...The Hunt for Seasonal Workers Crosses Borders Shelia Broadwater Kaplan University AB203: Human Resources Management Ah Young February 16, 2013 The Hunt for Seasonal Workers Crosses Borders Lots of companies encounter the challenge of finding seasonal workers. These seasonal workers are needed during the companies’ sales peak, when a company needs to produce and, or provide service within a certain period of time. Seasonal workers are excessive resources for a company that needs to increase the amount of workers in their workforce during sale peak throughout the year. The peak in the demand for labor is too steep to handle with overtime, and the type of work can’t be outsourced to dishwashers or lifeguards in another location. The main option for employers is to find workers who want a summer job. (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright, 2009). If companies cannot fill vacant seasonal jobs with workers under the H-2B visas, the companies could use temporary employees or fill positions by outsourcing. Using temporary employees and outsourcing do not build an in-house pool of talent, but by these means staffing levels can be quickly and easily modified” (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright, 2009). Overtime is also a temporary solution but may exhaust the company’s employees. It is the companies’ decision to choose which solution works best in each case. For short-term labor peaks overtime may be the solution but for a longer season temporary employees...
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...High Sierra Pools, Broadmoor Hotel, and Bubala’s are on the hunt for seasonal employees, whose their peak season is getting ready to happen and the need seasonal workers to add 500 employees to its staff of 1,200 to handle the peak season. They have used the increased staff in the past as high school and college students, but many of these students need to return to school in August, which creates a problem for the companies. Workers with the H-2B visas provide services or labor and the job is temporary. The employer must show that the worker has not performed the service in the past and will not be needed in the future. Seasonal employees are needed, so the employer must claim seasonal work and must show that the service of labor for a season of the year of a recurring nature. With this being seasonal, the employer must state that the labor is unpredictable, subject to change, or considered a vacation period for the employer’s permanent employees. Workers with the H-2B are authorized on the temporary labor certification, for increments of up to 1 year each, and the maximum period of stay is 3 years. With the H-2B employee stayed for a period of 3 years, they must depart and remain outside of the U.S. for an uninterrupted period of 3 months, before seeking readmission. Sometimes companies are unable to fill all vacant seasonal jobs with temporary and contract workers, or workers for limited assignments. The advantages of this is that they will be temporary employees,...
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...the first vaccinations were given to the soldiers in WWII. Many kinds of influenza vaccination studies have been done by medical research teams including the Center for Disease Control. The Efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines: a systematic review and meta analysis was researched by Michael Osterholm and his associates by reviewing over 5000 studies of the influenza vaccine. Many articles since then have commented on this meta-analysis and have gone further to expand the question of does the flu vaccine decrease pneumonia in the elderly. Results are such that the confounding conditions of the study needed to be adjusted fully and the studies re-evaluated. Another question arises. Does mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers decrease the spread of the flu virus within the hospital. Evidence for consistent high-level protection is elusive for the present generation of vaccines, especially in those at risk of medical complications and those aged 65 years or older. Does Science Support the Flu Shot? Since the discovery of the influenza virus and the subsequent development of the flu vaccine, has there been enough science research to support the effectiveness and efficacy of the flu vaccine? Influenza also known as the flu is a viral infection. The flu is caused by influenza viruses A and B, and to a much lesser extent C and there are many different strains of the flu virus every year and they mutate frequently. The virus is spread person...
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...In the past decade, many corporations are using Corporate Culture as the key selling point in attracting and retaining talented employees. Corporate culture defines a corporation’s personality, its’ values, attitudes, and behaviors that are shared across the whole organization (Chatman &; Cha, 2003). Employees are the backbones of any successful corporations and high productivity is result of satisfied employees. A good match between an employee and employer is important; hence a clearly defined corporate culture is vital during the recruiting process. Corporate culture also plays a crucial role in retaining talented employees by providing an environment that encourages interests, growth, and opportunities. Smooth daily operation of any business relies on a strong corporate culture. A poorly defined work culture is one of the biggest causes of business organization failure because it results in mismatched recruitment, low retention rates, and unsatisfied employees that lead to poor performances and productivity. A well-defined corporate culture consists of six common attributes that define the corporate culture. These six attributes: Vision, Values, People, Place, Narrative/history and Practices (Coleman, 2013) help to create the organization uniqueness. It also let key stakeholders such as customers, shareholders, employees and the public to understand the core of the business. A clear definition of each characteristic is essential to avoid any misinterpretation. Vision...
