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  • 3 Free HR Podcasts

    Whether you’re looking for some learning or something more entertaining than another dry, boring white paper, you can find what you’re looking for on the web. One of my favorite things to do is listen to podcasts while I’m working on a repetitive task. It passes the time, and I’m learning, too. Here are a…

  • The future of HR: Is it you?

    (This is a guest post by Kristi Daeda. Enjoy!) It could be, but only if you keep an eye on where the field is moving rather than where it’s been. When I made the move to HR, I did it because I wanted to make the organization more effective from its foundation — the people…

  • Looking back at 2009 and forward to 2010

    After all of the “end of 2009” and “here comes 2010” posts I’ve been reading, I realized I haven’t done my own! I checked my phone, and I have lots of jumbled ideas. Maybe I can straighten them out and have some smooth sailing into the new year. Let’s unpack, shall we? I’m just typing…

  • How I got immediate value from joining a SHRM chapter

    Note: this post is not encouraging anyone to spam a group of people. It’s only a recount of my own experience. If you spam your local HR pros, you could get booted from the SHRM chapter. Fair warning! Back in the spring of 2009, I started looking for my first HR job. While I graduated…

  • 2009-Still Time for Success

    I’m always a bit teary-eyed as the year comes to a close. I simultaneously look back at the previous months and forward to those ahead and mentally measure my accomplishments against my expectations. One of the projects that I’ve been happy to watch come to fruition is the development of this blog. Although RocketHR has…

  • Merry Freaking Christmas

    I’m pretty good friends with Steve at HR Gumbo. We talked about this a good bit before we both posted. You might like to read his post on regulating holidays to make sure you get the “whole” story. I’m definitely one of those people who gets angry when their company tells them how they can…

  • 5 Tips for Human Resources Leadership

    Human resources is a vital function for an organization’s survival. With the proper tools, a good HR department can turn sticky problems around, increase revenues, and lead/challenge the organization to become better overall. The only problem? Many organizations lack strong human resources leadership. That fault may be intra-organization or intra-department. If the human resources staff…

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