Workology

• new7 Chart Types You Need to Know for Your HR Certification Exams
  In order to understand and evaluate scenario (or what-if analysis) questions on your SHRM or HRCI certification exams, it’s important to know the difference between six types of graphic data analysis...Workology is the art and science of work, HR…
  - 22 hours ago, 14 Sep 20, 2:17pm -
• Ep 243 – Why the End of Jobs is Near and What It Means Right Now
  The future of work has always been a hot topic for HR leaders, and in past months we’re all trying to keep up with a rapidly changing landscape in the workplace and in the talent marketplace. With...Workology is the art and science of work, HR an…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 6:24pm -
• Ep 242 – What’s the Future of Autism Hiring Programs
  One of the most popular articles on the Workology site is about autism hiring programs. I wrote the article while working with a technology startup that provided resources for caregivers of children...Workology is the art and science of work, HR an…
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 5:57pm -
• HR Carnival: An Inside Look At All Things Human Resources #HRCarnival
  Workology is proud to host the September’s edition of the Carnival of HR. Our topic is An Inside Look At All Things Human Resources. Find posts on how these uncertain times are impacting...Workology is the art and science of work, HR and recruitm…
  - 13 days ago, 2 Sep 20, 2:17pm -
• 5 Methods For Developing A Successful Hiring Manager
  When it comes to developing successful hiring managers we take a bit of an unorthodox approach; an approach that starts and ends with putting employees first and the business second. While ongoing...Workology is the art and science of work, HR and…
  - 15 days ago, 31 Aug 20, 3:12pm -

HROS Case Studies

• How Dell Localizes Its Employer Brand Content to Drive Success
  The main focus of Dell’s early employment branding strategy was to be visible where candidates were spending most of their time – on social media. However, there was no real approach to our content strategy on social. We simply followed a post…
  - 27 Mar 17, 12:58pm -
• More Than Science: How Storytelling Transformed Thermo Fisher Scientific's Employer Brand
  In 2015, Thermo Fisher Scientific was looking to launch the company’s first employer brand. The Fortune 500 Company employs 55,000 professionals in diverse fields including the research, healthcare, industrial and applied markets. Thermo Fisher…
  - 9 Jan 17, 4:00pm -
• How GoDaddy Reinvented Themselves As Gender Champions
  GoDaddy’s mission is to radically shift the global economy toward life-fulfilling independent ventures. We power the world’s largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures. With more than 14 million customers worldwide and mo…
  - 5 Dec 16, 4:49pm -
• How Appirio Transformed Their Interview Process to Drive a Better Candidate Experience
  Appirio is a global services company that helps customers create next-generation Workday and Customer Experience using the latest cloud technologies.  Our free-thinking consultants deliver unmatched customer value by creating actionable strategie…
  - 21 Nov 16, 3:22pm -
• How Dell's Recruiting Team Partners With Marketing To Drive Employer Brand Success
  Five years ago, recruitment marketing at Dell was a completely different landscape than we have today. There was no consistent global employment brand, no real social media strategy when it came to attracting talent, and very little recruiter enga…
  - 26 Sep 16, 1:41pm -
• How A 700% Increase in Glassdoor Engagement Enhanced Centric Consulting's Recruiting
  Centric Consulting is a business and technology consulting firm with nearly 800 people across the US and India.Our core purpose is to create unmatched experiences for our employees and clients. Thus, the cornerstone of our talent acquisition eff…
  - 29 Aug 16, 4:14pm -

Dawn H. Burke Blog

• WorkHuman Live Stream Coming w/ Trevor Noah
  If you like learning and development opportunities, staying in your pajamas and The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah – I’ve got something for you… I love sharing great learning opportunities with the TA/HR/Leadership community. Especially FREE ones.…
  - 5 May 20, 3:09pm -
• THE HR FAMOUS PODCAST: E8 Video Work Meetings: Winning On ZOOM w guest, Dawn Burke
  You’re life has been taken over by Zoom. And I LOVE it! I’ve been using Zoom for years, and although I hate the circumstances we are under, I love that a whole lot of you have been pushed into the fantastic world of video conferencing. There are…
  - 21 Apr 20, 5:50pm -
• THE HR FAMOUS PODCAST: E7 – COVID-19 + WORK FROM HOME (WFH) ADVICE WITH DAWN BURKE
  Hello All! Can’t think of a better way to get things re-rolling with the DBHR blog than to share a great podcast you NEED to follow. I had the great pleasure of co-hosting a few episodes with my palls (see below), that share some tips on how we all…
  - 9 Apr 20, 6:53pm -
• Cultures of Appreciation Require Training The “Giver”
  At the Workhuman Conference, SVP, Derek Irvine shared an incredible stat. When asked “what is the one thing you would change in your organization’s culture,” data from their recognition software stated: Foster A Culture of Appreciation. Of cour…
  - 19 Mar 19, 3:02pm -
• Best way to celebrate International Women’s Day, Quit Saying Your Sorry
  I am a woman. I’ve navigated a successful HR career. I’ve lead HR Boards. I’ve helped create award-winning workplaces. I’ve spoken internationally on HR/Leadership topics. And, I still have the habit of saying sorry when it’s not warranted.…
  - 8 Mar 19, 4:35pm -
• Did You Forget Employee Appreciation Day?! How to Make Thanks A Ritual
  Every first Friday in March is the unofficially observed employee appreciation day. You forgot, didn’t you. I’ve got a secret to share. If you make “thanks” a part of your…I don’t know… everyday leadership practice, it is ok if you acci…
  - 4 Mar 19, 3:30pm -

Micheal Vandervort

• All the Feels
  I overslept today and missed my 6:05 am flight out of Greensboro. I was honestly exhausted and the extra sleep was nice. The next flight doesn’t leave until 11:20 AM which means that I have some time to share a few thoughts from the past week. My m…
  - 72 days ago, 5 Jul 20, 12:33pm -
• What a year
  It’s been one year since I wrote my last post on this blog. That is hard to believe. My motivation to do more writing still is lacking. That is all.The post What a year appeared first on Michael VanDervort.
  - 25 May 20, 5:10pm -
• Caregiving and Work
  I’m in Florida dealing with elder care issues this week. If you are looking for something to add to your employee offerings, talking to people about the realities of elder care in today’s society and offering some benefits seems like a ripe oppor…
  - 24 May 19, 3:10pm -
• HR Florida, Celebrating 40 Years!
  HR Florida, Celebrating 40 Years! Did you know that HR Florida is celebrating their 40th-anniversary event in Orlando next week?  It’s not too late to register.  That’s amazing.   I’m a huge fan of HR Florida, the state chapter for SHRM. …
  - 22 Aug 18, 4:20pm -
• The #SHRM18 Podcast Extravaganza @DriveThruHR
  Meeting the #SHRM18 Bloggers via #DTHR Podcast (part two) Podcast sponsored by CUE Inc.  and ClearCompany On February 16th, I had an idea.  In fact, I posted on the wall of a Facebook group that SHRM created for the members of the social media team…
  - 14 Jun 18, 9:31pm -
• Questions and Answers in Difficult Times
  Questions and Answers in Difficult Times  I’ve been thinking about questions and answers a lot the last few days.  I’ll come back to that point in a bit. SHRM has C-suite level executives as keynote speakers at their National Conference and Exp…
  - 22 Mar 18, 7:49pm -

Arcadia HR Solutions

• Three Things that Hinder Effective Communication
  I’ve been on a bit of a communication kick recently. Mostly because I’m amazed at how no one talks to each other. Individuals working next to one another, or on a zoom call all day, and yet, share little of what they actually need to. It’s the…
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 1:00pm -
• Leadership Rules to Live By: You Can Never Communicate Enough
  One of my favorite leaders to follow is Kat Cole. I have followed her for many years now, had the privilege of hearing her speak live many times and try to catch her on podcasts or webcasts whenever I can. There has been a lot of things she has said…
  - 13 days ago, 2 Sep 20, 1:00pm -
• The Distance Between Saying You are a Good Communicator and Being One.
  Last week I shared the one universal truth about communication in the workplace. It’s this: no one talks. I know this to be true based on my own career experience, our experience with clients and the myriad of studies done that say workplace commun…
  - 20 days ago, 26 Aug 20, 1:00pm -
• One Universal Truth About Workplace Communication
  I don’t want to bury the lede on this one so I’m just going to give it to you here. Here is one universal truth about communication in the workplace – all workplaces, big business and small. No one talks to each other. At least that’s what I…
  - 27 days ago, 19 Aug 20, 1:00pm -
• Tough Decisions in a Small Business – Letting a Legacy Employee Go
  One of the really cool things about working with startups is that moment when you visit them several years down the road and see which employees from the original launch are still around. These employees are legacy employees. They see the business di…
  - 34 days ago, 12 Aug 20, 1:00pm -

Robin Schooling Blog

• It’s Not Them. It’s Us.
  I’m sitting here at the 5+-month mark since my state first implemented #StayAtHome orders. Since then, as has occurred across the globe, we’ve moved into new phases (“woo hoo! restaurants and hair salons are open!”) and then dialed back whe…
  - 53 days ago, 24 Jul 20, 2:01pm -
• The Importance of Using the “Write” Language
  “I’m going to issue a write-up.” “He should be written up.” “Her manager is going to give her a write up.” “HR must be present when a manager gives an employee a write-up.” “Should I write-up this employee?” “The employee refu…
  - 61 days ago, 16 Jul 20, 1:00pm -
• Group Narcissism and HR Self-Love
  Have you ever strolled into the office of your CFO and seen an office tchotke on their bookshelf spouting the phrase “I <heart> Accounting?”  I haven’t. How many Supply Chain Managers do you see posting on LinkedIn/Twitter/Facebook something a…
  - 70 days ago, 7 Jul 20, 12:38pm -
• Racism: When HR is Part of the Problem
  HR professionals are the architects of the employee experience. They’re the ones responsible for ensuring their workplaces are free from unlawful discrimination and racism. They’re charged with nurturing a culture that promotes diversity, inclusi…
  - 3 Jun 20, 1:36pm -
• A Few Considerations for Remote “Team Engagement”
  Even as we grapple, globally, with the containment and fight of the pandemic, there are many lovely things happening as a result of the ‘Rona. One thing I’ve noticed is how my neighbors on Nextdoor are less passive-aggressive and actually being,…
  - 1 Apr 20, 1:56pm -

HR Tech Girl

• Recruitment Yarns: Learn|Share|Thrive | Collaborate
  Last year I attended Recruitment Yarns. This is not my usual forum, so I had to think whether my attendance would add value to my own learning as well as my understanding of recruitment industry. But I can confirm that it did both of those things. So…
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• Experience Design and Persistence: The key ingredients for HR Tech implementations
  At a recent HR Leadership roundtable, amongst some really great company, wine tasting and in cold pouring rain, the topic was certainly hot “What does it take to go on a HR Technology journey?” Is it just great technology, AI, Data, Mobile first,…
  - 31 Aug 19, 9:02am -
• Visible | Accountable | Sustainable: Performance & Talent Management
  Has performance management really changed that much since World War I? I would have to say Yes, but not because of the new fads making headlines. The companies and leaders that have successfully led people towards a shared purpose will beg to differ…
  - 19 Mar 18, 6:23am -
• Is BYOS the next frontier for #HRTech?
  The words BYOD are no longer new to anyone. In fact with most companies allowing, encouraging and providing support for various devices, it is now expected that most employees will bring one or more devices to work and use them for work. However, wha…
  - 28 Jan 18, 9:30am -
• AI for Dummies
  What is it? Artificial Intelligence, as wiki describes it, is “any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal.” It goes on to provide other definitions, but I like this derivation “a…
  - 8 Jan 18, 8:15am -
• Pre-hire Assessments Redefined
  Wow, that turned out to be the wrong person for the job! Felt this way after recruiting someone you hired recently? I have and I know I am not alone. This happens more often than it should in the hiring process. Most companies make candidates go thro…
  - 7 Dec 17, 10:48pm -

PeopleGoal Blog

• Training Materials: PeopleGoal
  A fully interactive training guide for PeopleGoal covering basic employee activities, manager activities and administration activities.
  - 22 Apr 15, 12:00am -
• Employee engagement ideas 2015
  Engaged employees can form high performing teams and high performing teams lead organizations to outperform their goals in comparison to companies with low employee engagement.
  - 16 Feb 15, 12:00am -
• Workplace Trends 2015: The year of collaboration
  The workplace trends in 2015 are changing towards a culture of collaboration. Employees are no longer want to be told what to do but they can use their ideas to solve problems. Millennial managers approach is to listen, understand and promote team wo…
  - 15 Feb 15, 12:00am -
• Employee engagement: The secret recipe
  Organizations with high employee engagement are more likely to outperform those with low employee engagement because engaged employees are more committed and motivated to their work.
  - 16 Jul 14, 12:00am -
• A case for continuous and connected employee performance management
  PeopleGoal connects goals, feedback and reviews in a unique way. At the beginning of the performance cycle employees set goals and explain how they plan to complete those goals. Employees set dates by when they have to complete their goals and link t…
  - 19 May 14, 12:00am -
• The 10 Best Places To Work For in the past 5 years
  Creating a great workplace can increase your ROI as a company. According to Great Places to Work the Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For provide more than 2x the return to shareholders of companies not on the list. We take a look at the Top 10 fro…
  - 18 Mar 14, 12:00am -

The Savage Truth

• new Your 6-Point guide to COVID Leadership Excellence
  Years ago, I wrote about three key leadership tactics essential to ensure survival in a recession. But this recession is more challenging, weirder, and basically just more fucked-up, in a wide variety of ways. So here is my 6-point COVID Crisis leade…
  - 16 hours ago, 14 Sep 20, 7:51pm -
• Recruitment smashed! Recovery underway. The facts.
  The pandemic has wiped out a decade worth of recruitment industry growth, and sent employment and revenue in our industry back to 2010 levels. Figures from IBISWorld Australia suggest staffing industry revenue in Australia has dropped $4.4 Billion in…
  - 8 days ago, 7 Sep 20, 8:19pm -
• Recruitment is not Tinder. COVID screwed that.
  Let’s be honest about our industry for a moment. Prior to the pandemic, technology and lack of skill drove plenty of recruiters to treat recruitment like a dating app. Swipe left. Swipe right. Post-COVID, you have a choice. Go back to being what yo…
  - 15 days ago, 31 Aug 20, 8:02pm -
• How my fear saved my recruitment company in a recession
  I had a significant experience during the massive downturn of the ‘90s. It taught me a crucial lesson about leadership in tough times. It was something I did. And I did not even know I was doing it! I was running Recruitment Solutions, a company I…
  - 22 days ago, 24 Aug 20, 8:37pm -
• Drop your fees and triple your billings. Seriously
  I wrote recently about my Post-COVID nirvana. How the recruitment industry can be re-invented, with massive benefits for clients, candidates and recruiters. My ‘dream’ includes killing off the scourge of contingent, multi listed-order recruitment…
  - 29 days ago, 17 Aug 20, 8:22pm -
• Go away PSA. Farewell PSL
  You gotta love it when a plan comes together! This is a true tale. And it has a warning for the recovery after COVID. Precision Sourcing is an excellent medium-sized IT recruitment business in Sydney. I have been an Advisor on the Board for almost fi…
  - 36 days ago, 10 Aug 20, 8:49pm -

HR Ringleader

• Overcoming Dissidence in Your Leadership Inner Circle
  *Updated article* What does a leader do when he/she can’t rely on their inner circle? What happens when members of that inner circle outright oppose the leader or at least, through their actions and in-actions, act contrary to the leader’s intent…
  - 33 days ago, 13 Aug 20, 2:21pm -
• HR Happy Hour WORK BREAK! #35
  Time for your WORK BREAK! with me and Steve Boese. Today we talk about Juneteenth and the purpose of celebration.  We also reminisce about our experience at Gettysburg with The Conference Board ten years ago.  Steve shares some fashion news and Tri…
  - 33 days ago, 13 Aug 20, 7:17am -
• HR Happy Hour WORK BREAK! #34
  We had a good WORK BREAK! today.  Steve and I talked about yoga, dealing with well water at home, and Steve’s thoughts about the Top Chef finale.  We also share some of the ADP analyst day information and the good news that McDonald’s is hiring…
  - 57 days ago, 20 Jul 20, 12:54pm -
• HR Happy Hour WORK BREAK! #33
  It’s time for your @HRHappyHour WORK BREAK! w/ me & Steve Boese Today we talk about Nathans hot dogs & how I need to buy some, Skillsoft Perspectives,  Andy Spence & his #HRandHashtags & Equifax.  Check it out!The post HR Happy Hour WORK BREAK!…
  - 87 days ago, 20 Jun 20, 5:53pm -
• HCM Trends for 2020 and Beyond: Headstart Keynote
  During a time of pandemic, there is a greater need for clarity and guidance on how to use technology to empower employers and employees.  I recently Keynoted the Headstart “The New Normal” virtual conference.  My presentation, Evolution, Innov…
  - 97 days ago, 10 Jun 20, 4:17pm -
• Coronavirus: Simple Steps for Organizations
  As one of the most deadly, untreatable viruses spreads around the world, I am getting inundated with questions about people strategy and how best to respond.  The issue is the amount of information, and misinformation, about how best to prepare.  W…
  - 10 Mar 20, 5:29pm -

People Equation

• What Savvy Networkers Know
  My definition of networking is: “the purpose of networking is to connect people who have a mutual interest in developing a business relationship or assisting one another”. So with that framework in mind, I invite you to consider the following ide…
  - 47 days ago, 30 Jul 20, 11:03am -
• Here’s How to Set Yourself Up for Success Next Year
  It’s less than a month to the new year and now is the time to set yourself up for success next year. That probably seems crazy to you, given that most of us are probably caught in the mad dash of holiday preparations and year-end tasks for work. (1…
  - 10 Dec 19, 11:30am -
• The Key Interview Question Many Hiring Managers Forget to Ask
  
  - 5 Nov 19, 11:30am -
• Turn Your Responsibilities into Accomplishments to Land that Dream Job
  My friend Sandra (not her real name) called me up and asked me to review her resume. She was applying for a new job within her organization and hadn’t done the “interview thing” in nearly 10 years. Sandra’s resume showed an impressive series…
  - 19 Aug 19, 10:30am -
• Which Stay Interview Questions Work Best?
  This sponsored post is shared with you by Dick Finnegan, CEO of C-Suite Analytics and THE Expert on Stay Interviews. An in-demand speaker and top-selling author, Dick travels the world speaking about Trust and Leadership and has authored five books o…
  - 8 Jul 19, 3:17pm -
• Are Leaders Who Coach Lazy?
  As the parent of two teens, I’ve become quite accustomed to The Eye Roll. This ocular straining happens most often when I request a previously agreed upon task be completed by said teen. Me: “Hey, it’s time to empty the trash. Trash pick up is…
  - 22 May 19, 10:30am -

The Tim Sackett Project

• newAre your Recruiters wasting your Hiring Manager’s time?
  I had a conversation the other day with a corporate HR Director and we were talking recruiters, corporate recruiters.  My friend had a dilemma, a classic corporate recruiting scenario. The problem is she has recruiters who are doing a decent … Con…
  - 23 hours ago, 14 Sep 20, 12:55pm -
• Pressure is a Privilege
  “Pressure is a Privilege” – Billy Jean King I’ve been watching the US Open this week and women’s finalist, Naomi Osaka was interviewed and said as she walks out onto the US Open court she pulls inspiration from the quote … Continue readin…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 12:55pm -
• The Weekly Dose: @Workday Ups its Game in Belonging and Diversity!
  Today on the Weekly Dose I take a look at Workday’s recent announcement about their new product offerings around Diversity and Inclusion. If 2020 has done anything, it’s brought the conversation of diversity and inclusion to the forefront like ne…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 12:55pm -
• E30 – HR Famous – Is Johnny Taylor good for @SHRM and HR?
  (Shout to the Tim Cook, Ivanka, Johnny selfie above – I had to put that one because it’s totally a pic I would have gotten if I had the chance!) In episode 30 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR … Continue reading →
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 12:55pm -
• HR’s Worst Enemy!
  I’m always amazed to hear about all of the Enemies that HR has!  You have employees, and hiring managers, and the EEOC, and employment attorneys, and staffing firms, and insurance firms, and HR software providers. I mean, if I hadn’t … Continu…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 12:55pm -
• Why are HR Generalists Winning During Covid? #HRFamous
  In episode 29 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn, and Jessica Lee discuss how HR Generalists are rapidly becoming the preferred choice for HR Leaders with shrinking staff/team size due to their…
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 12:55pm -

