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<h1 class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 20.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Your
Paycheck May Depend On Where You Live.</font></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">So
many of us are in the recruiting business these days. Even if your need
for hourly workers has been currently satisfied, you would still likely be interested
in talking to a highly qualified technician, an experienced Operations Manager
or an outstanding leader who could really help move your company forward.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">But
whichever we use, we are likely to be recruiting across greater distances.
Not just 3 towns away but 3 states away and maybe across the country.
Those of us who have faced long distance recruiting have found that salary expectations
vary in different parts of the country. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Does
that successful Operations Manager from San Francisco expect more money than
the equally qualified candidate from Birmingham? Is that because she�s
worth more? Or is it just because she expects more? That job that
pays $27,210 in Birmingham can pay as much as $37,050 in San Francisco even
though the national average for that same job is $30,000.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"> Also,
if your company�s growth requires you to relocate an employee into another state,
should you be paying her the same salary?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Mercer
HR Consulting, a world leader in compensation studies, recently issued a study
showing the differences in pay across the country. What is so interesting
about their study is that instead of using the old standard of comparing the
cost of living between cities, they studied the actual salaries paid for jobs.
This is a new concept and Mercer feels that this is the more realistic method
to determine proper pay levels. In other words, if your company were located
in that city and you were hiring in that area, what would you have to pay for
that job? </font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText3"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Their
study was based on a job that has a national average pay of $30,000 per year.
How much more or less than that amount would the same job pay in different cities?
</font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2"><u><b><font size="5">2005 survey for jobs with an average
pay of <br>
$30,000 annually</font></b></u></p>
<table border="0" width="44%" id="table12">
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="bottom">
<h3 align="center"><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>City</b></font></u></h3>
</td>
<td width="102" valign="bottom">
<h3 align="center"><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
<b>Pay</b></font></u></h3>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<h3 align="center"><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>% from National
Average</b></font></u></h3>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">San
Francisco, CA </font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$37,050</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">23.5
%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">San
Jose, CA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$36,900</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">23.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">New
York, NY</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$35,670 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">18.9%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Los
Angeles, CA </font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$33,960</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">13.2%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Boston,
MA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
$33,420 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">11.4%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Chicago,
IL</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$33,150 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">10.5%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Washington, DC</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$33,000 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">10.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Philadelphia, PA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$32,400</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Seattle,
WA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$32,190</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7.3%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Baltimore, MD</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$31,800</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">6.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Denver,
CO</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$31,680 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.6%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Houston,
TX</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$31,650</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.5%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Atlanta,
GA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$31,500</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Detroit,
MI</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$31,470 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.9%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Dallas,
TX</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$31,260</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.2%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top" height="26"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Minneapolis, MN</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top" height="26"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
$31,230</font></td>
<td valign="top" height="26"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.1%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Las
Vegas, NV</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$30,960 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.2%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Portland, OR</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$30,870 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Charlotte, NC</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$30,720 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Indianapolis, IN</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,940</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-0.2%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Richmond, VA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,980</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-0.4%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Pittsburgh, PA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,880</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-0.4%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Milwaukee,
WI</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,640</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000"> <span style="color:red">-1.2%</span></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Kansas
City, MO</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,550</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-1.5%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Phoenix,
AZ</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,490 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-1.7%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">St
Louis, MO</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,490</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-1.7%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Cleveland, OH</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,370</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-2.1%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Miami,
FL</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$29,310 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-2.3%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Louisville, KY</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$28,880</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-4.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Albuquerque, NM</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$28,650</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-4.5%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">New
Orleans, LA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$28,620 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-4.6%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Omaha,
NE</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$28,590 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-4.7%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Buffalo,
NY</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$28,470</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-5.1%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Memphis,
TN</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$28,360</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-5.4%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Little
Rock, AR</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$28,200 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-6.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Mobile,
AL</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$27,870</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-7.1%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Baton
Rouge, LA</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$27,300 </font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-9.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="297" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Birmingham, AL</font></td>
<td width="102" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$27,210</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1" color="#FF0000">-9.3%</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Mercer
says that using the cost of living indexes is the wrong way to determine geographical
salary differences. The true picture of the comparative salary is to use
the actual salaries being paid in those areas.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt"> </span></p>
<hr>
<h2 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center">
<font face="Verdana" color="#008000">Have an employment question?</font></h2>
<h3 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><font face="Verdana">Send it to
<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=From HR On The Job">
[email protected]</a></font></h3>
<p style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">
Please include Company Name and Association in your e-mail. Company
identification will be kept confidential.</font></b></p>
<hr>
<h2 align="left"><b><u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hitchhiking on the Information
Highway</font></u></b></h2>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font
size="4" color="#FF0000">Dateline: September 2005</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Note. Although we attempt to provide the HRU update on the first
of each month, we are normally delayed awaiting the release of several
monthly government statistical reports. We will hereafter update the information
as each report becomes available without waiting for all of them to be
released.</font></i></p>
<p> </p>
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<blockquote> <span style="mso-ignore: vglayout">
<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Resist
The Dark Side Luke!</font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">A
recent national survey examined the dark side of career success or failure.
