Don’t Let Your Job Options Go Up in Smoke

CBS 10 KOLR TV, Springfield, Missouri
January 10, 2012

Employers or looking for ways to control escalating employer-provided health care costs.  Jonathan Scales, Adviant principal, comments on how employers are addressing double-digit cost increases through a growing trend of addressing tobacco use.

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More Employers are Screening out Tobacco Users

Fox 14 TV, Joplin, MO
January 16, 2012

Adviant Midwest managing principal, Jonathan Scales, comments on the rising trend of employers that screen out smokers from the hiring process.

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Tri-State Human Resource Association Speaking Engagement


January 18, 2012

Tri-State Human Resource Association
Joplin, Missouri

Adviant principal, Jonathan Scales, will be the monthly luncheon speaker at the Tri-State Human Resource Association meeting at Granny Shaffer’s Family Restaurant in Webb City, Missouri, on January 18, 2012.  Jonathan will discuss ways to increase an HR department’s popularity in the eyes of organization leaders.  For more information, visit http://tristatehra.shrm.org/events/2012/01/making-popular-tshra-members-meeting.

The Future of Health Insurance and Rising Health Care Costs

Syndicated talk show host Kate Delaney talks with Adviant principal Paul Bazell about the future of health insurance and rising health care costs. Click to listen.

Have A Piercing, Bad Breath? That May Be Why You Didn’t Get The Job


Adviant principal, Paul Bazell, comments on how job interview practices and one’s physical appearance can speak so loudly that the interviewer doesn’t hear what is said.

Dear Employee: Please Manage Your Own Health Care

News/Talk Radio 1100 AM WTAM
Cleveland, OH
January 5, 2012

More and more employers are encouraging employees to jump in and help contain health care cost increases in their company-sponsored health care plans.  Jonathan Scales, Adviant’s Midwest managing principal, comments on the trend of consumerism in employer health insurance.

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More Employers Rewarding Healthy Workers with Cash

WTVN Morning Show News/Talk 610 WTVN-AM
Columbus, OH
January 5, 2012

Adviant Midwest managing principal, Jonathan Scales, comments on employer-sponsored wellness programs and how some companies have begun paying their employees for healthy behavior (or penalizing them for unhealthy behavior).

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Holiday Bonus Trends

Adviant principal Paul Bazell comments on the trend away from employers providing holiday bonuses to their employees for News 92 FM.

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Karol A. Bowman, SPHR, joins Adviant

Karol will be putting her 15+ years of HR and management experience to work at one of our newest Midwest clients in Joplin, Missouri.  Karol has her SPHR (senior professional in human resources) and has served in leadership roles at the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) and as a past president of the Tri-state Human Resource Association in Joplin.  Adviant Midwest managing principal, Jonathan Scales, says, “We’ve made a great addition to our team with Karol.”

Not-So-Sick Days

Adviant principal Paul Bazell comments on employees taking “not so sick” days off work for KDAF TV Channel CW-33 Dallas/Fort Worth.