Bullseye Recruiting

• 10 Things Employers Are Looking for in Salespeople During this Pandemic
  To put it mildly, 2020 is not a good year…in fact it is a catastrophically bad year in so many ways. In the business world, there are a few people in niche industries who are excelling and doing extremely well […]
  - 56 days ago, 21 Jul 20, 9:38pm -
• Time for Grace
  In times like this, we are all suffering. Some are suffering more than others, but we all are dealing with something. It is easy to forget about others as we have feelings of being overwhelmed with the disruption of our […]
  - 6 Apr 20, 7:46pm -
• The Silver Lining
  In times like this, it is easy to see the negative in situations. At this point, most Americans are living in places with either statewide “shelter at home” orders or at least have orders implemented in parts of the state in […]
  - 31 Mar 20, 7:53pm -
• Unprecedented. Adjusting to the NEW Normal
  On Thursday of last week (3/12/2020) I was working but I was very distracted.  While trying to source candidates for one of my clients, I had CNN on in the background.  I had this eerie feeling just like I did […]
  - 16 Mar 20, 12:00am -
• Because They DON’T F@#KING EXIST!!
  So are you having some trouble recruiting talent this year? Has the recruiting process been exhausting? Has your role been open much longer than you wanted it to be open? Isn’t it enough that the job postings aren’t working anymore? […]
  - 13 Dec 19, 8:40pm -
• “GHOSTING” HAS TO STOP NOW!- NO ONE WINS
  I had never heard the term “ghosting” until this year.  I mean it isn’t a brand new term. It is a topic and word that has been discussed in the workplace for several years now.  I just never thought I WOULD EXPERIENCE […]
  - 21 Aug 18, 2:53pm -

HR Cloud

• Millennial Engagement at the Speed of a Facebook “Like”
  Lying dormant inside the managers of Millennials is a super power that HR needs to know about. It’s one that encourages leaps and bounds in productivity across a team. 
What...
  - 3 Dec 15, 11:02pm -
• Is it Time for Your Company to do a Cultural Assessment?
  Those of us who work in human resources talk about company culture a lot. A heck of a lot. But let’s face it, for all the talk, company culture is...
  - 17 Nov 15, 5:00pm -
• 5 Most Important HR Stats of 2015
  We’re now nearly through 2015, so let’s look at some of the most important statistics about HR reported in the media so far.   1. The #1 challenge is culture and engagement.  In...
  - 4 Nov 15, 7:46pm -
• HR Cloud Launches New Engagement Platform at HR Tech
  HR Cloud drew the attention of HR Tech attendees with the release of its new Engagement Platform. Hundreds of demos were conducted at the HR Cloud booth, and HR pros...
  - 27 Oct 15, 7:42pm -
• Great HR is Technology Driven HR – #HRTechConf
  I had a conversation with a colleague the other day about the upcoming HR Technology Conference and Exposition. “Do HR practitioners attend?” he asked. “I always thought that conference was...
  - 8 Oct 15, 6:55pm -

Women of HR

• A Career Brick Wall or A Window of Opportunity?
  Sometimes things happen in life that are simply unexpected, unfair, and come from out of the blue and smack you in the face like you were never expecting it.  That happened to me this past January.  I had a great career for almost two decades consu…
  - 54 days ago, 23 Jul 20, 1:00pm -
• It’s Your Destiny… Take Control
  I’ve been away from Women of HR for a while.  It was never my intention to let this platform go into hiatus, but as we all know life happens and best intentions are sometimes eclipsed by the realities of life.  But nevertheless, I’m back with t…
  - 9 Mar 20, 1:11pm -
• The Science is Simple: Women on the Rise
  With my team at Messina Staffing in Chicago, I’ve had the pleasure of connecting many talented women with wonderful jobs in science, technology, and engineering. Today, I see women rising everywhere I look, and the opportunities are only increasing…
  - 26 Nov 19, 11:00am -
• A Cautionary Tale: Amazon’s Experiment with AI in Hiring
  While the search for true human-level computing power is still elusive, the targeted use of artificial intelligence is currently transforming individual lives and entire industries. From intelligent sourcing and automatic ordering optimizing supply c…
  - 19 Nov 19, 11:00am -
• 5 Ways To Use Empathy to Become An Effective HR Leader
  “You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” – John Steinbeck A couple of years ago I remember asking the CHRO of the company I employed at about what he thought was the most important characteristic an HR leader should posses…
  - 12 Nov 19, 11:00am -
• The New Digital Human Workplace #HRTechConf
  The 2019 version of the HR Technology Conference and Exposition wrapped up about a week and a half ago, and as always it was a world class showcase of HR technology solutions, ideas, and trends in the space.  It’s a show that I wish every human re…
  - 15 Oct 19, 3:42pm -

HR Examiner

• newHR Data Makes Its Own Gravy (Part 1)
  There’s a saying, ‘data makes its own gravy.’ Using data creates data about usage. Interestingly, the meta data created by data is often more useful than the data itself. John Sumser delves into the types and attributes of HR data in AI and Int…
  - 17 hours ago, 14 Sep 20, 7:01pm -
• HRExaminer v10.89
  On this week’s HR Tech Weekly: Trump Bans Fed Diversity Training, Annual Sierra-Cedar Systems Survey from Sapient Insights, AI, ML, NLP, Visier, Salesforce, Amazon Fleet Management, Automated Bullying, PeopleFluent LMS, eLearning Brothers, 3D Trai…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 9:45pm -
• HR Tech Weekly: Episode #283: Stacey Harris and John Sumser
  The Annual Sierra-Cedar Systems Survey now produced by Stacey's firm Sapient Insights will shed light on the data firms wished they had when COVID-19 struck. John Sumser's next AI report will discuss how predictive accuracy that relied on Machine Lea…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 5:40pm -
• Is your Leadership Style Pandemic Proof?
  Will certain types of leaders rise to the occasion of the coronavirus pandemic while others stumble or fall? Learn more from Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of 10 books and 150+ scientific papers on the psychology of talent, leadership, innovatio…
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 7:11pm -
• Unlearning: The New Must-Have Skill
  “To really move forward I believe unlearning is our key skill for the future. But that will be problematic for most. We know how to learn. We don’t know how to unlearn. At least not intuitively.” - Paul Hebert
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 4:32pm -
• The future of culture has a piece of work automation software sitting at its center
  “HR, I’m telling you now: the future of culture has a piece of work automation software sitting at its center. Harness it and you’ll find yourself having more success than you ever thought possible.” - Jason Seiden
  - 8 days ago, 7 Sep 20, 4:46pm -

Minnesota Headhunter

• Minnesota Recruiter Jobs
  The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page by Minneapolis and St Paul employers. Click Minnesota Recruiters In Demand - Fall 2020 for the latest trends in Minnesota Recruiter hiring. Check out our regions new talent group...
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 4:22pm -
• Recruiting In A Pandemic: Check Your Career Page Analytics
  With the recession, pandemic, partial shutdown… whatever you want to call this, are you seeing the number of unique visitors and pageviews on your career page go up, down or do you know? And how about the ratio of those...
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 1:43pm -
• Recruiting In A Pandemic: Add COVID-19 Content To Your Career Page And Job Descriptions
  Question… these past weeks and months (and next weeks and months) what is the one thing that is on most everyone’s mind every day in some way? Something related to COVID-19. What is the one thing missing from 90%+ of...
  - 13 days ago, 2 Sep 20, 5:34pm -
• Minnesota Recruiter Jobs
  The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page by Minneapolis and St Paul employers. Click Minnesota Recruiters In Demand - Fall 2020 for the latest trends in Minnesota Recruiter hiring. Check out our regions new talent group...
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• Minnesota Recruiter Jobs
  The following have been added to the Minnesota Recruiter Jobs page by Minneapolis and St Paul employers. Click Minnesota Recruiters In Demand - Fall 2020 for the latest trends in Minnesota Recruiter hiring. Check out our regions new talent group...
  - 18 days ago, 28 Aug 20, 5:34pm -
• Pandemic Recruiting: What You and Your Team Should be Doing Right Now
  POST WEBINAR UPDATE: I did a new recording of the session to take care of the video that was a bit off. Scene: Friday afternoon Zoom with a corporate recruiter friend of mine who is doing some recruiting now and...
  - 29 days ago, 17 Aug 20, 3:49pm -

Fistful of Talent

• newGoogle Moves to Annual Performance Reviews (e31 of The HR Famous Podcast)
  In episode 31 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn and Jessica Lee discuss Google’s move to a very uncool/unhip annual performance review cycle (called a “perf” which is dangerously close to…
  - 1 hour ago, 15 Sep 20, 11:05am -
• new“You Hire People for a Living, I’m Sure Interviewing is Easy For You!”
  The Anxiety-Inducing Meta Experience of Interviewing as an HR Person When you interview for a job as an HR person, I imagine it’s how it would feel if you were a doctor about to undergo surgery. Or a hair stylist getting an adventurous dye job. Or…
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 20, 11:25am -
• Is Johnny Taylor Good for SHRM and HR?
  In episode 30 of The HR Famous Podcast, long-time HR leaders (and friends) Tim Sackett, Kris Dunn and Jessica Lee link up to discuss Senator Tom Carper’s senate hearing mishap with Zoom and Johnny Taylor’s time at SHRM, asking and discussi…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 3:33pm -
• Intel In the Job Posting – 4 Tips for Job Seekers
  In the pantheon of awful things, looking for a job is right up there with waxing and breakups. It’s painful, full of uncertainty, and makes you question everything. Yes, waxing does that. Trust. I’ve been there. I was laid off twice before starti…
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 3:27pm -
• 21% of Parents Reduce Work Hours!
  This past week, at my office, a bunch of my coworkers had their kids “return” to school, and by “return” I mean they put on their backpack, went out to the front porch, and took the first day of school picture for the Gram, and then marched r…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 12:16pm -
• What’s new on LinkedIn? The Personal Press Release!
  Oh LinkedIn….our love/hate relationship continues.  I need you, I don’t want to need you, but I do for my recruiting role. You’re a resource for competitive intelligence and every once in a while, spark a great conversation with a potential j…
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 4:53pm -

Josh Bersin Blog

• newHow To Avoid A Culture Retreat… As We Start To Go Back To Work?
  Today I want to bring up something important which has come up over the last few weeks:  how to avoid what I call a “culture retreat” as your company goes back to the...Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise…
  - 3 days ago, 12 Sep 20, 9:05pm -
• Performance Management In The Pandemic: Becoming Your Best-Self
  We’re in a tumultuous business cycle and everyone is concerned about performance: the performance of our company, our teams, and ourselves. And in the midst of this pandemic, we are ever more...Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisor…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 5:59pm -
• Understanding Intersectionality: Black Women For Example
  For all the challenges we face in the pandemic, the most damaging of all is the impact on our feelings of unity. Driven by the Black Injustices taking place in the United States, companies are...Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Se…
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 1:20pm -
• Introducing Resilient HR: A New Way To Run Your Business
  From the very start of the pandemic, business leaders and HR teams have been in shock. Who is impacted? When do we bring people back to the workplace? What are our new work policies? And how do we...Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisor…
  - 13 days ago, 2 Sep 20, 6:15pm -
• Why Belonging Is Such A Big Issue In Business Today
  As part of The Big Reset we have been having a series of deep, meaningful conversations with Diversity and Inclusion leaders. And among the many things we’re discovering, one of the most...Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Servic…
  - 16 days ago, 31 Aug 20, 12:07am -
• Skillsoft Reinvented: In A Bold And Exciting Way
  Skillsoft is one of the most fascinating companies in the marketplace. As the pioneering company in online learning (founded in 1998, originally focused on soft skills), the founders aggressively...Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory…
  - 19 days ago, 27 Aug 20, 6:14pm -

Your HR Buddy

• Candidate Engagement and Talent Attraction Through Videos
  Job seekers are no different than consumers who would want to take look at a product/service and read through reviews, see demos or try out a product before making a decision to purchase. The more relevant information online for customers to read thr…
  - 4 Feb 20, 11:06pm -
• Employer Branding Journey at Qualtrics – Challenges and Big Wins
  Starting off your Employer Branding efforts from scratch can be very exciting and challenging at the same time. From convincing your leadership team to getting their consistent buy-in and having your employees to be the talent brand army and voice of…
  - 10 Dec 19, 3:02am -
• Employer Branding on a Budget – How to start small and scale 
  Employer branding is much more than posting pictures of fun Fridays at work. Employers of any size have realized this by now that having the right strategy with great buy-in from the leadership team and the support of their employee community to ampl…
  - 11 Nov 19, 1:58am -
• 5 Steps to Building a Strategic Employer Brand
  To build a strong employer brand, there are several steps you should take! Employers who had a strategic strategy at the beginning have been successful in launching, activating and maintaining their employer brand. Would you like to know what it take…
  - 16 Sep 19, 1:48pm -
• Top Ways to Use Videos in Recruitment and Talent Attraction
  If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video’s worth can be ten-fold and maybe more than that. Employers who incorporated videos in their recruitment and talent attraction efforts were able to better connect with their talent, share authent…
  - 9 Sep 19, 12:34am -
• Global Employer Brand and Diversity Recruitment Strategy at Amgen
  Bringing your employees stories to life is authentic content marketing at its best. Being real, meaningful, engaging and authentic..I can go on an on when I think of the Amgen‘s Employer Brand. They recently launched their Diversity recruiting camp…
  - 26 Aug 19, 6:45am -

HR Gazette

• newHRchat Interview with Andy Spence: Blockchain and HR
  In HRchat 205 Andrew Spence, shares his thoughts on an increasingly decentralized workforce and how it will impact organizations and HR departments. "As work unbundles" explains Andy, "it will be reconstituted into new forms and also refresh some old…
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Sep 20, 9:07am -
• newFour Ways to Help Remote Workers Thrive at Home
  Companies can help reduce the stress on employees working from home. Here are four steps employers can take to help meet the challenges of a remote work environment.The post Four Ways to Help Remote Workers Thrive at Home appeared first on The HR Ga…
  - 14 hours ago, 14 Sep 20, 10:21pm -
• newTop 7 Ways for New Managers to Improve Team Performance
  How to Improve Team Performance Becoming a manager means a lot of responsibility. Not only are you responsible for your own decisions and your own performance, but you’re also responsible for the members of your team. Your style of management and y…
  - 22 hours ago, 14 Sep 20, 1:53pm -
• HRchat Interview with Carla Rieger: Leadership and Resilience in the Face of Adversity
  The Art of Leadership and Resilience In episode 204 of the HRchat podcast, we consider what it takes to manage people in turbulent times. Our guest is Carla Rieger, CEO at MindStory Coaching and speaker at the most recent InnovateWork Vancouver eve…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 12:47pm -
• HRchat Interview with Tim Sackett: How to Get a Job in an Economic Downturn
  In HRchat 203, Tim Sackett talks about the jobs market and how to get a job in a recession. Tim has 20+ years of combined Executive HR and Talent Acquisition experience, working for Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, retail, dining and technology.…
  - 18 days ago, 28 Aug 20, 5:49pm -
• Employee Referrals: Leveraging Networks to Find Top Talent
  The initial step of any hiring procedure ought to inquire as to whether they know somebody useful for the job. As recruiters, we can look affectionately upon the times when a department could put out a job advertisement in a magazine or a paper and s…
  - 18 days ago, 28 Aug 20, 2:58pm -

Everyday People

• newLost in Transition
  Have you ever been between jobs and unemployed? It sucks. There’s no greater truth. Throughout my 30+ years of my career, I’ve been in transition twice when I wasn’t working in HR. I wanted to spend some time on this topic because I’m seeing…
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 20, 10:42pm -
• Louise
  Friends, I wanted to share something because I experienced a loss this weekend. One of our long-term team members passed away who had left a lasting impact on me and to those she worked with for many decades. Our encounters meant so much and I learne…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 4:48pm -
• Lessons from Lava Lamps !!
  If you’ve read this blog for any time, or if you know me personally, I’m pretty much a hippie. Now, I don’t have the “look” much anymore, but I do have the vibe. I’ve always related to the general positive approach to life that embraces p…
  - 16 days ago, 30 Aug 20, 10:41pm -
• Choose If/Then
  One of my favorite activities around the house is to mow my lawn. I mean it. I enjoy it because it takes between 2 to 3 hours to do it. I’m a bit old fashioned in that I walk to mow. It’s incredible excercise which allows me to let my thoughts wa…
  - 30 days ago, 16 Aug 20, 10:56pm -
• We All Have Stories To Tell
  This past week my wife and I ventured out and went on vacation. We toured the north and west coast of Michigan and it was fantastic !! Yes, things have changed, but we felt safe and were safe ourselves. We liked seeing people adapt and still be able…
  - 36 days ago, 10 Aug 20, 1:05am -
• To Dream . . .
  If you took a poll right now in workplaces, the title of this post might be “to survive” or “just exist.” It’s tough right now. The work environment is being tested and challenged in ways it hasn’t in our lifetime. You have those who have…
  - 51 days ago, 26 Jul 20, 10:38pm -

Workplace Diva

• Seven tips for working from home with kids during covid-19
  Are you working from home with kids, thanks to covid-19? Does each work day suddenly feel 70 hours long?If you answered "yes" to both questions, then this post is for you. As a parent who worked from home when our teens were tiny humans, I've been th…
  - 88 days ago, 19 Jun 20, 8:27pm -
• Let's talk about coronavirus, coffee cups and quarantine
  So how are you? Don't worry, there's no need to answer the question. 2020 is a hot mess of epic proportions, and yesterday feels like last year. When I last updated this blog, I had just left Northern Virginia for Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke, I must s…
  - 89 days ago, 18 Jun 20, 9:15pm -
• When a coworker has zero sense of late 20th Century history
  You're chatting with a few (much) younger coworkers when one of them suddenly blurts out a "fact" that takes you aback."That was way back in the 1980s when Nixon was still president," this coworker says with confidence. Really? As the only person in…
  - 24 Feb 20, 6:28pm -
• 30% of scheduled meetings never happen, and it's costing employers
  The conference room has been reserved for the 2 p.m. meeting. At least 10 employees have confirmed they will be there. See you then!2 p.m. rolls around, but no one is there. Welcome to the age of the "ghost meeting", where a meeting room is booked, b…
  - 21 Feb 20, 10:40pm -
• Nearly two-thirds of managers feel uncomfortable talking to HR
  Do you enjoy interacting with your company's HR department about your own career development? Oh, I see. You avoid it like the plague. Then you might be interested in a new survey that finds your manager likely feels the same way!Global mobile "coach…
  - 20 Feb 20, 5:23pm -
• Amid a flurry of layoffs, is the economy really as good as advertised?
  Here's a question we could debate all day: is the economy really as good as advertised?It's a question that's been on my mind like Reagan-era eggs frying in a pan as I scroll through one headline after another about employee layoffs. Kohl's and Wayfa…
  - 19 Feb 20, 5:03pm -

