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  • Referrals-good for both sides

    Recently I posted about a neat recruiting referral bonus program I heard about. Then I heard about another referral program a little closer to home and wanted to share. Members of NASHRM who refer others to become members in the coming months will get a chance to win a handful of cash. Here are the…

  • Recruiting via Referral Bonuses ($12k sound good?)

    I love the idea of referral bonuses as a recruiting tool and I have a proposal in the pipeline for our leadership team to offer referral bonuses for each position (not just “key” ones). I’ve always wanted to write on them but this great post I saw the other day combined two fun topics for…

  • Business Brilliance from Jerry Maguire

    I have a fun post up on TLNT today called “Everything I Know About Business I Learned from Jerry Maguire.” They are running a fun series over there because there’s some special celebrity movie awards ceremony coming up. :-) I don’t pay attention to that stuff but it’s worth checking out the other great posts!…

  • How to become an HR leader

    I enjoy reading and learning about leadership, and I love meeting HR leaders. Last week I ran a fun series over on upstartHR. It was all about the five most valuable competencies for a senior HR leader to have. Some of them might surprise you, and others are definitely staples of every leader’s toolkit. Check…

  • HRCP Contest Winner (February)

    Remember that contest a few weeks back for someone to win a free HRCP practice exam? Well, the entries were sorted and a winner was randomly chosen from the group. Congratulations to Kellee! I’ll be getting her in touch with HRCP to get her contest prize. Stay tuned for more contests throughout the year sponsored…

  • Integrity and Ethics-Senior HR Competencies Series

    Integrity. Ethics. The last two items on the list of Senior HR Competencies were so closely linked that I did them together. If you are good at one of them, chances are you’re going to be good at the other as well. The same goes the other way. If you’re terrible at one of them, you’ll…

  • HR Knowledge-Senior HR Competencies Series

    It surprised me where HR knowledge fell on the list of core competencies for senior HR leaders, because you’d think that it would be higher. Having a core knowledge of HR isn’t the most important thing once you get to the senior ranks, I suppose. Let’s dig in. Email subscribers click through to see the…

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