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Staffing and hiring is one of the most challenging jobs of a manager, and likely one of the most important. One of the most sought after management solutions is an answer to the problem of choosing the right person for each open position, to increase productivity and reduce employee turnover. This is a complex problem that plagues many companies and finding an answer is critical to the company's growth and development. Before beginning to review applications or resumes, or even to advertise an available position, outline your perfect candidate and create a list of benchmarks. These will be the standards that you compare your candidates against and will help you to decide which people will be the...

SumTotal® Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUMT) announced that Tencent, a leading China-based Internet and telecom value-added service provider, will use SumTotal's talent management software to transform e-learning capabilities for Tencent’s 3,000 employees. Tencent, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (0700.HK), hosts Asia's number one – and the world’s third most popular – instant messaging service, with over 270 million Chinese users on its QQ messaging service platform. To date, Tencent has purchased SumTotal's TotalLMS™ – a learning management system (LMS), which delivers and tracks education via the Internet -- as well as ToolBook®, which is SumTotal’s solution for developing...

-- End Ad Box ---> Do you gamble with your marketing dollar? Do you invest it wisely and expect a return? These simple questions still throw people off and many feel the need to justify and explain why they can't. The usual excuses are "you don't understand what we do," "it can't be measured," it's all about long-term branding," etc., such answer could easily constitute a book of excuses in itself. The situation is simple, you must expect positive returns from your marketing, it's not a gamble. Hope has nothing to do with it. Marketing is a risk Every marketing strategy or tactic you implement has the potential to bring in returns or help you close shop. Either, way it's your choice. Risk, in a...

Date: 06/22/2009 By: uCertify - uCertify Team Titled: Oracle Database SQL Expert 1Z0-047-Certification Introduction: “Oracle Corporation” is the largest and most trusted upon enterprise software company in the whole world. Oracle, being the most secure, protective, maintained, reliable and operational database, have become one of the largest sold and used database. It is economical and easy to maintain. Almost all big organizations use Oracle to keep their records because of its excellent performance and comprehensiveness. It offers a powerful combination of technology as well. Oracle comes with upgraded versions that are better than the earlier ones; therefore, there will always be growth in...

ign="center"> CISSP or Certified Information Systems Security Professional exams are an area that has seen exponential growth over the last couple of years. Several websites purport to offer services relating to helping individuals by offering CISSP exam and certification resources but they tend to charge large fees, which in the current financial climate can make the costs difficult for many to find. However a leading website that is at the forefront of the CISSP practice market is offering a wealth of resources at a cost effective price. That website is This leading informative resource provides a wealth of member benefits that are aimed at helping the individual to pass the CISSP exam. The...

This article provides useful, detailed information about Business Process Management Systems. An organized enterprise does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it is dependent on its external environment. It is a part of larger systems such as the industry it belongs to, the economic system and society. Thus, the enterprise receives inputs, transforms them and exports the outputs to the environment. Clearly, an open-system model that includes interactions between the enterprise and its external environment describes any business or organization. The inputs from the external environment may include people, capital and managerial skills, as well as technical knowledge and skills. In addition, various groups...

Data integration is defined by the process of weaving and managing client and customer information from all data points. These points can be legacy data systems, web services or even text files. Much of the information contains customer details, valuation collections, direct marketing schemas and others. Minimizing the risk of corrupting data with integration requires some thought and planning. Most importantly you must arrive at some kind of integration strategy that not only provides accurate data interchange, but one that minimizes system downtime. The process, when done properly can help public and private sector companies and organizations leverage their information data store. Being able to...

Lead analytics is the science of the analyzing lead capturing, tracking, management, allied practices. More importantly, lead analytics can help a business reach optimal potential of their lead practices through the understanding and utilization of such a science. Learning and understanding how the process of lead capturing and management works will help your business implement better lead practices that will result in a higher rate of success through conversions and sales. The basics of analysis function can be broken down into the following three major areas: Capturing Lead capture is the practice of a business generating its own leads. Lead capturing can be done through lead generation websites...

