me, I have standing reservations at the rot
12. Solomon had 700 wives because he never met you
13. You put the qute in persecution
14. How would you like to join my purpose driven life
15. Before I come any closer, let me take my sandles off because you are holy ground
16. Why yes, I do play the guitar. (only freshman girls would fall for this one)
17. Yeah, I have a bible verse tatoo. It’s in Greek.
18. I would lead 99 sheep to come find you
19. Dwayne Carson said we’re a perfect pair

If you are a guy, here are five that are guaranteed to get you slapped

1. All I’m looking for is a Godly woman, it doesn’t matter that you’re not attractive
2. Have you died before, because that’s a resurrection body
3. You make the Queen of Sheeba look like a crack ho
4. Do you need a prayer because I’m certainly willing to lay my hands on you
5. Not even worth mentioning because it involves two doves. seriously.

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