Facts and Opinions January 2010

Managing Absences

IN the latest Trendline survey of 1,200 American Payroll Association members , 76 percent of respondents estimate that up to 10 percent of their organizations' absences are unauthorized.

Source: Cybershift, Parsippany, H.J.

Coffee Break?

According to a poll of 503 employees, 33 percent of American workplaces provide free coffee to their employees, but only half (50 percent) of the respondents describe the coffee as "Tolerable."

Source: Braun Research, Princeton, N.J.

Outplacement Support

In a survey of 355 executives, 69 percent say their companies provided outplacement assistance to employees who were laid off.

Source: Institute for Corporate Productivity, Seattle

Social Research

In a survey of 2,600 American hiring managers, 45 percent say they use social-networking sites to research job candidates, compared to 22 percent a year earlier.

Source: Careerbuilder.com, Chicago

CEO Pay

According to a new survey of CEO compensation at 3,300 companies listed on U.S. exchanges, total compensation for female chief executives declined by a median of 18.5 percent between 2007 and 2008, compared to only a 6.1 percent decline for their male counterparts.

Source: The Corporate Library, Portland, Me.

Reading Resumes

The average amount of time hiring executives spend reading a resume is 6.4 minutes, according to a survey of 150 senior executives.

Source: OfficeTeam, Menlo Park, Calif.

Holiday Entitlements

Employees in Japan and India have the highest number of public holidays, while those in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Australia have the least, according to 2009 Worldwide Benefit and Employment Guidelines.

Source: Mercer, New York

Stimulated Hiring

One-quarter (23 percent) of nearly 3,200 private and public-sector hiring managers reported that their organizations experienced an increase in business in the third quarter of 2009 tied to the economic-stimulus program, while three-quarters (77 percent) did not.

Source: Careerbuilder, Chicago

Sound Bite

"There once was a time when dismissals were well-prepared and documented in a conference room, in the presence of a human resoruce officer, to assure due attention to protocol. but in cyberspace, there are no HR staffers when you need them."

__Frank Schell

A guest lecturer at the University of Chicago.

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