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  • How to Prioritize Work Projects (Video)

    Learning how to prioritize work projects isn’t something you pick up overnight. I was reminded of this when a friend reached out recently and was looking for information on how to make use of a very limited time frame and what equated to an endless list of projects. How to Prioritize Work Assignments (Video) In…

  • Seeing the Big Picture (Book Review)

    Seeing the Big Picture: Business Acumen to Build your Credibility, Career, and Company by Kevin Cope Okay, I’ll admit it. I requested a copy of Seeing the Big Picture by Kevin Cope because I wanted to pick up a few tips. I have always had a weakness of working “in” the business as opposed to…

  • HR-Proposals Make You Better

    I’ve been working with our business development team on a big project. The HR proposal portion is an amazing exercise, because it’s all about us forcing ourselves to quantify the impact that we have on the organization. Sitting there and discussing what differentiates our organization from others in terms of recruiting, retention, etc. opens your…

  • HR Manager Questions for a New HR Job

    Today we are working off of a reader question about HR manager questions to ask the management staff at a new employer. If you’d like to submit a question, please email me and I’ll do my very best to incorporate it into a future post. Thanks! Have you ever written a post about when you…

  • 4 Ways HR Can Prepare for Business Growth

    When you work for a smallish company, you need to be ready for growth. And I’m not talking the 2-3% increases over the course of time. I’m talking about the decisions that lead to explosive growth, seemingly overnight. Don’t be “that HR guy/gal” who finds out after the fact that big changes are coming. Have…

  • HR to Employee Ratio

    HR to Employee Ratio-more than just a number Sometimes you have to stop and wonder where common sense has gone. Companies are expecting more from their HR team than ever before, but according to data gathered by XpertHR, companies are increasing the number of employees relative to the number of HR professionals. This leads to…

  • HR Internal Audit-Finish the year with a bang

    HR Internal Audit Planning At the end of the year, there’s nothing quite like a rousing HR internal audit to make you love your job, right? :-) Okay, now that the insincerity is finished, we can be realistic about the often-discussed (yet rarely used) human resource audit. :-) Let’s get the facts straight: Most HR…