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Employee Assistance Professionals Association
Journal of Employee Assistance editor Mike Jacquart attended "EAP Innovation: Soaring on the Winds of Change," EAPA's 2016 World EAP Conference, held Oct. 31-Nov. 3 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. In this article he shares key findings from this important gathering.
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Waters Edge Recovery, a Joint Commission accredited, dual-diagnosis drug and alcohol treatment center located on the banks of the St. Lucie River in Stuart Florida. The facility’s waterfront location helps create a calm and restorative environment for reflection and recovery. Specializing in continuous communication, family support and complete EAP resources.
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Recruiting Trends
Charles Telep writes: "I've been in the recruiting and talent acquisition field for the past decade. Over the years, I've noticed some major changes; however, I'd argue that the biggest change has been the shift to hiring for culture. In the past, recruiting used to be about looking for candidates who had direct experience to match a current job description. It was more about "checking the boxes off" if they had particular expertise in the specific role, or some type of technical certification or degree. But that's the old way of recruiting."
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Echo-Pilot
There's a line from Walt Kelly's classic newspaper comic strip "Pogo" that applies as much today as it did when it first ran in 1971: "We have met the enemy, and he is us."
That was a reference to our littering and general mistreatment of the planet on Earth Day, but I find in life, and in the workplace in particular, we humans tend to create many of our own problems.
Take, for example, smartphones. These marvelous mobile devices have changed the way we work and given us boundless flexibility. They have also captured our minds and created endless distractions that draw our attention away from things that matter. A recent survey by CareerBuilder found 55 percent of employers blame mobile phones for decreased productivity.
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Security Info Watch
One of the most common challenges that our clients face involves navigating how to correctly handle the performance failures of protected-class employees. Whether it is the decline of a longtime, senior employee's performance, the frequent leave requests of a chronically ill worker or the erratic behavior of a suspected substance-abuser, these situations can be a huge headache and can affect performance and productivity across the workplace.
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Medical Xpress
An app has been developed that helps people struggling with alcohol addiction to reduce their alcohol intake, or to quit drinking completely. A study into the effectiveness of the app, called "Breindebaas," will commence on Nov. 10. The researchers involved are now looking for people who want to try the app for a period of several weeks. The app was developed by the University of Twente, Tactus addiction treatment, Saxion University of Applied Sciences and the University of Amsterdam.
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Forbes
While ostensibly designed to help, often the regulatory state only makes matters worse. Unfortunately, this maxim applies to the impact from regulations on new technologies that could help lessen the nation's large and growing opioid abuse crisis.
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HRM Online
New health and safety regulations mean employers have an obligation to mitigate the risk of addiction but one industry expert says it's not always obvious there's an issue.
"The majority of alcoholics and addicts are highly functioning and they are in our workforces and they are people that we see as middle and upper middle class, walking through life every day," says Rebecca Flood, CEO of New Directions for Women – a California-based recovery center. Flood says that, because addiction remains taboo in many workplaces, employees are often reluctant to come forward.
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The Star
"Never give up on someone with mental illness. When 'i' is replaced by 'we,' illness becomes wellness," said inspirational author Shannon Alder.
Depression and mental health issues affect us and so many people we know and hold dear. It gives me hope that we can all make a difference in the lives of others. The World Health Organization stressed this when they observed World Mental Health Day last Oct. 10 with the theme focusing on "psychological first aid." WHO recommends we reach out and help those who are affected by crises. Whether it is an accident where people are hurt, or disaster relief or personal/family crisis of those dear to us, learning the basic principles of psychological first aid will help us provide support to people who are very distressed. It is very important also to know what not to say.
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