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...Professor: Wayne Forrester Class: Business 481 Semester: Fall 2012 Section: E Company Report: Costco 1. Dameon Jame Background 2. Chandra Willie Mission/Code of Ethics 3. Brian Sanichar Strategy 4. Gopal Mohan Marketing Strategy 5. Anwar Rahman Financials 6. Airon Melo Financials/Competition 7. Sohani Somai Current Status of Costco 8. Kyle Hecter Recommendations Dameon James Background Costco Wholesale Club wasn’t always the wholesale club company that generated $71 billion dollars in 2008 as well as having 544 warehouses in 40 states; Like any other company, Costco was a blueprint waiting to dominate the wholesale industry. The Person that came up with the membership warehouse concept was Sol Price. The very 1st price club per say was conducted in San Diego California on Morena boulevard at an airplane hangar in 1976. Sole Price started to experiment with discount retailing called Fed-Mart and that is where future CEO Jim Sinegal got his start as he was employed at the fed-mart loading mattresses earning only an abysmal $1.25 an hour while attending San Diego Community College at the same time. Soon after that, Price decided to sell away fed-mart to focus more on his new empire, which was the San Diego Price Store in which Jim Sinegal tailgated with him to help him build that empire. This proved to be a successful move as within the next few years, the Sol Price club stores rose to the top of the list as the number one leader in...
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... “A system whereby the government undertakes to protect the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits.” This system is imperative to the social progress of a nation and the wellbeing of a society. The Maintenance of a good quality of life for Canadians reflects positively on all branches of a government, including economic growth, the utmost important aspect of a successful nation; thus, it is a necessity and advantageous to the Canadian economy. Economic growth refers to: “An increase in the amounts of goods and services produced per head of the population at one time.” The main causes of economic growth are better-educated and more skilled workers, as well as higher rates of investments and consumer spending, both of which can be enhanced by the use of different social programs. However, the issue with various social programs is its creation of a society run on long-term government dependency. Programs such as welfare as well as employment insurance which offer direct funding towards the individual may create a lack of incentive for clients to seek employment, as certain individuals abuse the system, hindering the social and economic growth of a country; However the program does benefit individuals whom use the service as intended by the government. Thus, it’s important to monitor the availability of such...
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...only keep them for two or three days to stay fresh. Opening the restaurant was a labor of love for Bump, who built the tables and stained the poplar walls, as the construction took 3-4 months. Everything you used to wonder about simple and elegance dinning decor, a handsome facade, a rich landscape of natural elements, contemporary stylized, makes up the look DIB sushi bar. Enter a calm atmosphere, relaxing and indulging abundance. Everyday Chef's served special prepared fishes, along with seasonal soup, composed salads, fresh nigiri prepared in unique ways. Here, you are catered by an engaging staff in an environment that evokes warm and welcoming traditional Japanese and Thai cuisine. Identify your role within organization My role within this organization is to be executive chef because my brother owns this restaurant. My job is to make sure that restaurant is run smooth also all the customer enjoys while they come to our restaurant. Also I have to take care all staff and team worker that they happy to work with us. In service industry such as restaurant we have to make customer happy. The customer royalty comes from the quality of product and service. Satisfactions customers fail would harm the businesses. As we know that the sources of company’s benefit comes from...
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...Introduction Frito Lay Incorporated is the world leader in the snack food industry controlling over 35 percent of the world market and over 60 percent of the market in the United States. Frito Lay Incorporated started in 1961 merging the Frito Company with the H. W. Lay Company creating the largest snack food company in the world. Many of the company’s well known brands include Doritos, Lays, Ruffles, Cheetos Tostitos, Fritos, Smartfood, and Santitas, five of which create a billion dollars in sales or more annually. Frito Lay Inc., the snack food division of PepsiCo makes up about half of the parent company’s revenue and about two thirds of the company’s profits. Last year Frito Lay Inc. generated 48 billion dollars in revenue and employed over 48,000 people. The current role that I hold in the company is Route Sales Representative (RSR). This role consists of what they coin the “heart of the company,” and generates a major share of the company’s revenue. An RSR’s position consists of selling merchandise to the customer, delivering the product, stocking of the product as well as customer service. During the last 10 years the company has changed the pay structure that determines the compensation that each RSR receives. In doing this they have also increased the workload and amount of expectations that have been placed on the shoulders of the employees. During all of the events that were involved with the pay changes, the morale and drive of the employees continued...
