A few months ago, a single hashtag took the Twitter and HR worlds by storm (read these gut-busting tweets). This summer, a another Twitter sensation has taken its place — and it’ll give you just as big a chuckle. Last January, it was #FiveWordsToRuinAJobInterview. This time around, it’s the hashtag #WhyTheyFiredMe, and it’s generating some equally creative responses. The premise […]
Posted on June 20th, 2015 by admin
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In a world focused on high tech networking, Darrell Gurney shows how old-fashioned yet innovative high touch wins hearts, minds, and opportunities for the savvy job seeker or career expansionist. Drawing on basic principles of human psychology, Gurney shows readers how to open doors to influential players in their fields of interest to gain top-of-mind […]
Posted on June 19th, 2015 by admin
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This powerful guide motivates you to reach quality prospects, leverage new and current contacts, prompt ongoing referrals, and ultimately, boost your client base and bottom line. Click here to learn more! Tweet This Post
Posted on June 18th, 2015 by admin
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Are you looking to boost employee engagement at your company? Globoforce has put together a collection of their most popular blog posts with information on cultivating employee engagement, and published them together in one eBook: The ABCs of Employee Engagement. Click here to learn more! Tweet This Post
Posted on June 17th, 2015 by admin
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Being a benefit plan fiduciary is a tricky role to play nowadays. Here’s some guidance you may want to share with your C-level folks. Between the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Tibble v. Edison and the increased interest from the feds, fiduciary responsibility is a critical issue for employers everywhere. That’s why it’s so important to have […]
Posted on June 16th, 2015 by admin
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More incentive to review your drug policies: the percentage of U.S. workers testing positive for illicit substances such as marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine have increased for the second consecutive year. That’s the news from Quest Diagnostics, a national clinical laboratory. Quest’s Drug Testing Index (DTI) shows that the positivity rate for approximately 6.6 million urine drug tests in the general […]
Posted on June 15th, 2015 by admin
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Are you ready for the run on millennial talent? Jobs openings are hitting record highs, and twenty/thirtysomethings are at the top of employers’ wish lists. Is your company offering what it takes to attract these in-demand workers — or keep the ones you already have on staff from job hopping? Our friends at intHRactive can help you figure […]
Posted on June 14th, 2015 by admin
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This ruling’s going to scare the pants off a lot of employers — and it should. An administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) just gave employees the green light to make racist comments to fellow workers — as long as they’re not accompanied by violent threats and the comments are made in connection […]
Posted on June 13th, 2015 by admin
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See if this sounds familiar: During an annual review with one of your department employees, they tell you that everything is fine and they couldn’t be happier – yet a month or two later they resign. What happened? Guest poster Deb Dwyer, founder and president of HSD Metrics, offers some perspective. ______________________________________________________________________ You may […]
Posted on June 12th, 2015 by admin
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Sorry, employers, but a new ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals will make it darn near impossible — if adopted by other circuits — to keep a worker’s claims of unfair pay from going to trial. Some needed background info before we explain the ruling. Jeffrey Moran was a mechanic at an auto […]
Posted on June 11th, 2015 by admin
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