Archive for May, 2010

HR Activities and Objectives

Efficient and effective Human Resource management is a challenge to all HR professionals. Staffing, training and helping to manage people so that the organization is likely to increase the performance level is imperative to work in a productive manner. Normally, human resource functions are tracking data points on each employee. These might include experiences, capabilities, [...]

Tinnitus – Causes Preventions and Treatments

Tinnitus really is a symptom of other disorders or conditions. Most people mixed up tinnitus with hearing loss and other hearing disorder as the same syndrome. People who have tinnitus usually experienced other hearing disorders in the beginning, but method of treatments will be a lot of different.
If you have tinnitus, you are hearing sound [...]

Common Industries in Which Hearing Loss is Most Prevalent

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) studied U.S. workers and collected data from 1997 through 2004. Their analysis shows that more than 22 million workers were exposed to hazardous noise. Of those 22 million, 7 million do not use any kind of hearing protection. They also found that over 12 million [...]

The Medical Transcription Industry Organizations

The medical transcription industry has been evolving for years and is today a respectable profession that pays well and professional medical transcriptionists (MT) get all the required support from various medical transcription industry organizations. With the rapid growth expected for the entire health care sector there has been a spurt in the growth of transcription [...]

Ergonomic Chairs – Minimizing Back Pain and Other Injuries With Ergonomic Chairs

The word ergonomic is derived from the Greek words ergon, meaning work, and nomos, meaning laws. Ergonomics is the science about people and their interactions with their work, home and play environment. The office has seen a great growth in the ergonomic awareness and people are beginning to understand that correct ergonomic behaviour is vital [...]

Grieving For Multiple Losses? Weave Your Own Safety Net

I needed support after my daughter and father-in-law died the same weekend. I really needed support when my brother died eight weeks later and, several months afterwards, my former son-in-law died. His death orphaned my twin grandchildren and, following the directive in my daughter’s will, the court appointed my husband and me as their legal [...]

Dial in Your Healthcare Job Hunt! Most Overlooked Healthcare Professions

Some people may be discouraged by the prospect of spending lots of time and money to become a physician or surgeon, but what many people may not realize is that there are scores of healthcare professions in various fields that can be just as rewarding. Anyone aspiring for a career in the medical field should [...]

OSHA 10

What is OSHA 10?
OSHA 10 is part of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s plan to provide and maintain a safer work environment. It is a 10 hour training course and certification process for construction and general industries. Some states require that all employees must have a minimum of 10 hours of safety training in [...]

Glossary of Terms For Corporate Speak

New terms, acronyms and jargon pop up faster than weeds within the business world. Here you will learn about recent, past and just plain funny terms employed within the corporate marketplace today. If there is a term that you can not locate in this section just go to Google and type in ‘what is’ followed [...]

The Business Legal Checkup – Preventive Advice For the Legal Health of Your Business

More than 250 years ago, Benjamin Franklin famously said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. He was advising Philadelphia homeowners to insure their homes against fire to avoid catastrophic losses. Franklin’s advice is just as applicable today to the legal issues of your business.
In this article, we explain a new legal [...]