Tag: Career Advice

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Wisdom Meets Passion (Book Review)

    Wisdom Meets Passion by Dan Miller and Jared Angaza I’ve been reading and listening to Dan Miller for over 5 years now. In short, this book is more greatness. I ended up taking very few notes for a few reasons. First, this book is full of things that I live every day, so I didn’t…

  • The Next Generation of HR

    Tomorrow evening I have the pleasure of speaking to a group of local HR students. The problem is I have time to talk on one topic, but I have several in mind! In a perfect world I’d have the chance to come back a few times and expose them to the full realm of knowledge…

  • Entry Level HR Jobs-The Ultimate Guide

    Welcome to the Entry Level HR Jobs Ultimate Guide! Feel free to share this post on Facebook, Twitter, via email, or by renting a plane to carry a banner proclaiming how much you love this guide. If you’re not already on the email list to receive free updates, here’s how you can do that. Now,…

  • Don’t Let the Economy Impact Your Career

    I am going to speak frankly today. Some of you will hate it, and others will appreciate it. Ya can’t make everyone happy at once, so here we go. :-) Recently I received a copy of a survey that indicates 43 percent of workers believe their careers have slowed down and it will be harder…

  • Is Human Resource Management a Good Career? (Yep!)

    The story of my human resource management career rolls merrily along… Well, it happened. I knew the day was coming, and it is finally here. My manager recently announced her plan to go to part-time and semi-retire from the company, and with her support I was moved to be the lead of all HR/recruiting activities…