Corn on the Job

• Why Sports Isn’t a Waste of Time
  It’s becoming increasingly common for people on the internet to criticize things that other people enjoy. It often starts with a long explanation of why they personally don’t watch or do a specific thing anymore, and then it ends up trying to exp…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 3:05pm -
• The Road To Success: 5 Questions To Ask Before Becoming A Truck Driver
  Pixabay CC0 License If you love driving and the thought of exploring the roads, the thought of becoming a trucker has almost certainly crossed your mind at least once. However, choosing a career is one of the most important decisions that anybody eve…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 3:26pm -
• Why Starting A Business Isn’t As Simple As You Might Believe
  Starting a business seems to be something that everyone thinks that they can do. The fact is that this isn’t true, and starting a business is actually one of the most difficult things that you will ever do. It might sound like an exaggeration, but…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 3:01pm -
• Top 4 Expenses When Starting Your Own Delivery Business
  What is a delivery business? Well, it encompasses a few different business ideas. There’s the traditional route of delivering products to customers for other companies. Or, in this day and age, you have companies like Deliveroo and UberEats that de…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 1:08pm -
• 3 Signs You’re In An Unfulfilling Job
  (Pxfuel CC0) Are you feeling unfulfilled in your workplace? Many of us do, and there are lots of reasons why. In such circumstances, we have several options.  We could do nothing and continue in the same job role that offers us no meaning.  Or we c…
  - 20 days ago, 26 Aug 20, 1:55pm -
• How to Choose the Right Accounting Career Path
  The accounting industry is tremendously diverse, with numerous career paths available. Choosing the right accounting career for you is all about your personality, your goals, and how you want to engage with the company you work for. One of the bigges…
  - 22 days ago, 24 Aug 20, 2:36pm -

Texas Strategic HR

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The HR Blog

• HR interview Questions & Answers on Managing Through Systems
  Most candidates in the job interview are posed interview questions on their ability to manage through systems. It is the potential to design practices, processes, and procedures which allow managing from a distance. Along with this, the candidate sho…
  - 1 May 20, 3:54am -
• HR interview Questions & Answers on Command Skills
  Command skills are equally important for leadership roles, especially in crisis situations, and often gets tested in the HR Interview questions. These are slightly different from leadership traits because it requires one to be more authoritarian, wit…
  - 25 Apr 20, 3:04am -
• HR Interview Questions and Answers on Conflict Management
  Managing conflicts in teams or conflict management skills are highly valued and often get tested through HR interview questions for a senior level managerial role Considering that you are mentoring teams or leading by example. Conflicts are bound to…
  - 18 Apr 20, 2:47am -
• HR Interview Questions and Answers on Being Bold
  Managerial courage or being bold is an essential skill for senior leaders, and it is common to face HR interview questions pertaining to it. Considering the fast-paced world today, there seems to always be an increased level of uncertainty at work. I…
  - 13 Apr 20, 2:02am -
• HR Interview Questions & Answers on Process Management
  Process management is an essential competency for managerial role, and in a job interview be ready to answer questions on this facet. The way your company manages and improves business processes is all a part of business management. As an employee, y…
  - 11 Apr 20, 4:50am -
• HR interview questions and answers on Perseverance
  It is fairly common for HR to ask interview question on perseverance, to check the degree of tenacity you have to face adverse situations. Perseverance is an important skill that the HR interviewer expects the candidate to possess. simply put, Persev…
  - 2 Apr 20, 8:20pm -

The HR Capitalist

• newCost of Living Pay Cuts for Twitter Employees Moving from Bay Area: Valid or BS?
  By now, you're aware that hundreds or thousands of companies have announced that their white-collar jobs won't be returning to the office until 2021, and perhaps until a vaccine is approved, deployed and effective. That means people working for those…
  - 20 hours ago, 14 Sep 20, 4:03pm -
• HR Capitalist Definitions: "Success Theater"
  2020 has been a bear. For many, there haven't been a lot of wins or success to focus on. But as the economy stabilizes and you realize the new normal, you may find the team around you slipping back into...
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 6:59pm -
• 21 HR Jobs of the Future...Do You Buy It?
  Do you believe that HR is going to look dramatically different in 5, 10 or 15 years? Shoutout to the all the deep thinkers and futurists out there! Harvard Business Review recently ran an article focused on 21 HR Jobs...
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 11:41am -
• Great HR Pros Learn to Ask Very Specific Questions...
  Deep thoughts for my HR friends and managers of people doing hard work in the field this week: “Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask. After all, conscious thinking is largely asking and answering questions in your...
  - 15 days ago, 31 Aug 20, 5:19pm -
• Imposter Syndrome: When's the Last Time You Questioned Your Ability?
  Uh...Yesterday? Imposter syndrome is real my friends, especially when you're in the middle of a Pandemic. That's why I took the time via BEST HIRE EVER to talk to John Whitaker, EVP and CHRO at National Partners in Healthcare about...
  - 20 days ago, 26 Aug 20, 2:57pm -
• WORST BOSS EVER: Just Watch How They Treat Others When Off Camera...
  It's a line as old as time itself. The wisest person in your family gave you the following advice when it comes to the true test of any individual: "If you really want to know who someone is, watch how...
  - 21 days ago, 25 Aug 20, 12:26pm -

Unbridled Talent

• Four Strategies to Meet Business Challenges in the Future and Deliver Maximum Impact on Results
  I’m very fortunate that my dream job is also my day job, and through my work as a professional speaker, I have the opportunity to speak at conferences and events around the world to leaders in a variety of organizations. Typically, I’m speaking a…
  - 27 Feb 20, 7:42pm -
• How to Identify Your Career Drivers and Take Action
  Last year, I attended a conference called BridgeCon, which is produced by the team at Instructure. The conference was held in beautiful Park City, Utah, and it was a great opportunity for me to learn more about their Bridge Career product — an empl…
  - 24 Feb 20, 7:43pm -
• 10 Things You Need to Do to Make This Year Your Best Year Ever
  As I’m sure you did too, I spent some time during the end of year holidays to reflect on the past year, the past decade, and my life in general. I also spent a little time – not enough yet – to consider the new year, and the new decade that lie…
  - 31 Jan 20, 6:02pm -
• The Random Show — Conversations with My BFF Laurie Ruettimann
  When my BFF, Laurie Ruettimann, called me up and told me about her unplanned, open afternoon and a need for a last-minute podcast guest, I suggested we do a recording together to fill the gap. Inspired by Tim Ferriss’ recurring random conversations…
  - 30 Jan 20, 4:25pm -
• My Favorite Apps and Online Tools
  I really enjoy reading blog posts and listening to podcasts from leaders that I follow, where they share some of their favorite tools and resources for productivity, running their businesses – or just cool apps that they use. When others share what…
  - 29 Jan 20, 3:23pm -
• How to Start a Movement — The Origin Story of DisruptHR
    As the Chief Excitement Officer of DisruptHR, I’m often asked to share how DisruptHR got it’s start. Were we planning to start a movement? Did we have plans for it to grown into what it’s become today? The easy answer to both of those questi…
  - 8 Jan 20, 7:00pm -

True Faith HR

• On "Too Hot to Handle" and Opening Colleges
    Today, our campus begins to welcome students back for the Fall semester.  One week from today, classes begin, for the most part, with face-to-face instruction for the first time since mid-March. A lot of time, energy, and resources were spent ov…
  - 29 days ago, 17 Aug 20, 2:41pm -
• The Intriguing #HR Implications of a Cancelled College Football Season #NFL
    There is likely no organization that has more information about selecting its employees than the National Football League's collection of 30 teams. They have hours of game tape where they can witness their potential future employees actually perf…
  - 36 days ago, 10 Aug 20, 3:38pm -
• Support the @SHRMFoundation, and get one of @SHRMCallieZ's books #SHRM #HR
  Last year, we lost a shining light in HR - Callie Zipple - to stomach cancer at the far too young age of 32 (and you can read my thoughts about her from a previous blogpost here).  As a student and as a representative of SHRM, she was always strivin…
  - 14 Jan 20, 4:51pm -
• Helping Callie (@SHRMCallieZ)
  I've been teaching for nearly 25 years, and have probably taught over 5,000 students.  Few, if any, have combined the wit, charm, and intelligence of Callie Zipple. Callie is simply one of the best students I’ve had the opportunity to teach.   …
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• Kawhi Leonard, the #8ManRotation, and the #NBASummerLeague
  Bringing the blog out from the mothballs for a couple of reasons.First, check out this clip of the NBA whisperer, Adrian Wojnarowski chatting with Scott Van Pelt about the free agency status of the mercurial Kawhi Leonard.  As of this writing, Kawhi…
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• Was There Ever A Golden Age of Conversation?
  The Killeen Chair of Theology and Philosophy Lecture Series kicked off its theme of "Technology and Community"with Dr. Carol Bruess discussing "Our Love-Affair With Technology: Some (Inconvenient) Truths."Given the topic, it was not surprising to hea…
  - 28 Sep 18, 1:57pm -

HR Potential

• Can HR ever be ethical?
  Following on from last week’s post What is HRM? I asked the students for their opinions on whether HR can ever be ethical. If you are interested in the background to this lecture, please refer to last year’s blog post. Yes, HR can be Ethical Thi…
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• What is HRM? 2018
  It’s that time of year again when I ask students to submit their comments and ideas about the fundamental basis of HRM. It’s pretty hard to believe that my last posts on the blog were of the exact same questions last year – that’s PhD life fo…
  - 11 Oct 18, 10:51am -
• Can HRM ever be ethical?
  This post is part of a mini series in which I am engaging the students from my module in answering fundamental questions about HRM. The module is critically focussed (rather than mainstream), based on the necessity that HRM reflect and critique it’…
  - 2 Oct 17, 12:01pm -
• What is HRM?
  For those of you who aren’t aware, I run a module for students in the final year of their undergraduate degree called Employee Resourcing and Development. In order to differentiate the module, as well as building on the student’s knowledge from…
  - 23 Sep 17, 12:53pm -
• #durhamminersgala 2017 favourite snaps
  The Durham Miner’s Gala is one of my favourite days of the year. I have been attending most of them for around 13 years. I love the brass band music, the colourful banners and the history of the event. This year I decided to take a camera and try t…
  - 15 Jul 17, 9:45am -
• From Political Economy to the Job Centre
  Last week I attended the Critical Management Studies conference, hosted by Edge Hill University in the faded grandeur of the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool. It was my second time visiting the city and also my second academic conference. Although my strea…
  - 14 Jul 17, 11:20am -

Evil HR Lady

• newThe CDC’s Guidelines on When Employees Can Return to Work May Surprise You
  You should always encourage sick employees to stay at home while they recover, but Covid-19 took that to a whole new level. If someone tests positive, they will be out for a good, long time, regardless of whether they are asymptomatic or land in th…
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 20, 10:53am -
• How to Approach and Improve Diversity Hiring
  My vice president asked me to hire someone Black for a vacant position and include #BlackLivesMatter in the job posting. Can I hire a Black person solely based on race like this? It seems like I can’t. How can I even respond? To read my answer, cli…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 12:19pm -
• As Learning Goes Online, Should I Reconsider My Approach to Hiring
  Dear ReWorker: Universities are going digital. Does this mean that MOOCs, training courses and independently gained skills are just as good as the university experience? Should we change our hiring criteria? To read my answer, click here: As Learning…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 4:42pm -
• The Real HR Show: Attendance Issues: Work from Home & COVID-19 Complications
  Join Brenda Neckvatal and me as we talk about attendance in a Covid 19 world. Plus, hear Brenda’s answer to my question about false accusations from yesterday and my answer to Brenda’s question about what to do with an employee who records everyo…
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 2:06pm -
• All the Reasons You Shouldn’t Prevent Employees From Discussing Who Has the Coronavirus
  Rumors can send people into a panic. Additionally, some people are super nervous about exposure to Covid-19 that even if they don’t meet the Centers for Disease Control’s definition of exposed, they are concerned if they’ve had any peripheral c…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 1:07pm -
• Help! I’m Being Falsely Accused of Sexual Assault at Work
  I am currently wrongful being accused of sexual assault that never happened and I am currently suspended. I am being investigated even though my supervisor nor the HR department never even talked to me about the situation. I have text messages, eyewi…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 9:41am -

Total Picture Radio

• Checkster 2019 Quality Of Hire Trends Report
  While quality of hire is a priority for HR and talent leaders, organizations have no standard for defining, measuring and improving this critical metric.
  - 14 May 19, 3:00pm -
• Circa 2118 What Humans Will Do When Machines Take Over
  If you&apos;ve listened to this show you know we spend a lot of time discussing AI - artificial intelligence - especially how it relates to talent acquisition and HR.
  - 21 Jan 19, 8:35pm -
• College Recruiting Bootcamp on AI at Google Campus, Mountain View
  Thanks to sponsor AllyO, TotalPicture will Livestream College Recruiting AI Bootcamp at Google
  - 3 Dec 18, 10:35am -
• This is Awesome - Work Awesome and Inbox Awesome
  in NYC on December 6th here&apos;s an event that will knock your socks off. Work Awesome and Inbox Awesome. Meet the organizer in this podcast, Felix Zeltner
  - 30 Nov 18, 1:15pm -
• Dan Schawbel - Back to Human
  Dan Schawbel&apos;s mission in life "is to support my generation from student to CEO."
  - 13 Nov 18, 4:30pm -
• Veterans Day Special Leadership Podcast Honoring Dr. Richard Pimentel
  "You don&apos;t need to change people&apos;s minds about disability. You need to change people&apos;s minds about themselves." Richard Pimentel
  - 12 Nov 18, 6:56pm -

Fishdogs

• Craig Fisher Going Beyond Resumes
  Read moreThe post Craig Fisher Going Beyond Resumes appeared first on Craig Fisher.
  - 36 days ago, 11 Aug 20, 12:13am -
• Craig Fisher on the Jeff Crilley Show – Unlock the Power of Your Brand
  Are you in job search mode?  This post is for you.  I visited the Jeff Crilley Show at his studio in Dallas to chat about what job seekers can do to attract the attention of employers.  Check out the video below for some strategic ideas to get not…
  - 36 days ago, 11 Aug 20, 12:02am -
• Craig Fisher’s Home Office Video and Lighting Setup
  Read moreThe post Craig Fisher’s Home Office Video and Lighting Setup appeared first on Craig Fisher.
  - 36 days ago, 10 Aug 20, 11:48pm -
• TalentNet Live Celebrates 10 Years 12/6 at Toyota HQ in Plano, TX
  Fun fact: the top RECRUITING and HR conference in TEXAS is celebrating 10 YEARS Dec. 6th at TOYOTA's North American HQ in Plano! https://TALENTNETLIVE.com The post TalentNet Live Celebrates 10 Years 12/6 at Toyota HQ in Plano, TX appeared first on…
  - 8 Oct 19, 5:52pm -
• Sourcecon preview from speaker Craig Fisher
  Hey this is Craig Fisher and it’s almost fall!  I know it seems hot right now.  But you know where it’s gonna be hotter in September? Atlanta for SourceCon September 24 through 26.  I hope you’ll join me.  We’re gonna talk tech.  We’re…
  - 4 Sep 18, 10:26pm -
• Employer Branding That Really Works for Recruiting Gen Y Workers
  OK. I get it. You’re probably tired of hearing about Millennials (Gen Y) by now. I can’t say I blame you, if we’re being honest. But as much hiring hype as Gen Y has received in recruiting over the years, the fact is that no employer can affo…
  - 7 Aug 18, 9:14pm -

Cost of Work

• This Year Was Supposed to About Race, So What Happened?
  Whelp, I was going to dedicate this year to race relations on this blog. However something weird happened. ALL HELL BROKE LOSE. Black men kept getting shot and streamed live on Facebook and social media. They went viral. I got...Read more
  - 29 Sep 16, 10:25am -
• Why Doesn’t Women’s History Month Piss (Some of) You Off Like Black History Month Does?
  “All year long I am writing about race relations in America because things are so poor – anger and hatred seem to dominate the news. We are less tolerant than any point over the last 30 years.” Seriously, just the...Read more
  - 22 Mar 16, 12:30pm -
• Tiffany, It’s Your Day (#TKDay)
  It was in 2012 that I first encountered Tiffany Kuehl online during the SHRM National Conference Explosion in Atlanta. I had already met Dave Ryan and spoken to Steve Browne and a few others but I remember Tiffany because she was...Read more
  - 15 Mar 16, 2:30pm -
• The Intersection of Racism and Poverty
  Well, this year I am writing about Race Relation in 2016. Things are so messed up and you would think they would be getting better in 2016, but they are not.   I have learned that America is divided into...Read more
  - 2 Mar 16, 3:00pm -
• Why Are White Men So Angry?
  Why are White Men So Angry? Let me start off by saying not ALL white men are angry, just SOME. Those are the guys who are really holding this country back and trying to take us into the stone age. I also...Read more
  - 2 Feb 16, 12:30pm -

The Buzz on HR

• Teaching Empathy thru Technology (Leading In Color – Season 2, Episode 31)
  Today’s guest is Natalie Egan. Natalie Jane Egan is an openly transgender, B2B software entrepreneur and a recognized thought leader living her life at the intersection of technology and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. Natalie has over 20 years of…
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 10:00am -
• Empower Your People to the Polls (Leading In Color – Season 2, Episode 30)
    Today’s guest is Tamer Mokhtar. Tamer is a Partner at Investing in US and the Founder, All Americans Vote Established in 2017, Investing in US (IIU) took on the task of establishing a data-informed hypothesis about how risk capital could offer t…
  - 21 days ago, 25 Aug 20, 10:25am -
• Using Data to Power Your People Decisions (Leading In Color — Season 2, Episode 29
  Today’s guest is Michael Ogunsanya. Michael Ogunsanya is the cofounder and CEO of Mindstand, an artificial intelligence driven software that detects implicit bias and harassment within internal workplace communications. His company serves to improv…
  - 42 days ago, 4 Aug 20, 10:00am -
• Why We Need Anti-Racism Education in the Workplace (Leading In Color S2, Ep28)
  In this solo episode, I talk about : What anti-racism is The importance of people being anti-racist vs non-racist Why anti-racism is essential to the future of business   I also discuss my upcoming event, the HROI Summit … It is a 2-day workshop c…
  - 56 days ago, 21 Jul 20, 10:00am -
• Preparing for the Aftermath of COVID-19 (Leading In Color – Season 2, Episode 27)
  The finale of the #ReOpeningAfterRona series features my interview with Lisa Dinhofer    Lisa Dinhofer, MA, CT, known as “The Crisis Tamer’, works with subject matter and circumstances most people turn away from. She mentors companies past trau…
  - 77 days ago, 30 Jun 20, 10:30am -
• Returning Employees from Furlough during COVID-19 (Leading In Color – Season 2, Episode 25)
  In Part 5 of 7 in the #ReOpeningAfterRona series is a solo episode where I talk thru the steps you need to take when inviting employees to return to work. I also talk about how to re-orient them to the workplace after being gone for 3 months or more.…
  - 79 days ago, 28 Jun 20, 10:00pm -

UnderCover Recruiter

• newHow to Hire a Data Engineer
  Data Engineering is one of the fastest-growing job roles in the tech industry with LinkedIn Talent Insights categorizing demand for these roles as ‘very high’. This means that it’s harder than ever for firms to attract and retain talent in this…
  - 3 days ago, 12 Sep 20, 6:07pm -
• 5 Alternate Ways to Ask Your Employees “Are You Okay?” 
  As HR professionals, we’ve felt the intense impact & pressure COVID19 has had on our companies. We’ve had to re-structure and organize our operations, re-visit our strategies, put in place new training and regulations… whilst also dealing with…
  - 9 days ago, 6 Sep 20, 10:51am -
• 7 Crucial Communication Strategies for Working Remotely 
  Unfortunately, it seems as though Australia has yet to eradicate COVID19. While we expected this, we still need to continuously review and update our business operations to ensure maximum productivity. The most significant difficulty regarding workin…
  - 43 days ago, 3 Aug 20, 4:56pm -
• Create a Sense of Belonging Within Your Organization
  Belonging is a feeling. None of us wants to participate in communities where we don’t feel good, welcome, or appreciated. We certainly won’t invest our full effort unless—and until—we’re vested in this manner. Of course, what makes us feel…
  - 48 days ago, 29 Jul 20, 5:25pm -
• WFH: How to Keep Your Team On Track
  Working from home is great, but it also comes with many unique struggles that can impact productivity and hinder growth. According to Buffer’s 2019 State of Remote Work survey, 17 percent of respondents reported that communication and collaboration…
  - 50 days ago, 27 Jul 20, 5:18pm -
• A-Players Sourcing Guide: 11 Steps to Landing the Industry’s Top-Performers
  The most talented people build the best companies. It’s that simple. No successful business was built purely on market fit and a ton of investments. People are the #1 asset of any company, its biggest strength or weakness. The concentration of tale…
  - 55 days ago, 22 Jul 20, 5:17pm -

