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Application For Professional Growth In The Acsum Unit, University Of Maine System Human Resources
Application For Professional Growth In The Acsum Unit, University Of Maine System Human Resources
General University of Maine Publications
This program is intended to provide the opportunity for career progression within career levels (e.g. Admin Specialist CL1 to CL2) for the same job family and department for which an employee already resides. Please complete this application with your supervisor for the Professional Growth Process outlined in the ACSUM/COLT Collective Bargaining Agreement Article 8C. Specifically, this process to progress through career levels, is only available to employees who have worked here for at least 1 year and have had a satisfactory performance evaluation. Additionally, a supervisor’s approval of this application indicates the ability to fund a potential reclassification based on …
Bridging The Gap: Intergenerational Perceptions Towards Professional Usage Of Social Networking Websites, Robert W. Brown
Bridging The Gap: Intergenerational Perceptions Towards Professional Usage Of Social Networking Websites, Robert W. Brown
Honors College
The purpose of this study was to identify the perception gap between Generation Y and older generations with regard to Social Networking Sites (SNS). Particular emphasis was placed upon applications within a professional setting. An overview of the generation gap and other phenomena provided the theoretical framework towards addressing this issue. An empirical study was conducted, with two separate surveys employed (one for Faculty and one for Undergraduates) to answer the following question: Do different generations perceive the same “value” to Social Networking Websites? Responses gathered from Undergraduates/Faculty at the University of Maine, Orono helped to answer this question. Results …
What You Should Know About "Right To Work" Laws, 2013 Update, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine
What You Should Know About "Right To Work" Laws, 2013 Update, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine
Bureau of Labor Education
This is a brief 2013 update to the Bureau of Labor Education’s (BLE) 2011 briefing paper, “The Truth about ‘Right to Work’ Laws.” As documented in the 2011 BLE paper, the term “right-to-work” is highly misleading, and many studies have shown that RTW laws are not helpful to the well-being of working people. “Right-to-work” does not protect against unfair firing, or promote equitable wages and decent working conditions. By undermining unions and the ability of labor and management to bargain freely, right-to-work laws weaken the ability of workers to protect their rights through a union contract. There are two major …