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Is your company full of ambitious employees who are eager to take on more responsibility and move up the corporate ladder? If so, consider yourself lucky.

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Tags: managers, promotions, survey

Choosing candidates for promotions is a tricky process — even the best employees don’t always continue to shine as they move up the corporate ladder. Here’s how HR can help management identify rising stars and weed out the duds:

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Tags: internal recruiting, managers, promotions

Interns often work for free in exchange for valuable experience and college credit. But how about asking them to pay for the chance to work at your company?

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Tags: auction, Internships

As more people over 40 are searching for jobs in this economy, managers need to be more careful about giving the impression of age bias. As one recent case shows, courts are letting more claims from rejected applicants proceed.

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Tags: age discrimination, phone screen, rejected candidates

It’s a situation that occurs at many companies: An employee’s frustrated after missing out on a promotion he thought he deserved and quits his job. One reason that happens so often:

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Tags: morale, promises, promotions

Despite HR’s hard work, some managers just don’t learn to avoid saying stupid and biased things to job candidates. But you’d think they’d know better when talking to an HR pro.

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Tags: age bias, age-related question, EEOC, interview

Bad bosses are one of the main reasons employees quit their jobs. And a lot of that management failure can be chalked up to one fatal flaw:

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Tags: communication, new managers

Companies are under pressure to cut staff, but experts warn they need to make decisions carefully to keep the company successful down the road.  HR is in a good position to help decision makers step back and see the big picture and consider the long-term impact layoffs can have.

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Tags: communication, downsizing, layoffs, staff cuts

Not many situations are more frustrating to an HR pro: You’ve just spent valuable time reading resumes and interviewing to pick out the best applicant for a job — only to have the candidate turn down the offer. Here’s some help.

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Tags: job offers