Lifes Crazy Joke

• This will go in history down as my best idea… or my worst.
  This is a post about money. Talking about money is rude. But when have you ever known me to be polite? Zero times. Right now I’m paying a social media manager, a nanny, a few part-time graphic designers, some part-time photographers, my mom (she…
  - 27 Jul 16, 2:00pm -
• Five Podcasts To Get You Into Podcasts
  The other day I had to explain to my mom what the word “podcast” means (which is hilarious since years ago I co-hosted a fairly successful one). Podcasts are these little bits of talk radio (for lack of a better description) that come in every g…
  - 13 Apr 16, 1:26pm -
• Skinny people get sick, too.
  I thought I was having a heart attack. Or maybe a panic attack. But the more I sat there, wheezing, chest tight, arms numb – the more I realized I was probably going to die. This was it, I had finally worked myself to death. Putting in 80 hours a…
  - 6 Apr 16, 1:43pm -
• I’ve been wearing leggings as pants for Science.
  I’ve been adamant about leggings not being pants. Because they’re leggings. And not pants. You can read my most popular blog post ever about this highly controversial (and totally polarizing) topic by clicking here. I was the one who told all of…
  - 11 Feb 16, 11:18pm -
• You Park Like An Asshole & Other Neighborly Causes
  I could have spent today working on 1099s. I could have spent today getting a pitch done for tomorrow. But no. I spent today fighting for the cause. YOU. ARE. WELCOME. NEIGHBORS. I spent a significant amount of time making this diagram to show you gu…
  - 28 Jan 16, 11:32pm -

HR Bacon Hut

• TNSHRM! Social Media We Have Arrived!
  NSHRM! Social Media We Have Arrived!
  - 10 Sep 13, 6:36pm -
• Resuscitate HR with Bacon
  The must-Have #bacon snack recommendation for #SHRM13 from HR Bacon Hut would be chunks of bacon and pretzels in chocolate chip batter!
  - 17 Jun 13, 10:39pm -
• What? No Bacon? Just SHRM?
  Tonight: 6pm-7pm cst my SHRM Chapter Middle Tennessee SHRM will be hosting a social media workshop. We need a back channel. #MTSHRMeep
  - 16 Jan 13, 5:32pm -
• HRevolution 2012
  Why doe #HRevolution feel somehow different this year? #shrm #shrmlead #tchat #dthr
  - 6 Oct 12, 12:58pm -
• How to Be an HR Conference Lurker at #SHRM12
  #notatshrm12 ? Want to find out how to lurk & stalk #SHRM12 on Social Media? You should. Read on.
  - 24 Jun 12, 5:35pm -

Performance I Create

• HR Certifications, Are They Really Important?
  Human resources and work environments are rapidly evolving, including an increasingly diverse, four-generation workforce that requires knowledgeable, certified HR professionals who can bring multiple skills to the job. HR is transforming itself into…
  - 19 Feb 20, 2:00pm -
• Natural Hair Should Be Protected By Law & Don’t Ask (White) Men About It
  There’s been a lot of talk about natural hairstyles lately. In fact, more than talk, there are major news stories revolving around cities ban natural hair discrimination in the workplace and even our children with natural hairstyles are being victi…
  - 17 Feb 20, 2:00pm -
• How Can #HR Support Trump? (a serious question)
  *Editorial note* Sometimes social conversations are better than articles and blog posts, such as the case with this social conversation converted into a blog post.  Since 2017, I have wondered how can anyone, especially HR professionals, supports Do…
  - 12 Feb 20, 2:00pm -
• Stop Snooping, Spying, and Stalking Your Employees
  Silently Stalking Employees The internet has created many opportunities for people to start their own company, join organizations they’ve always dreamt of, provide for themselves and/or their families. It has helped create thought leaders and influ…
  - 23 Jan 20, 2:00pm -
• Engaging in Bullying Behavior and Being a Bully are Different Things
  Many of you who have read my blogs over the years know that I often refer to, learn from, or are inspired by my kids. Today’s post is no different but in this case, it is written with one of them. I was trying to wrap my arm around bullying, micro…
  - 21 Jan 20, 2:00pm -
• Happy Birthday, Dr. King (I’d Be Lost Without You)
  For me, today kicks off a week-long celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. Yes, I know as a nation it is celebrated the 3rd Monday in January, HOWEVER, his bornday is January 15th. So why do I celebrate beginning on his actual birthday u…
  - 15 Jan 20, 3:15pm -

HackerRank Blog

• Want to See Their Skills? Just Have Them Do a Code Review
  Today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of our new Code Review question type. Code...The post Want to See Their Skills? Just Have Them Do a Code Review appeared first on HackerRank Blog.
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 7:42pm -
• Find Quality Talent Faster with HackerRank
  A few weeks ago, we introduced the new industry standard in technical hiring: the HackerRank...The post Find Quality Talent Faster with HackerRank appeared first on HackerRank Blog.
  - 14 days ago, 1 Sep 20, 7:50pm -
• Overcoming Bias in Recruiting to Create a Culture of Diversity & Inclusion
  Overcoming bias in recruiting is one of the first steps to creating a culture of...The post Overcoming Bias in Recruiting to Create a Culture of Diversity & Inclusion appeared first on HackerRank Blog.
  - 17 days ago, 29 Aug 20, 5:14am -
• Introducing the HackerRank Developer Skills Platform
  We’re excited to introduce the new industry standard in technical hiring: the HackerRank Developer Skills...The post Introducing the HackerRank Developer Skills Platform appeared first on HackerRank Blog.
  - 28 days ago, 18 Aug 20, 1:00pm -
• Cloud Computing Expert Kesha Williams on Hiring, Mentoring, & Creating Community in Tech
  Kesha Williams is an award-winning software engineer, machine learning practitioner, and AWS training architect at...The post Cloud Computing Expert Kesha Williams on Hiring, Mentoring, & Creating Community in Tech appeared first on HackerRank Blog.
  - 35 days ago, 11 Aug 20, 4:06pm -
• Building a Culture of Developer Innovation: A Q&A With Engineering Leaders at HP Enterprise and Bounce
  Attracting and hiring the right developers is key to building a high-performing engineering team. But...The post Building a Culture of Developer Innovation: A Q&A With Engineering Leaders at HP Enterprise and Bounce appeared first on HackerRank Blog…
  - 40 days ago, 6 Aug 20, 12:00pm -

Ohio Employment Law Blog

• NBC News takes the unprecedented step to release its internal Matt Lauer harassment report
  Image by Max Goldberg via Wiki CommonsYesterday morning, NBC News released the complete report into its months long investigation of Matt Lauer.I was astounded by NBC’s transparency. It is extraordinarily rare for a private company…
  - 10 May 18, 11:21am -
• Sympathetic does not always equal protected under the ADA
  Photo by Pexels on PixabayToday’s opinion is a lesson straight out of the school of hard knocks. No matter how sympathetic the plaintiff or how harrowing his plights, the law is the law and sometimes it’s just not on his side.When…
  - 9 May 18, 11:34am -
• Should employers still test for marijuana?
  Photo by Michael Fischer from PexelsOhio’s medical marijuana program is set to be fully operational by September 2018. Ohio will join 28 other states, and the District of Columbia, in which doctors can legally prescribe marijuana to treat c…
  - 8 May 18, 11:49am -
• The 8th nominee for the “worst employer of 2018” is … the age discriminator
  Today’s nominee for the Worst Employer of 2018 is Seasons 52, a national, Orlando-based restaurant chain.Last week, it agreed to pay $2.85 million to settle a nationwide class age discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC. The laws…
  - 7 May 18, 11:45am -
• WIRTW #504 (the “once bitten, twice shy” edition)
  Never in my life did I think that I’d ever attend a biker rally. Yet, three weeks from tomorrow, I’ll be in Sandusky, at Ohio Bike Week.Why?I’ll be watching Norah and her bandmates warming up the crowd for 80’s hair ba…
  - 4 May 18, 11:34am -
• THIS is how you reasonably accommodate a disabled employee
  Photo by David Pisnoy on UnsplashI’ve spent a lot of time over the past 16 months discussing bad employers—those that so mishandled employees that they earned a spot on my list of America’s Worst Employers.Today, I thought I’d…
  - 3 May 18, 12:01pm -

The Recruiting Unblog

• Could Moocs be the next big thing in college recruiting?
  If you follow the learning and development community, then Moocs, or Massive On-line Open Courses won’t be a new concept. They have been gaining momentum, popularity and adoption since first appearing in 2008. .Wikipedia defines a Mooc…
  - 14 May 14, 5:16am -
• The Talent Tipping Point
  I’ve never been a big fan of the talent community concept. I get the idea. It would be nice if jobs, careers and companies were interesting enough to support real communities. A real community in my opinion, enables everyone to…Read m…
  - 13 May 14, 3:08am -
• Mental Health And Recruiting: A Little Honesty
  I’ve been thinking of re-launching my blog, and today I think I have something important enough to start writing again. Yesterday, at #truStockholm, I got in to a bit of a conversation with someone about mental health, and how to…Read more →R…
  - 12 May 14, 5:25am -
• The #trulondon9 Schedule: Feb 26. Live from London
  This #trulondon is all change. We’ve tightened things up by making the tracks 40 minutes, we’ve gone back to the City Hotel, which many past participants have called our spiritual home deep in Brick Lane, and we’ve added “show and…
  - 23 Feb 14, 12:24am -
• Big Data and Recruiting. A new @BillBoorman Whitepaper
  Related posts:Free Whitepaper: From Transaction To Relationship: The Agency Opportunity If you’ve seen me speaking recently at the Recruitment Agency...Big data in the recruiting process with Gild #HRTechEurope I’m live blogging from #HRTe…
  - 21 Feb 14, 1:15am -
• #trulondon 9 – Feb 26’th – All new line up
  
  - 6 Feb 14, 7:44am -

Musings From Sussex

• On the passing of my father
  As some know, my father passed way recently. He lived for many years with cancer, before a sudden deterioration. A few people know, and I’ve received some heartfelt messages of support. I’m thankful indeed for those – but it’s also made me re…
  - 25 Mar 16, 12:04pm -
• Is time flying? Is Twitter dying? Is this blog still alive?
  Got a huge backlog of things I want to write about, but simply haven’t made the time of late.  Everything starts with a first step, they say… Been a close watcher of the ups and downs at Twitter over the last year or so – with most of the com…
  - 21 Mar 16, 9:03pm -
• HR tips for a fast growth startup company
  While out at SXSW recently, I got the chance to catch up with ZipRecruiter.  As a fast growing tech startup, building a team AND supplying their core product to small/medium businesses around the world, I thought they might have some interesting th…
  - 7 Apr 15, 2:11pm -
• Five things from SXSW 2015
  With my fifth SXSW safely tucked away, I’m now familiar enough with the pattern to know the learning hits in three stages: the stuff that hits you in the face while in Austin, the stuff that seeps out of your subconscious as the margaritas evaporat…
  - 20 Mar 15, 10:54am -
• Agile recruiting – and DiceTalentNet highlights
  Had a great day at TalentNet yesterday – wanted to share a few takeaways, my slide deck, and also some appreciation for those behind it.  Trying to get anything organised during SXSW is a battle – vying for venue space and more importantly, peo…
  - 14 Mar 15, 2:28pm -
• SXSW, DiceTalentNet and Data: good & evil
  Been a busy few months and fallen right out of the habit of blogging!  Time to spur it on, since SXSW beckons later this week, which means it’s about five years since I started this. I certainly remember writing up some reflections after my fir…
  - 10 Mar 15, 11:33am -

Take It Personel-ly

• newDo You Enjoy Your Phone or Feel Trapped by It?
  About six years ago, a friend of mine was sitting in a restaurant with his wife in a small town in France and observed that almost everyone in the restaurant was looking at their smartphone. Then he noticed he and his wife were doing the same. Whe…
  - 1 hour ago, 15 Sep 20, 11:12am -
• new5 Ways to Improve Communication with Your Coworkers While Working Remotely
  As a result of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, working from home has gone from being an option to being mandatory. For some people, having to work from home is a drastic and unfamiliar change, and adjusting to this new situation may prove a challenge. Th…
  - 2 hours ago, 15 Sep 20, 10:13am -
• newBest Cities to Visit in New Zealand
  Most people who have never been to New Zealand probably associate this magnificent country with amazing and breath-taking scenery and they are right. However, New Zealand has so much more to offer and you might want to consider visiting some of its b…
  - 3 hours ago, 15 Sep 20, 9:42am -
• new4 Things Seniors Can Expect When They Get a Reverse Mortgage
  There are many different financial decisions you have to make during the later years of your life. Some of these decisions help to shape the kind of lifestyle you’re able to live. If you need extra income, one choice you could make is to obtain a r…
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 20, 10:19am -
• newHow to Create an Effective Digital Marketing Budget
  We live in a digital world. We are constantly surrounded by screens. People heavily rely on the internet for almost everything: research, entertainment, shopping, data storage; with various portable digital devices always within reach. Hence, it’s…
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 20, 9:52am -

No Excuses HR

• I See Color
  I see color.I see the beautiful shades of humanity.I see the differences between you and me.I see the unique perspective that you have......and that I don't.I see the insight you bring to the discussion.I see the passion you feel.I see the pain that…
  - 15 days ago, 31 Aug 20, 3:19pm -
• Listen. Learn. Do.
  Black Lives Matter.It is not a slogan or bandwagon issue. It is something we need to embrace, respect, and acknowledge as part of the momentum necessary to move our country forward on one of the most challenging topics: racism.It saddens, frustrates…
  - 90 days ago, 17 Jun 20, 3:01pm -
• Share Your WFH Hacks
  Long before all the current WFH craze hit the world, my company was 100% virtual. Our transition to all of the suddenly trendy advice around workspaces, clutter removal, shower (or not) before work, etc, seemed a bit dated for us.I'm not bragging he…
  - 26 May 20, 12:17pm -
• A Greatness Undone
  ...faith and work and charity and healthy eating and being productive and working out and caring for everyone and reading and listening and learning and growing and mentoring and leading and pushing and resting and balancing and reaching out and alwa…
  - 12 May 20, 11:49am -
• Checking On You
  Okay, I think we've had just about enough of this whole stay-at-home lifestyle, right? Anyone else ready to go to a restaurant, attend a playoff game, or get to a concert? Holy cow...I am READY!Except, for that whole deadly virus thing that seems to…
  - 3 May 20, 4:06pm -
• Quarantine Goals
  When the safer at home orders started coming through I decided to set a few short term goals for myself. I'm very competitive, and with my gym closed and sessions with my trainer impossible, I thought I could turn those personal frustrations into a b…
  - 27 Apr 20, 11:40am -

The Chief People Officer

• Great Place to Work Award Programs
  The Great Place to Work Institute and Fortune Magazine started the best workplace award movement in the late 1990s. Fast forward to today, there are increasing numbers of award programs. Below is a centralized list: Great Place to Work Award Programs…
  - 25 Jun 19, 10:52am -
• Saying Goodbye Leads to Saying Hello
  I miss my dog. Holly, a fluffy white Bichon Frise, was my faithful companion for over 15 years. She followed me throughout the house, not too far behind. When I sat down, she jumped on my lap. When I went outside, she followed me. When I went to the…
  - 30 May 19, 5:28pm -
• Ageism and Best Places to Work
  “Hear the one about the unemployed middle-aged guy who tripped and fell into the new economy?” Dan Lyons, Author of Disrupted   It sucks being a middle-aged worker. Of all organizations in the U.S., award-winning best places to work should not d…
  - 4 Apr 19, 5:14pm -
• The Culture Revolution: Bracing for the Third Wave
  American businesses are experiencing a cultural tsunami. A tsunami is a series of overwhelming ocean waves caused by an underwater earthquake, volcanic eruption or landslide. The triggering event causes a displacement of water along with multiple wav…
  - 14 Dec 18, 7:11pm -
• Great Places to Work in the State of Oklahoma
  If you are searching for a great place to work in the State of Oklahoma, be sure to first look at organizations who have obtained an official great workplace designation. Although these awards do not guarantee the workplace is perfect, it shows, howe…
  - 28 Jun 18, 3:47pm -
• Great Places to Work in the City of Tulsa
  If you’re an employee located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and searching for a career at a great organization, you should only consider a Certified Great Place to Work. These companies have earned this designation after completing a rigorous vetting proce…
  - 22 Jun 18, 2:59pm -

HR Remix

• When is it Time to Make A Change?
  When your world is completely upended does anything you used to do make sense anymore? That’s a question I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. We are all trying to navigate a world that looks very different from eight months ago. We are all impa…
  - 33 days ago, 13 Aug 20, 11:20pm -
• Building Organizations Where Employees Can Be Creative
  Businesses across all industries are facing unprecedented disruption: rapidly evolving technology (AI, automation, etc.), new entrants in traditional markets, and changing business and consumer expectations. These disruptors are forcing organizatio…
  - 4 Dec 19, 11:30am -
• What Does A Good HR Business Partner Look Like?
  The HR Business Partner is a job for experienced pros with education in HR and business…you can find all the details on that with easy internet search,  You don’t need me to tell you about the education and work experience required for this kind…
  - 22 Oct 19, 11:23am -
• I’m Back From a 30 Day Digital Detox
  Digital technology is everywhere and for many of us its necessary to do our jobs. I couldn’t hibernate on a remote mountain for a month so I had to figure out a way I could keep my job and try digital minimalism. The post I’m Back From a 30 Day…
  - 7 Oct 19, 11:00am -
• Don’t Let Someone Else Tell Your Story
  New leaders have a short amount of time to tell their story. Leaders are brought in under a number of circumstances – sometimes its a simple transition from one job to the next and other times its because something needs to be “fixed.” Regardle…
  - 4 Mar 19, 12:01pm -
• Save Your Sanity This Year
  For many of us its goal setting time and that means some of us will get overly ambitious and set close-to-impossible goals for this new year (its possible I have experience in this area). Most of us don’t set these goals because we want to fail. Mo…
  - 5 Feb 19, 11:30am -

Talent Culture

• #WorkTrends: Transforming the Healthcare Benefits Experience
  Now more than ever, employers feel a mandate to take good care of their people. And that responsibility is bigger than how best to empower a remote workforce. It is […]The post #WorkTrends: Transforming the Healthcare Benefits Experience appeared…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 12:12pm -
• The Power of a Purposeful Hashtag: #WorkTrends
  If we’ve learned anything over the past decade, it is the power of a hashtag… #WorkTrends has been on quite an adventure. Over the past 10 years, TalentCulture’s signature podcast […]The post The Power of a Purposeful Hashtag: #WorkTrends ap…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 12:15pm -
• 10 Tips to Stabilize Employee Experience During the Pandemic
  In an outlook where the future looks bleak, only true leaders guide their team through the storm and come out stronger on the other side. And only the best leaders […]The post 10 Tips to Stabilize Employee Experience During the Pandemic appeared f…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 2:00pm -
• #WorkTrends: Sexual Harassment In Virtual Workplaces
  An ill-suited conversation. A moment of innuendo. Or a comment targeted at our gender, wardrobe choices, and even our hairstyles. Each, depending on context, are considered sexually harassing messages. And […]The post #WorkTrends: Sexual Harassmen…
  - 11 days ago, 4 Sep 20, 12:52pm -
• Promoting Diversity and Maintaining an Inclusive Culture
  As the spotlight has brightened on racism. In response to recent miscarriages of justice, the emphasis on identifying racism within other aspects of life has also grown. As business leaders, […]The post Promoting Diversity and Maintaining an Inclu…
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 2:00pm -
• 5 Ways COVID-19 Will Change HR
  Many companies and job titles will go through drastic changes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The HR sector and the people working in it will undoubtedly experience some of […]The post 5 Ways COVID-19 Will Change HR appeared first on TalentC…
  - 14 days ago, 1 Sep 20, 2:00pm -

