Unions and the Battle for Hearts and Minds

Two sides to the same equation The UAW loss of their union representation election at Volkswagen made national headlines a couple of weeks ago.  While these kind of elections are always contentious, and can cause serious disruption within an organization, the Chattanooga  election outcome has elicited criticism from organized labor about the “unprecedented” involvement of […]

Edward Snowden’s Impact on HR and Data Secrurity

I’m here at SXSW sitting in the session “A Virtual Conversation With Edward Snowden” and I can’t help wondering what type of data security issues relate to Human Resources. You’ve heard of the Bring Your Own Device policies that have been implemented to protect internal data and company managers demanding workers give them their social […]

A Look at the Candidate Experience Life Cycle (Part 1)

The Candidate Experience Doesn’t Stop When You Hire the Employee The candidate experience doesn’t stop when a job seeker becomes an employee. Your courting, engagement and messaging continues throughout the entire employee life cycle every single day. I call this re-recruiting with the primary catalyst being a front line manager who has the most influence […]