Tag: Education
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Should I Get My Master’s Degree in HR?
For most of you, I’ll go ahead and said it: You should not get a master’s degree in HR. Really. While that doesn’t apply to everyone, it does apply to a large number of the people that email, comment, and interact with me online. That’s mainly because this question looks a lot like this template:…
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The Best College Degrees are Ones You Don’t Have to Explain
I received a press release recently titled “Corporate Recruiters Suggest Most Marketable College Degrees.” Okay, I’ll bite. Tell me this revelation. Enlighten me as to what degrees are the most marketable. Who knows, maybe they know something I don’t? Here’s the list: Computer Science Accounting and Finance Biomedical Engineering Business and Marketing Communications with a…
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Section 127 and employer education assistance
I shot this video as a way to share how Section 127 impacted me in my career and life. It’s on the chopping block this time around and I’m hoping Congress gets their act together to keep this thing going strong! Basically, Section 127 is a way for employers to get tax advantages from helping…
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Advanced human resources education
One of my friends emailed me recently with a question, and I know it’s a question that a lot of people ask. Even if you haven’t asked me, my opinion’s on its way. Enjoy! I got my bachelor’s degree in HR in 2008. I have not worked in the field before, and I’m still looking…
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SHRM\’s HR Education Efforts
In recent posts, I\’ve discussed the gaps in the HR curriculum and how HR education is not providing adequate training for those preparing for a career in human resources. I recently had the chance (thanks to China Gorman, COO of SHRM) to talk with Nancy Woolever. Nancy is the Manager of Academic Initiatives for the…
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Reading Survey: Self-Experimentation
From AskOxford.com: The Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative words included as subentries… This suggests that there are, at the very least, a quarter of a million distinct English words. I used to…
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Bridging the HR Curriculum Gap
In one of my most popular posts ever, I described the divide between what students are taught and what the workplace is actually like. It\’s obviously not an isolated issue, because many people have contacted me through comments and email to talk about the problem. The community is an amazing thing, and I truly believe…