As a certified HR professional with both HRCI and SHRM, I, like you am now faced with the challenge of re-certifying for not one but two different HR credentials. This requires some planning, multitasking, and education as myself and possibly you now must manage the requirements, obligations, and technologies in order to maintain your designation. Or maybe, you have a single ... Read Full Article
New to HR? Start By Understanding Your Coworkers
The first day of a new job can bring various emotions, especially when it is also your very first day in your career field. There is so much to learn, not only about the duties of your job but also the people you will now be working along side. You've landed the job and are now officially in the "HR Department." It's time to figure out how to properly be a part of the team and ... Read Full Article
10 Tips On Objectively Measuring Employee Performance
Like many other HR professionals and managers, you have probably read countless articles on how to measure employee performance, difference scales to use and the type of feedback you should give. While these may all be useful; as a manager, it can be difficult to measure employee performance as you most likely don’t work in very close contact with your subordinates on a daily ... Read Full Article
Breaking: New Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9 for 2017
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the release of a new version of the Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9, which is used to verify the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired to work in the United States. Employers and Human Resources staff may begin using this new Form I-9 or continue to use the current version of ... Read Full Article
New to HR? Start By Learning the Tools for Success
Human Resources is the area of an organization that deals with hiring, firing, administrative work, and training of a company team. It's a career that you must love in order to deal with all of the crazy that happens on a daily basis. HR is rewarding in many ways; it has more career paths to try than the directors of Game of Thrones have actors to kill off, seriously. But as an ... Read Full Article
Using Technology to Keep Your Remote Workers More Human
The subject of remote teams pops up on my radar more frequently all the time. In fact I am participating in a webinar in September on the subject of remote teams. In a webinar on Onboarding I talk about remote teams. Yet there is a conflicting story of bigger companies, such as Yahoo, Best Buy and, most recently, IBM getting rid of their remote workers. A lot of different ... Read Full Article
This Is How You Can Support Your Employees Mental Health Self Care
When computer engineer Madalyn Parker told her team she would be taking a mental health day, her boss at the startup Olark responded in an incredibly supportive way. Instead of just thanking her for letting everyone know, he thanked her for being upfront about needing a mental health day. Olark CEO Ben Congleton wrote, "I just wanted to personally thank you for sending emails ... Read Full Article
The Challenge of Purpose
I am not the only one thinking of the similarities between Wonder Woman and Forest Gump. GMA bolstered and maybe explained my contemplation with a July 7th segment featuring Chris Connelly. The conversation focused on the likelihood of a best picture nomination for Wonder Woman which would be rare given its mass appeal. You know what other film was both hugely successful and ... Read Full Article
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