I recently got a call from an employee who wanted to know if it made sense to use some of his retirement plan funds to purchase a life insurance policy. My … Read more
Oh Canada! Getting Tough on Permits for Americans Working in Canada
By Shannon Stevenson Gone are the days when an employer could send its U.S. citizen employees to the Canadian border with a passport and a simple … Read more
Why You Shouldn’t Waste Your Time Recruiting Passive Candidates
Every executive and hiring manager worth his or her salt will tell you hiring top talent is the most important thing they need to do. Unfortunately when it … Read more
Weekly Wrap: The Tide Seems to Have Turned For Social Media on the Job
I’m a sucker for research and data, and I write a lot about surveys that strike me as particularly interesting or insightful. Here’s another … Read more
Court Upholds Arizona’s E-Verify Law, Penalties for Using Unauthorized Workers
By Jessica Cook and Kim Thompson This week (May 26, 2011) the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s 2007 immigration law that requires all employers to … Read more
10 Ways to Help You Become an Efficient and Effective Leader
Over the last 20 years, I’ve worked with managers and leaders who all had their own unique style. If the job of being a leader was easy, there wouldn’t be … Read more
How to Find the Smartest Employee in Your Organization
I couldn’t sleep the other night, probably because of the 14 Diet Mountain Dews I had throughout the day, but I had an epiphany while staring at the … Read more
Who Is the Greatest HR Leader Ever?
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Sullivan has been a provocateur and strategist in the field of human resources and talent management for over 30 years. His … Read more
Age Bias at Work: As This Case Shows, There’s a High Standard to Meet
By Eric B. Meyer A 51-year-old auto-parts specialist with lupus, fibromyalgia, diabetes and arthritis, claimed that his 29-year-old co-worker called him an … Read more
Think Like a General Manager, Whether You Want to Be One or Not
This month we covered the key aspects of how general managers think and why it’s important to think like a GM, whether or not you want to be one. … Read more