The cash-on-cash return (or equity dividend rate) is a percentage that measures the return on actual cash invested in an income-producing property. It is one of the most widely used rates of return to measure an income property's financial performance for the first year of ownership. Many real estate investors base their investment decision on this return because it provides them with a "quick and easy way" to compare the overall profitability of multiple investments. In this article, we will take a closer look at this return metric and show exactly how it's calculated. Let's get started. The cash-on-cash return is calculated by dividing the before-tax cash flow by the amount of cash invested (or...

The Cash-on-Cash Return is a measure of an income producing property's interest rate return on invested equity. The ratio is derived by taking the annual net cash flow (i.e., the cash flow available to the investors) divided by the equity invested. Cash-on-Cash Return = Net Cash Flow / Invested Equity There are four types of cash-on-cash return: Leveraged, Unleveraged, Before Tax and After Tax. Consider the following examples: Example 1: Suppose an investor purchases a property for $10,000,000 with an equity investment of 25% - $2,500,000. At the end of the first year, the available cash to be distributed to the investor is $200,000. The leveraged, before tax cash-on-cash return would be: $200,000...

Hertzler Systems has been a leader in Statistical Process Control, SPC Software and Six Sigma for over twenty years, and serves a diverse customer base in service, transactional and manufacturing environments; clients include BAE Systems, Crown Audio, IDEX Corporation, McCormick & Company, Inc., Hormel Foods Corporation, Titleist & Footjoy, IDEX Corporation, and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Worldwide. The company's software and services enable clients to connect, collect, and analyze data; building a data infrastructure for making data-driven decisions. These capabilities help clients to reduce costs, cycle time and errors, and increase profitability. Hertzler Systems Inc., a leading provider of...

Every business acknowledges the strategy of improving its online sales by catering to a specific targeted audience. It is, indeed, one of the most strong and efficient business strategies of used to boost your online business, and is termed as niche marketing. However, first let me explain what exactly a niche market means. It is a process of making business by hunting smaller segments of bigger markets. Through this, a can be swiftly promoted to uniquely serve a targeted and reliable customer base, offer the affiliate a small, regular income flow.  Targeting your most potential group is quite a treacherous deal of work. The entire process includes a number of steps to evaluate the kinds of people...

One of the great things about doing business online is that you can measure almost everything, all the way down to what one person does on your website. It's being able to follow a customer around a store and track their every action. Your web statistics provide you with the information that you need to test and measure your website's performance. These are details that can tell you everything from how many people visit your site, to when they visit your site, where they come from, and what they do when they get to your site. You can find all of the statistics that you need if you know what to look for. Here is a brief glossary of the main terms that you'll need to know in order to measure your site...

There are a number of different genres that offer streaming videos.  There are adult websites, kid websites, superhero websites, sports websites and movie websites, all which hinge at least partly on the streaming video that they are able to offer the individuals that will view the websites.  Streaming video is very good at capturing peoples’ attention.  This is important to many people since they want to be entertained when they learn about things, or simply entertained in general.  Many people are much better at absorbing information visually then through reading, analyzing or interpreting.  In some ways, this is why watching television is so important to many different people.  They are...

Sooner or later, almost every mattress ends up with a stain. While it's true that only the person who changes the bed will see whether or not the mattress is stained, ignoring the stain won't make it go away. You can learn how to clean mattress stains using either commercial products or things you probably have in your kitchen. After any stain removal, place a dryer sheet on the mattress before covering it with the bottom sheet to neutralize any odors and keep it smelling fresh. Here are some techniques for how to clean mattress stains of various types. General mattress cleaning For stains of an unknown nature, spray a citrus based cleaning product on the soiled area and let it stand for...

There are many low cost and free content management systems (CMS's). You can also commission the building of your own if you have the money. Whichever path you choose your first task is to ensure the website conforms to the accepted industry standards in terms of its construction. Good code is a good plan and it's just as easy to do it right as it is to do it wrong. The same goes for SEO. You should ensure for example: - Each page allows for Search Engine Friendly (human readable) URL's. You should be able to manipulate these. - Each page has a unique title tag. Again you need to be able to manipulate these on a per page basis. Keywords in title tags are VERY useful. - Each page allows for...

