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Articles in Oct 2004 issue of HR Magazine

• The Hidden Power of Social Networks
• Too good to be true?
  by Patrick Mirza
• New Unity Partnership: new life for ailing union effort?
  by Pamela Babcock
• What's 'just right' for you? As HR outsourcing grows, technology specialists consider a trio of job opportunities to find the best fit for them
  by Ann C. Logue
• HR Technology used to track SHRM volunteers; online system a 'job board' for members
  by Beth McConnell
• Shaping the Future
• Grim tales: pawing through the forest of HR outsourcing options
  by Julie Britt
• On the Web: www.shrm.org/hrnews
• Building a better workforce; performance management software can help you identify and develop high-performing workers
  by Drew Robb
• SHRM, Rutgers to produce National Employment Indicator.
  by Steve Bates
• Let us hear from you
  by Patrick Mirza
• Job detectives dig deep for defamation
  by Diane Cadrain
• Making the transition; with planning, the conversion from temporary to permanent employee can be smooth and efficient
  by Kathryn Tyler
• Training and development
• Time to renew outsourcing contracts
• The very model of a modern CEO spouse
• Under revised FLSA, overtime status unchanged for many workers
  by Bill Leonard
• Executive protection: terror alerts and corporate board liability are focusing new attention on security issues for top company officers
  by Susan Ladika
• Health care
• HR should insist that hospitals 'do no harm'
  by Henry Stevens
• The glass cliff
• Unions want employer subsidies for retiree drug benefits to go to health care
  by Beth McConnell
• HR to go: ASP model gives growing company more control over HR systems without the in-house hassles
  by Drew Robb
• Organizational planning
• 2004 SHRM board of directors
• CEO Challenges in 2004
  by Ann Pomeroy
• Criminal records, social security, work eligibility
  by Glynda R. Parker
• The under-management epidemic: reclaim your primary role as 'manager' by using the five basics of management
  by Bruce Tulgan
• Outsourcing services
• October
• Go to the head of the class
• Too good to hire? Highly experienced applicants often get screened out right away, but they shouldn't be dismissed out of hand
  by Susan J. Wells
• Mental disorders did not amount to disability: Rohan v. Networks Presentations LLC, 4th Cir., No. 03-1637, July 8, 2004
  by Angela H. France
• Staffing
• Board elections end Oct. 17
• Great job covering important topics
  by Ronald M. Katz
• Keeping HR on the inside: the shared services model provides an alternative to outsourcing HR that can yield the same cost savings and customer service enhancements
  by Martha Frase-Blunt
• Affirmative defense applies to whistle-blower claim: Williams v. Administrative Review Board, 5th Cir., Case No. 03-60028, July 15, 2004
  by George C. Kraehe
• Workers' compensation
• The Feiner Points of Leadership
• Maybe this Rx followed viagra
  by Gary Kaufman
• An action-driven HR leader: Lisa Bender's psychology expertise helped her restructure HR and improve systems that affect employees at defense contractor the MITRE Corp
  by Ann Pomeroy
• Back-pay period counts as FMLA 'hours of service': Ricco v. John E. Potter, Postmaster Gen'l., 6th Cir., No. 02-00496, July 27, 2004
  by Maria Greco Danaher
• Workplace management
• The Leadership Scorecard
• Putting 'participation' back into 'participatory democracy'
  by Susan Meisinger
• Returning U.S. troops: handle with care
  by Peter Weaver
• If the shoe fits …: before outsourcing your HRMS, make sure the provider's systems are a good match for your long-term business needs
  by Bill Roberts
• I quit! Now pay me: a Supreme Court ruling provides insight on fighting constructive discharge harassment claims
  by Jonathan A. Segal
• Top trends facing HR
  by Jennifer Schramm