Human Resources

The Fragile Health of Government's Human Resources

Tom Fox | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Human Resources, Federal Government's Human Resources, Federal Government Spending, Federal Government, Politics News
Tom Fox

The federal government's human resources (HR) community is like the proverbial shoemaker's children -- they're busy helping others in government address workforce needs while their own workforce languishes.

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How Much Does It Cost To Hire Right?

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Return on Investment, ROEI.Com, Hiring Tips, Small Business News and Trends, Hiring, Hr, Human Resources, Return on Employee Investment, Small Business News

Employees are the lifeblood of almost any company. They’re the group of people that work collectively -- often behind the scenes -- to ensure that e...

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Marketing in the Round Makes You Work

Mike Smith | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gini Dietrich, Halogen Software, Pearson Publishing, Hr, Integrated Marketing Communications, Northwestern University, Human Resources, Geoff Livingston, Shrm, Books News
Mike Smith

Dietrich and Livingston Capture Collaboration in New Book Prescient and thought-provoking, Marketing in the Round by marketing expert Gini Dietrich a...

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Philanthropy Mindset Hampers Sustainability Efforts

John Friedman | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Careers, Sustainability, Human Resources, Csr, Recruiting, Generation Y, Gender Pay Gap, Idealism, Business News
John Friedman

How can we say we are building a business model if so many of us building it are following the charity model ourselves? As we tell businesses that they can do well by doing good, how many of us are remaining content to do good without doing well?

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Preventing the Loss of Key Talent

Ed Lawler | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Talent Management, Skills, Talent, Economy, Jobs, Human Resources, Hr, Organizations, Business, Executives, Business News
Ed Lawler

Jobs don't have a worth; individuals do, and at a time of economic expansion it is particularly important that individuals be paid what they are worth in the market. How about long-term employment relationships and job security?

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Janean Chun

Why I Laid Off My Best Friend

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Small Business Success Stories, Susan Southerland Just Marry, How to Fire Someone, HR Tips, Just Marry, Hr, Human Resources, HR Issues, Susan Southerland, Susan Southerland Secret, Entrepreneur Spotlight, Michele Butler, Small Business News

Susan Southerland and Michele Butler weren't just employer and employee -- they were best friends. They worked together all day at Southerland's compa...

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Spring Cleaning for a Speedier Economic Recovery

Joel Brokaw | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Economic Recovery, Workplace, Employers, Business Owner, Manager, Nancy Slomowitz, Hr, Human Resources, Business News, Accounting, Dun & Bradstreet, Management, Small Business, Work Zone Madness, Business News
Joel Brokaw

With the U.S. economy beginning to rebound, it is high time for businesses both big and small to get proactive and clean house of wasteful and counterproductive practices.

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It's Time to Rethink and Reshape Our Organizational Cultures

Michele Hunt | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Vision, Leadership, Change, Values, Transformation, People, Innovation, Human Resources, Culture, Business News
Michele Hunt

Attracting and retaining the best and the brightest, and achieving extraordinary results is simple; create a great organizational culture -- A Culture For People.

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Feds Express Appreciation for Attrition

Steve Ressler | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Govloop, Human Resources, Employee Turnover, Budget Cuts, Government Budget, Federal Government, DC News
Steve Ressler

High attrition rates are often considered negative indicators for an agency's health, but last week GovLoop blogger Doris Tirone wondered: "Is there an upside to high turnover?"

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This Is Not the Boss I Ordered

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mentorship, Leadership, Unemployment, Boss, Social Networking, Professionalism, Corporate Sponsorship, Employment, Career Advice, Careers, Human Resources, Networking, Management, Control, Bad Bosses, Business News
Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Well-meaning individuals who land roles as leaders often make your work life hellish because as nice as they are (and some are not!), they are inept at leading. So what's a professional to do?

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Answering the Question "What's Your Greatest Weakness?"

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Job Search, Employment, Interview Advice, Hiring Employees, Job Interview Advice, Human Resources, Job Search Advice, Job Interviews, Interview Tips, Job Search Tips, Seeking Emloyment, Money News
Liz Ryan

Isn't all that the point of a job interview -- to get past the surface, far past what a resume would tell us? If so, why are we still wasting time with mindless, insulting interview questions?

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Should Bosses And Employees Be Facebook Friends?

The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Facebook for Business, Survey Says, HR Tips, Facebook Friends Boss, Small Business News and Trends, Hr, Facebook Friends, Human Resources, Facebook Trends, HR Issues, Facebook, Small Business News

Should bosses and employees be friends on Facebook? With rules about personal and professional behavior blurring, it's a bit surprising that only 21 p...

