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401k savings plans are (not) for suckers
The other day my buddy Laurie posted about 401k plans being for “suckers.” After reading her comments and those of some of her audience, I felt led to respond. Here’s a snippet: Some HR professionals are horrified by the way you manage your money, but I feel your pain. You can’t squeeze blood out of…
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Just a Quick Note Today
I’ve had a wild ride this weekend. A few weeks ago my sister-in-law passed me the Hunger Games series. I’m a big fiction and science fiction nut, but other things (see below) have kept me busy ever since she passed them over. I started the first book on Saturday and just finished it last night.…
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HR Job Qualifications-Are There Any?
I’m pretty sure that passion isn’t one of the HR job qualifications that people look for, otherwise we wouldn’t have need for the other posts in this series. If you missed them, we talked about: how to get an entry level HR job set up to fail: how we are sabotaging the next generation So…
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Getting Entry Level HR Positions (Video)
The only people who seem to know about getting entry level HR positions are those who already have an entry level HR job. It’s a crappy system, and it needs to change. As I said yesterday, we have to stop setting people up to fail. We need to help the next generation understand what it…
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Set Up to Fail-Stop Sabotaging the Next Generation
Tomorrow night I’m going to talk with some local HR students about what “real” HR is like outside of the classroom and the textbook. We’re going to discuss what the actual workload is like for an entry level HR professional. Even though it is routine for me, it’s like a secret formula to these students.…
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Global HR Issues (Book Review)
Global HR Competencies by Dave Ulrich, Wayne Brockbank, Jon Younger, and Mike Ulrich Global HR issues? I’m like most HR pros, and I’ll freely admit it. When I hear the word “global” I tend to ignore the rest of what’s being said. Honestly, who has time to think about this whole “global” thing when I…
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How to Prioritize Work Projects (Video)
Learning how to prioritize work projects isn’t something you pick up overnight. I was reminded of this when a friend reached out recently and was looking for information on how to make use of a very limited time frame and what equated to an endless list of projects. How to Prioritize Work Assignments (Video) In…
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