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The Industry Calendar creates and sells audio conferences, webcasts, seminars, and other training courses for busy business professionals.

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Featured Events
Payroll Tips For Independent Contractors Payroll Tips For Independent Contractors

9/14/2010

During this program, you will learn how to properly use and pay independent contractors - and assist in avoiding costly worker-classification audits.
Time Management for HR Professionals Time Management for HR Professionals

9/23/2010

"Time Management for HR Professionals: How to Deal with Interruptions, Time Wasters, Email Overload, and Your Own Procrastination" will help you learn how to do a better job of managing your schedule, how to say “no” gracefully, and improve your individual and departmental performance.
How HR Professionals Can Think Strategically How HR Professionals Can Think Strategically

9/28/2010

In this audio conference, you’ll learn:
  • What exactly does it mean to think strategically
  • How to train yourself to think strategically
  • The things you need to know and do that to think strategically
  • What to do if thinking strategically is not your natural style, but your
    job requires it?
  • How to help co-workers or subordinates think strategically and get on board
  • How to explain yourself to those who don’t think strategically
Open Enrollment: How To Increase Your Success & Reduce Your Stress Open Enrollment: How To Increase Your Success & Reduce Your Stress

9/28/2010

This audio conference will help you to brand your
benefits message, better prepare for your year end and open enrollment periods, help you to better manage your time and resources, ensure others get on board with your message, respond to challenging circumstances, and ensure your employees walk away from enrollment feeling like they have the best benefits ever!
Avoiding The Big Mistakes In HR Metrics Avoiding The Big Mistakes In HR Metrics

9/29/2010

This audio conference points out the things that can go wrong with HR metrics and how to avoid them. We also give a simple and fool proof technique for staying on track!
Excelling As A One Person HR Department Excelling As A One Person HR Department

9/29/2010

This audio conference will assist the one person HR department in making a plan to prioritize the operational, compliance, and people needs of the business.
Fringe Benefit Accounting & Reporting: Your Guide To Getting It Right Fringe Benefit Accounting & Reporting: Your Guide To Getting It Right

9/29/2010

This audio conference will help you to determine if your fringe benefits are currently being offered to employees correctly. That is, to insure that they are compliant with federal and state payroll tax regulations that may assist you in avoiding a costly audit in the future.
How To Plan & Hold Effective Meetings How To Plan & Hold Effective Meetings

9/29/2010

In this audio conference, you’ll learn how to organize different types of meetings, lead and handle meetings that accomplish the intended purpose of your meetings, and deal with troublesome individuals.
How To Manage Up How To Manage Up

9/30/2010

This audio conference will improve your skills and working relationships with those who manage you by your learning to manage your end of the working relationship
Managing In A Union Environment Managing In A Union Environment

9/30/2010

This training session provides you with important tips and tools to incorporate newer management methods into managing in traditional union structures.
Facebook Essentials: How to Establish & Manage Your Company's Facebook Presence Facebook Essentials: How to Establish & Manage Your Company's Facebook Presence

10/6/2010

Learn how to set up and market a business Facebook page for your organization. You'll be ready to set up your own page and will have plenty of ideas to hit the ground running to use it effectively!
Questions & Answers For Handling Travel Pay Questions & Answers For Handling Travel Pay

10/6/2010

This audio conference covers the IRS rules regarding what is considered travel versus commute and what is an allowable expense versus taxable wages. It will enable you to understand how and when to compensate an employee for travel time away from a work site.
How To Keep HR From Being The Employee Complaint Department How To Keep HR From Being The Employee Complaint Department

10/7/2010

In this informative audio conference, learn how to spot the “Bermuda Triangle”, how to avoid getting lost in it, and how to establish boundaries in HR to stop handling issues that HR doesn’t own.
How To Avoid The Top 10 FMLA/ADA Mistakes How To Avoid The Top 10 FMLA/ADA Mistakes

10/11/2010

Learn how to avoid the top 10 mistakes that employers make when dealing with the administrative nightmares of FMLA and ADA leave of absence issues.
Fundamentals Of Using Payroll Paycards Fundamentals Of Using Payroll Paycards

10/13/2010

This audio conference covers the why's, how's, and legal issues regarding Paycards. For instance, the majority of state’s labor laws allow employers to offer direct deposit, but they don't allow employers to mandate that their workers participate in their direct deposit programs.
How To Make A Business Case For HR Initiatives How To Make A Business Case For HR Initiatives

