Resources

We gathered some online sites and resources just for you. We hope they will be valuable resources and that you will let us know if there is a site or service we should add to our list.

View from the Ridge

The Cypress Ridge Solutions Newsletter

Forms

I-9› (PDF, 408KB)

OSHA 300› (PDF, 383KB)

Green Ideas for Businesses

Browse our list of things you can do to "green" your business!

Articles

Human Resources

• Are You Sabotaging Your Pay-for-Performance Programs?
• Building High Performing Teams
• Keeping the Right People - 4 Retention Strategies
• Retention Tactics and Tools - Employee Climate Surveys
• Secrets of an Expert Witness: What I learned from CSI
• The 4 Secrets of a "Talent Magnet"
• Riding the Roller Coaster of Compensation Trends
• Sales Compensation Planning Checklist 
• The Sales Compensation Plans Cannot Do It Alone
• Top 10 Ways to Ensure Sales Compensation Plan Success
• What do Toyota® and Weight Watchers® have in common?
• What to do after the Compensation Plans are Done

Insurance

• Health Spending Accounts
• High Deductible Health Plans - A Good Idea?
• In Case of Emergency, Preparing for the "What if"s
• Insurance Demands a Long-Term Perspective
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Organizing Your Documents
• Until Yesterday at 4:35 pm: A Short Story
• What is Key Employee Life Insurance?

Recommended Resources and Affiliates

Government Agencies

California Dept of Industrial Relations
www.dir.ca.gov

California Employment Development Department (EDD)
www.edd.ca.gov

California Dept of Fair Employment & Housing
www.dfeh.ca.gov

U.S. Department of Labor
www.dol.gov

Professional Recommendations

Society of Human Resource Management
www.shrm.org

World at Work (formerly American Compensation Association)
www.worldatwork.org

Radford Associates/AON Consulting
Compensation Surveys, Sales, Executive and Benchmark
www.radford.com

COmputer Magic Training
Hands-on computer training
www.computermagictraining.net

Gorilla Search
Professional search and recruitment, specializing in Financial Professionals
www.gorillasearch.com / Aggie Potter

Pinsker & Company
Executive Selection Consultants
www.pinskerandco.com

Sims & Layton
Labor Law Attorneys
www.simsandlayton.com

A Matter of Fact - Employment Background Checks
www.amof.info

Professional Affiliations

Institute of Management Consultants
Organization of Consultants
www.imcusa.org

National Association of Women Business Owners - Silicon Valley Chapter
www.nawbo-sv.org

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