Recruiting Animal

• How To Command a Niche
  Link: Charge What You Deserve. 3 Quick and easy ways to Command a Profitable Niche October 13th, 2008 · No Comments So, who IS that client of yours? Where are you going to “dig your niche”? You are going to dig right where your B-O-M-B is! Your…
  - 13 Mar 19, 10:18am -

Strategy Focused HR

• WE HAVE MOVED
  Please check out our new website atwww.strategyfocusedhr.comWe will no longer post to this site.  Thank you very much for your support over the years.  Please join us at the above so that we can stay connected.
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• Only Time Will Tell If You REALLY Believe That Employees Come First
  There are only three agenda items at our executive meetings: People, sales, and profit.In what order I asked? “That is the order,” was the response.Everyone in the room looked on like an approving parent.I belong to a group in Dubai that we calle…
  - 23 Sep 15, 10:45am -
• Are You Making Sure To Change Your Talent Along With Your Strategy?
  I have never had strategy and talent explained that way. I am a professor at a Business School here in Dubai and I teach strategy. We should put something together.At the end of one of my speeches, I was approached by this professor who gave me his b…
  - 23 Sep 15, 10:34am -
• The Tide Is Turning – The Old Ways Of Managing A Workforce Are Evolving
  These were recent headlines that came across my news feed: Would You Give Staff a Three-Day Weekend? Global Retailer Uniqlo is Giving it a GoFacebook Co-founder Calls Out Tech Industry for Lack of Work-Life BalanceHow Working Long Hours is Hitting Yo…
  - 23 Sep 15, 10:23am -
• Better Engagement? It Trickles Down From Managers to Your Employees
  I do not care whether anyone here likes me or not.Please do not come to me with this, I should be the last person that you come to with questions, go figure it out.Now I just do my job and what is required. Nothing more.This one-sided conversation wa…
  - 2 Sep 15, 9:51am -
• Maybe Amazon’s New World Of Work Isn’t Right For Someone Like Me
  “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk,” said former Amazon employee Bo Olson, who worked in book marketing. Or, they very wisely chose to leave.Explanations like “we’re not totally sure” or “I’ll get back to you”…
  - 24 Aug 15, 6:10am -

Interview Geek

• One-and-Done: The NBA’s Strategy For Managing Millennials
  The NBA instituted a rule in 2006 that an athlete must be at least 19 years old and at least one year removed from graduating high school. And the term One-and-Done was born. It’s gained enough acceptance over the last decade that I wouldn’t be s…
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• Draft Your Team Like an NFL General Manager
  Guest Blogger: Marc Prine PhD With the NFL Draft on its way, there are few things that can make or break a team’s season and the career of a General Manager (GM) more than a bad draft decision. Similarly, there are a few things that can stall your…
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• Recruiting Millennials: How Oregon Got It Right
  [Posted on LinkedIn 12/31/14] Today is the eve of the first ever College Football Playoff. The inaugural four-team playoff includes Ohio State, Alabama, Florida State, and Oregon. I must be up front and let you, the readers, know that I have an unwav…
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• 3 Ways Millennials Are Influencing Healthcare
  [Breaking News] – The healthcare landscape is changing, and while those in DC continue to have polite, bipartisan discussions on how to “solve” this nagging problem, HR departments everywhere are trying to keep up. A new study released last wee…
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• #LikeAGirl: Hire Mo’ne Davis and My Sister
  Always created a campaign addressing what it means to run, throw, and fight #LikeAGirl. When did #LikeAGirl become an insult? As more young girls believe they’re strong and capable, the challenges and obstacles women in the workplace face today wil…
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• The Bachelorette #MenTellAll: The Ultimate Exit Interview
  Finally. A forum to tell people what is really going on at this company (sort of)! Exit interviews can provide companies with feedback on areas of improvement and offers closure to employees. The concept is a little kumbaya, assuming that all break-u…
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The HR Field Guide

• "The Who Behind Your Why"
  I'm excited to share that I have a new article up over at TalentCulture titled, "The Value of Value Propositions." For a sneak peek of my latest, read on:Industry, products and services, customer base – these are all things that differ in terms a…
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• "The Magic Eight Ball of Recruiting"
  In what is the first of two articles I have going up this week, my new piece on the idea of predicting the talent fit pre-hire, titled "The Future of Hiring is Quality of Hire," is now live at ERE. For a sneak peek, read on:The function responsible f…
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• "Season of Change"
  It's been a bit crazy this past year, as anyone that bothers to read posts around these parts probably surmised. Over the course of these last 15 months, I presented at the CUPA-HR National Conference (2016), got a new boss, saw my role grow and expa…
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• "Everything You've Ever Wanted. . ."
  
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• "Love Changes Everything. . ."
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• "Talent Is A Wonderful Thing. . ."
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HR Nasty

• Modern resume format for a Covid job search
  Are you aware of the tools and formats in a modern job searchInterviews are being landed amid COVID with a Modern Resume FormatI am riding shotgun with two folks right now on their post-COVID job search. The first thing we did was update their re…
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• The initial resume sniff test, why your resume is being declined
  Is your resume failing the resume sniff test?Top 5 reasons your resume doesn’t pass the first sniff testHave you turned in your resume and not heard back from the hiring company? Yes, unemployment numbers are high, but we know that recruiters a…
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• How to keep your remote employees engaged
  We don’t just want engaged remote employees, we want the entire family engaged with the company.New paradigm, company is made up of remote employeesLike most companies, remote employees our the new paradigm. In the midst of Covid-19, who is to…
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• Job search help through free automated cover letter and resume accounts
  Let professional recruiters help you find a job with the latest automated toolLeveling the playing field for the unemployed with free job search toolsToday I want to offer free job search help. If you were recently laid off or know someone who wa…
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• Working from home, managing your manager remotely, and Covid-19
  Working from homeWorking from homeCovid-19 has many employees working from home. Because this is a new practice for many, I wanted to share some best practices to ensure success as you work from home.Working from home isn’t anything new. Folk…
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• Corporate training behavior and future opportunities
  All employees attend corporate training. How your participation level or lack of participation can kick start or shutter your career. The post Corporate training behavior and future opportunities appeared first on HRNasty.
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Christopher in HR

• The Experience
  Woe to the candidate experience. Perhaps not dead, but terminal. No longer a hot topic, not the high point of networking conversations anymore yet this drama still plays out as an endless soap opera searching for new sponsors. We can do better. Cons…
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• Pay It Forward
  Do the right thing. Sometime in the next five to ten years my career as such will be over. I won’t be doing HR work as an ’employee’ although I’m sure I’ll still teach and speak and above all mentor. I’m asking you to consider mentoring t…
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• We Want You! (sort of…)
  No thank you. Sam and I go back for years having met at a tech company and keeping up with each other since. He’s a good guy, talented as an HR Business Partner and his skills are above average. He has a strong brand. Last November a tech firm reac…
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• A Matter of Degrees
  She shivered. As my better half and I left a quaint little bistro in the early evening the temperature had changed since we entered. From a balmy 70 initially, (21 to my friends on the other side of the pond) it was now a nippy 62 (17) since the sun…
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• Good News
  It was a dark and stormy night… Actually that’s not true: it was a beautiful sunny morning but I’ve always wanted to start a post like that! The phone rang and although I didn’t recognize it I answered anyway as it was a local call and I hope…
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• Fall Out
  Everything in its season. There is no question the world’s a little colder place in the fall. While my friends south of the equator are fast heading towards spring, we in the northern climes are snuggled into fall looking towards the Equinox and wi…
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Joe Gerstandt Blog

• Inclusion in Action, cont’d
  As I said in my last post… Diversity means difference, and there is nothing more universally human than difference. Difference has consequences. Rolling a boulder up hill is very different from rolling the same boulder down hill because gravity has…
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• Inclusion in Action
  Diversity means difference. Literally. Diversity means difference, and human beings are positively riddled with difference. One of the very few things that is universally true of all human beings is that each of us is in some way different. Differenc…
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• Inclusion Demands Higher Standards
  Of the many misperceptions regarding inclusion, the most common might be the idea that inclusion requires you to lower your standards – inclusion somehow means “anything goes.” Not only is there a healthy does of bias baked into this idea, it i…
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• 6 Ways to Accelerate your Diversity & Inclusion Efforts
  I consistently see organizations with unnecessary barriers slowing their D&I efforts down or blocking them altogether. Want to move forward? Here are six opportunities to consider. I will unpack each of these further in following posts: Clarify your…
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• Leverage points for change. Where do you focus your efforts?
    I no longer remember where I first came across it, but I have kept some version of the above image in my journal for many years now. It is one of the lenses I apply to clarify my own thinking around what exactly I am doing and whether or not I am…
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• Radiance
  If ten lamps are in one place, each differs in form from another; yet you can’t distinguish whose radiance is whose when you focus on the light. In the field of spirit there is no division; no individuals exist. Sweet is the oneness of the Friend w…
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China Gorman Blog

• Are You Ready for AI?
  The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) is a pretty high falutin’ outfit. It’s the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company. Not focused so much on middle-market HR folks, it publishes a wealth of well-researched papers that focus on…
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• Compensation Transparency
  Ben Eubanks over at Lighthouse Research and Advisory has written a fascinating white paper on transparency. Transparency in Compensation:  Trends and Best Practices, underwritten by salary.com, is a thoughtful and interesting discussion of the impac…
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• The Value of Purpose
  
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• Are HR And Finance Finally Going To Be Friends?
  How on earth can it be August 1st? For that matter, how on earth can it be 2017? After taking off three weeks for vacation and business travel commitments, it’s time to be back considering new research and data of … Continue reading →
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• Happy 4th of July!
     
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• One Internet Trend To Watch
  As I’ve written in the past, Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report is a treasure trove of data that most HR professionals miss. That’s because the report isn’t about HR trends, it’s about internet trends. But almost any way you … Co…
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Steve Boese HR Technology

• ANNOUNCEMENT: Mailing List Updates (and other updates)
  Hi all!  Just a couple of updates for readers of the blog and especially for email subscribers who get the blog that way. We at H3 HR Advisors are launching a new monthly email newsletter that will incorporate our latest articles, presentations, eve…
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• PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 419 - Talking HR with the Hosts of the HR Social Hour
  HR Happy Hour 419 - Talking HR with the Hosts of the HR Social HourHosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlaneGuests: Wendy Dailey, Jon ThurmondListen HEREThe HR Happy Hour show is sponsored by Paychex. Paychex makes it simple for businesses of all siz…
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• PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 418 - Workplace Movie Hall of Fame: American Factory
  HR Happy Hour 418 - Workplace Movie Hall of Fame: American FactoryHosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlaneThe HR Happy Hour show is sponsored by Paychex. Paychex makes it simple for businesses of all sizes to pay and manage their employees. They make pa…
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• PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 417 - Fertility Benefits in the Workplace
  HR Happy Hour 417 - Fertility Benefits in the WorkplaceHosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlaneGuest: Tammy Sun, Co-Founder & CEO, Carrot FertilityListen HEREThe HR Happy Hour show is sponsored by Paychex. Paychex makes it simple for businesses of a…
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• PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 416 - HR Happy Hour LIVE: What Matters Now for HR Leaders
  HR Happy Hour 416 - HR Happy Hour LIVE: What Matters Now for HR LeadersHosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlaneSpecial Guest Host: Bill Hicks, Ultimate SoftwareListen HEREThis week in a special HR Happy Hour Show recorded live at Ultimate Software…
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• PODCAST: HR Happy Hour 415 - Addressing Coronavirus in the Workplace
  HR Happy Hour 415 - Addressing Coronavirus in the WorkplaceHosts: Steve Boese, Trish McFarlaneThe HR Happy Hour show is sponsored by Paychex. Paychex makes it simple for businesses of all sizes to pay and manage their employees. They make payroll…
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Women of HR

• A Career Brick Wall or A Window of Opportunity?
  Sometimes things happen in life that are simply unexpected, unfair, and come from out of the blue and smack you in the face like you were never expecting it.  That happened to me this past January.  I had a great career for almost two decades consu…
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• It’s Your Destiny… Take Control
  I’ve been away from Women of HR for a while.  It was never my intention to let this platform go into hiatus, but as we all know life happens and best intentions are sometimes eclipsed by the realities of life.  But nevertheless, I’m back with t…
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• The Science is Simple: Women on the Rise
  With my team at Messina Staffing in Chicago, I’ve had the pleasure of connecting many talented women with wonderful jobs in science, technology, and engineering. Today, I see women rising everywhere I look, and the opportunities are only increasing…
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• A Cautionary Tale: Amazon’s Experiment with AI in Hiring
  While the search for true human-level computing power is still elusive, the targeted use of artificial intelligence is currently transforming individual lives and entire industries. From intelligent sourcing and automatic ordering optimizing supply c…
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• 5 Ways To Use Empathy to Become An Effective HR Leader
  “You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” – John Steinbeck A couple of years ago I remember asking the CHRO of the company I employed at about what he thought was the most important characteristic an HR leader should posses…
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• The New Digital Human Workplace #HRTechConf
  The 2019 version of the HR Technology Conference and Exposition wrapped up about a week and a half ago, and as always it was a world class showcase of HR technology solutions, ideas, and trends in the space.  It’s a show that I wish every human re…
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Creative Chaos HR

Benz Communications

• Health Care Reform Revisited: 10 Years Later, What Matters for Communications?
  Ten years later and the ACA is still being debated. With all this uncertainty during an election cycle, what topics matter for communications?
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• Easy-to-Use Decision Support Tools to Help Your Employees Make Good Choices
  Choosing the right benefits to meet individual needs is one of the biggest decisions your people can make. For many, enrolling in their benefits can be a confusing and complicated experience that can lead to making decisions based on gut feeling…
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• Push Your Employees Offline—and on Vacation
  Amid a worldwide health crisis, taking vacation could be seen as pointless. With travel limited and attractions closed, time away from the office looks like a promising getaway for…couch potatoes only. But the truth is that even in a lockdown,…
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• 5 Simple Questions to Kick-Start Your Open Enrollment Planning
  It’s that time of year again: open enrollment season. Whether you’re making big changes or none at all, it helps to start planning early—especially when there’s so much uncertainty and change impacting our lives. So, if you’re looking…
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• Communicating Bad News to Your People
  Change is always difficult. So, when communicating bad news about employee benefits, or any HR programs, it’s important to look at the big picture and frame your messages appropriately—providing context can mean the difference between your p…
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• Financial Wellness Matters Now More than Ever
  Even before the coronavirus outbreak, the majority of Americans had little to no savings and were living paycheck to paycheck. And when you have almost no savings, you’re most likely living in debt, living beyond your means, and not thinking a…
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Recruitifi Blog

• Unleashing talent as a competitive weapon
  Whether you’re still focusing on traditional “time-to-hire” or agonizing over what an unfilled position is costing your company, you know that when it comes to recruiting and hiring, time is of the essence. This already high pressur…
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• the challenges of recruiting in hypergrowth
  Perfecting your recruitment and hiring process is hard enough during so-called normal conditions, but as Wrede Petersmeyer and the rest of the team at Airbnb found out, it’s even more difficult during a period of hypergrowth. Since Wred…
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• Full-Time Workers Increasingly Willing to Work Part-Time
  Introduction A new RecruitiFi survey on the career paths of 1,000 U.S. full-time and part-time adult employees found that individuals currently working full-time are increasingly likely to seek part-time work due to the flexibility as…
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• The Intersection of Ad Tech and IT Recruiting
  Due to the omnipresence of smartphones and the web’s proven success as an advertising platform, there’s increased demand to place candidates with an intersection of IT and advertising skills in positions. The burgeoning ad tech indust…
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• IT Recruiting: Cloud Computing and Big Data Candidates are in Demand
  There are certain areas of IT recruiting where demand far exceeds supply, such as cloud computing and related areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and big data. Moving to cloud-based platforms saves companies money and offers very real…
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• Maybe You Should be Recruiting Job Hoppers
   Recruiting job hoppers may wind up costing employers a large sum of money due simply to their unreliability. The average cost to replace an employee is 21 percent of that employee’s yearly salary, so hiring a job hopper might wind up…
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HR Hardball

• newWanted: Courage (Apply Within)
  Courageous leadership is in demand; are you prepared to accept the challenge?
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• Action Requested!
  What do YOU want to hear more about? HR Hardball, The Podcast is always looking for your ideas. Be a part of the #HardballNation!
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• Pack Light, But Effectively
  You have skills inside your suitcase that travel with you wherever you may go. It's up to you to utilize them!
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• Armadillos and Fauci
  Fauci should learn from the armadillo. There's just no good news in the middle of the road.
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• Juice Box Hero!!
  We all listen for the biases of others, but do we consider the filters we have established in our own minds?
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• Is “My Truth” the same as THE Truth?
  2020 will leave us with an assortment of new phrases. "My Truth" is one of the more ridiculous ones...or is it?
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Lisa Rosendahl Blog

• Character Building Experiences
  We all face experiences that test our temperament, our spirit, and our moral fiber. They provoke us to choose between what we feel we should do and what we would do, if not for the expectations of others. Or, they stop us in our tracks because they a…
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• Yes, I am Judging You
  If it looks like I have been judging you, it's because I have. If it wasn't me evaluating how you chose to respond on a group email and coming up with a snarky response I'll never deliver or predicting the negative impacts of your personal motivatio…
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• Motherhood and Cliche
  My daughter is 16, going on college. I remember being pregnant worrying about what I would do if the baby was sick on a day I couldn't be off work. The worry was for nothing. My answer was clear the moment I saw my daughter for the very first time -…
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• A Reluctant Exerciser: On the Road to Recovery
  I completed The Fast Factory Challenge today. My goals for the 6-weeks were pedestrian: recharge my exercise routine,  clean up my diet, and downsize my menopausal muffin top . Not for one moment did I entertain the idea of shifting my lifelong rela…
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• Changing the HR Story
  The new year presents a fresh start. If there is something you'd like to start doing, stop doing or change the way you are doing it, this is when many jump on the resolution train. Whether you are a resolution-maker or not, making something better is…
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• My Leadership Sweet Spot
  Leaders must be learners and last week I completed the Healthcare Leadership Development Program. It was great program focused on each of us as individual leaders, the healthcare environment we operate in and leadership in crisis. As a wrap-up, each…
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Something Different HR

PEOCompare

• Are PEOs a Good Idea for Small Businesses?
  Small businesses are the lifeblood of America. They represent the grit, determination, and drive we associate with living the American Dream. But as every small business owner knows, no one achieves success without support from a tribe of…
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• Why PEOs Make Sense For Small Business Owners
  As a small business owner, you know it takes a lot of grunt work to keep your business running. The more of that work you can delegate, the more time you will have to invest in the growth of your business. Let’s look at some ways a PEO…
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• The 3 Most Important Questions to Ask Before You Choose a PEO
  
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• 8 Practical Ways a PEO Can Help You Work Smarter, Not Harder in 2018
     
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• Get Ready for 2018 ACA Open Enrollment Deadline With New SBC Form Requirements
  Looking ahead to your 2018 ACA open enrollment deadline? This year, businesses will need to incorporate updates to the Summary of Benefits and Coverage form they distribute to employees—and the changes are significant.  In this post,…
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• Ask These 8 Questions When You Compare PEO Companies
  If you’re a small business owner and you need help with HR, take comfort in the fact that thousands of others have faced that same dilemma. HR responsibilities take time, resources, and blood/sweat/tears that you may not be able to inve…
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HR to WHO