The World Wide Web is home to a number of different types of websites.  Virtually anything that someone is interested in can be found on a website, and there are a number of ways in which this information can be presented or displayed.  Some individuals may be looking for websites that display a specific type of information, in the medium of video.  Streaming video is a great form of video simply because it is very convenient and efficient for many people that are interested in seeing these videos.  They take less time to begin playing than downloadable videos and they are easily located by the individual, since they simply have to go to a website and they do not need to be located in any...

There are a number of different types of streaming video players.  In order to determine the best streaming video players, we would need to look at the different qualities and characteristics of each of the video players.  In many cases, individuals may not realize that streaming video does not just exist on the internet.  To be honest, a lot of us have been using streaming video almost all of our lives.  This is because the television and the television stations and channels will connect to the television set, and play a video that is being constantly transmitted from the station or channel tower. Television is one of the most popular types of streaming video, but it does not use a streaming...

With the internet came a new concept, which is referred to as streaming video.  This seems like a very general term, and many people may not be aware of what the term actually means.  When used on the internet, “streaming” means that a product is being sent from one place to another on a time frame.  Streaming video is a video clip or movie that is being sent over real time from one place to another.  This is a movie that is being constantly supplied to the individuals requesting the video.  The method of the material being transferred is known as streaming, and this is not the medium that is being used.  For example, there is streaming video and streaming audio.  Audio and video are the...

ign="center"> is one of the many review sites that are proliferating on the net. It offers reviews on online businesses and various internet opportunities. The site tries to help those individuals who are looking for an alternate means of source of income. The owner of the site does not really have firsthand experience on all of these online businesses, he just tries to provide reviews based on his experiences to those who are interested. wants to educate beginners and other interested individuals on how to make the most out of the internet opportunities that are vastly available online. The site provides an educational environment that will cater to the needs of individuals who are interested in...

Have a question on how to download video from Revver site? After some search through Google, I find that there are indeed many easy ways to download Revver video, record Revver video, save Revver video, or download any of your favorite video clips from internet. Streaming Video Recorder is a handy tool to help you record online streaming video from all popular online video websites. If you want to download Revver videos, please have a try with this software.  It records videos with fast speed and excellent output quality. And a built-in video converter can help you download Revver video and save Revver video in various video formats for playback on your iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc. Here is a short but...

Tempurpedic Mattresses, generically known as Memory Foam, are becoming mainstream items. Even so, with all the different options and prices of foam on the market, the consumer should know about the major differences between these products prior to paying a major amount of money for a bed they will be sleeping on for many years. I've personally tried out a memory foam mattress and pillow set, and can honestly express enthusiasm for this product. It adapts to the contours of the body significantly better than an innerspring mattress. In any case, I personally cannot personally recommend a specific brand because every sleeper has different preferences due to weight and sleeping habits. The best thing...

Marketers face some tough choices in these challenging economic times. How much of their budgets should they devote to new advertising options such as social media? Is this a time to cut back on marketing budgets, or should marketers spend more to compete for scarce consumer dollars? A recent marketing survey conducted by Adweek provides some useful insights into what experts in the field are thinking and doing right now. Participants were given a menu of responses to the question, "How will the economic downturn most affect advertising?" The response chosen most often (by 30% of participants) was that marketers will "use better targeted ads to improve return on investment." A smaller number (22...

Savvy managers realize that employees are a vital source of information about what’s working well in the business and what needs to be improved. A growing number of businesses are using employee satisfaction surveys to identify both problems and opportunities. Surveys can also give managers useful ideas about how to improve the job satisfaction of employees and boost employee morale. Human resource surveys can be valuable any time, but they are especially worthwhile when: - A business is growing rapidly and job responsibilities are frequently changing. - A business is experiencing a high employee turnover rate, which may be a sign of employee dissatisfaction. - A business is plagued by excessive...