Top executives stated strong opinions on how people sabotage their own
careers.</font></span></p>
<h4><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Career Killers
To Avoid</font></u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">From
a national survey of CEOs and top executives came these 6 career killers.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1.
Lack of results</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">This
was number one on the list. Not producing <i>measurable </i>results
on the <b>job.</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2.
Not working at a job you�re passionate about.</b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt">
</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Why
choose or stick to a job you don�t like or that you�re not good at?
Too many people float through life as if it were a boring drudgery
or a nuisance, always complaining. And yet they never take the
time and effort to decide what would fulfill them. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Several
CEOs commented that you�ll never be happy if you aren�t interested in
and enjoying what you do.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>3.
Not having big enough goals.</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Setting
low goals and standards produces a lot of effort with very little payoff
in the end. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Set
your goals high; believe they are possible and that you can make them
happen. Take risks. �Act and you shall achieve!�</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>4.
Thinking that money is everything.</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Great
salaries do not make great happiness. CEO�s who already make a
lot of money said that, after basic security is comfortably established,
money produced very little happiness. And if you�re truly unhappy,
money dos not help. Lack of personal satisfaction is the number
one reason people leave jobs.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>5.
Having a bad attitude.</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">A
bad or negative attitude kills even the most talented including those
who have to work with that bad attitude person. Practically nothing
can move you ahead faster than the enthusiasm of a great can-do attitude.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>6.
Gossiping and playing office politics</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Said
one top executive, �I hate it when someone sabotages someone they work
with or work for. That approach never works for very long.
Its destructive to others and will almost always catch up with you�.
One CEO said � Gossiping is an immediate termination in my company�.
It means that for you to get ahead, someone has to be destroyed.
That�s a zero sum game for the company. �People enmeshed in politics
and gossip, forget about the goals, the mission and getting the job
done.. It leads to a lack of results every time.�</font></p>
<div align="center">
<table border="1" width="50%" id="table8" cellpadding="2" height="102">
<tr>
<td valign="top" height="86">
<h4 class="MsoBodyText3"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�Problems
are the price of progress. Don�t bring me anything but
trouble. Good news weakens me.�</font></b></h4>
<h4><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b> Charles
Franklin </b></font> </h4>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</span><p> </p><span style="mso-ignore: vglayout"><div align="center">
<h3 class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Follow
The Force!</font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">By
studying recent legislation, proposals, federal agency guidelines
and long range strategic workforce plans, a group of employment experts
offered their forecast for the future of the Human Resource professional.
According to their findings the future HR practitioner needs to:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>
1 </b> Be well versed in the company�s business operations as
well as the workings of the overall industry. The days of hire,
fire, keep the records and carry the watermelon to the picnic, have
long gone. Be business savvy.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>
2.</b> HR professionals need to comprehend cash flow and where
to find cost savings. They need to change HR from an overhead
expense to a profit center.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>
3.</b> Measure everything. Identify every function, measure
it, change it and measure it again. Measure the reaction of
productivity to compensation, recognition, incentives, motivation,
better lighting, mentoring and the impact of every action. </font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>4.</b>
Manage the company�s ethics to its clients, its employees, to the
public and to the law. HR professionals will be the �Jiminy
Crickets� of their companies. They will also be the point person
on dispute resolution and public relations.</font></p>
<table border="1" width="50%" id="table9">
<tr>
<td height="103" valign="top">
<h4 class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>�If
you want to achieve success, you can get there today.
As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent-work�</b></font></h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
Thomas
J. Watson</font></b></h4>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div align="center">
<h3><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>EEOC plans
to be your HR �Yoda� </b></font></h3>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) also has a forecast
of what they see in the HR field of the future. As the 800-pound
gorilla in the field, they have now prepared their strategic plan
for the years 2005 to 2009. It looks like this (originally)
temporary agency is planning to be around for along time. Their
plan calls for working closer with HR professionals to:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
1. Switch from waiting for and reacting to discrimination complaints
and begin proactively addressing discrimination where they see it.
They will be setting up outreach programs, education and training
opportunities and business alliance.</font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.
Streamline the entire complaint process for more efficient, fair and
cost-effective discrimination charge processing.</font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.
Promote and expand mediation and dispute resolution programs.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.
