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Success HR Tech Implementation Starts With Knowing Requirements

This time of year, many of you may be working towards projects to implement some new HR tech. If you’re a larger firm, you may have already done the financial analysis and gotten approval to go ahead with the project — you may have even started to engage some vendors or talked to some peers […]

Measuring Up in HR Metrics

Measuring Up in HR Metrics The business world today seems laser focused on both productivity and profitability. Since this is the typical time of year when the previous fiscal year’s performance is being reviewed and new goals for 2015 are beginning to be implemented, I think it is important that we take time to determine […]

How to Select the Right #HRTech Suite

Learn more about HR technology and tech trends designed to help you identify HR tech opportunities in 2015 with my new ebook, The HR Technology Field Guide.  As the human resources technology industry continues to grow and develop, so do the potential benefits and perils affiliated with the new software offerings being presented. Everyday, the […]

A New Method of Flexible Work

I, and others on Blogging4Jobs, have written about the future of work and adapting to the needs of future workers. I have also written about the contractor or Freelancer economy and how a large portion of the Millennial generation will be working in very flexible work arrangements. The company Uber has provided one example. Now […]

Why Good Writing Matters in HR

Effective writing abilities are useful in practically every career. We engage in a variety of textual communication in the workplace, and frequently, the success of our company depends on our ability to communicate clearly. Consider the last time you received a message that was badly written and you had to spend time attempting to understand […]

Both Work and Life Are Better with Shorter & More Focused Days

The “Nine to Five” has long ago been replaced by the “Eight to Six” and the “Seven to Nine”. Technology is making it easier for us to worker longer hours, both in the office and at home (or on vacation too), but are we getting more done? Is this work providing us with a better […]