Change-Effect

• HR needs the workplace more than most
  Over the last few weeks I’ve written about the need to bring people back into the workplace and to find a new balance of flexibility. There are countless reasons why this makes sense, which I won’t repeat again, but you can read some of them here…
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• When recruiting gets tough
  I’ve mentioned before that I started my career in a recession and how the process of getting my first job was utterly soul destroying. To this day, I still have the rejection letters that I received from the hundreds of companies that bothered to r…
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• Our debate needs less noise and more thought
  In “normal” times, any discussion about the future of work is fraught with danger, the impact of coronavirus on workplaces has added a multiplying factor of one hundred. Disproportionate time and space is given to the voices on the extreme who de…
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• Why we need a new debate on flexibility
  I’ve previously written about how, whatever comes from the pandemic, we will still need to physically come together at work. It is a myth that this is the end of the office and those that follow that line will, in my opinion, soon come to regret it…
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• We still need the office
  The trendy thing right now is without doubt to be condemning the physical office to its death. Businesses are committing to officeless futures and the Twitter jockeys are proclaiming the arrival of truly flexible working. You only have to Google “t…
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• You don’t need to be “HR correct”
  I’ve written many times before about our love for a good fad in the world of management. Nothing appeals more than the chance to relaunch something of old under a new moniker and pretend that this version makes you faster, better, more competitive…
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PeopleTactics

• Designing a Job-Specific Training Program
  When hired, employees bring a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience to your organization; however, often times there are a few gaps here and there – and of course there is always the learning curve of your business. Training an employee on wha…
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• The New Kid on the Block: How to Welcome Your New Hire
  Remember the first day of school when you were little? The excitement, the anxiety, the unknown – all the emotions! Starting a new job can elicit the same feelings as we felt on those tender days in grade school…regardless of how old we get. Bein…
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• Recruitment Benchmarking: Metrics to Consider
  In today’s world, tracking business metrics is essential for leaders to understand where their organizations shine and where they need to improve. Monitoring these metrics on a consistent basis – and turning the results into real-life change –…
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• Learning Ability: The Key to Hiring Talent for Tomorrow
  When it comes to talent, we tend to think of hiring someone who has a specific list of skills or experience to meet our business needs of TODAY. Hiring someone based on how well his resume matches the job description is a traditional approach and not…
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• HR & Business Metrics: What Are You Tracking?
  As the value of having real-time data at your fingertips becomes increasingly important, the use of people analytics has evolved from mere project-based initiatives to a more proactive integrated strategy that drives work forward. Instead of operatin…
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• How Up-To-Date is Your Employment Application?
  The employment application is a standard document for any recruiting process. Having applicants complete the employment application at the onset of the recruitment phase is important. Equally important is making sure it is up-to-date on the ever-chan…
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HR Culture Club

• ¿Cuál Es La Historia Y Evolución De La Dieta Keto?
  Si ha seguido las tendencias alimentarias en los últimos años, es probable que haya oído hablar de la dieta cetogénica (Ketogénica). Este método de alimentación alto en grasas y bajo en carbohidratos ha cautivado la cultura popular, y más per…
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• Que es Keto? – Guia comprensiva
  ¿Qué es una dieta Keto? Una dieta Keto es bien conocida por ser una dieta baja en carbohidratos, donde el cuerpo produce cetonas en el hígado para ser utilizadas como energía. Se conoce como muchos nombres diferentes: dieta cetogénica, dieta ket…
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• Dieta Keto Opiniones
  ¿Qué es Dieta Keto? La Dieta Keto es una dieta extremadamente baja en carbohidratos o sin carbohidratos que obliga al cuerpo a un estado de cetosis. La cetosis ocurre cuando las personas comen una dieta baja en carbohidratos o sin carbohidratos y l…
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• Pastillas Efervescentes
  Las pastillas efervescentes se están volviendo cada vez más populares en una variedad de sectores, incluidos los suplementos y el uso farmacéutico debido a la facilidad con la que se pueden consumir. Las pastillas efervescentes están diseñadas p…
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Accidental HR

• Warning: Introvert at Work
  We make a lot of assumptions about how people operate based on these neat labels that we apply: Boomers, Millennials, Introverts, Extroverts Quants, Techies…it saves us time – people know what we mean when we refer to them.  Their profiles are u…
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• Through a window or into a mirror?
  Maturity is that time when the mirrors in our mind turn to windows and instead of seeing the reflection of ourselves, we see others . Source unknown _____________________________________________________________________________ At work, we are on a p…
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• Weeding through the chaos
  I can’t believe it’s been a year.  Well, actually I can believe it because when I consider everything that has happened and continues to happen…it had to have been at least a 12-month period.  In fact, I can’t believe it’s only been a yea…
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• Summer of `86 Revisited
  The summer of 1986 I was 14 and about to start high school in September.  I knew it was vital to take stock over the summer months because I was certain that something monumental was going to happen. The year before I had moved from the suburbs to t…
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• Why vulnerability is so important
  It irks me that I am sitting down to write this post so early on in January  because I feel like this should either be a look back on 2018 (summary: professionally productive, personally it sucked eggs) or my goals for 2019 (make it out alive). Howe…
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• Speaking Up Now When I Should Have Then
  This post has been sitting in draft mode for quite some time.  There are a number of reasons for this, but the main one was that I was having trouble deciding what I really was hoping to achieve by putting it out there.  Then, every time I thought…
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Corporate HR Girl

• #Hiring Workflow Tips for Success
  Guest Post: By Omer Tadjer HR departments know that hiring the right person for the job is crucial for companies. In …Continue reading →
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• 4 Keys to Millennial Retention
  Think you’ve heard it all on the topic of “Millennials in the Workplace”? Think again. The Millennial group continues to …Continue reading →
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• How To Learn From A Bad Hire (And Your Worst Hire)
  It’s happened at every company: you hire someone who seems like a great candidate, only to discover that the person …Continue reading →
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• The Trouble with Absenteeism and How to Fix It- Join Me! #Webinar
  Five Hidden Reasons for Employee Absenteeism – and What You Can Do About Them (click to register) Tuesday, October 13 at …Continue reading →
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• The Recruiter’s Corner: #HRTech Screening Questions for #SWDevelopers
  #HRTech Vegas 2015 is quickly approaching and if you’ve ever wondered what these technical terms mean (Data Developer, ETLTools, Java …Continue reading →
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• What’s up with #PerformanceReviews? Yes, No, Maybe So?
  We typically have a love-hate relationship with performance management. From annual reviews to “micro-burst” bits of feedback, what’s really behind …Continue reading →
  - 15 Jul 15, 1:59pm -

Salima Nathoo

• Remix: 6 Lessons on Playing Smart and Failing Forward
  Dug this one up from the archives, dusted it off and gave it a fresh polish — you might even see your own reflection in it. 1 #NoHustleWasted. The shortcut to success takes years to create. There’s no copy & paste formula for it and along the way…
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• Lean Learning
  It first happened in 2010 and then everyday thereafter. Emerging from my Master’s Degree in Adult Learning & Global Change and leaning into social media, I couldn’t connect the dots between 40 pages of a training workbook and 140 characters on Tw…
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• Why Learning Should Be Open Source
  If knowledge is not open source, we are running a dangerous experiment with the collective intellect of humanity.   At times the sound of the rain seemed to be louder than the crescendo of voices inside the coffee shop during the lunch rush; an enli…
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• Is Your Organization Collaboratively Intelligent?
  They say too much of something is not always a good thing – when you’re not being smart about it. Collaboration is no exception. Is your organization collaboratively intelligent? A Collaboratively Intelligent Organization has a culture of sharing…
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• Leaders, Time to Get Your Shift Together
  In a time of scarcity, the greatest abundance is the plentiful of being more of who we already are. Today’s leaders own a lot. We are responsible for a continuum that has the bottom line on one end, and on the other, cultivating conditions for the…
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• Get Your Head in the Cloud with Disruptive E-Learning Technology
  I’m excited to be collaborating with e-learning company Docebo, on a series of sponsored posts and guest posts on topics ranging from Business Process Humanization to Learning Design for Employer Branding, and this first post on a review of their l…
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Break the Frame

• 20 Simple Actions to Bridge the Knowing and Doing Gap
  Far from one of those people who can throw together a MasterChef worthy meal from the pantry, I need a recipe. Over the past few months, more than a few have called for thyme. I’m not even sure what flavor thyme adds to the dish, to tell you the tr…
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• How to Step In, Stop the Drama, and Move Forward
  It happens all the time: Drama. It starts as a small whirl of kicked up dust and evolves into a tornado, sucking up all the energy and people in its path.   Why do so many people choose to stay with the chaos? It’s because getting out of the way…
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• Alignment of Purpose and Vision Isn’t A One Way Ticket
  Often, we think of vision and purpose in an organizational context, yet organizations are powered by people. It’s the marriage between the individual and organization that creates value. Like any good marriage, the give and take, needs and wants, t…
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• Dig Deep Into Your Personal Leadership and Stop Hiding
  
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• Beyond the Basics: How To Use a Planner to Get Organized
  My phone rang well after the workday was over. I didn’t recognize the number but picked up the phone, and it was Pam, a coaching client. I barely said hello before she began apologizing for missing our latest meeting. I decided to poke her a little…
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Whipper Snapper HR

• SarahMillerAU.com
  Whipper Snapper HR is a really special site to me, because it's through this site I got to nut out so many things I needed to wrap my head around as a new starter in the HR world.Funny though - I'm not such a whipper snapper any more!Things have chan…
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• Social Media & HR - my speaking notes for a presentation
  This is a short presentation I gave to a group of HR Professionals on why I use social media, the benefits, how to get over some stumbling blocks, and why I think everyone should just have a go! Social Media & HR - The DIY Professional Developme…
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• The Importance of *expletive* Intermissions
  It's the Cabaret Festival in Adelaide, and last night we went along to support a friend's show - you know one of those things where it's probably not your cup of tea, but you want to see your people succeed. Well within the first 5 minutes, it was so…
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• You're Better than Samsung
  I will never buy a product that needs to shit on the competition to advertise itself.That's probably why I find Samsung phones unattractive.And why I change the channel every time this Ford Territory MkII ad comes on:It just makes me cringe at all th…
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• Be The Asshole Who Says It
  Those special relationships at work aren't doing anyone favours.Think of that team mate that's really liked, but needs extra guidance with 'careful cotton gloves'- they're not getting the real picture. And that respected colleague who can't print a d…
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• Weed
  It’s spring, and although everything is green, I was surprised that when I actually looked at the garden, a huge amount of weeds have sprung up. It was a good reminder that in times of growth, we have to be really on guard about what’s establishi…
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The Aristocracy of HR

• Human Performance Deserves More Than a Review
  2110730000010Campaign/FTC disclosure: This is a sponsored blog post. I will or have received compensation for this post. I only work with companies I feel have great products, services, and offerings. In accordance with my blog disclosure statemen…
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• The Game of Supremacy Chess
  020051000010 Have you ever won or enjoyed playing a game where the rules were not explained to you? Let’s try this another way, have you ever enjoyed a game where the people you were playing with started switching up the rules midgame leaving you a…
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• The Audacity of No Rebuttal
  110121101121  I am no stranger to a good debate. In fact, I quite enjoy a healthy conversation comprised of fact, experience and well-placed opinion every once and again. The operative word here is healthy and by healthy I mean all parties in the de…
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• #BlackBlogsMatter : Let’s Separate For Peace Sake
  040040000310As I continue on my journey of life, I find the one thing I consistently seek is peace. I enjoy peace in my relationships, peace of mind, peace in matters of the heart, and just general equilibrium as much as possible with most things in…
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• 10 Perspectives to Digest for 2019
  1020070100061We are entering the last year of the 2010s. One year from 2020, a year painted as the poster child of human advancement and something of a sci-fi fantasy. From all I can tell, we haven’t exactly accelerated into a Jetson reality of fly…
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• #Unleash18 Solve For Happiness, Change The World with Mo Gawdat
  110010000031 “If we get AI right it is the last frontier for humanity. Everything beyond AI will invent and create on our behalf beyond that.” ~Mo Gawdat, Former Chief Business Officer of Google X How does this statement sit with you? Right now,…
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Talent Vanguard

• Waking Up in Wonderland
  Some people say that stress is the gap between expectation and reality. This seems like an overly simplistic definition, but I think it gets at something true about the challenges associated with being continuously disappointed. Consider it in the co…
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• It’s Not Rocket Surgery
  
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• The Indirect Approach
  I’m relearning how to breathe. Which is odd, since the fact that I’m typing this suggests I already know how to do that. And since I’ve also just returned to school to do a masters degree it would be fair to expect that I’d be into more advan…
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• A Year of Not Knowing
  I haven’t been writing. I’ve wanted to, but I’ve been deep in a trough of not knowing. It feels pretty awful, but I’ve been here before and I know the drill. I have to keep going and eventually I’ll come out the other side. Writing on the i…
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• Announcing the Aperta Project’s Toronto Tech Study
  “To make something good of the future, you have to look the present in the face.” Simone de Beauvoir I’m so proud to announce the launch of The Aperta Project, and its first collaborative initiative: The Toronto Tech Study. As many of you will…
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• On Power & Transparency
  I’ve become increasingly fascinated by power in the last few years. Think about it: power is woven through every experience we have with others: in relationships, interactions, and organizations, but we almost never acknowledge it. Saying power is…
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Career Connects

• What makes the perfect Linkedin profile?
  10 Tips to help you sculpt your Linkedin profile, from the fine folks at LinkHumans.     Looking to do more on Linkedin? Check these Networking Tips from a Recruiter.
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• Transitioning Military Women’s Career Event in Austin
  In partnership with National Charity League, Inc. the Texas National Guard will host a Military Women in Transition event to help women in all phases of the job search or […]
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• Networking Advice from a Recruiter
  It’s Friday, and a day of reflection for me. There are three bits of my 9 years of recruiting experience that I’d like to share with anyone simply networking and/or […]
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• Can you teach old dogs about new toys?
  Adopting a new pet can be easier than adopting new technology. Good technology can shave time off processes, and make compliance easier. The BEST technology can help you tell the […]
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• Does your resume help you stand out?
  More and more, the importance of an organic and dynamically updated social profile is dominating the job search landscape. How can you separate yourself from the hundreds of competing resumes […]
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• How to Recruit Candidates like Humans
    Does your recruiting strategy include a content marketing strategy? Most recruiters throw out a job link and the phrase “great opportunity” then expect the best candidates to come knocking. […]
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Visueel Voorop in HR

• Visie op Lean HR – beïnvloeden en veranderen van cultuur
  Jekiel behandelt in het boek ‘Lean Human Resources’ het herontwerp van HR-processen voor een cultuur van continue verbetering. Het boek is onderverdeeld in zes delen en in het derde deel wordt het volgende beschreven: de aspecten van cultuurveran…
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• Visie op Lean HR – hervorming van HR
  Jekiel behandelt in het boek ‘Lean Human Resources’ het herontwerp van HR-processen voor een cultuur van continue verbetering. Het boek is onderverdeeld in zes delen en in het tweede deel wordt het volgende beschreven: een stappenplan voor de her…
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• Visie op Lean HR – voorkom verspilling talent en mislukken cultuurverandering
  Jekiel behandelt in het boek ‘Lean Human Resources’ het herontwerp van HR-processen voor een cultuur van continue verbetering. Het boek is onderverdeeld in zes delen en in het eerste deel wordt het volgende beschreven: de verspilling van talent e…
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• Vision of Lean (Six Sigma) HR
  Lay gives a short explanation of the Lean philosophy and its evolution in the book ‘Lean HR’. Then a collection of easy-to-use tools is treated to find and analyze improvement projects.  A structured approach is offered to reduce waste in your…
  - 25 Apr 18, 7:01pm -
• Visie op Lean (Six Sigma) HR
  Lay geeft in het boek ‘Lean HR‘ een korte uiteenzetting van de Lean filosofie en de evolutie ervan. Vervolgens wordt een verzameling van eenvoudig te gebruiken tools behandeld om verbeterprojecten te vinden en te analyseren. Hierbij wordt een ges…
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• Vision of Agile HR
  In the book ‘Agile HR’ Boskma, Buizer, van de Hoef, Peters and Zelen discuss the (un)missable rol of HR in agile organizations. The central question in the book is: How do you design an organization and the associated HR-function in such a way th…
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HR Bartender

• newRemote Job Search: Candidates and Recruiters Need to Plan Their Video Background
  Remote video calls are adding a new wrinkle to job search. The video background matters. This poll helps us understand how much it matters.The post Remote Job Search: Candidates and Recruiters Need to Plan Their Video Background appeared first on hr…
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• newOrganizations: Create Moments That Matter to Employees
  Employees want moments that matter to them in the workplace. With technology today, that also extends to the virtual workplace.The post Organizations: Create Moments That Matter to Employees appeared first on hr bartender.
  - 2 days ago, 13 Sep 20, 8:57am -
• Organizations Cannot Forget About Employee Stress and Burnout
  Employee burnout and stress has challenged organizations for decades. A global pandemic adds to that. Kronos shares some helpful resources.The post Organizations Cannot Forget About Employee Stress and Burnout appeared first on hr bartender.
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 8:57am -
• Travel During COVID-19: Employer and Employee Obligations
  Business travel is back but it needs to be safe during COVID-19 pandemic. HUB International attorney shares employer and employee obligations.The post Travel During COVID-19: Employer and Employee Obligations appeared first on hr bartender.
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 8:57am -
• 8 Tips for More Productive Meetings
  Meetings are always going to be part of any successful business. Here are 8 tips to help you have more productive and profitable meetings.The post 8 Tips for More Productive Meetings appeared first on hr bartender.
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• Create a Learning Organization with These 4 Skills Based Activities
  A learning organization facilitates learning within its culture. Here are 4 ways for employees to achieve personal skills mastery.The post Create a Learning Organization with These 4 Skills Based Activities appeared first on hr bartender.
  - 14 days ago, 1 Sep 20, 8:57am -

Human Resource Management

• Corporate Nirvana – A Tale of Urban Enlightenment
  Book Author: Sonali D'silva (Talent Development Professional, Author and Avid Blogger)I have been one of those professionals who had no time for myself or for reflection and had lost touch with my...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi…
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• Take another Shot
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• Employee Leadership
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• Leadership Roadmap
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• Training and Development
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Leadership Freak

• newWhy We Keep Fixing the Same Problem: Lessons from the Icemaker
  I don’t turn on the lights when I get a drink in the night. But occasionally, while standing in front of the fridge, I hear the freezer grinding. A frozen clinker is clogging… Continue reading →
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• What Happens When People Feel Devalued: The Tooth Fairy Pillow Debacle
  “The struggle to feel valued is one of the most insidious and least acknowledged issues in organizations.” Tony Schwartz Ellasyn, our youngest granddaughter, couldn’t believe her ears when Mimi offhandedly suggested, “Why don’t… Continue…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 10:46am -
• The Pleasure of God – Overcome Misery and Feel Joy
  Miserable leaders have miserable teams. “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast! And when I run, I feel His pleasure.” 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist in the… Continue reading →
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 10:47am -
• Dear Dan: How Do I Interview for a Job when I Lack Experience
  Dear Dan, What advice do you have or what resources can you recommend to folks like me who want to transition to a supervisory role but have not held a position with that… Continue reading →
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 10:47am -
• Inside Your Customer’s Imagination: The Leadership Side
  NEW BOOK GIVEAWAY!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Chip Bell to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of his new book, Inside Your Customer’s Imagination:… Continue reading →
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 10:47am -
• Don’t Pretend Things Smell Good when they Stink – Instead Shift Focus
  Relentless problems feel like driving around with garbage in the backseat. You wonder if the journey’s worth it. Don’t pretend things smell good when they stink. Dig into problems, but don’t set up… Continue reading →
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 10:47am -