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...HOW FAR TRUE IS THE ASSERTION THAT THE NDEBELE PEOPLE RELIED ON RAIDING ALONE FOR THEIR LIVELIWOOD? There is so much truth to the claim that the Ndebele economy relied heavily on raiding and the various Shona communities especially those close to the Ndebele suffered as a consequence. In this essay it will be shown that from the advent of the Ndebele in the present day Matebeleland up to the imposition of colonial rule in the 1890's, there was never a decade without Ndebele raids into Shona territory. This essay will also show that how ever much significant raiding was, the Ndebele also relied on other activities including, tribute, agriculture and trade. It will be made clear that although highly significant, raiding alone does not fully explain the Ndebele economic way of life. Both Mzilikazi and Lobengula pursued a consistent policy of raiding against one or the other Shona communities from the time of their arrival from present day South Africa. Apart from attacking the declining Rozvi, D.N.Beach cites Ndebele raiding activities which greatly affected the Chirimuhanzu dynasty in the 1850's. This would be repeated during the 1860's when the Kalanga and Tswana communities to the west were raided during the 1860 - 1 drought. That same decade (1868) the north-western Ngezi dynasty of Rimuka was also raided resulting in the flight of the Mashayamombe and Chivero rulers further north-east. The pattern continued during the 1870's when the Ndebele raided the Shona communities...
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...Case 13: Attention Shoppers: Executive Compensation at Kroger, Safeway, Costco, and Whole Foods. MGT 495 November 13, 2011 Case Discussion Questions: Retail grocery sales represent a significant portion of the U.S. economy. The industry was highly competitive, with companies operating on low gross and net margins. As a result, grocery stores were generally under significant pressure to reduce their operating costs in order to maintain profitability. For the last several decades, the grocery industry grew roughly in line with gross domestic product and was considered a mature industry. In order for companies to succeed, they needed to find effective strategies to steal customers from competitors. Many sought to differentiate themselves through store format, store location, product mix, ancillary services, or quality of customer service. Strategies, however, could easily be imitated by competitors, putting grocery store chains under constant pressure to innovate and remain efficient. In general, growth also required the expansion into new store locations. Companies that failed to grow often went bankrupt or were acquired. S.W.O.T: Kroger, Safeway, Costco, and Whole Foods Kroger: Strengths • Multiple formats and solid market share in major metropolitan areas • Shopper insights program • Well known regional brands • Developed private label and loyalty marketing programs • Pricing image • Very strong organic growth (i.e., comparable and identical store sales) ...
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...works we have is the “Woman [or ‘Venus’] of Willendorf”. Was this a sculpture of a specific woman? Does it show details? Is its nudity indicative of a lusty sexual obsession of the artist? Why would this subject be a priority for early expression? Really ponder these questions independently for a moment before reading on. If early Mankind was aware of anything, it was that life is CYCLICAL. There are cycles of the moon, of rivers flooding, menstrual cycles, childbearing cycles, seasonal cycles, cycles of the day from sunrise to sunset, etc.. Woman is the source of life and the womb and breasts nourish new life. No, this is not a statue of a particular woman – the features are very abstract and generic. The artist pays homage to womankind as a whole and to her epitomizing the cycles of life which impacted every day. Thousands of years later, we have the fascinating cave paintings of Lascaux. These paintings are mysterious for their location, but they quite clearly focus on the “HUNT” of the hunter-gatherer groups. No one can say for sure, but perhaps the animals were drawn as a strategic diagram before the...
