Out Now: Episode 415: Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the Clean Energy Sector With Dr. Janell Hills

How HR Can Help Those Entering the Working World

I’m always amazed by the amount of responses we receive when I begin to recruit for an entry level role. Hundreds of hopefuls are out there looking for someone to give them a chance and more often than not, it’s for one or two positions. It makes me wonder, how do we, as recruiters, as […]

30 Day Challenge: Be an Awesome Manager

30 day challenges are all over the place these days. Meditation, planking, squats, pushups — you name it and there’s a 30 day challenge for it. Now don’t get me wrong, I think these plans are great. It’s a short enough time span that people feel comfortable joining in, but they’re not overwhelmed by the […]

Take Time to Replenish Your Biggest Asset, Yourself

Take Time to Replenish Your Biggest Asset, Yourself   Tis the season where stationery is flying off of shelves and brand new outfits are purchased for the first day. People spend time running around getting themselves and their loved ones prepped for a new school year. There’s a sense of excitement for a fresh start […]

Putting the Human Really Back in Human Resources

Putting the Human Really Back in Human Resources Admit it. We’ve all been there. By “there” I mean a situation where we, as HR, are asked to treat people in a way we never would if we were thinking of them as human beings first. Pressure is put on us from hiring managers, CEOs, CFOs […]

How Much Information Is Too Much at Work?

We live in a world where we are lucky enough to have every piece of information imaginable at our fingertips. It’s pretty amazing. We can connect with one another, learn new things and order basically whatever we want at any time. This is both a blessing and a curse. Right now, my eyes hurt and […]

5 Ways to Make Employee Training Fun and Free

Options To Get You Started On Offering Employee Traning I’ve heard of a mystical land. One where there are entire teams of people dedicated to training. A land where training budgets and systems are meaty and plentiful. Sadly, I only visited this type of land very early on in my career. Since then, I’ve had […]