Part One: HR Basics for Small Businesses #hrbasics

Blogging4Jobs is bringing you a special two-week series on basics in the workplace. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new practitioner, learn about the basics of your job. It’s information we all need to know.  Small businesses often have an HR department of one, or HR is one of many responsibilities of an office manager […]

What the Heck do Employment Brand Managers do All Day? #hrbasics

Blogging4Jobs is bringing you a special two-week series on basics in the workplace. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new practitioner, learn about the basics of your job. It’s information we all need to know.  For quite some time now, there has been much talk about employer branding and what companies should (or shouldn’t) do […]

4 Implications of Supreme Court Hobby Lobby Ruling for Women & Work

Check out our free webinar on the Affordable Care Act requirements for businesses and HR to access our Learning Management System. HRCI credit available. Always free and always on demand.  Today the Supreme Court announced their ruling regarding the Hobby Lobby case concerning their request to not allow contraceptives under the Obamacare mandate or face […]

How to Influence Others in the Workplace

How to Influence Others in the Workplace When you want to be heard and want others to follow, try leading with requests and an invitation rather than a demand, or show of force. This strategy is more powerful in the long run, especially when you are trying to influence those who don’t have to do […]

5 Things Employees Will Screw Up For Everyone During The Summer

Summertime is one of my favorite times of the year. Work and life feel a little lighter in the summer as you plan vacations; attend barbeques and other fun outings. In fact, some businesses run on a lighter schedule for the three months to allow people to do what they want and need to. I […]

Workplace 2040: Future Jobs for Human Resouce Professionals

Futurist Thomas Frey wrote in a February 2014 article about something he called the “God Globe”. He described this as “a master command center for planet earth” where we would have the ability to control Earth’s most powerful forces through monitoring and manipulating multiple streams of data from one central control board. This would give […]