What is the HR Skill Set of the Future?
The bulk of this blog post was originally published at my blog site, but I thought it was an important piece and wanted to repeat it here. Originally I had come across an article directed at the Chief Information Officers, in other words the IT leader, which talked about the skill sets the CIO of the future […]
Higher Education Without a Higher Purpose and Plans?
If you are currently completing a higher education or have recently received your degree, chances are you feel totally unprepared to enter the job marketplace. This is not entirely your fault, as multiple studies have recently confirmed that modern colleges and universities are not effectively preparing students for life after college. The problem is that […]
Tailoring Benefits to Different Generations of Workers
If you’re like most employers these days, your workforce is comprised of four distinct generations whose ages are separated by as many as 50 years. On the plus side, that diversity provides a wealth of expertise and talent to enrich the organization. But it also pos es management challenges, high among them the need to […]
Are You Ready for a Chatbot HR Assistant?
“Alexa, answer this employee’s question.” A few years ago none of you would have any idea what that sentence was referring to, but today almost all of you will recognize “who” Alexa is. Many of us have, or have seen someone use, Alexa, the chatbot from Amazon. With the explosion of artificial intelligence applications, the […]
Why You Need Flexibility Not Disruption
“We’re a small, disruptive team working to create products that consumers don’t even know they need.” “We want our workplace to be as unconventional as our products. We embrace disruption.” Ugh, what do these kinds of statements even mean? No wait, I’ve got this. When a company describes itself this way in corporate materials intended for customers, clients […]
From Fake News to Fake Jobs: How Facebook Is Failing
Earlier this month Facebook announced that it would be rolling out a new program to target advertising discrimination on the platform using artificial intelligence. In addition to strengthening the language in their anti-discrimination policy, Facebook will roll out an AI tool that will identify and flag ads that offer “housing, employment or credit opportunit[ies] and either […]
