The HR BlogNews and Links for HR professionals from BostonWorks and the Boston GlobeOPT : Are you up to speed- April 30, 2008 Unless you have been living on the moon for the past few weeks, you know that the rules for OPT have changed. What you may not know is how the rules impact your organization. There seems to be confusion about how these new rules will apply. NAFSA (which used to be called the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors) has published the NAFSA - SEVP Policy Guide. While this is a publication written and intended for International Student Advisors at colleges, it can be a great...http://bostonworks.boston.com/blog/hr/2008/04/opt_are_you_up.html Should you "friend" your boss on Facebook- April 16, 2008 To friend or not to friend ... that is the question ... on Facebook. What happens when your boss wants to be your friend, or should you send a friend request to your boss This is a question looked at in the Boston Globe today.Ali Riaz has 126 friends on his facebook.com account. Ten of them are his employees.Riaz doesn't mind befriending his staff members online - as long as they initiate the process. "I don't want to impose," said Riaz, chief executive officer of Attivio, a...http://bostonworks.boston.com/blog/hr/2008/04/should_you_frie.html Attracting & Retaining Generation Y- April 7, 2008 Boston University's Feld Career Center is hosting an event for recruiters in the New England Area on April 24th. The 2008 Recruiters' Roundtable is called Attracting & Retaining Generation Y--- the Millennial Population and is open to recruiting professionals and talent development managers. Too often, I find that even if companies acknowledge and understand that Gen Y is different, there are very few interventions planned. In other words, even the most enlightened companies know that...http://bostonworks.boston.com/blog/hr/2008/04/attracting_reta.html |