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Anyone who wants to do online surveys or market research online should be curious about who actually uses the Internet. Although usage patterns are constantly changing, it is still possible to create a fairly clear profile of Internet users. Who Uses the Internet?In 2008, Asia accounted for the largest number of Internet users, followed by Europe and then North America. ( As a percentage of the population, North America leads the world, with almost 75% of the population having access to the Internet and the basic skills needed to use it. In the U.S., women account for slightly more than half of Internet users (51%). In terms of ethnic background, the numbers are generally in line with the population...

Outdoor accent lights can magnify any structure or exterior landscape element with supplemental white light or subtle shades of primary colors. Outdoor accent lighting fixtures are often much smaller and less obtrusive than standard site lights, and most are low voltage fixtures intended to remain on throughout the night without costing your client a fortune in electrical usage. There are hundreds of accent lights you can use for outdoor decor, and countless places throughout your client's property where they can be installed. Accent Building Lighting Most commercial buildings have something unique about their architecture that you can capitalize upon to differentiate them from surrounding buildings...

While solid product knowledge and advanced consultative selling skills can deliver increased revenue, they will not deliver industry leading sales results. Industry leadership comes when real business acumen is added to the mix and you become a trusted advisor as opposed to merely acting as one. For your company to maintain or achieve industry leadership your sales force must be fluent in three areas: 1. Product/Service Expertise 2. Consultative Selling Skills 3. Business Acumen We call these three areas the Sales Skill Progression. Over the last few years we have seen a marked shift in the way companies sell their products and services. It used to be that, armed with good products and services and...

Employees should be encouraged to work together and communicate in team building activities, however a little healthy competition is proven to be extremely beneficial towards stimulating and motivating the individual. It’s the Catch 22 of the corporate world, and proves to throw a curb ball into the mix when you are trying to plan a team building event. The Healthy Balance of Competition In Team Building Competition should be a part of any good team's life. Competing against other companies, teams or organisations that have similar goals is the best way to get ahead, and often brutal tactics may be called upon to do so. We are not too different from our animal counterparts who fight ruthlessly...

ign="center"> Can't understand Chinese and you can't remember your basic school French? No problem, you'll have no trouble understanding traders around the world once you've got your head around Incoterms. If you've ever wondered about those 3 letter abbreviations - FPB, CIF Manchester,FAS Mumbai - then continue reading. Incoterms are used by import-export traders globally to specify the terms of their sales contracts, so it would be worth your while understanding what they mean. Traders the world over find that communicating with each other is made much easier once Incoterms (International Commercial Terms) are used. So that buyers and sellers can work out exactly what their costs and...

Often, the front office is the "hot seat" for dealing with difficult patients. Some of us are better at handling these situations than others. Be aware of the members of your staff who are adept at dealing with angry, defensive, or just plain rude people. They can be an asset on a busy day! When dealing with difficult patients yourself, here are a few tips to keep in mind. 1.  Listen. Be patient. Take the time to answer all their questions, hear all of their complaints, and acknowledge how they are feeling. You may find that the source of the problem is not what you expected. They may be concerned about what their insurance will actually cover, or they may have misunderstood something the doctor...

Past due accounts receivables are a constant problem with many businesses especially during any economic down turn. Sometimes the time and effort to get paid will exceed that needed to make your business grow and function efficiently. This makes an efficient system of contacting your past due accounts very important. There are basically four stages of debt recovery that are employed by businesses. Initially a business that has past due account receivables will use its own resources to contact the customer. In most cases this is done with debt collection letters. Normally the first collection letter is sent out within 15 days after an account is past due. This is normally a gentle reminder that the...

