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Links
Statistics
| Bureau of Labor Statistics www.bls.gov |
The US government agency for data
in labor economics and statistics |
| Consumer Price Index http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm
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Monthly data on changes in prices
paid by consumers for a market basket of goods and services |
| Economy at a Glance http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm
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Eight important statistics all in
one place. Available for US or state by state. |
| Economic Conditions
http://www.federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2010/
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Information on current economic
conditions compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank eight times per year. |
| Economic Research Institute http://www.erieri.com/ |
Many salary surveys, software, and other products for sale. Select "Resources" on the top navigation bar to see free information and links to ERI's paid products. This website also has a list of more than 3000 US salary surveys. |
| Employment http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm
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Various measures of employment
including average hours and changes in real earnings. |
| Employment Cost Index http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/
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Quarterly indexes measuring
change over time in labor costs. |
| Help-Wanted Index http://www.conference-board.org/economics/helpwanted.cfm
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Help-wanted advertising volume in
51 major newspapers across the country every month as a measure of change in the local,
regional and national supply of jobs. |
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Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE)
http://www.shrm.org/research/
monthlyemploymentindices/line/Pages/Default.aspx |
Society for Human Resources tracks trends in the labor market on a monthly basis, including hiring projections released one month ahead of the BLS report. Includes metrics for new-hire compensation trends and recruiting difficulty.
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| Turnover http://www.bls.gov/jlt/ |
Job openings,
hires, and separations. |
| Unemployment
http://www.bls.gov/lau |
Unemployment rates by region,
state, and metropolitan areas; mass layoffs. |
| Wages, Earnings and Benefits http://www.bls.gov/bls/wages.htm
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Information on the wages,
earnings, and benefits of workers by geographic area (national, regional, State,
metropolitan area, or county data); occupation (such as teacher or carpenter); and
industry (such as manufacturing or retail trade). |
Membership Organizations
| American Society for Public
Administration http://www.aspanet.org/
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Professional association in
public administration with members who are administrators, scholars, teachers and
students. |
| American Society of Association
Executives http://www.asaecenter.org/index.cfm
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Executives of nonprofit
organizations. |
| ASTD http://www.astd.org |
Provides resources on workplace
learning and performance issues including information, research, conferences, publications
and more. |
| Chesapeake Human Resources
Association http://www.chra.com/
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Central Maryland chapter of the
Society for Human Resource Management. |
| Dulles SHRM http://www.dullesshrm.org/ |
Dulles Chapter affiliate of the
Society for Human Resource Management. |
| Human Resources Association of
the National Capital Area
http://www.hra-nca.org/
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Washington DC chapter of the
Society for Human Resource Management. |
| International Public Management
Association for Human Resources http://www.ipma-hr.org/ |
Human resource professionals at
the Federal, State and Local levels of government. Resources, benchmarking, best
practices. |
| Maryland Association of Nonprofit
Organizations http://www.mdnonprofits.org/
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Sate-wide association of 1200
nonprofit organizations representing all regions of the state and all sectors of the
nonprofit community including human services, health, educational, cultural,
environmental, religious, and other charitable organizations and foundations. |
| Northern Virginia Society for
Human Resource Management http://www.novashrm.org |
Northern Virginia chapter of the
Society for Human Resource Management. |
| Prince William SHRM
http://www.pwshrm.org
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Local affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management serving members in Prince William County and Manassas, Virginia |
| Society for Human Resource
Management http://www.shrm.org/
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National association providing
news, resources, tools, chat rooms, and more for human resources professionals worldwide. |
| Washington Area Compensation and
Benefits Association http://www.wacaba.org/ |
Washington area affiliate of
WorldatWork. |
| WTPF Forum for HR Professionals http://www.wtpf.org/ |
Membership association for HR
professionals at technology-based organizations in the metropolitan Washington DC area. |
| WorldatWork (formerly American
Compensation Association) http://www.worldatwork.org/ |
Professional association for
compensation, benefits, and total rewards. Links, resources, and news related to
compensation. |
General Human Resources
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US
Department of Labor
www.dol.gov
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Compliance
information on wages, FLSA, health & benefit plans, and unemployment
insurance from the federal government.
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Human
Resources Certification Program
http://www.hrci.org/
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Administers
certification exams for PHR (Professional in Human Resources) and
SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources).
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HR
Hero
http://www.hrhero.com
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Employment
law news and advice.
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HR
Village
http://www.hrvillage.com/
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Toolkit
with sample forms, job descriptions, policies, and procedures; HR
news; events; marketspace.
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O*Net
www.onetcenter.org
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More
than 239 standardized descriptors of skills, knowledges, tasks, occupation
requirements, and worker abilities, interests and values that can
be used to write job descriptions or to develop or choose training
materials. Administered by the US Department of Labor's Employment
and Training Administration.
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Workforce
Management
http://www.workforce.com/index.html
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News,
information, and vendor directories related to HR.
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For Nonprofit Organizations
GuideStar
http://www2.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2010/2009-form-990-significant-changes.aspx?source=mar2010nwsltr |
2009 Form 990: Significant Changes
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Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/article/0,,id=123298,00.html |
Intermediate Sanctions web page |
Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=166625,00.html |
Online Mini-Courses about the redesigned annual return Form 990 |
Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/moving_from_old_to_new.pdf |
“Background Paper: Forms 990, Moving From the Old to the New “, August 2008. |
Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=188567,00.html |
“Role of IRS in Promoting Tax Compliance and Transparency by Charitable Organizations” by Douglas Shulman, IRS Commissioner, November 2008. |
Internal Revenue Service
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/exec._comp._final.pdf |
“Report on Exempt Organizations Executive Compensation Compliance Project--Parts I and II”, March 2007. |
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