The Labor Department has announced plans to more aggressively enforce employment-based nonimmigrant visa programs and crack down on abuses of worker visa programs through increased investigations. The statement, made two months after U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services announced it would begin targeting certain H-1B visa employers, calls for: Use of all tools ... Read Full Article
Will Cashiering Be the Next Job to Disappear?
Last week Amazon and Whole Foods announced a $13.4 billion purchase deal that would give Amazon a foothold in the fresh market, neatly supplementing its existence business in dry goods and virtually every other kind of merchandise. This isn't Amazon's first foray into the fresh market, though. Earlier this year it began experimenting with technology that would eliminate the ... Read Full Article
A Dismissal Shouldn’t Come As A Surprise
Someone once reflected with me in my capacity as an HR Leader that how people are treated as they leave an organization sends a message to the people who remain with it. Is that one of the reasons we have goodbye luncheons for those who resign? So that people remaining in the organization have something to look forward to? Such luncheons are not my focus though I attended one ... Read Full Article
What You Need to Know About Trump’s Job Training Plan
This week President Trump unveiled a plan to support apprenticeships as a way to help workers skilled out of a changing economy to find new work. At the same time, he's made moves to cut funding to existing federal job training programs. Apprenticeships can certainly be a good way to boost a fledgeling career but they are as vulnerable to abuses as white collar internship ... Read Full Article
Don’t Miss These #SHRM17 Conference Sessions
Its time to get excited because we are just days away from this year's national SHRM conference– I’m furiously planning my sessions that I’ll be attending at upcoming #SHRM17! Its been tough to decide – the organizers have done a fabulous job of offering a ton of great sessions that are on topic/trend for this year’s conference. A few tips: sessions fill up quickly, so ... Read Full Article
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Uber?
This morning the New York Times' business and financial news headlines are dominated by Uber stories. I at least glance through the business section of most major papers in the morning and it gets boring after a few sites, since the major stories tend to be the same across the NYT, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post et al. But every once in awhile something isn't just the top ... Read Full Article
How Intellectual Curiosity is Critical for Your Success in HR
I'm working on writing a new book and because of that have been diving into what is important when it comes to HR and innovation, creativity, and success in supporting and even leading the business. The HR role in business, in my opinion, has been a well-kept secret with most leaders not fully understanding the complexity of our roles and the breadth of how the people impact ... Read Full Article
Jacob Morgan says HR needs to WAKE UP
I pay attention to Jacob Morgan. He is a futurist of some renown, he writes good book, gives good talks and makes good videos. This one is a message that HR needs to hear. Here is a non-HR person telling us we are doing a good job and we don't realize it. These are words that need to be heard. So one week before #SHRM17 I thought I would expose you to some good words of ... Read Full Article
The #SHRM17 Haunted Pub Crawl Is Here!
*IMPORTANT UPDATE: The initial meeting location has changed to the New Orleans Ghost Tour Headquarters at 798 Chartres St., New Orleans. Please arrive at 7:30 PM. Join the SHRM17 Haunted Pub Crawl Workology presents the SHRM17 Haunted Pub Crawl in New Orleans as part of the 2017 Annual SHRM Conference in New Orleans. Pub crawl is from 7:30-10:00. The fun starts at 798 ... Read Full Article
6 Things to Do In New Orleans During #SHRM17
This year SHRM 17 will take place in New Orleans from June 18 to 21. Although you're no doubt planning your trip for the maximum professional development and benefit, you should- no, you must also take some time to see the beautiful city which is hosting the conference. Even though your days will be busy learning new skills and some of your evenings will be booked up with HR ... Read Full Article