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When looking over a candidate’s resume, an HR manager can instantly know his or her qualifications, certifications, years of experience, and work history. However, is there any way to look over candidates on paper and know how they will fit into your company’s culture?

Often times, those in the management role see annual performance reviews as a process required by HR. Various polls also show that employees don’t find much usefulness in the review process due to their formality and infrequency.

The Overture Group has announced that it has opened a new office in downtown Cedar Rapids. The new office will continue to serve the small and mid-sized companies based in Iowa, focusing on manufacturing and distribution, financial services and healthcare, and professional services firms.

The ad entitled “Here’s $250 billion that says the city of Detroit has a very bright future” first appeared on Sunday, September 22, in the New York Times, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, and Detroit News. Since then, it has also been shown in several other high profile, national publications including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Politico.com.

This fall networking and resume event is sponsored by Corridor Women Connect (CWC), a community of company leaders dedicated to improving women’s leadership competencies. The first event will be held on Thursday, October 10 in Iowa City, Iowa. The following Thursday, October 24, a second event will be held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The Overture Group passed a milestone this month celebrating its 3 year anniversary.

In an increasingly digital and globalized society, the days of managing a standardized team of people from the same culture or background, or even the same time zone are in the past.

Many small to mid-size manufacturing companies have become increasingly aware of how an effective human resource leader can contribute to the success of the business’s bottom line. The following points discuss how an effective HR leader and HR function can help a manufacturing company’s bottom line, including developing a positive and engaging work environment for your company.

A national survey from San Francisco-based law firm, Littler Mendelson, has identified key issues facing employers in 2013. More than 400 respondents including in-house counsel, human resources professionals, and C-suite executives from a range of different organizations completed the annual survey.

Although the original January 2014 deadline for employer mandate provisions has been pushed back a year, many HR managers are still wondering how the Affordable Care Act (also referred to as “ObamaCare”) will impact their company.