Three Star Leadership

• 6/20/14: Stories and Strategies from Real Life
  Pointers to stories about Hermes, Caroline Simas, Winter Park Cycles, Saturn, and The Hartford.
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• Practicing Leadership
  Leadership is pretty much a live fire exercise, but mental rehearsal let's you practice before you play.
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• 6/18/14: From the Independent Business Blogs
  Pointers to posts by Jesse Lyn Stoner, Les Hayman, Lolly Daskal, Mary Jo Asmus, and Susan Mazza.
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• 6/17/14: By and About Leaders
  Pointers to posts by and about and about Justin Yifu Lin, Bernard Schwartz, and Anthony Wood.
  - 17 Jun 14, 8:00pm -
• Shapeshifting at Apple
  We used to perceive Apple as an extension of that prickly genius, Steve Jobs. Now it seems to be something else. But what?
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• 6/15/14: Leadership Reading to Start Your Week
  Pieces on leadership, strategy, industry analysis, innovations and technology, women and the workplace, and work and learning now and in the future.
  - 15 Jun 14, 9:00pm -

Ask a Manager

• newfiring someone during a pandemic, we have to say what we spent our bonus on, and more
  It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Firing someone during a pandemic I have an employee who was placed on a PIP starting in mid-October 2019 for, among other things, being argumentative with feedback and missing deadlines. A decis…
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• newwhen you can’t get a raise but might get the whole business
  A reader writes: I’m writing on behalf of my cousin. She is a college student who works for a couple who owns a small business. She has worked for them for six years, helped transition them from brick-and-mortar to completely online, built their we…
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• newno one knows their legal rights at work
  When I started Ask a Manager 13 years ago, I didn’t realize how often the questions I’d receive would be rooted in a widespread lack of knowledge about the legal rights Americans do and don’t have at work. Every week — probably every day —…
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• newmy boss suggested I stay home once I have kids
  A reader writes: Recently my boss (just above my immediate supervisor) called me to “share his perspective” since he knows I am getting married soon. He wanted to tell me how much he appreciates his wife staying home to care for their children an…
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• newmy job’s travel conflicts with husband’s job, talking to my boss about imposter syndrome, and more
  It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My job’s travel conflicts with my husband’s job’s Covid policies My work is requiring me to resume my monthly trips to the home office, which involves flying to a high COVID infection rate…
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• weekend open thread – September 12-13, 2020
  This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. Here are the rules for the weekend posts. Book recommendation of the week: Juliet, Naked, by Nick Hornby. A woman whose r…
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LebHR

• “You are the Most Valuable Asset” – Is it true?
  What is the “most overused words” in the corporate lexicon?  If you answered “People are our most valuable asset”, you are correct. For decades, top executives and business managers have echoed the platitude “our employees are our most val…
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• Revenge Hiring and Revenge Firing
  What happens when someone is Hired to get even or Fired to get even? Recruitment is one of the most important factors when it comes to putting your organization into a position where it can compete, and be successful. Getting the right people into th…
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• 5 Great Motivational Books You Should Read
  Who needs motivation? humm, everyone?! It is in fact a key aspect of anyone’s work experience, and life in general. Without motivation, one would sit idle, do nothing, feel depressed. And even though we had previously written many articles regardin…
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• How to Deal with a Micromanager ?
  Now that you came to realize what the key signs of a micromanager are (if you missed our previous article about this topic feel free to check it here: Are you a Micromanager?), we now move to another aspect which is the key problem for people being m…
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• Are you a Micromanager?
  Are you a micromanager? sometimes termed a control freak? well sadly most micromanagers will answer by no ! as they do not feel that they are micromanaging. Actually many people will feel insulted if they are called micromanagers. The effects of thi…
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• How to Become World’s Best Boss: an Interview with Michael Scott
  Who’s better to sit in for an interview with than Dunder Mifflin Scranton’s own Michael Scott, “World’s Best Boss” ?! We arranged to have this great “fictional” interview with Michael (based upon actual quotes from The Office) to learn…
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HR Observations

• Guest Blog – 5 Mistakes to avoid when recruiting a remote team
  Remote work is a reality no one can look away from. Even organizations that never thought of going remote, had to adapt to this new normal to sustain their businesses. Many companies have also started to hire remote staff. Remote hiring, if done in t…
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• The Quickstart Guide to Time Tracking for Remote Workers: A Guest Post
  Remote teams are becoming commonplace due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, businesses are using time tracking tools to manage work hours for their teams. What should you know about remote time tracking and how can you start using it to its full…
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• Managing Bereavement in the Workplace
  Today’s guest post was written by Gary Bury who is co-founder and CEO of Timetastic, an independent and profitable web app for managing time off work, used by thousands of companies around the world. Death and bereavement is a sad but inevitable fa…
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• How Can the Construction Industry Overcome HR Challenges? A Guest Post
  This is a guest post from Megan R. Nichols, STEM Writer. She offers advice to HR professionals in the construction industry. The construction industry has made significant advancements within technology and management practices in the past decade. Ma…
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• How Robotic Process Automation Can Transform Your HR Department
  ‘Artificial intelligence’ and ‘machine learning’ are buzzwords you might find in any given publication centered around technology, but there’s another popular phrase that HR professionals might want to be aware of: robotic process automatio…
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• How to Assess and Improve Chemical Plant Safety: A guest post
  In my home town, in a recent news story, we were told of a community protest against a chemical plant and its emissions. The local authorities moved quickly to at least temporarily close the plant. Little did they know that action would have repercus…
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The Employer Handbook

• newThose COVID-19 stay-at-home and business-closure orders in your state may be unlawful after all
  Paul Sherlock / CC BY-SA Yesterday, a Pennsylvania federal judge issued this 66-page blockbuster decision, in which he concluded, among other things, that Governor Wolf violated the United States Constitution with orders closing “non-life-sustaini…
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• newVIDEO: 2 lawyers explain 4 big changes to the Department of Labor FFCRA regulations
  Image by 15675001 from Pixabay Just as I was settling in on Friday evening for a well-deserved lime rickey, I got an email from the U.S. Department of Labor. The email was part of a press release, in which the DOL announced that it had posted revisi…
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• Here are the results of the diversity, equity, and inclusion survey. You may be surprised…
  Image by Prohibition to publish images as your work in photobanks! from Pixabay On the heels of the federal government announcing that it will change how it trains federal workers on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), thank you to the hundreds o…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 10:30am -
• It may not be legal now to fire an at-will employee who misses work with a fever.
  Chris Potter / CC BY An employer may find itself in hot water for firing an employee absent with COVID-19 symptoms — even a low-grade fever — regardless of whether s/he is eligible for leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. How…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 10:30am -
• VLOG time! The EEOC dropped some new-ish COVID-19 guidance for employers.
  Connetmiller / CC BY You can either read it here. Or, you can relax with a morning scotch latte and watch me explain it in this latest video from The Employer Handbook YouTube Channel. (Click here to subscribe). Either way, enjoy! P.S. – If you mis…
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• The government plans to change how it trains employees on issues of race
  \\\ This two-page memo from the Executive Office of the President made several headlines on Friday. Here’s a sampling: White House Orders End Of ‘Un-American’ Racial Sensitivity Training At Federal Agencies (Huffington Post) Trump orders stop t…
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Talent & Social Business

• My first podcast, talking on Employee Wellbeing and Engagement
   SHRM on AIR’s special episode on managing employee wellbeing features, Ketan Krishna, Head People Function and yours truly, with our host - Archana Jerath where they talk about the challenges of working remotely and managing employee wellbeing at…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 10:30am -
• Interviewed by Aniisu Verghese on Personal Branding
   Some months ago I was interviewed by Communications specialist Aniisu Verghese on my approach to personal branding You can find the transcript of the interview here.As I share in the interview I have mixed feelings about the term. Since I studied…
  - 20 days ago, 26 Aug 20, 5:35am -
• #WorkLifeTV A conversation with Debu Mishra and Anuranjita Kumar on the Shape Of Work in the COVID19 era
  My friend Debu Mishra reached out to me, saying that he was starting a YouTube channel called "WorkLifeTV" and wanted me to be to be his first guest along with Anuranjita Kumar (HR Leader, author and now a VC)         We had a freewheeling con…
  - 28 Apr 20, 2:26am -
• My video interview with peopleHum on #HRTech and related topics
  I had an interesting conversation with Aishwarya of peopleHum on the state of the HR Technology market and aligned topics. You can find the transcript of my interview on the peopleHum Blog tooAnd listen to the podcast hereIf you want to talk to me ab…
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• People development and the role of the Manager in the Future of Work
  In my last post I touched upon the fact that there needs to be a constant reskilling of people in the future of work, and this also impacts the role of the manager much more than beforeThe critical role of the First Line ManagerWhile leadership devel…
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• The Dark Side of the #HRTech driven #DigitalTransformation and #FutureOfWork we prefer to not talk about
  I try to attend a couple of HR Technology conferences every year:n SHRM's Tech Conference, and People Matters' TechHR Conference.These conferences are unlike the more traditional HR Conferences. There's a different energy, with international speaker…
  - 29 Jan 20, 9:07am -

Thoughts For a Better Workplace

• Sometimes all it takes is finding the right coach...
  Even if you are not a fan of singing competitions on TV (I personally haven't watched American Idol in years) the winner of The Voice last night, Josh Kaufman, was a pretty big success not only for the franchise, but for the artist himself.He had lon…
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• Do not let planning get in the way of execution
  For those of you who are still shaking their head at the images from Atlanta and lines of cars, people stranded, walking home and sitting on the road for over 12 hours...well I join you in that head shaking.In case you missed it, here is a brief slid…
  - 29 Jan 14, 9:25pm -
• It's okay to not be Zappos....they had to start somewhere also
  Not surprisingly a lot of talk has been going on in the last week or so about Zappos significant shift to flattening their management hierarchy .  In this Washington Post article it notes: "The unusual approach is called a “holacracy.” Develope…
  - 15 Jan 14, 8:41pm -
• Do you have a career plan?
  One of the hardest questions for me to ever answer was and is, "Where do you see yourself in 3-5 years?" This question creates mini panic attacks in my gut. What if I answer wrong? Should I be specific or general? Worst of all, what if I don't know…
  - 9 Aug 13, 3:46pm -
• Changing the learning curve
  I have read Penelope Trunk for some years now, back when she was with Brazen Careerist and now since she's been out on her own.I won't lie some musings I drift over and some I really read. However if you haven't read one of her most recent postings,…
  - 7 Apr 13, 11:32pm -
• Don't be that HR horror story
  If you follow different HR blogs out there, you've no doubt come across one of the better ones by Chris Fields.   In fact one of his more recent posts about taking your "HR hat off" made me recall my own interactions with friends or relatives and me…
  - 21 Mar 13, 2:09am -

Upstart HR

• Identifying the Skills of Enterprise Organizations with Starmind on We’re Only Human
  “At the beginning of my career, HR was looked at as a necessary evil. Now it’s completely flipped to where HR is the driving force for how companies grow and expand.” Eric Storm, Starmind We’re Only Human – Episode 92 Skills are the currenc…
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 12:24pm -
• Handling the Clash of Parenting and Work in a Pandemic [Video]
  Last week I had a chance to bring together an amazing panel to talk about how to support parents in a challenging work environment. This conversation featured: Donielle Buie, HR leader in charge of employee wellbeing at the Broad Institute Shana Swee…
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 12:46pm -
• Blockchain, Skills, and the Future of Work with the Velocity Network Foundation on We’re Only Human
  “We as an industry are driving toward the cliff and the HCM [technology] vendors are competing over who offers better tire pressure.” Dror Gurevich, Velocity Network Foundation We’re Only Human Podcast Episode 91 How are organizations gatherin…
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 6:15pm -
• Virtual Open Enrollment and Benefits Communication Strategies on We’re Only Human
  “We need help communicating the benefits we pour our hearts and souls into and making them successful for our employees.” Jesse Albro, Flimp Communications We’re Only Human Episode 90 Heads up: open enrollment will happen this year. While this…
  - 18 days ago, 28 Aug 20, 3:40pm -
• Childcare, School, and the Workforce: Practical Ideas for a Universal Challenge
  A new study shows childcare shortages in the U.S. are costing employers $12.7 billion a year due to lost productivity. As the dad of four kids ages 10 and under, I can understand where the numbers are coming from. Over the last few months, we’ve se…
  - 21 days ago, 25 Aug 20, 11:58am -
• Combining Learning, Technology, and Culture with Christopher Lind on We’re Only Human
  “For me it’s always been about focusing on how we can use technology to transform the way we develop, grow, and care for our employees.” Christopher Lind, learning technology leader at GE Healthcare and founder of Learning Sharks We’re Only H…
  - 28 days ago, 18 Aug 20, 2:00pm -

In Full Bloom

• Let’s Talk About Life: The Power Of Memories
  My 55th Birthday Celebration WeekendMy father passed away in 1995 just before my 50th birthday, and we buried him on my birthday. At his funeral, there was quite a crowd, not because of his prominence but because of all he had done for others in the…
  - 9 Aug 19, 8:33pm -
• Passover Memories: Family, Food, And Immigration Policy
  Passover Seder At The Obama White HouseI’ve been feeling a little weepy this Passover, awash in memories of the epic Seders of my orthodox Jewish childhood. They were epic, not just in the number of people participating, nor in the abundance of wo…
  - 22 Apr 19, 6:36pm -
• A Bloom’s Christmas: Retail Inventory Management
  Blooms Camera Ad Circa 1950There are times when I really hate being a grownup, when I’d like nothing better than to be the child I never was. When your Mom dies before your sixth birthday, you grow up fast. And when your Jewish family’s economic…
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• The Cavalry Isn’t Coming: “We The People” Are Our Only Defense
  There was always the moment, in those old Westerns, when the settler families, perhaps led by John Wayne, realized that the Cavalry weren’t going to get there in time to save them from the outlaw gang which was intent on raping their women, stealin…
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• We Cannot Be Paralyzed By Our Fears!
  I cried myself to sleep last night, more discouraged about America than I could ever remember. We worked so hard to get to an enviable place in our pursuit of that more perfect union, to a level of human and civil rights, of social justice and the ru…
  - 28 Jun 18, 9:05pm -
• Conference Attendee Tips — Illustrated Journaling, Golden Age mysteries, Boat Shows and More
  Naomi & Cousin Ronni Circa 1950Yes, I’m retired, but that doesn’t mean that I’ve stopped learning — or attending conferences. Whether it’s the annual Florida Watercolor Society convention, and Urban Sketchers event, Emily’s List conferen…
  - 13 Jun 18, 2:18am -

HR Success Guide

• How to Improve Staff Engagement in the Legal Industry
  Author: Avelina Patay (NeoMam Studios)Click Here to visit similar Presentations.[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  - 27 Aug 15, 11:30pm -
• How do you motivate Low Performers to do a Better Job?
  Author: Antony XavierThis is a question that keeps many managers up at night. And it's hard to answer. The answer is hard because different things motivate different employees. For example, one...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website…
  - 20 Aug 15, 11:30pm -
• The World's Biggest Office
  Author: Dave Cummins (Dublin Office Centre)Click Here to visit similar Presentations.[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  - 13 Aug 15, 11:30pm -
• How to Attract the Right Candidate
  Author: Helen Sabell (College of Adult Learning)Today’s job market is highly competitive and inundated with a growing number of people seeking employment. As a result, employers may find themselves...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my w…
  - 7 Aug 15, 11:30pm -
• SMEs Guide to Online Payroll Services
  Author: Colin Cuthbert (Ayers Management)Click Here to visit similar Presentations.[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  - 7 Jul 15, 11:30pm -
• Employee Performance Reviews
  Author: Mark Feldman (Find my Shift)Click Here to visit similar Presentations.[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  - 3 Jul 15, 11:30pm -

Thinking About Learning

• Hey L&D Vendors
  Here’s a typical problem. You’re seeking to run a management development programme. Let’s say it’s a 3 month programme for 30 front line managers, 2 days a month of in-person training, requirement for virtual and digital elements, and seeking…
  - 30 days ago, 16 Aug 20, 1:17pm -
• Lessons from Dr Martin Luther King Jr about #BlackLivesMatter
  In 2019, I was fortunate to take a work trip to Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was my second trip, and on this occasion wanted to make sure I spent some time learning more about the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. It was a powerful visit, and one I have…
  - 50 days ago, 27 Jul 20, 8:20pm -
• Things I’ve learned about being an ally
  My reality, and my lived experiences are only one part of living in this world. Yes, they are valuable to me. Yes, they may also have been from a position of privilege. Yes, I have also been a victim of and a supporter of systemic bias. Listening is…
  - 83 days ago, 24 Jun 20, 12:42pm -
• Systemic racism in L&D
  I’ve been writing about the problem of the lack of diversity, the bias we face in L&D, and about racism for years. I’ve spoken about it in public forums, and on recorded media. It is not a bandwagon topic, it’s something which I recognise as be…
  - 97 days ago, 10 Jun 20, 9:22am -
• Lessons in converting in-person training to virtual training
  Don’t assume they are the same Many people I know who are attempting to take their in-person training and convert to virtual format are making a lot of assumptions about virtual training and their capability to deliver highly effective virtual trai…
  - 1 Jun 20, 3:40pm -
• Populism, facts, common sense, and law and order
  I don’t even know where to start! Christ, what we’ve witnessed in the UK in the last 5 days has been nothing short of extraordinary from a public health and civic duty lens in the face of all things COVID-19. There are several things which are hi…
  - 27 May 20, 1:13pm -

T Recs

• 8 Ways to Improve Hiring and Retention
  Almost every piece of research covering the priorities of business leaders and senior HR professionals will conclude that recruiting and retaining the people they need is the top priority and main challenge. Research covering aspirations of employees…
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• Under New Management
  This weekend sees the start of the new Premier League football season and I, for one, can’t wait. Regular readers will know that I’m an Arsenal fan, who’s been following them home and away since my early teens. But this weekend is a little more…
  - 10 Aug 18, 7:40am -
• Thoughts From Jobseekers on How Work is Changing
  It seems that barely an hour passes on digital communication channels without predictions, opinions and discussions appearing about the future of work. Those last three words alone now appear on bios and as individual specialisms. The battle is often…
  - 9 Aug 18, 2:05pm -
• Technology, People, Recruitment and The Tipping Point
  The recruitment ecosystem is constantly shifting shapes and dynamics, and ameliorating in new and different ways. Technology is driving much of this. The simple days of agencies, internal and advertising platforms (be they print or digital) have chan…
  - 4 Jun 18, 4:12pm -
• Be Courageous, Be Human, #WorkHuman
  Do the internal systems and structures within your company work against people reporting harassment or bullying, or are there ‘safe spaces’ or non-judgmental support for those who need to tell their story? Can HR create these? And if not, then is…
  - 10 Apr 18, 8:16am -
• 3 Things about Digital Transformation
  October is traditionally HR technology month.  2 major conferences with accompanying expos, and chances to see what new functionalities the major companies have lined up, as well as some of the newer, start-up tech businesses. For all the bright shi…
  - 23 Oct 17, 6:51am -

