I’m a big fan of the SHRM Foundation. The resources they put in the hands of HR professionals all over the world are impressive. They do this by funding … Read more
It’s Clear Employees REALLY Matter When They Get a $100,000 Bonus
When 1,380 employees got a $100,000 bonus each, the story should have made headlines everywhere. The brilliant bonus decision was a wonderful example of a … Read more
How You Can Quickly and Easily Use Mobile to Engage More Candidates
According to Recruiter.com, 79 percent of smartphone owners have their phones with them 22 hours a day. Times are changing, and now, more than ever, many … Read more
Systemic Discrimination: It’s Also When You Prefer to Hire Women Over Men
By Eric B. Meyer Preferring to hire women instead of men? Yeah, that’s called discrimination. Unless, of course, you’re filling server positions at … Read more
Co-Workers Give Some Odd Holiday Gifts – How About a Squirrel Toilet Seat Decal?
By Eric B. Meyer It’s that time of year at CareerBuilder. Yep, yep. We’ve got ourselves the list of the most unusual holiday gifts exchanged at work. Now, … Read more
How Employees Are Using Social Media to Fight Workplace Harassment
By Eric B. Meyer It’s almost 2016. By now, who among us: the lawyers, the HR professionals, the owners, has yet to deal with an allegation of workplace … Read more
Here Are Four Really Good Reasons Why HR Will Be a Lot Different in 2016
I’ve been around HR for awhile, and very few trends are sticky. So let me be the first to contradict myself and tell you that 2016 is a pivotal year for … Read more
When Hunting For a Job, American Workers Start by Heading to the Internet
Americans are as likely to turn to the Internet when searching for a job as to their friends and connections, and many of those who do consider the … Read more
Celebrating the Holidays at Work: Can We Ever Get It Right?
Recently, I sent out a survey to my e-newsletter subscribers to find out what employees don’t enjoy about celebrating the holidays, both in general and at … Read more
Take It From Taylor Swift: It’s High Time to End the Millennial Bashing
Taylor Swift doesn’t care if you think she’s part of the “Me” generation. She flew in the face of all of our careful quantitative analyses of the so-called … Read more