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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>
<font size="6" face="Verdana">Can You Spot Your Next Leader?</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana">Picking leaders is a tough job and we
don�t always get it right. We tend to pick good workers to become managers and
we tend to pick good managers to become leaders. But again, we don�t always get
it right. We already know that managers and leaders are not the same, that they
have different skills, talents, motives and methods. We don�t really want a
manager in a leader�s job and we don�t want a leader in a manager�s job. It�s
often been said, �Managers get things done. Leaders decide what gets done�. So
can we improve our leader selection and if so, how? </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana">Actually, people who become good
leaders often send pretty clear signals that they�re ready to take over. We can
pick up on those signals if we know what to watch for. Here are some of those
signals:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><b>They�re not perfectionists.</b>
They expect good performance, but they recognize that people will make
mistakes. What�s important to leaders is that people gave their best and know
how to improve, not that they were perfect. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana">Perfectionists, on the other hand,
can�t tolerate other�s mistakes. The result is that the perfectionist�s
department tends to be a turnover machine. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><b>The seek feedback</b>. People who
are becoming good leaders are always giving and seeking feedback. Most workers
are reluctant to give feedback because they fear they are opposing the boss. A
good leader needs to encourage and be well practiced in the art of soliciting
feedback.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana">Leaders who wrap themselves in
self-satisfied cocoons tend to be the first to fail as leaders. And when they
occasionally stumble on to some feedback, they tend to be defensive about it and
discourage any more feedback. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><b>They�re positive.</b> Your next
great leader should be a person who sees the good in every situation. That
doesn�t mean you�re looking for a Pollyanna who doesn�t recognize problems, but
you don�t want someone who <i>only </i>recognizes problems. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana">The Pessimist who feels that a
grumbling army is an effective army soon discovers that this is one army from
which the troops can resign.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><b>They�re rarely misunderstood.</b>
Communicating involves a lot of factors, tone, attitude, choice of words, body
language and the right message that inspires others. They make their message
clear and they reaffirm that message in many ways. They make sure that no one
misses the meaning. You can easily spot them, they are the people who always
seem to get their message across.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana">Bad communicators feel that only one
method of communication is necessary, �My way or the highway�. They feel that
misunderstanding is always the fault of the listener, never the speaker. </font>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><b>They�re good listeners</b>. Have
you ever heard anyone say �My boss listens to me too much�? Neither have I.
People want to be heard. Leaders want to listen. One mouth and two ears is the
guideline that tells them which is more important. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana">Non listeners can�t hide the fact that
when they pretend to be listening, they�re only impatiently waiting for you to
stop talking so they can talk again. Someone who tends to interrupt others or
who just can�t wait to tells others about the next great idea will have problems
as a leader.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><b>They�re flexible.</b> Leaders have
to deal with a lot of people and lots of situations. Being able to change gears
and approaches, to fit the people and the situation is a sign of leadership. If
Joan is a good leader, it may well be because she�s able to adjust to people and
situations as they change. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana">If Joe is a bad leader it may well be
because he expects people and situations to adjust to him.</font></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: June 200</font></b></font><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#FF0000">9</font></b></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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<font face="Verdana"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Is Uncle Sam
</span><font size="5">Becoming</font><span style="font-size:16.0pt">
Our Largest Employer?</span></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana">While the
private industry job market continues to shrink, Uncle Sam is doing
his part by hiring hundreds of thousands of new employees.
Government employment is the fastest growing job market in the
country today! In that government employees are mostly union, labor
unions would almost be out of business except for government
employment. As the number of employees who belong to a union
continues to shrink in the private sector, the only growth in union
membership today is due to the growth of government. Here�s how the
country�s jobs are divided:</font></p>
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<tr><td><font face="Verdana"><b><u>
Industry</u></b></font></td><td>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b><u>
Share of U.S. Jobs</u></b></font></p>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><font face="Verdana">Education and Health</font></td><td><font face="Verdana">
12%</font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face="Verdana">Professional and Business Services</font></td><td><font face="Verdana">
23%</font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face="Verdana">Government</font></td><td><font face="Verdana">
22%</font></td></tr>
<tr><td><font face="Verdana">Leisure and Hospitality</font></td><td><font face="Verdana">
8%</font></td></tr>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana">Some
economists are estimating that the growth of government employment
for 2009 will be 50% higher than in private industry. This is
partly accredited to the recently signed Washington omnibus spending
bill that requires every federal agency to begin eliminating all
private industry suppliers, vendors and contractors and replacing
them with government employees</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana">Even if you
are not doing government work, many of your competitors are. As
this develops, they�ll be looking for somebody else�s work to do.
