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Recap

In this chapter, you learned about the elements of the human resource management process, including human resource planning and job analysis and design, employee recruitment and selection, training and development of employees, performance planning and evaluation, and compensation of the workforce. The chapter also described labor unions and their representation of millions of American workers in construction, manufacturing, transportation, and service-based industries.

Resources

  1. Search the extensive job database of CareerBuilder.com (http://www.careerbuilder.com) for a job in a new city.
  2. Get advice for brushing up your interview skills at the Job Hunting Advice page of The Wall Street Journal’s career site, http://careers.wsj.com.
  3. How does the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission promote equal opportunity in employment? Visit http://www.eeoc.gov to learn what the agency does.
  4. For the latest news in the human resources field, visit the website of the Society for Human Resource Management at http://www.shrm.org.
  5. Many companies are using the web to help manage employees. Visit ADP, http://www.adp.com, to learn how online services can streamline their HR tasks.
  6. At the NLRB website, http://www.nlrb.gov, you’ll learn about the agency’s many activities and how it protects workers’ rights.
  7. Visit the Social Security Administration site to track the latest cost-of-living adjustment at http://www.ssa.gov. You’ll find it in the Publications section.

    Looking Ahead

    Next week we will cover Motivating Employees.