As a business owner or employer, you have a legal responsibility to the people who work for you. If an employee is injured at work, there could be considerable costs. Workplace law and employer responsibilities vary from state to state and country to country, but an all states (except Texas) employers are required to purchase workers' compensation insurance for employees. Even in Texas it is advantageous to purchase the coverage because in most cases if an employee receives workers' compensation, they cannot sue the employer. It is said that workers' compensation is a "bar" to civil lawsuits against the employer.     Workers' compensation is also called employers' liability. It used to be called...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Technology has evolved and changed the lifestyle but under the surface of all technological advancement lies certain common principles in existence with nature, take for example Newton 3 laws of motion. I defined these principles as naturalistic principles, which is a set of principles that are inherent in nature and therefore is applicable timelessly. Newton did not create the law, he mereby observe, test and document it for classical mechanics.   Law of nature is also frequently referred to the use of reason to analyze human nature and deduce binding rules of moral behavior. In a similar context, Sun Tzu focuses on deriving the...

There can be many kind of cement plant but first let us know the definition of cement plant - A general definition for a cement plant is A integrated facility that prepares the raw mix, feeds it to the pyro-processing system (kiln), and then grinds the clinker from the kiln system into various cement products. Cement is transport or shipped by road, rail or barge to customers, or to regional terminals for customer pick-up. Finished cement is stored on site in large silos or bagged. Most cement plants have quarries located nearby to supply the limestone and other raw materials. Type of cement Plant – • VSK Cement Plant • Portland cement Plant • Clinker Cement Plant • Rotary Kiln Plant...

There are two key aspects to consider in a business balance sheet, how efficiently it is funded ("Funding") and how efficiently it is operated ("Operations"). Both are important but separate parts of a business; the bank overdraft is part of funding. Changes to funding arrangements do not impact on operating performance. Traditionally accounting balance sheets are arranged into Assets, Liabilities and Equity in accordance with the balance sheet equation i.e. Assets = Liabilities + Equity. With a two column format, Assets are in the left column and Liabilities and Equity on the right. In a traditional balance sheet Current Assets may contain "cash at bank" and Current Liabilities may contain entries...

If you haven't been sewing that long, and you've never had any experience with zippers, don't think you can't replace one - you absolutely can! In fact, it's much easier to replace a zipper than to install one for the first time. That's because the previous stitching marks are there, allowing you to easily see where to stitch, and the raw edges have already been pressed down. Go gather up all those clothing items that have broken zippers; you've got work to do! The type of zipper you purchase is very important. Ordinary dress zippers don't separate completely. That is, the bottom of these types of zippers have a metal piece which prevents the zipper pull from being taken completely off the zipper...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } EM { font-style: normal; font-weight: bold } --> Leadership Models and Theories The rapid development in technology and globalization has opened the floodgate. Global economic dynamics has shifted from knowledge- driven to innovation-driven. To survive in the new economy, companies must not only innovate and also adapt rapidly to the changing trends and development. It is important for all the management executives and business leaders who want to make a mark in this ever competitive business world to think strategically. Over the past decades, there has been a slew of new leadership models and theories, which includes situational...

On July 31, California's Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) filed a proposal with the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to amend the state's heat illness prevention regulations, which follows the July 16 request by Governor Schwarzenegger to strengthen and improve the standards to protect outdoor workers from the hot summer sun.   Besides, the state budget just signed has authorized the spending of $1.5 million to expand upon the efforts already in place to educate workers and employers about the necessity of heat illness prevention. This was the expanding outreach to train outdoor workers and employers, and will help to...

Online surveys are giving marketing professionals dynamic tools to help measure, analyze, and grow their business. The latest Internet survey software provides valuable insights into how customers make decisions. It helps businesses make smarter choices about the four "P's" that determine success in the marketplace: product, price, placement, and promotion. New Product Surveys: Design, Test, Design Savvy business owners know that marketing should begin long before their products hit the stores. Marketing should begin with the product itself, and with an in-depth understanding customer's needs and preferences. Powerful new questionnaire software gives businesses a revealing glimpse into the minds of...

