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How to Convince Employers to Pay for Professional Development

WBT Systems

According to the 2014 Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement survey of the Society for Human Resource Management, 40 percent of employees rated job-specific training as “very important” to their satisfaction, and 36 percent rated professional development the same way. Review the employee handbook. People leave managers, not jobs.

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How Much Do Your Employees Know About Their Benefits?

Associations Now

A new survey found many employees don’t read their employee handbooks. If it’s via a handbook, chances are a lot of your employees may not be getting all the information. According to MetLife’s 2014 “ U.S. Don’t simply rely on a handbook, for example. Here’s a look at how to better communicate benefits information.

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8 Award-Winning Success Stories from Super Forum 2018

Higher Logic

Included dynamic text, based on country, to include different messaging on how the ASHRAE handbook would be delivered. This is the first complete overhaul since their launch in 2014. Removed three membership grades when members become honorary, presidential, or lifetime. Say congrats on Twitter! Highlights.

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Inside An HR Overhaul

Associations Now

For her efforts, Cacciotti recently received the 2014 Judges’ Choice Benny Award from Employee Benefit News ( ebn ). year drop in employees’ overall health age, and a 15 percent increase in employee participation in NRA’s 401(k) plan. In an interview with the news site, she shared some insights into the overhaul.

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The Member-Termination Dilemma

Associations Now

And in early 2014, the New York Film Critics Circle made news when it kicked out a member who had heckled a director during its annual awards banquet. Jacobs wrote in the Handbook. You’ve got to do it fairly and you’ve got to do it consistently. .”

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Social Media Roundup: You Are What You Tweet

Associations Now

— Anya Kamenetz (@anya1anya) July 2, 2014. One example in today’s Social Media Roundup: What Goes Public Stays Public. I acknowledge my responsibility for not cultivating a stronger, more diverse network of sources. I'm trying every day. ” The same holds true for associations using social media.

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Members Win When Chapters and Associations Get Along

Associations Now

A story from Inman News in April [paywall] brought this to light: After the National Association of Realtors instituted a set of “core standards” for its local associations in 2014, several small or rural associations decided their only choices were to dissolve or merge with another nearby local Realtor association.