Identify work place practices to deploy the agency�s complaint wherever
needed.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
5. Act as a role model for employers, especially when it comes
to implementing new regulations and preventing and remedying discrimination.</font></p>
<table border="1" width="50%" id="table10">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<h4 class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�Success
depend on your backbone, not your wishbone�</font></b></h4>
<h4 class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>
Anon</b></font></h4>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</span>
<blockquote>
<hr width="75%">
<p></p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<table border="0" width="33%">
<tr>
<td width="64%" valign="top">
<div style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1; padding-left: 4; padding-right: 4; padding-top: 1; padding-bottom: 1">
<p align="left"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Minimum Wage:</b></font></p>
</div>
</td>
<center>
<td width="100%" valign="top">
<h3><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$5.15/hr.</font></h3>
</td>
</center>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="99%">
<tr>
<td width="13%" valign="middle" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Average
Income:</b></font></td>
<td width="67%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1">
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber4" height="76">
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="76">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber5">
<tr>
<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Hourly</font></b></td>
<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weekly</font></b></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber6" height="50">
<tr>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u>
July
2004</u><br>
$15.70</font></td>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u>
July
2005<br>
</u>$16.13</font></td>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center"> <u><font size="-1">July</font></u><span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>
2004</u><br>
</font></span> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
$52</font><font size="-1">9.09</font></td>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center"><u>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
July 2005</font></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><br>
</u>$543.48</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td width="20%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<table border="0" width="99%" height="96">
<tr>
<td width="100%" height="40" colspan="2">
<h3 align="center"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Federal<br>
Poverty Level:</b></font></span></h3>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="50%" height="48">
<p align="center"><b><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">One
(1) Person<br>
</font></u></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$8,980</font>
</td>
<td width="50%" height="48">
<p align="center"><u><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Family
of Four</font></b></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$18,400</font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr noshade color="#000000">
<hr noshade color="#000000">
<b>
<table border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="37%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>IRS Mileage Allowance :</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="63%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1">
<div align="left"><font size="-1"><b>40.5</b> </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">cents per mile<br>
</font></div>
</td>
</center>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="32%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Postage:</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="68%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1"> </td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">1 oz.</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.37</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Each additional ounce</font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><i>Postcards</i></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.23</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</b>
<hr noshade color="#000000">
<b>
<p>
<table border="0" width="38%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr> </tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="98%">
<tr>
<td width="34%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b><u>Population:</u></b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="82%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1"> </td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="34%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>World</b></font></td>
<td width="82%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">6.3 Billion</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>U.S.</b></font></td>
<td width="82%">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">292.3 Million</font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</b>
<hr noshade color="#000000">
<table border="1" width="99%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr> <b>
<td width="48%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1">
<p align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">U.S.
Workforce</font></b></p>
</td>
</b>
<center>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>
<font size="-1">
July 2004</font></u></b></font></td>
<b>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>
July
2005 </b></u></font></td>
</b>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">U.S. Civilian Workforce</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">149,700,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">149,573,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font size="-1">Number Employed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">140,700,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
141,076,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Number Unemployed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1">8,518,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
7,486,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Unemployment Rate</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font size="-1">5.7</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.0%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr noshade color="#000000">
<table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="96">
<tr>
<td width="25%" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1" height="48">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Absentee Rates (annualized)</b></font></p>
</td>
<center>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1997</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1998</u></b></font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>1999</u></b></font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2000</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2001</u></b></font></td>
<td width="6%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2002</u></b></font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2003</u></b></font></span></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>2004</u></b></font></span></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<b><u>2nd
Quarter 2005</u></b></font></span><p> </td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b><u>3rd Quarter
2005</u></b></font></span></td>
</center>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="25%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1" height="48">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Men equal
approximately 1/3 of all absenteeism<br>
Women approximately 2/3</font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.1%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="6%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<p><font size="-1">3.6</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
3.4%</font></span></td>
<td width="7%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
3.2%</font></span></td>
<td width="9%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
+6.3%</font></span></td>
<td width="8%" align="center" valign="top" height="48">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
+4.8%</font></span></td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr noshade color="#000000">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber3" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="100%">
<h4><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">PRODUCTIVITY
OF THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
(The amount of goods produced, divided by the number of work hours
it took to produce it)</font></h4>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber2" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1992</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.7%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1993</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.5%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1994</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.3%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1995</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.9%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1996</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.5%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1997</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1998</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1999</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2000</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2001</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.1%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2002</b></font></p>
</td>
<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.7%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2003</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4.5%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"><font size="-1"><b>2004</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1">4.0%</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1st
Quarter 2005</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+2.6%</font></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1st
Quarter 2005</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%">
<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
+2.1%</font></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>1st
Quarter 2005</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+4.1%</font></span></td>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">� 2005 William J. Cook</font></p>
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