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
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
Death to Shorthand
“I hate dealing with Joe; he never remembers anything I tell him.” (“Oh… you didn’t know that Joe has hearing loss in his left ear?”) “Jane always looks so mad; she’s just unpleasant to deal with.” (“I guess you hadn’t
Let’s Do The Time Warp Again: 15 Years of the Carnival of HR
The very first Carnival of HR ran 15 years ago this week (February 21, 2007) when Suzanne Lucas kicked off our long-running tradition with this post. In the intervening years there have been hundreds of Carnivals as various people took