Will you be working for Uncle Sam in five years? </font></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">
�Experience is the hardest kind of teacher.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">It
gives you the test first and the lesson afterward�</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">
Anon</span></i></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b>
<font size="5" face="Verdana">The Price of Poker�s Going Up</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana">There are
many new employee entitlement and protection laws being created and
almost every one will cost employers more to play in the American
business market. For example; California workers� compensation rate
will see a staggering 24.4% increase in employers� premiums on July
I of this year, and New Jersey just passed a <b><i>paid</i></b>
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) law allowing employees up to 2/3
of their weekly pay (capped currently at $524) for six weeks.
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana">Here�s a look
at some of the federal laws being prepared for vote or being set up
for round two later:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>The
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA):</b> This is the bigee! If passed,
EFCA will allow unions to do away with the secret ballot when
conducting unionizing campaign elections. The union organizers will
be allowed to see how each worker voted. In addition it would
eliminate the right of the company to speak on their own behalf or
to counter statements by the union. The fight over this may go to
the Supreme Court. However the vote comes out, some form of this
bill will likely become law.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>The
Healthy Families Act (HFA):</b> If passed, HFA would require
companies with 15 or more employees to provide workers up to 56
hours of paid sick leave each year. Employees would accrue paid
leave at the rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked. And the
unused leave can be rolled over into the next calendar year. </font>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>Family and
Medical Leave Act (FMLA) expansion:</b> If passed the expanded FMLA
would change the 12 weeks of unpaid leave <b><i>to paid leave</i></b>
at the rate of 40% to 100% of weekly pay. Lower paid workers (under
$30,000 annually) would receive 100% of their wages, middle income
workers ($30,000 to $60,000) would receive 55% of their wages and
income workers (over $60,000) would receive 40% to 45% of their
wages with the benefit capped at $800 per week. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>National
Disability Benefit (as yet unnamed):</b> Proposed by Senator Ted
Kennedy. This bill would establish a $50.00 per day disability
benefit to any employee who can establish that he/she is unable to
perform at least two activities of daily living. The employee would
receive the money <b><i>even if he/she is working</i></b>! A
government managed fund would be established, similar to Social
Security or Unemployment Compensation and would be paid into by the
employee. The company would be required to collect and process the
payments.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>The
Employee Misclassification Protection Act (EMPA):</b> EMPA would set
substantial fines, tax penalties and adjusted wage costs against a
company that incorrectly classified a worker as exempt (salaried)
instead of non-exempt (hourly paid). The bill, likely to pass,
would require companies to:</font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .25in" align="left">
<font face="Verdana">Identify every employee�s FLSA (Federal
Labor Standards Act) status in his/her personnel file</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .25in" align="left">
<font face="Verdana">Provide each employee with their proper
classification and information on how to challenge that decision</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .25in" align="left">
<font face="Verdana">Empower and require the state Unemployment
Compensation agencies to conduct audits on companies to identify
classifications.</font></li>
</ul>
<p align="left">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana">The Department
of Labor (DOL) is hiring 250 new investigators for wage and hour
enforcement with a focus on the EMPA.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"> </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">�There is
nothing wrong with change,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">Provided
it is in the right direction�</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">
Winston Churchill</span></i></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>
<font size="5" face="Verdana">DAFFYNITIONS Are Back</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<font face="Verdana"><b>And They�re on the Job</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>
Blamestorming:</b> Sitting around a table deciding who is
to blame for the failed project </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>Seagull
Managers:</b> The boss who flies in, squawks a lot of noise,
craps on everything and flies off.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>Cube Farm:</b>
An office filled with cubicles</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>Prairie
Dogging:</b> When someone yells or drops something loudly in
a cube farm, and heads pop over the wall to see what�s going on
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>Mouse
Potato: </b>The computer generation�s answer to the couch
potato</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>SITCOMS</b>:
Single Income-Two Children-Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies get
into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay
home with the kids.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>SWIPEOUT:</b>
An ATM card that has been rendered useless because extensive use has
worn away the magnetic strip.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>
ADMINISPHERE:</b> The rarefied organizational layers beginning
just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the
Adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the
problems they were designed to solve.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"><b>Crop
Dusting:
</b>Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana"> </font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">�Action
without study is fatal. Study without action is futile�</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Cambria">Mary
Beard</span></i></td>
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<p></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
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<tr>
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<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>Federal Minimum Wage:</b></font></p>
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<h3 align="left"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$6.55/hr. </font></h3>
