You did it, you officially got your first job in human resources. Maybe it's everything you wanted, maybe it's just to get your foot in the door. No matter what, it's an opportunity that many HR Pros are trying to achieve every day and should not be taken lightly. If this is your first job in HR, you may have some office experience from your past, but this is an entirely new ... Read Full Article
Employee Development Is What Drives Retention
One of the most impactful managers I’ve ever had the pleasure of working alongside told me that I was going to be worth $25,000.00 more than when I started. A year in, that rang true and it has undoubtedly served as the catalyst to other great opportunities. I left because that manager had moved on and new leadership did not view employee development through the same lens. We ... Read Full Article
New to HR? Here’s How to Present Change
Everyone has an opinion. If you don't have one, you're not thinking. When you're new to a job, there may be a lot about the company that you don't understand. They've been doing things for a certain way for so long and change isn't necessary in their eyes. Presenting a product, service, or idea doesn't always need to be about trying to make a change in the company. When you ... Read Full Article
The Addiction of Influence
There’s this need to be somebody. There’s this need to be wanted. There’s this belief that in order to be successful you have to be important, famous, and rich. I used to think this too. I was wrong. And it’s something I still struggle with. Influence shouldn’t be seen as a path to happiness. Success or living in a Pinterest world doesn’t erase our challenges, flaws, or ... Read Full Article
Google’s Cloud Job Discovery Is Entering Beta
Cloud Job Discovery, the machine learning HR tech tool formerly known as Cloud Jobs API is now entering beta. Cloud Job Discovery is the sister tool of Google for Jobs, the part of Google's push into HR tech that aims to improve job search functionality in job boards, career sites and every part of HR and recruiting. Its core purpose is to improve engagement and candidate ... Read Full Article
Personality Tests May Be Costing Young Workers Jobs
The move to online applications has allowed employers to reach an ever-expanding pool of candidates. It's a change that's had both good and bad effects for employers and applicants alike. It's more likely that a truly perfect fit of applicant and organization will have the chance to find each other, but it's less likely those two parties will hear each other. The more ... Read Full Article
When Women Thrive At Work It’s Good for Everyone
New research shows that workplaces where women thrive are workplaces where everyone reports higher levels of satisfaction and support. Great Place to Work and Fortune found that "companies where women are thriving also tend to offer better workplace experiences for all employees." What's the difference? These companies had better benefits, better professional development ... Read Full Article
New to HR? Here’s How to Continue Your HR Education
We all know that HR deals with a lot of paperwork. We learn the importance of documentation very early in our career. While taking care of our employees and companies is the most important item on our to do lists, there is one thing I think HR professionals, and especially HR Newbies, should always be mindful of and trying to achieve: continuing education. There are always ... Read Full Article
Future Proof? Not Really!
Recently I was reading an article that talked about “future proof” jobs you can train for; that reminded me that I have a book in my office called The Future-Proof Workplace. Although it is full of great tips for what workplaces and individuals can do to help their careers, its title gave me pause, as did the title of the article. I don’t think we can future-proof ... Read Full Article
How to Apply Design Thinking to Innovate Performance Management
In an illuminating TEDTalk “The way we think about work is broken”, Barry Schwartz encourages us to think about whether it’s human nature that creates institutions or institutions which can shape human nature. In traditional factory lines work was based simply on the exchange of labor for money. However, money doesn’t have to be the only thing that drives people to get up and ... Read Full Article
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