Lessons Learned from Difficult Terminations
I have always told my HR colleagues, “If you get to the point where terminations are easy and don’t affect you, it’s probably time to find a new career.” Although there are those in the HR profession who seem to derive some kind of sick joy out of disciplining and firing employees, it’s my belief […]
How to Combat the Death of Any Industry Including HR
How to Combat the Death of Any Industry Including HR I just finished reading a story about the future of a paper mill in Madison, Maine. I had no reason to be reading this, I am not in that industry, I don’t know anyone in the industry, but there was a secondary headline that […]
4 Ways to Recruit for the Best Culture Fit
You’ve worked hard to build the culture of your organization. And every new hire can either strengthen or weaken that culture. If you hire employees who don’t fit your culture, they likely won’t work as well with other employees, which will diminish teamwork and lead to inefficiency and less innovating products and services. Hiring employees […]
3 Keys to Being More Authentic With Your Personal Brand
Scan the headlines in any social news feed and you’ll notice a trend. Every other headline reads as if the same person wrote it. If you read a lot of them at once and pay attention you’ll begin to suspect that most bloggers are obsessed with writing lists of things for other people to do. […]
How To Become An Influencer On Twitter
It was super cool to be named and to see so many of Blogging4Job’s authors named in Moodvise’s list of The 100 Most Influential People in HR and Recruiting on Twitter. The list is special because Moodvise put some science into it by combining Klout scores, which are too reliant on follower numbers, with Moz’s […]
10 Reasons Why I Love Being an HR Professional
Someone recently asked me how I ended up in human resources and why I like it. I’ll save that story for another time but its no secret that HR choose me, not the other way around. It really gave me pause this week to think about why HR keeps me excited and engaged. I thought […]
