A long time ago, in what feels like a galaxy far, far away, I was a young editor at a large daily metropolitan newspaper working as a “systems … Read more
Survey: Social Networks Are Becoming Priority in Finding Skilled Workers
America’s recruiting leaders say their top priority this year is finding and hiring highly skilled workers, and the places they’re turning to find them … Read more
The Growing Drumbeat to Legislate More Workplace Flexibility
The idea of providing employees more flexibility at work seems like a no brainer. Alas, not to all brains. That’s why some politicians are taking out the … Read more
“But the Employees Agreed to It” Is Not a Defense For Not Paying OT
By John E. Thompson Our recent “Pay Practice Myths” post cautioned that having an employee enter into an agreement that is contrary to the … Read more
Are Employers Racist for Conducting Employment Background Checks?
In a recent letter to The Wall Street Journal, EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien took exception to their characterization (Banning Background Checks) that the … Read more
The Hidden Job Market is Alive, But the Skills Gap Is As Well
Last week I wrote about matching the number of job openings to the number of unemployed people by industry. The numbers were arresting. I used data from … Read more
The Internal Struggle When We Must Make Make Ridiculous Terminations
Once in a while in HR, we have to make ridiculous decisions to terminate an employee. Maybe it’s a well liked, popular employee, or an employee with long … Read more
2013 Halfway Report: How the Supreme Court Has Treated Business
Are you flustered, flummoxed and flabbergasted that 2013 is already halfway over? I am. Don’t despair. This week we’ll be reviewing all the significant … Read more
The Future of HR? It’s Getting Back Into the People Business
I often get asked what are the big trends I see today in HR, and I found myself getting asked that question a lot at the 65th SHRM Annual Conference & … Read more
The Fall of CEO Energy – and Why It’s Bad For Business
CEO energy is trending down. This is bad for business. Energy of other leaders (other C-suite leaders and VPs) is trending up. This is a good news. These … Read more