Laszlo Bock, Senior VP of People Operations at Google, has a new book titled Work Rules! hitting the market this month. As to be expected, there’s been a … Read more
Open Office Backlash: Did Anyone Ask Employees What They Thought?
According to the International Management Facility Association, nearly 70 percent of corporate offices now have so-called “open-plan” offices, or work … Read more
Creativity Out of Chaos: Millennials Thrive in an Open Work Culture
Investing in the success of Millennials isn’t a request or a dilapidated plea to appease the emerging workforce anymore. Millennials are a critical part … Read more
HR Roundtable: The Challenge in Tackling What Diversity Really Is
The topic for the March HR Roundtable in Cincinnati generated some buzz even before it convened. There were people who chose not to attend because they … Read more
How to Get Better Information From Hiring Managers
I asked the question — open-ended, curious, and fearless — setting the stage for an answer with little information. It was the wrong question to begin with … Read more
Fixing the Hiring Process: Getting More Women Involved Would Help
The New York Times had an article regarding hiring practices and succession practices at Google, and God knows if Google is doing it, it must be important … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: 7 Common Mistakes With Referral Rewards Programs
Research repeatedly proves that employee-referred candidates are three times more likely to be a good match for the job. This is because your employees … Read more
Throwing a Lifeline to Millennial Employees Drowning in Student Debt
The average student debt of a college-educated Millennial in the U.S. workforce is nearly $30,000. As a result, these workers are turning to their … Read more
NLRB: Employee’s Vicious, Foul Facebook Post Not Grounds For Firing
By Eric B. Meyer By now, all of us have read the articles, which claim that the law permits your employees to complain about work on social media — … Read more
Hey New Boss: Push Change, Have Fun, But Don’t Diss the Team As You Do
My husband has this annoying habit of criticizing my television choices whenever he pops into the family room and sees I’m watching something he doesn’t … Read more