Matt Charney's Snark Attack

• Blind As A Bat: Oracle, Catz and the Heavyside Lawyer
  Oracle has sued Google; Supreme Court accepts case which will set precedent on API ownership, fair use doctrine.
  - 19 Feb 20, 5:57pm -
• Let Me Ride.
  This is my first post on this site in a really long time. Here's hoping it doesn't get me fired.
  - 18 Dec 19, 6:56pm -
• Virtual Insanity: Rethinking The Traditional Workplace.
  One of my senior leaders once told me a funny story about the time his kid was asked about what Dad did for work. “He talks on the phone in the basement all day,” the kid replied. This pretty much sums up a lot of people’s perceptions about vir…
  - 5 Jun 18, 2:49pm -
• Glassdoor: An M&A Which Will Live in Infamy.
  There are a lot of companies out there that actually walk the walk. Glassdoor, for a long time, was one of the good guys; they practiced the same sort of radical transparency they preached and were the rare company to actually champion the employee…
  - 10 May 18, 3:16pm -
• Feeling Lucky: Google Gets Into Sourcing.
  One of the foundational premises of talent sourcing lies in the fact that traditional search engines are notoriously bad at searching for individual people and profiles, particularly as they relate to jobs. If you’re looking for something, search…
  - 28 Mar 18, 3:01pm -
• Um Yea: Not Another 2018 HR Tech Trends Post.
  Here’s a good way to kick off a new year: for the first time in like, a decade, I’m actually not dreading writing one of those annual preview posts. See, if you’re in the recruitment content marketing business (a pretty shit nice, TBH), every y…
  - 16 Jan 18, 2:21pm -

HR Remix

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  - 62 days ago, 15 Jul 20, 12:59pm -

101 Half Connected Things

• Credibility, Crowds and Conferences
  Last week I got asked to do a keynote speech for an international Cloud Computing Conference. But let’s come back to that in a bit… I haven’t written much recently, but I was reflecting on credibility and expertise and how the status of ‘some…
  - 59 days ago, 18 Jul 20, 6:34am -
• AI, Bias, Riot Police and Recruitment
  I recently read another article posing the choice as to whether AI being used in recruiting software is introducing or removing bias. This is a choice that I’ve seen written about, almost relentlessly, for the last few years and I’m going to be b…
  - 24 Feb 20, 7:37am -
• Fairness, Silos & The Proximity Problem
  Why proximity breeds unfairness
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• The Surprising Truth About Obvious Truths
  I regularly talk and write about the need for a more evidence based approach to creating work that works better for more people. Less guff. There is too much faddishness and too many poorly thought out and poorly joined up initiatives. I’m therefor…
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• Hipster HR
  One of my favourite stories of last year was of someone complaining of their photo (from a stock gallery) being used in an article about hipsters. The claim was that their photo being used portrayed them in a negative light. The article was on group…
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• A Year Without Work
  Early in my career I took a job in a department that was supposed to be delivering a major new product for one of our business partners. It seemed like a great opportunity. What happened next was that the deal was delayed and the delayed again. But w…
  - 16 Jan 20, 6:02pm -

Leadership Freak

• newWhy We Keep Fixing the Same Problem: Lessons from the Icemaker
  I don’t turn on the lights when I get a drink in the night. But occasionally, while standing in front of the fridge, I hear the freezer grinding. A frozen clinker is clogging… Continue reading →
  - 1 day ago, 14 Sep 20, 10:47am -
• What Happens When People Feel Devalued: The Tooth Fairy Pillow Debacle
  “The struggle to feel valued is one of the most insidious and least acknowledged issues in organizations.” Tony Schwartz Ellasyn, our youngest granddaughter, couldn’t believe her ears when Mimi offhandedly suggested, “Why don’t… Continue…
  - 4 days ago, 11 Sep 20, 10:46am -
• The Pleasure of God – Overcome Misery and Feel Joy
  Miserable leaders have miserable teams. “I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast! And when I run, I feel His pleasure.” 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist in the… Continue reading →
  - 5 days ago, 10 Sep 20, 10:47am -
• Dear Dan: How Do I Interview for a Job when I Lack Experience
  Dear Dan, What advice do you have or what resources can you recommend to folks like me who want to transition to a supervisory role but have not held a position with that… Continue reading →
  - 6 days ago, 9 Sep 20, 10:47am -
• Inside Your Customer’s Imagination: The Leadership Side
  NEW BOOK GIVEAWAY!! 20 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Chip Bell to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of his new book, Inside Your Customer’s Imagination:… Continue reading →
  - 7 days ago, 8 Sep 20, 10:47am -
• Don’t Pretend Things Smell Good when they Stink – Instead Shift Focus
  Relentless problems feel like driving around with garbage in the backseat. You wonder if the journey’s worth it. Don’t pretend things smell good when they stink. Dig into problems, but don’t set up… Continue reading →
  - 12 days ago, 3 Sep 20, 10:47am -

Three Star Leadership

• newBook recommendations for business leaders: 9/14/20
  Stephen King says that if you want to be a writer, there are two things you must do: read a lot and write a lot. This is about the “read a lot” part. I include reading lists and book reviews that will help...
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• newBoss’s Tip of the Week: Make time to read
  There’s truth to the saying that “leaders are readers.” Reading is a way for you to learn from other people’s experience and discover things you want to try. But reading for self-improvement...
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• Weekend Leadership Reading: 9/11/20
  Weekends are time when things slow down a little. Your weekend shouldn’t be two more regular workdays. That’s a sure road to burnout. Take time to refresh yourself. Take time for something different. Take...
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• Business Reading Lists: 9/10/20
  Reading helps you learn from other people’s experience and analysis. That’s why leaders are readers and why organizations and thinkers create lists of the best books for leaders to read. Here are pointers to several...
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• From the Independent Business Blogs: 9/9/20
  Independent business blogs are blogs that aren’t supported by an organization like a magazine, newspaper, company, or business school. Those people provide lots of great content, but they don’t need any...
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Employer's Lawyer Blog

• When Rhetoric Comes to Town
  By now, if you haven’t heard about Donald Trump’s statements on Muslims and his plan to prevent Muslims from entering the country, as well as the vehement support he is receiving from an astonishing number of people, you may be living under a roc…
  - 9 Dec 15, 7:44pm -
• Beware the FMLA Equitable Estoppel Claim
  Imagine that your company has 40 employees, one of whom is subject to hospitalization for a medical condition and requires surgery. He is out of work for several weeks and in his absence, the company realizes that it gets along fine without him. As a…
  - 10 Nov 15, 2:23pm -
• Don’t Bet on the Jury Verdict
  As some of those who follow me on Twitter know, I had jury duty in September. Like most people, it wasn’t something I was looking forward to (and I even tried to get out of it on the basis that no one would pick a lawyer for a jury). Well, it turn…
  - 5 Nov 15, 2:55pm -
• Department of Labor Releases New Proposed Overtime Rules
  On June 30, 2015, the Department of Labor announced new proposed overtime rules aimed at expanding the number of employees eligible for overtime pay and decreasing the number of employees that qualify for an exemption under the Fair Labor Standards A…
  - 1 Jul 15, 1:50pm -
• Supreme Court Weighs in on Religious Discrimination and Against Abercrombie
  Yesterday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. The case involved the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission bringing a religious discrimination lawsuit against the national retailer, under Title VII. Sa…
  - 2 Jun 15, 1:15pm -
• HR Cinema: Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Back
  HR Cinema is an ongoing feature here at The Employer’s Lawyer.  It combines my love of movies with my passion for human resources and employment law.  Please feel free to suggest movies in the comments and I will do my best to incorporate your su…
  - 4 May 15, 11:24pm -

Charlie Judy

• expectations beware
  HR & Work Simply-Engineered
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• customize this
  HR and Work Simply-Engineered
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• right talent right place
  HR & Works Simply-Engineered
  - 16 Jul 15, 1:53pm -

HR Pockets

• Why’d you wear that?
  I recently had a chance to catch up with some of my favorite local HR friends and let me just go on record now, that doesn’t happen enough! After catching up on other areas of life we did the usual: swapped weird stories, dissected everything aroun…
  - 22 Oct 19, 12:32pm -
• Before sexual harassment makes it to the workplace
  Before we experienced sexual harassment at work, we experienced it somewhere else.
  - 30 Jul 19, 12:17pm -
• What do your employees even do?
  My inbox and timeline are consistently filled with employee engagement tips. Every day I get something from a vendor or two trying to pitch an HR Tech tool to solve employee engagement or a white paper on effective employee engagement strategy. No ma…
  - 19 Jul 19, 12:55pm -
• Would your employees hire you?
  I enjoy a good conference, and I especially enjoy a good speaker who is reinforcing things I agree with in a room full of thousands of people. I realize that means I’m participating in a self-serving conference experience and not necessarily someth…
  - 19 Mar 19, 4:20pm -
• After interview thank you note advice:
  Recently I called on some of my pals to help me navigate a question… What makes a thank you note from a candidate stand out after an interview. Check out what some of the best business professionals had to say below and let us know if you would add…
  - 12 Feb 19, 4:21pm -
• Don’t do it tomorrow
  Why do it tomorrow when you can do it today? Time management has been my biggest challenge over the last couple of months. I thought after giving up some of my volunteer roles I would have all this free time, but that hasn’t exactly happened. I don…
  - 3 Feb 19, 2:53am -

Don't Forget to Remember

• D E & I are not just letters
  I am proud to be part of SHRM's Together Forward at Work (TF@W) campaign. TF@W is a call for the HR Profession and broader business community to drive racism and social injustice out of America's workplaces through specific actions and measurable out…
  - 50 days ago, 27 Jul 20, 4:15pm -
• A New Path to Employee Engagement
  I was impressed to see statistics from Quantum Workplace that indicated Employee Engagement is actually UP in this time of isolation; impressed and somewhat bewildered. It seems a lot of the things we originally thought irreplaceable in formulating t…
  - 71 days ago, 6 Jul 20, 10:41pm -
• The New Social Media
  My father told me a long time ago that the best way to break up a good time was to bring religion or politics into a conversation. His intent was always respected but that was a long long time ago.Enter Social Media. I was an early adopter of LinkedI…
  - 75 days ago, 2 Jul 20, 4:18pm -
• Employee Empowerment
  Human Resources has often had to straddle the recognition of employee personal brands vs their organizational engagement. In this day-and-age many individuals have larger follower bases than those of the organization they represent. Still to this day…
  - 85 days ago, 23 Jun 20, 12:08am -
• MAPS
  As we endure our 14th week in quarantine we are finding order without perfection. One thing is for sure: Personal Strategy is as important as Collective Harmony.Finding little wins helps and in every day we try to learn and evolve. We've gained hours…
  - 91 days ago, 16 Jun 20, 6:12pm -
• A Shift in Behavioral Modeling
  Dr. Michael Ahearne of the University of Houston shared research this week that pointed to a dynamic shift from transactional to trusting customer relationships through the emergence of the COVID19 pandemic. We've seen insight into how to work from h…
  - 5 Jun 20, 10:01pm -

Employment Law Navigator

• Thanks, and so long…
  After 3 great years, the Employment Law Navigator is coming to an end. We’ve had fun, and we hope our posts have been helpful. Our sincere thanks to our contributors and to Zelle’s superb Marketing Director Dan Gruber, who picked our art, caug…
  - 28 Jul 17, 6:38pm -
• That is SO last week
  Last week, HR Dive reported on a Washington federal court’s June order requiring that a public employer pay $1.8 million to a terminated employee.  The worker was fired when she failed a drug test due to her lawful use of prescription drugs, test…
  - 24 Jul 17, 7:29pm -
• That Critical First Response to Harassment Complaints: Stage 2
  Last week, we wroteabout the importance of “first responders” who receive complaints of workplace harassment, and provided tips on how they should prepare for and react to complaints.  This week, we continue to focus on the early stages of the c…
  - 20 Jul 17, 5:43pm -
• That is SO last week
  Last week, the City of San Francisco joined other municipalities around the country that prohibit employers from asking applicants for wage history.  The  Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance that will go into effect in mid-2018. Pittsburgh, Ph…
  - 17 Jul 17, 8:03pm -
• That Critical First Response to Harassment Complaints: A Checklist
  Employers don’t want workplace harassment to occur, but when it does they want to know. Harassment affects morale, distracts from productive work, and can do real damage to its victims.  It’s long settledthat ignorance is not a defense to claims…
  - 13 Jul 17, 8:40pm -
• That is SO last week
  Last week, the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear a Title VII sexual orientation discrimination case. The Court let stand a March 2017 ruling by a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit that Title VII does not prohibit emplo…
  - 10 Jul 17, 7:22pm -

What Goes Around

• Running Into Resistance
  Getting stuck, and trying not to worry about it.
  - 50 days ago, 27 Jul 20, 12:24pm -
• Living In A Fisheye Lens
  The hermit and the performer, working alone and working out loud.
  - 82 days ago, 25 Jun 20, 1:25pm -
• Power In The Darkness : What Now and What Next?
  What Now? Led by Keira We came home on Monday to find Keira had made a poster and stuck it on the front of our house. Her work has inspired me to cut a version of the fist stencil from Power In The Darkness. I’m drafting a letter to our MP asking h…
  - 6 Jun 20, 2:54pm -

The Social HR Connection

• Introducing Harlow Creative Co.
  First and foremost, I want to thank those who have stuck with me through my career journey these last 7+ years. From HR and recruiting to content strategy to employer branding, it has been extremely rewarding. Since starting this blog in 2012, I’ve…
  - 26 Dec 19, 7:48pm -
• An Update from Ashley
  A few years ago, I wrote a blog about the importance of taking a break to recalibrate career and personal goals. After managing this blog and keeping up with social media for years, I needed a mental break so I could find renewed passion for what I w…
  - 7 Jul 19, 3:22pm -
• 4 Tips to Stay Relevant Before Searching for Your Next Job
  Want to know the best way to be proactive in your job search? Check out my latest VentureFizz post here to learn more.
  - 31 Jan 17, 3:33pm -
• 4 Tips for Becoming a Great Remote Employee
  Curious about taking a remote role? Already working virtually but want to improve your success? Check out my latest blog on VentureFizz for some tips! Click here to read more.
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• Finding Your ‘Culture Fit’ During the Job Search
  Learn more about company culture and how finding the right one for you matters.
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• 4 Recruiting Practices that Won’t Turn Off Candidates
  Whether you’re a new recruiter or seasoned, corporate or agency, these 4 practices are always a good reminder for creating a good candidate experience. Click here to check out my latest blog post on VentureFizz for more details.
  - 3 Aug 16, 2:58pm -

What is Paul Thinking?

• Updates over on the new site…
  
  - 4 Dec 17, 2:05pm -
• Jobvite and Fistful of Talent Hangout!
  Our first hangout is at 1pm ET on Tuesday, November 14th Google for Jobs/ROI of Recruitment Marketing Spend! What You Need to Know to Look Smart!! This past fall I participated in a great series of events for Jobvite called the Recruiter Nation Live…
  - 10 Nov 17, 3:39pm -
• Why All the Individual Suggestions for Engagement Are WRONG
  If you’re getting this update you haven’t switched your subscription to the new site. I just checked my feeds and deleted anyone on this feed who was also on the list for the new feed. So only those who haven’t switched are getting this update.…
  - 3 Nov 17, 2:06pm -
• Change Is Good!
  I need 3 minutes of your time. 3 minutes to make my life easier. And you know it is ALL about me. But really, this will make YOUR life easier (and so much better.) If you’re getting this update via email you are subscribed to the “old” site. I…
  - 1 Nov 17, 12:29pm -
• If You Manage People This Post Will Make You 100% More Effective
  As I make the transition to the new site I will be publishing updates here that link to the new site and once again urge you to subscribe to updates from the new site. I hope you do subscribe and hope this isn’t too much of a pain for you. Consider…
  - 26 Oct 17, 1:32pm -
• Being a Participant VS Participating
    As I make the transition to the new site I will be publishing updates here that link to the new site and once again urge you to subscribe to updates from the new site. I hope you do subscribe and hope this isn’t too much of a pain for you. Consi…
  - 25 Oct 17, 11:55am -

HR Warrior

• Grievances and the Hiring Process
  Units of local government have the responsibility to conduct business in the most transparent manner possible.  This includes the hiring process. Applicants for public jobs should feel confident that the selection process was fair and designed so th…
  - 8 Jul 19, 9:39pm -
• HR Legislative Update Covering: Lactation Room, Nursing Mothers, Severance & EMS Rest Exclusion
  Several new laws have taken effect in the last year that affect Public Employers primarily.  Please review this legislative update carefully and contact me for any further information you may need to ensure compliance.P.A. 100-0947 (January 1, 2019)…
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• Disciplinary Action up to and Including Termination
  My blogging has been pretty sporadic lately! I just finished an overload semester and had a boat load of client work to handle as well. So unpaid work gets pushed aside. I hope to get more regular on this site as time moves forward. Here's a summary…
  - 28 May 19, 5:50pm -
• What's New in HR for Illinois Employers?
  By Donna Rogers Skowronski, M.Ed., SPHR, SHRM-SCP via www.RogersHR.comNow – already required in your workplaces New IL Poster required due to ISSERRA change as of 1/1/19.IL Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act requires employers to allow breaks as…
  - 25 Feb 19, 8:11pm -
• Employer Changes in Illinois: 300 Days Plus New POSTER
  The following are a couple employment related changes all business owners and human resources professionals in Illinois should be aware of.DOCUMENTATION RECOMMENDEDEmployees of any Illinois employer now have a much longer time frame to bring a compla…
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• Top HR Podcasts Chosen for HR Student Review
  Since 2011, I have incorporated a social learning aspect to my HRM and Strategic HRM course.  The graduate students get to chose while the undergraduates are assigned a specific podcast to listen to each week.  Over the years, I have incorporated b…
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Rollercoaster HR

• 2020 = Read
  As snow softly falls this evening here in southwest Michigan, I find myself looking forward to 2020 and the possibilities that still await us upon the dawn of the new year. While I am not one for making resolutions, I … Continue reading →
  - 31 Dec 19, 1:53am -
• Radical Mutuality
  The first time I read the term “radical mutuality” I became giddy. I was reading a piece my boss shared with our team, A Nation of Weavers, written by David Brooks of the New York Times when that term entered … Continue reading →
  - 7 Mar 19, 1:01pm -
• Good teams
  For the 1st time in my nearly six years as the HR Director in our local school district, I have the opportunity to hire someone onto my own team. This is prompted by the retirement of one of my team … Continue reading →
  - 26 Feb 19, 12:41pm -
• A love letter, of sorts, to @SHRM
  This is a post that has been lingering in both my mind and on my hard drive for while. While there is certainly some love spoken about, pain and emptiness are part of this story too. I believe the reason … Continue reading →
  - 18 Feb 19, 1:16pm -
• 10 Percent
  In my world, so far, 2019 hasn’t been a year worth savoring or celebrating. The combination of crappy winter weather (otherwise known as living in SW Michigan!), the sudden death of a valued colleague because of the winter weather, and … Continue…
  - 6 Feb 19, 11:36am -
• Inspiration can be anywhere
  Inspiration can be defined as the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. It’s said that Salvador Dali found inspiration for his famous painting The Persistence of Memory by seeing melting…
  - 16 Jan 19, 11:59am -

A Leading Perspective

• Networking, Inspiration, and Education; Preparing for #SHRM17
  It’s springtime and for many of us, this means rebirth, growth and perhaps even “new life.”  All around us, we see the signs. Before we know it, life will literally be buzzing around us. As HR professionals, we see this transformation in our w…
  - 20 Mar 17, 6:29pm -
• Back Off; It’s Mine! (A tale of missed opportunity)
  “I hope you don’t often feel the breeze of an opportunity passing you by.” Carol Strider (aka Heather’s mom) I was traveling a while ago and overheard someone say, “you did not lose the opportunity; someone simply wanted it more.” I conte…
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• Does this country need more HR professionals?
  
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• Purposeful HR
  I’m here at SHRM16 milling about with thousands of other Human Resource Professionals. I was on a walk last night, proudly wearing my SHRM16 Blogger tshirt, and stepped into a joint to get some water. An employee of the store, referring to my shir…
  - 20 Jun 16, 3:35pm -
• Get Certified; Stay Certified!
  Years and years ago, I decided I wanted to get certified. This was no small deal; I had been raised in state government and NONE of my peers or supervisors were certified nor did any of them, as far as I could tell, see the value in it. I began the s…
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• Mindfully Including Howard Ross
  Years ago, I was a member of my local SHRM Chapter and was helping our current president recruit for new Board Members. On one particular year, the Diversity Chair position was vacant and so I offered to help recruit for that position. I had been i…
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