56% Employees Won’t Work at Company Who Blocks Social Media
Facebook & Internet Access Key to Employee Productivity Many of you know that I’ve long been a proponent of allowing employees access to Facebook at work. Because companies who block access to these social networking sites only force employees to become more creative in how they access their social network either through using proxies or […]
Do Job Interviews Measure Sight Reading?
How to Interview & Select the Right Candidate If you don’t play music you may not know what sight reading is, as I didn’t. Seth Godin wrote a short blog post called Sight Reading, where he relates that when he was young he did not practice his music lessons. He said “I was so good […]
HR: Where the Innovation Happens
HR Technology and Innovation I believe we are sitting squarely at a cross roads for the industry that is HR. We, the collective thought leaders, idea generators, and technology developers have been needed more than ever before. The processes in which we as an industry have relied up are broken and many of our HR […]
The Search for the Next Career Expert
Searching for the Next Career Expert It’s been a crazy couple of weeks since I have announced the purchase of the online community, Secrets of the Job Hunt. Over the next few weeks, you will begin to see some small changes to the site at www.secretsofthejobhunt.com. Next week, I have a survey launching for our […]
Why Employers Don’t Hire Veterans
VOTC, WOTC, & The American Jobs Act If you are a HR professional, or responsible for hiring at your organization, chances are that you are familiar with WOTC or the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. This tax credit is common for companies to receive when they hire job seekers who have received government assistance. Last year, […]
Domestic Abuse. He Abused Me Emotionally & Physically
Abused Women. Physical & Emotional Domestic Abuse It was fall of 2004, and I was an emotional wreck. It was a Friday and I made the call to my boss telling him I was calling in sick for the weekend. As an HR Manager in a retail environment, I generally worked 1-2 weekends sometimes more […]