> What is a Price Wave? In simplest terms, a Price Wave is a simple symmetrical oscillation or fluctuation that moves from peak to trough and back again indefinitely. Just one interval of this wave (from top to bottom back to top again) is called a 'cycle'. All freely traded markets are made up of these Price Waves. That is the common element of all markets. It is theorized that all price movements of all stocks and commodities consist of the same type and number of these price waves providing a degree of predictability of when the market is going to reverse. Once you have come to understand these price waves you will gain a better understanding of how they produce the resultant peaks and troughs...

> This article discusses HR Analytics. It also gives an insight to the Ethical Issues Surrounding HR Analytics as well as the Positive and Negative Effects of conducting HR Analytics. HR Analytics is the process of reviewing the performance of a Company's workforce. This process results in a listing of the company's general strengths and weaknesses as well as each individual employee's abilities. There are a lot of issues that surround HR analysis. Most of these issues stem from the fact that HR analytics reports on a numerical plane. People and humanitarian advocates have complains saying that it is unethical to reduce a person's overall performance into a mere set of numbers. HR Analysis also has...

ment Tool A carpenter uses a set of house plans to build a house. If he didn’t the bathroom might get overlooked altogether. Rocket Scientists would never begin construction on a new booster rocket without a detailed set of design specifications. Yet most of us go blindly out into the world without an inkling of an idea about finances and without any plan at all.Not very smart of us, is it? A money plan is called a budget and it is crucial to get us to our desired financial goals.Without a plan we will drift without direction and end up marooned on a distant financial reef. If you have a spouse or a significant other, you should make this budget together. Sit down and figure out what your...

When business owners discover that a better database design gives them greater voice in embedding their desired business rules into their application software also find out that this approach contributes significantly to cost savings - their interests are spurred into an accelerated project acceptance mode. This truism comes to fruition quickly. Because when a development team begins their requirements analysis with tables and record layouts that portray the business owner's needs in terms they can more readily work with, they reveal a more accurate picture of the end product. This in turn tends to contribute to the developer's ease of picturing the outcome and therefore spends less time in wrong...

> Winning Praise given by Gehring in Michigan for Engineer-to-Order Enterprise Encompix implementation process Established in 1976, Gehring L.P. launched its North American operations in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The 50,000 square foot facility provides a full service machine tool operation, engineering and assembly of custom precision honing machines, comprehensive research and development services, contract honing services, tooling re-work services, a highly skilled team of service technicians, spare parts and in-house manufacturing of super-abrasives by another Gehring Group member, Diato L.P. After a six-month implementation Gehring L.P. went live on Encompix, the...

ent ETO Institute Expert Profiles Michigan’s Orbitform President Mike Shirkey. In the increasingly competitive world of engineer-to-order and project-based manufacturing, companies have to operate at maximum efficiency to compete with not only domestic, but also the growing number of overseas competitors. The companies that will thrive in this environment are those that are continually looking for improvement. One such company is Encompix customer Orbitform. Located in Jackson, Michigan, Orbitform manufactures precision orbital forming and impact riveting equipment for a wide range of industries and applications. With over 20 years' industry experience, Orbitform...

> ENERFAB in Ohio Praises Encompix Engineer-to-Order for a three-month implementation, instead of a lengthy drawn out process. ENERFAB is a leading process solution firm with design and build capabilities serving the process industries including chemical, food and beverage, mining, pharmaceutical, power generation, and pulp and paper. After a three-month implementation, ENERFAB went live with Encompix, the nation’s leading ETO (Engineer-to-Order) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) System. Moving from a "green screen" system to Encompix was a big change for the Sharonville, Ohio, firm. "We were very impressed with the inventory and purchasing functionality and by...

Enterprise Resource Planning Database Workshop for Engineer-to-Order Manufacturers Encompix is pleased to announce a new education class, the Database Tune-up Workshop. This technical workshop focuses on the needs of the person responsible for database administration. This one-day workshop is conducted on-site and can be tailored to address your specific needs. The instructor for this workshop is Matt Alvord, Encompix's technical expert. During this workshop you will learn: • Basic Progress Database Administration • When and how to backup and restore your database • How to interpret and analyze database performance statistics • How to apply Progress and Encompix...