<p align="left"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Increases
to $7.25 on 7/24/09</font></i>
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</center>
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<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">
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<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>
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<p align="center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u><b>May 2008</b></u><br>
$17.</font><font size="-1">99</font></td>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center">
<u>
<span style="text-decoration: none"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
May</font></b></span></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><b>
2009</b><br>
</u>$18.5</font><font size="-1">4</font></td>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center">
<u>
<span style="text-decoration: none"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
May</font></b></span></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline"><b> 2008</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none"><br>
</span>
</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
$</font><font size="-1">606.26</font></td>
<td width="25%" height="50">
<p align="center">
<u>
<span style="text-decoration: none"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
May</font></b></span><font size="-1"><b> 2009</b></font></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><br>
</u>$613.76</font></td>
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<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>
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<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">$10,830</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>
$22,050</font></td>
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</td>
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<hr noshade color="#000000">
<hr noshade color="#000000">
</font>
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<tr> <b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<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>
</font></b>
<center>
<td width="63%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1">
<div align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>January
1, 2009, IRS mileage allowance:</u><br><br>Business Purposes: 55 cents per mile<br>Medical or Moving Purposes: 24 cents per mile<br>Charitable Purposes: 14 cents per mile</font></b></div>
</td>
</center>
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</table>
<table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<tr>
<td width="37%" 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>
</center>
<td width="63%" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1">
</td>
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<td width="37%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">1 oz.</font></td>
<td width="63%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">.44</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="37%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><i>Postcards</i></font></td>
<td width="63%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">.28</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<hr noshade color="#000000">
<b>
<p>
<table border="0" width="38%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
</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>
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<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">6.8 Billion</font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="34%" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>U.S.</b></font></td>
<td width="82%" valign="top">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">306.6
Million</font>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><i>One
birth every 7 seconds<br>
One death every 13 seconds<br>
One new immigrant every 35 seconds<br>
Net gain = 1 person every 11 seconds</i></font>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</b>
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<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">
<u><font size="-1"><b>May 2008</b></font></u></td>
<b>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<u><font size="-1"><b>May 2009</b></font></u></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">
154,003,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">155,081,000</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">145,927,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
140,570,000</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">8,076,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
14,511,000</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><font size="-1">Persons Who Currently Want a Job</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font size="-1">5,393,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
5,861,000</font></span></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 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.2%</font></p>
</td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">9.4%</font></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="48%"><span style="text-decoration: none">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Absentee Rate</font></span></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font size="-1">-</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<font size="-1">3.1%<br>
(2.2% sick, 0.9% other),<br>
4.1% women, 2.3% men</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<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>
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</tr>
</table>
<p>
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<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>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>2006</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%"> <span style="text-decoration: none"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">3.0%</font></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%">
<span style="text-decoration: none"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>2007</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%">
<span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1.9%</font></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"> <font size="-1"><b>2008 Average Productivity Rate</b></font></td>
<td width="68%">
<font size="-1">2.8</font><span style="text-decoration: none"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">%</font></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="32%"> <font size="-1"><b>1st Quarter 2009</b></font></td>
<td width="68%">
<font size="-1">+1.6% (revised)</font></td>
</tr>
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<td width="100%" height="2438" align="left">
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">� William J. Cook</font></p>
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