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...Running Head: Application of Community Health APPLICATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH & POPULATION-FOCUSED NURSING Ann Coddington Western Governors University Abstract This paper focuses on the health status of Yakima Valley in Washington State from numerous published data and interviews. A. Identification of Community/Windshield Survey This paper focuses on the health status of the Yakima Valley in Washington state. Yakima Valley is located in Washington state 150 miles southeast of Seattle. Yakima is the largest city in the county. The 2010 census places the city as the ninth largest city in Washington. The city's total population is 91000 and with a metropolitan population of 243,231. The Yakima county is divided into upper and lower valleys. The city of Yakima is in the upper valley which is more urbanized. The lower valley is less populated and has more agriculture. Yakima Valley is an agricultural community noted for wine, apple and hop production. This area produces 77% of all the hops grown in the United States. ( Yakima County, 2012) The Yakima River is the primary water source for irrigation. The river runs from its source at Lake Keechelus to the Columbia River. Yakima Valley has a steppe or semi-arid climate. Because of the semi-arid climate, vegetation is dominated by grasses or shrubs. Precipitations are low year round with only...
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...CV FASHIONS/T-SHIRT MANIA 2013 BTEC L3 BUSINESS DIPLOMA UNIT 5 BUSINESS ACCOUNTING TINOTENDA MARECHA LAMBETH COLLEGE CV FASHIONS/T-SHIRT MANIA 2013 BTEC L3 BUSINESS DIPLOMA UNIT 5 BUSINESS ACCOUNTING TINOTENDA MARECHA LAMBETH COLLEGE CONTENTS DETAILS PAGE NUMBER PURPOSE OF ACCOUNTING-P1 | 2 | CAPITAL INCOME,EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE-P2 | 3 | CASHFLOW STATEMENT-P3(FIND ATTACHED CASHFLOW STATEMENT) | 4 | TRADING,PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT-P4 | 5 | BALANCE SHEET-P4 | 6 | RATIO ANALYSIS:PROFITABILITY AND LIQUIDITY | 7 | EFFICIENCY AND INVESTMENT RATIOS | 8 | M1 | 9 | M2:RATIO ANALYSIS | 11 | D1 | 12 | D2 | 14 | CV FASHIONS P1: WHAT IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF ACCOUNTING WITHIN...
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...world's workforce were without a job in 2012.[3] There remains considerable theoretical debate regarding the causes, consequences and solutions for unemployment. Classical economics, New classical economics, and the Austrian School of economics argue that market mechanisms are reliable means of resolving unemployment. These theories argue against interventions imposed on the labor market from the outside, such as unionization, bureaucratic work rules, minimum wage laws, taxes, and other regulations that they claim discourage the hiring of workers. Keynesian economics emphasizes the cyclical nature of unemployment and recommends government interventions in the economy that it claims will reduce unemployment during recessions. This theory focuses on recurrent shocks that suddenly reduce aggregate demand for goods and services and thus reduce demand for workers. Keynesian models recommend government interventions designed to increase demand for workers; these can include financial stimuli, publicly funded job creation, and expansionist monetary policies. Keynes believed that the root cause of unemployment is the desire of investors...
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...How to Manage People in SMEs in Context (Walkers Engineering Ltd. Case Study) Introduction and background of the case Walkers Engineering Ltd. is a small and medium family-run enterprise with 225 employees, and is partially unionized. The company manufactures plastic mouldings and bins, enjoying a good reputation for its quality. In order to remain profitable and a leader position in the market, the company plans to take some radical changes in new technology, working practices and reorganization of the workforce. The strategic agenda for Walkers Engineering is to start pilot scheme from the manufacturing section with acute problems and then to transform organization-wide. In this assignment, based on the overall situation of Walkers Engineering, specific problems in the organization, especially from manufacturing department will be discussed, and realistic solutions affecting the company will be addressed in according to the practice and management knowledge. Meanwhile, the relevant implementation would be introduced for comparison provided this organization was operating in China. Main problems in Walker Engineering As many people have mentioned, nothing is perfect in the world and ‘there is always a room for improvement (Cheetham, 2009). As one of functional department full of shop floorers in Walker Engineering, manufacturing section is involved in producing bins and packing and dispatching them. It gets many problems indentified, which partly reflect the management...
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