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  • 66% of Employers Prefer This Type of Resume #SHRMTalent

    Earlier I posted on career growth and development and some ideas and insights from the SHRM Talent Management Conference, and as I was looking through some of the results from a SHRM survey released this week I realized that there is an interesting disconnect. While we want to look at employees as more valuable than…

  • Employee Retention Tied to Career Development (#SHRMTalent)

    I’m at the SHRM Talent Management Conference in Nashville this week. This morning I attended a session on improving employee retention by Linda Ginac at TalentGuard. Here are some thoughts on that topic… Turnover is real With average employee turnover by generation standing at 2 years (Millenials), 5 years (Gen X), and 7 years (Boomers),…

  • Forget HR Strategy: Get in the Trenches

    This isn’t a call to completely forego the HR strategy that undergirds your long term success. However, it is a reminder that some of the things you’ll have to do to ultimately be successful include more than just making plans, developing schedules, and keeping to those guidelines. Sometimes you might actually have to jump in…

  • 2014 SHRM Talent Management Conference

    Next week I’ll be attending the SHRM Talent Management Conference in Nashville. It’s an event focusing on recruiting and talent, and I’m excited about attending and sharing some of the sessions I’ll be viewing. If you’re going to be there and want to connect, hit me up via email and we can try to make…

  • HR Lands at #71 of the 100 Best Jobs

    Recently the list of the 100 best jobs was published for this year, and HR was again on the list. This time it ranked number 71 out of 100. It’s always fun to look at these lists to see how they compare, because we all want to think we’re working in a field that others…

  • Preventing Conflict in the Workplace

    If asked, many HR professionals would say that preventing conflict in the workplace is one of their key job duties. However, I’d like to step back from that well-known requirement and re-examine the need for civility at all costs. Let’s kick off with a quote: It means caring a lot about not offending someone. Let’s…

  • Group Feedback is Ineffective and Insulting

    This just in: group feedback isn’t the best tool in your performance management toolbox… I was running through some old emails the other day and found an example I had to share. Several years ago I was working as a high school wrestling referee. It was definitely a tough job, but I learned some good…

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