Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes, a policy change is just a policy change. And to attribute larger societal meaning is misguided and, well, … Read more
Court Decisions Threaten a Year of Debated NLRB Rulings
By Marc Bloch The recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit invalidating President Obama’s January 2012 recess appointment to the … Read more
How Google Is Using People Analytics to Completely Reinvent HR
First of two parts If you haven’t seen it in the news, after its stock price broke the $800 barrier last month, Google moved into the No. 3 position among … Read more
The Flexible Work Debate: New Way of Working vs. Old Way of Thinking
Marissa Mayer left Google to tackle what ailed Yahoo. And this week she took on … telecommuting. Yahoos were pleased with the new iPhones and free food … Read more
Yahoo’s New No Telecommuting Rule: Could It Be Unlawful Under the ADA?
By Eric B. Meyer Over the weekend Kara Swisher on AllThingsD.com reported that Yahoo, under its new leadership, will implement a no-telecommuting rule, … Read more
Why You Need to Vote For TLNT For Best Human Resources Blog
Geez, there are getting to be a lot of you out there. And that’s why I want to ask for your help. I don’t think I’ve written directly to … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Surprise! We STILL Really Hate Performance Reviews
This just in from The Washington Post: Performance reviews are a pain, and both those who get them and those who give them hate the entire process. Yes, … Read more
Carnival Cruise Ship Moments: Coping With Situations We Can’t Control
I don’t do boats. Even looking at them makes me woozy. My motion-sickness heart went out to the travelers on last week’s Carnival cruise ship voyage from … Read more
A Most Depressing Report — If You’re a Global Chief HR Officer
The report of a global CEO survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit, and sponsored by IBM and Oracle (an interesting pairing), just crossed my desk. The … Read more
The Candidate Experience? Survey Says, That Frankly, It Stinks
I’ve got two college-age kids in various stages of their first real job search, and I find myself saying the same thing over and over to them: … Read more