Staffing Problem Solver

"I have inherited an employee with a poor behavior record, but there is no paper trail. How can I fire him?" If you're a human resource professional or manager looking for fast, no-nonsense answers to tough questions like this one, you've come to the right place. This book provides you with road-tested solutions to more than 500 critical staffing problems, and you won't have to pore through pages of theory to find them. Inside, HRD specialist and widely acclaimed author, Marc Dorio gives you fingertip access to solutions that have been tested, proven, and implemented by companies throughout the country. That's over 500 ways to avoid trouble while enhancing your company's productivity, effectiveness, and image. This book should be on the desk of every businessperson who is responsible for employees, including human resource professionals and managers, executives, small business owners, department managers, and supervisors. Job Analysis and Job Description.

Recruitment Methods--In-House.

Recruitment Methods--Outsourced.

Interviewing.

Pre-Employment Testing.

Reference Checking.

Selection and Hiring.

New Employee Orientation.

Career Development.

Performance Appraisal.

Dismissal and Termination.

Downsizing and Restructuring.

Managing Part-Time Employees and Consultants.

Training.

Staffing Teams.

Management Development.

Index. About the author MARC DORIO, an experienced HRD consultant and author, is currently President of Dorio Associates, a Titusville, New Jersey-based human resource development firm. He has served as Vice President of McCooe and Associates and is the author of the widely acclaimed Personnel Manager's Desk Book. Mr. Dorio, who is listed in Who's Who in the East, 1993, received his MS in industrial/organizational psychology from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1979. The master desk reference for solving over 500 of today’s toughest staffing challenges Human resource development pros on the front line of accelerating organizational and workplace change face a career-making or breaking challenge—to lead their organizations toward the new paradigm of work force diversity, employee empowerment, and growth, while expertly managing the broad new array of staffing problems this ideal inevitably creates. Staffing Problem Solver for Human Resource Professionals and Managers helps you meet this challenge head-on. Page after page, it puts immediate, practical, and proven solutions to over 500 critical staffing problems right at your fingertips. In it, you’ll quickly find dependable, authoritative answers to all your questions about hiring, promoting, developing, and firing employees. And you’ll discover time- and costsaving guidance on today’s most cutting-edge HR issues, including legally sound termination, dismissal, downsizing practices, and strategies for managing part-time and temporary employees that have been proven in some of today’s most successful companies. Conveniently organized in a helpful question-and-answer format, Staffing Problem Solver for Human Resource Professionals and Managers speeds you to accurate, easy-to-implement solutions to your toughest staffing challenges. Discover how to:

• Design better job descriptions
• Comply with the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
• Streamline interviewing and testing practices
• Obtain and verify references
• Implement legally sound hiring and firing practices
• Enhance career development
• Cope with downsizing issues
• Manage part-time and off-premises employees

If you’re serious about solving—and preventing—costly personnel problems, Staffing Problem Solver is your first place to turn. It’s the essential off-the-shelf reference for HR professionals seeking to boost the effectiveness, productivity, and image of their organization. "I have inherited an employee with a poor behavior record, but there is no paper trail. How can I fire him?" If you’re a human resource professional or manager looking for fast, no-nonsense answers to tough questions like this one, you’ve come to the right place. This book provides you with road-tested solutions to more than 500 critical staffing problems, and you won’t have to pore through pages of theory to find them. Inside, HRD specialist and widely acclaimed author, Marc Dorio gives you fingertip access to solutions that have been tested, proven, and implemented by companies throughout the country. That’s over 500 ways to avoid trouble while enhancing your company’s productivity, effectiveness, and image. This book should be on the desk of every businessperson who is responsible for employees, including human resource professionals and managers, executives, small business owners, department managers, and supervisors.