10/13/2010

In this audio conference we will step back from the usual “here’s how to calculate an ROI” approach and instead look at the reality of how leaders allocate budget and what you can do to make an effective case for your projects.
Compensation 101: Understanding Pay Grades & Salary Increase Budgets Compensation 101: Understanding Pay Grades & Salary Increase Budgets

10/19/2010

This course will help decision makers understand the basics that comprise an open range salary structure and how to build a salary increase budget.
Easy Steps To Writing Accurate And Defensible Job Descriptions Easy Steps To Writing Accurate And Defensible Job Descriptions

10/19/2010

This audio conference will help you to ensure that your job descriptions are properly written, and to make sure your job descriptions are not more harm than help!
Pain-Free Tips For Handling Garnishments Pain-Free Tips For Handling Garnishments

10/20/2010

Join us for an informative audio conference where you can learn the correct processes for handling garnishments.
Communication Skills For Women Communication Skills For Women

10/26/2010

Learn how to handle the five most common and troublesome situations in the workplace for women: negotiations, emergencies, conflicts, speaking in groups, and being assertive.
Employee Handbook Do's & Don'ts Employee Handbook Do's & Don'ts

10/26/2010

Learn the do’s and don’ts of drafting an effective and well-written employee handbook, including what policies must be in your employee handbook as well as phrases and terms that you should never use.
Multi-State Payroll Tax Compliance Multi-State Payroll Tax Compliance

11/3/2010

By attending this audio conference you will learn taxation and reporting requirements as they pertain to employees working in more than one state.
How To Develop A Social Media Strategy How To Develop A Social Media Strategy

11/4/2010

Find out why social media is integral to modern corporate communication, how to develop and implement an effective social networking strategy for your organization, plus best practices in professional social networking!
What To Do When Applicants Or Employees Have A Criminal History What To Do When Applicants Or Employees Have A Criminal History

11/4/2010

This audio conference focuses on some of the most-common background check challenges many hiring managers face.
How To Identify & Investigate FMLA Abuse How To Identify & Investigate FMLA Abuse

11/9/2010

This course will teach you strategies for identifying FMLA abuse, how to effectively document FMLA to confront abusers, and how effective steps in how to manage FMLA abuse investigations.
Preparing For Year End In Payroll Preparing For Year End In Payroll

11/10/2010

During this session we will discuss the year end process from start to finish. What reconciliations can you do prior to year end, what information should you start gathering, and what are the common items forgotten prior to W-2 issuance are a few of the items that will be addressed during this discussion. Best practices for a smooth year end process will be discussed and tools to assist will be covered.
How To Avoid The Top 10 FMLA/ADA Mistakes How To Avoid The Top 10 FMLA/ADA Mistakes

11/11/2010

Learn how to avoid the top 10 mistakes that employers make when dealing with the administrative nightmares of FMLA and ADA leave of absence issues.
Handling Payroll For Inpats & Expats Handling Payroll For Inpats & Expats

11/16/2010

Learn how to properly pay employees in foreign jurisdictions, how to run a shadow payroll in the United States, and how to work with a third party provider who may be performing the tax equalization for these workers.
Managing People Who Work Remotely Managing People Who Work Remotely

11/18/2010

This training session will teach you to maximize the advantages of employees working remotely to produce excellent and on-time project results!
Changing The Perception Of The HR Department Changing The Perception Of The HR Department

12/2/2010

In this informative audio conference, you’ll learn the root causes that contribute to HR’s poor reputation, how to improve it, and steps you need to take to improve Ops "HR-IQ".
How To Write A Safety Plan How To Write A Safety Plan

12/6/2010

This training session will help you to develop a process and a plan to not only write a comprehensive safety plan to protect your organization, but also a plan that protects your employees.
Tips For A One-Person Safety Department Tips For A One-Person Safety Department

12/6/2010

Many HR generalists who move into a sole HR practitioner role may have never worked in safety before, it can't be assumed that you just know it – including what you are responsible for it. This training session provides a primer on the basics of being "in charge of Safety" for the one-person HR Dept!
How To Counsel And Discipline Employees For A Lack Of Soft Skills How To Counsel And Discipline Employees For A Lack Of Soft Skills

12/10/2010

Learn how to properly counsel and iscipline employees for a lack of soft skills. In other words, how to stay "off the person" and "on the problem" to help motivated employees change and unmotivated employees leave.
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