IBM picked Fang from Majestyk as a winning app for the mobile application of Watson. This caught my attention because Fang is an education app. It is aimed … Read more
The HR Manager’s Guide to Hiring (and Retaining) Millennials
Millennials. That lazy, indolent, pleasure-seeking, mercurial generation. A group characterized as loving rewards but rejecting correction. The generation … Read more
Growing Debate Over Employer Health Plans With No Hospital Benefits
Lance Shnider is confident Obamacare regulators knew exactly what they were doing when they created an online calculator that gives a green light to new … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Working All the Time From Everywhere? Just the New Normal
The new work life balance: We’re not working more, just differently I saw this today on Cindy Krischer Goodman‘s Work/Life Balancing Act blog, … Read more
EEOC Files Its First Ever Transgender Discrimination Lawsuits
By Eric B. Meyer Bending iPhone6‘s? Derek Jeter’s last home game in Yankee pinstripes? Attorney General Eric Holder to resign? Bah! The U.S. … Read more
When Misconduct at Home Turns Into Discipline at Work
By Jennifer B. Sandberg Domestic violence is wrong. So are many other actions such as driving while intoxicated, check fraud, soliciting for sex, speeding, … Read more
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Office
“Right now, this is a job. If I advance any higher, this would be my career. And if this were my career, I’d have to throw myself in front of a … Read more
Congress Critical of EEOC’s Policy Towards Background Checks
Congress is showing signs of life in the constant fight for employers to conduct reasonable background checks. Representative Tim Walberg, R, Mich., … Read more
Diversity at Work: It’s About Helping Employees Uncover Their Individuality
As the authors of the Harvard Business Review article, Fear of Being Different Stifles Talent, point out, diversity is an almost universal value in … Read more
How Do You Handle a New Hire Who Wants an iPhone 6 Type Job Upgrade?
I think there is an epidemic in our society, and I’m going to blame Apple. Sure other cell phone companies do the same thing, but Apple was the one who … Read more