Over my years as an HR practitioner, in a fair number of organizations, I had employees stroll into the HR Department and start a conversation with “I’m not sure if you can get this for me, but…” This phrase, or
My HR “Customer” Experience
I recently started a new job (sort of; my company was acquired) and, for the first time in my working career, I am NOT a member of the HR staff. I don’t have to worry about learning the employee benefit
You Can’t Put a Sweater on a Jellyfish
A local friend, a hiring manager at her company, recently expressed frustration with the state of hiring in her organization. “We get plenty of applicants,” she said. “Obviously some are better than others but we really have no problem with
The Break-Up: Managing Employee Departures
The way in which an employee is treated when departing your company is just as important as how you handled the process when they joined. Remember that intoxicating time? You wooed and courted and promised them the moon. You shared
