Tag: Education
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2009 Alabama State SHRM Conference
With all of the talk in recent weeks about SHRM09, I have been trying my best to put together a post to talk about my own very first HR conference. In case you didn\’t realize it from the title, that would be the 2009 Alabama State SHRM Conference. Below you will find a few selections…
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Introducing the HR Education Series
I\’m going to be starting a new series here on upstartHR. Everyone knows by now that I have a few topics that I\’m truly passionate about. One of those is what we’re learning in college. I have talked before about the holes in the HR curriculum where students are being done a disservice. This topic…
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Traffic Trends (May 2009)
Before I begin, I’d like to ask you to add UpstartHR to your feed reader to get free updates to the blog. I have a great one coming later this week on how entry level HR can be more relevant that you won’t want to miss! To be completely non-HR and totally geeky for a…
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More About HR Certification Exams
In case you’re new, I love talking about the HR certification exams. Like it? Great. Don’t? Well, there will be other topics coming along shortly, so stick around. And if you’re preparing to take the exam, then I recommend you check out the Rock the PHR guide! In an old article I wrote about my…
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What Are We Learning?
Why are we learning old knowledge in old ways when we’re going to apply for jobs requiring innovative thinking and new methods? I’m not bashing my professors. They were all very knowledgeable, and I learned much from them. They all had experience in the private sector, but none had worked in industry for years. My…