Working from Home More Important than Showering & Spouses
Eighty-three percent of Americans believe that telecommuting is increasing in popularity. With the rise of smart phones, tablets and other mobile technologies working from home has never been easier. And never before have we been willing to give up more to have jobs working from home. Achieving a Work Life Balance Telecommuting I, myself have […]
Employee Retention: The Secret According to Apple
One of the hottest industries right now is tech. Engineers, coders, and developers in California’s Silicon Valley are in high demand with median annual salaries at $105,000. Companies like Apple, Google, Adobe, Intuit, and Lucas Films are struggling to keep up as companies cherry pick from one another increasing competition and inflating salary and employee perks […]
Top 25 List of Twitter Hashtags for Human Resources & HR
Today I wanted to share with you today the top 25 Twitter hashtags in HR and Human Resources as determined by SocialEars.
The Funny Guy Gets the Job
For job seekers or those looking to make their way up the corporate ladder, being qualified or having a degree is no longer enough. A sense of humor is a must. Maybe job seekers and aspiring professionals should spend more time on their standup than that Powerpoint. Accountemps just released a survey with nearly 8 out of […]
HR Doesn’t Stand for Headcount Reduction
Late last week I read an interesting comment on a fellow HR Blogger, Charlie Judy’s blog. The comment was this: “HR simply stands for Headcount Reduction.” The post titled “Deadbeat Employees” and the comment thread that has evolved as of late is quite interesting but that’s not the point of this blog post today. In […]
Let’s Organize the HR Bloggers
The blogging industry is a fun, exciting, and fickle thing. Technorati Tells us in their July 2011 State of the Blogosphere Report there are reported to be 164 million bloggers. The Human Capital Management blogosphere is just a small drop in that 164 million blogger pan, but that doesn’t make us less important. In fact, […]