Category: General
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HR and Talent Management Book Club
How to start an HR/Talent management book club I’ve talked with our local SHRM chapter in the past about possibly setting up a HR/talent management book club since it seems like it would be fairly easy to initiate and manage. Then a few weeks ago our 2013 president reached out to me again about the…
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Adverse Impact Analysis: A Practitioner’s Guide (Book Review)
Statistical Analysis of Adverse Impact: A Practitioner’s Guide by Stephanie R. Thomas I know, adverse impact analysis is not my usual fare. However, I’m working on a new project, and I need to expand my horizons a bit. To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect from this book. I thought I might pick…
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Lesson Learned-The Easy Way that Wasn’t
I was rocking right along, knocking out items on my To Do list and feeling pretty good. Then it hit. I thought I had made the right choice. I thought it was going to be the “easy way” to get things accomplished. Apparently not. Despite knowing–knowing–that the quick/easy way is really just a house of…
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Company Growth Phases-Aligning Hiring and Retention Practices
The other day I mentioned company growth phases in my review of Seeing the Big Picture. I thought it warranted more discussion, because it’s something I honestly hadn’t considered previously. Here’s a quote from the book: Company growth phases are fairly standard. Startup, growth, maturity, decline. But what about the types of employees required in…
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Seeing the Big Picture (Book Review)
Seeing the Big Picture: Business Acumen to Build your Credibility, Career, and Company by Kevin Cope Okay, I’ll admit it. I requested a copy of Seeing the Big Picture by Kevin Cope because I wanted to pick up a few tips. I have always had a weakness of working “in” the business as opposed to…
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What Are Your “Undiscussables?”
Recently I was reading an article and it mentioned “undiscussables” as dictated by workplace culture. It is a fun word and an interesting concept that I’d like to explore it briefly here. Your corporate culture has norms, expectations, and core values that people are expected to follow. But it also has things in it that…
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Human Resources Job Titles-The Ultimate Guide
HR’s career ladder is never quite clear. So who cares? Human resources job titles mean nothing, right? Wrong. Even if you really don’t care about it, others will judge you for better or worse the instant they see your job title. Today we’ll look at some of the various common titles as well as some…