CareerBuilder had a new survey out today, and on first glance, it will make you cringe. Here’s the headline: “More Than Half of Unemployed Workers With Job … Read more
Handling Problem Employees, or Struggling With Our Own Paris Hilton
Sometimes, readers say the darndest things – like this: hey, enough about difficult managers already; what about problem employees? Okay, I’ll admit that I … Read more
The Annual United Way Campaign: So Why Again is HR Stuck With This?
By Laurie Ruettimann The fourth quarter is an exhausting time of year for most Human Resources professionals. Companies finalize their budgets. Open … Read more
How Are Your Minor Leagues Doing?
This summer, my friends and I went to NBA Summer League. What the National Basketball Association does is bring in the top rookies in this year’s NBA … Read more
Talent Management Vendor Softscape Acquired by SumTotal
Family-owned talent management vendor Softscape has been acquired by SumTotal Systems, a talent development and e-learning provider. The announcement was … Read more
Survey: Only 11% of Companies Still Giving Cost of Living Increases
This won’t be a surprise to most of you given all the bad stuff that happened during the recession and ongoing economic downturn, but it still bears … Read more
How to Make Better Hires: Do You Go for Creative Thinking, or Job Skills?
OK, so I am stealing a story I read about 15 years ago in an airline magazine (If anyone out there recognizes it and can help me attribute this, please let … Read more
Just What is Diversity, Anyway?
By Michelle T. Johnson Not to get all Bill Clinton, but I feel the pain of anyone who thinks diversity is a synonym for political correctness. Diversity … Read more
How to be a Good Boss – It’s Just Not as Simple as it Sometimes Looks
Here’s a great question that I almost never hear anyone ask, much less answer: How can you be a good boss? This question popped into my mind today while … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Big Brothering Freelancers, the Terrors of Testosterone, Torching an Employer
Have you noticed a big change this week? Now that summer and Labor Day is behind us, people seem really serious about getting back to serious work. That’s … Read more