How Important Is Domestic Partner Benefits to HR?
How Important Is Domestic Partner Benefits to HR? In reflecting on the 2010 SHRM Conference in June of this year, where I attended a session called Employee Benefits; Just How Competitive Is Your Company? where the speaker Steve Williams Ph. D., SPHR threw out the number that now 33% of companies offer benefits for domestic partners and said that […]
Mowing the Lawn of Misguided Expectations
A few days ago I reluctantly went out to mow the lawn. It had rained the previous night and the grass was wet. From past experience I knew what happens when I mow the wet grass. The wet grass gets stuck under the lawnmower, clogs the blade, preventing it from turning and causes the lawnmower […]
Social & Workplace Influence — When the Grapevine is Good (Part II)
For thousands of years, the workplace grapevine has been a social and cultural case study in action. Rumor mills, shared assumptions, and opinions have long been a part of what makes our place of work interesting, enjoyable, intolerable, or entertaining. Social & Workplace Influence — When the Grapevine is Good (Part II) In […]
Job Search Secrets – Season 2
What a summer it has been. As the weather starts to cool down and we get back into the daily grind of school and family activities, the Job Search Secrets web show on Mingle Media TV is heating up. I’m excited to announce that we are back for Season 2, Sunday, September 26, 2010, at 9 PM EST. Job Search […]
Top 20 Common Interview Questions and Answers
First and foremost congratulations if you have an interview! That in itself is commendable, so now you just want to make sure you come across in the best possible light. I have been asked numerous times what to do in preparation for interviews. Whilst there is no way of predicting exactly what you will be […]
How Employers Can Protect Themselves Before a Layoff?
The current economic downturn has not only been brutal for company balance sheets but for individual balance sheets too. It seems everyday when we pick up the newspaper big and small companies alike are announcing layoffs. How Employers Can Protect Themselves Before a Layoff? With the national unemployment rate at 9.4% in August, foreclosures on […]
