The One Conference HR Pros Need to Go to in 2017 #WorkHuman
So, I’ve been on the record that my favorite conference to attend is the HR Technology Conference. It’s my favorite because I geek out on HR and TA Tech and I’ll send three days on the expo floor...
View Article5 Things HR Leaders Need to Know About Developing Employees
I think we try and deliver a message in organizations that all employees need and want to be developed. This is a lie. Many of our employees do want and need development. Some don’t need it, they’re...
View ArticleThe Secret to Being Happy at Work
We’ve all been sold a really harmful lie, by a lot of people. That lie is: To be truly happy at work, you must do what you love (or some variation of the same theme). It’s complete garbage that is...
View ArticleThe Biggest HR and TA Questions for 2017
I guess ‘biggest’ really depends on where your organization is with your HR and TA practices. My biggest might not be your biggest! I taking a run at this from the 30,000-foot view, not ground level....
View ArticleReal-World HR – A new eBook from @SHRM
SHRM recently launched a new eBook to help build more an awareness around what the SHRM competency model looks like in the real world of HR. I’m on pages 36 and 37 sharing my brilliance on how to...
View ArticleThe One Fix to Talent Acquisition You’re Too Afraid to Implement
There’s a ton of reasons we are afraid of stuff. I was never scared of the dark, but for some stupid reasons, I’m scared of bees. I know that I’m not going to die from a bee. I’ve been stung. It hurts,...
View ArticleEmployee Betrayal is Something You Never Get Over
You probably missed this recently, another lawsuit, another former employee ‘allegedly’ stealing company secrets and taking them to their new employer who just happens to be developing the same or...
View ArticleDear Timmy: When Should I Leave My First Job?
Dear Timmy, I graduated college a couple of years ago and took a job with a good company. I’m an engineer and I like my job and I like the people I work with, but I’m getting calls from recruiters...
View Article11 Proven Tips for Landing the Perfect HR Tech Solution
It’s no wonder we all fall in love with technology: When we pick the right tools, they can save us a ton of time and headaches–and help us make our employees’ lives easier, too. The catch, of course,...
View ArticleMaybe You Should Just Do The Job You Were Hired For
It seems like frustration is at an all-time high. On a daily basis people are coming unglued over things they have no control over, and never will. We are told to be more empathetic. We are told our...
View ArticleThe Dumb HR Guy Guide to Recertifying for HRCI & SHRM
“My three years is up!”, he said as if it was a prison sentence. If you’re a regular to the professional recertification process of HRCI (SPHR, PHR, GPHR), you know this feeling well. Your HRCI...
View ArticleDoes Uber’s HR Really Suck?
Clearly by now if you’re in HR you’ve read this post by a former female engineer from Uber. It’s very detailed and sounds almost exactly like most companies in the world. No, not the part of ignoring...
View ArticleWhy do you still give out performance ratings?
Let me give you a quick breakdown of how 100% of your employees feel about the performance rating they will receive this year: Performance Rating on a 1 (you suck and should be shot) to 5 (we couldn’t...
View ArticleHow to Create an Employee Handbook that Doesn’t Suck!
At every single company I’ve ever worked for, at some point in my tenure, I’ve gotten yanked into helping in some way rewrite the employee handbook. I’m sure most HR pros have been in the same boat!...
View ArticleThere’s No Test for Grace Under Pressure
By now you’ve all seen and heard what happened at the 2017 Academy Awards. It’s the end of the night where they announce the biggest award, Best Picture, and those announcing the award were given the...
View Article3 Ways to Get Rid of an Overpaid, Underperforming Employee
One of the biggest issues we face as HR Pros is trying to get rid of our overpriced employees. Let’s be real, we made our own bed with this issue! We were the ones going to our ‘comp’ guy, going “No,...
View ArticleWhat if you could predict all of your Turnover? #UltiConnect @UltimateHCM
Out at Ultimate Software’s Conference, this week and one of the cool features that Ultimate has within UltiPro is Retention Predictor. Ultimate has done a really good job at going out and buying some...
View ArticleThe Realities of Using a Full-Fledged Modern Day Talent Acquisition Platform
I’m in a pretty cool place in life right now. Great job, great family, every day I get to work and talk with awesome, smart people, every week I get to see the most awesome technology on the planet....
View ArticleThe 5 Skills I Honed From Other Jobs That Have Served Me Well in my HR Career
Believe it or not, I didn’t go to college thinking, “Oh boy! I can’t wait to work in HR!” And there’s a pretty decent chance you didn’t either. Eventually, if you’re like me, you got some official HR...
View ArticleI Can’t Make You Recruit!
My mind is still racing after coming back from SHRM Talent this week! So many great conversations I had with TA leaders and pros. I actually think the level of conversation at functional specific...
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