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The Truth About Job Interviews With Entrepreneurs: Your Employer's Mind May Be Far, Far Away

Frank Farwell | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Interviewing Tips, Hiring, Human Resources, Applying for Jobs, Entrepreneurship, Management, Successful Start-Up Companies, Small Business News
Frank Farwell

Despite the advantages of technology, landing a job at a good start-up company can be a long, tedious process, or it can be a quick flash of opportunity if you happen to be in the right place at the right time.

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Did You Hear That? Office Gossip May Be On The Decline

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Video, Office-Gossip, Workplace, Workplace Gossip, Gossip, Business News, Financial Crisis, Water Cooler, Human Resources, Worker Productivity, Business News

Your co-workers have been gossiping less as of late, and that should have the old boss worried. Most workers -- 63 percent, in fact -- say that wat...

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Fear and Trust in Human Resources

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Environment, Leadership, Fear, Human Resources, Trust, Culture, Hr, Business News
Liz Ryan

As HR people, we're pulled between the two 'power poles' a dozen times a day.

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Giving All Government Employees Term Limits?

Steve Ressler | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Government, Govloop, Term Limits, Human Resources, Veterans Administration, Administration-on-Aging, Business News
Steve Ressler

As taxpayers and voters, you and I decide whether or not our elected officials remain employed. Should other government employees on the public roll have a similar period of performance review?

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PLAN ForYourArt: February 9-15

Bettina Korek | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Bakersfield, Human Resources, John Cage, Culver City, MOCA Los Angeles, Mary Weatherford, La Art, La Around Town, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

Under the Big Black Sun features more than 130 artists working in an array of mediums and addresses the period in American art when modernism reached its end and a multiplicity of movements began to take shape.

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The Death and Dying Series Part Two: Grief in the American Workplace

Judith Johnson | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Hidden Costs of Grief, Mental Health, Workplace, Good Grief, Grief, The Grief Index, Social Services, Human Resources, Grief in the Workplace, Grieving, The Grief Recovery Institute, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Judith Johnson

Remember, grief is normal and if you think you need some help and compassion, you don't have to be alone in your grief. But you do have to reach out for help. You might be surprised by the resources available.

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A New Frame for Human Resources

Liz Ryan | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mission, Team, Organization, Hr, Human Resources, Business News
Liz Ryan

If we can see the HR function through the frame "Those guys make sure the environment is healthy, so the best people come here and stay here" then we take HR out of the disciplinarian role, forever.

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Stop Bashing HR

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Talent Management, Human Resources, Hr Jobs, Hr Function, Hr Talent, Human Resources Development, Human Resources Jobs, Business News
Ron Ashkenas

Let's figure out what it will take to accelerate the transition that most HR functions truly want to make, and how line managers can make the journey with them, side by side.

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The Office Of Tomorrow: An Older Workforce Takes Shape

management.fortune.cnn.com | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Workforce, Future-Trends, Aging, Older-Workforce, Retirement, Older Workers, Human Resources, Recession, Health Benefits, Fifty News

FORTUNE -- A man parks his bike and unbuckles his helmet to reveal baldness and salt-and-pepper eyebrows. A woman in orthopedic shoes makes her way in...

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10 Flex Mistakes You Didn't Know You Made

Kyra Cavanaugh | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Work-Life Balance, Human Resources, Flexibility, Workplace Flexibility, Flexible Work Schedules, Business News
Kyra Cavanaugh

Many organizations think the work stops once they approve a flex, but really it's just beginning. Read on to see if you've made any of these implementation mistakes.

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Putting The 'Human' Back In HR, Part Two

Liz Ryan | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Liz Ryan, Hr, Human Resources, Advice, Culture, Business News
Liz Ryan

Whoever misconceived of HR as a process and systems role is fooling themselves and the millions of working people who rely on them because the real work to be done is empowering for employees and customers and shareholders.

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Human Resources: It's Time for a Reset

Ed Lawler | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Human Resources, C-Suite, Human Resources Companies, Human Resources Business, Harvard Business Review, HR Performance, HR Corporations, Business News
Ed Lawler

Human Resources can be a key function -- but only if the structure of a company positions it to take on business strategy issues.

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"You Can't Post That!" and the Future of What We Share on Facebook

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: College Parties, Social Media, Human Resources, Facebook, Facebook Privacy Settings, Facebook Jobs, Facebook Profile, Facebook Status, Technology News
Bruce Reyes-Chow

What if I said that I think folks may want to think twice before deleting, untagging or "sending to trash" those unfortunate images of their wild youth? Well, that's exactly what I'm saying.

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