You have seen the benefits of the cloud. The increased flexibility and openness it offers, along with the savings in software expense, are just a few of the many benefits. But you are unsure how to make the transition to the cloud for your HR processes from your current operating system. What is the best… Read more »
Some companies, as they grow larger and expand to different geographical areas, are now breaking up their human resource departments as well from one central location, and setting up satellite HR offices to help better serve their employees. The thinking is that if the HR department is closer to the people it serves, it can… Read more »
Whether you have a job and are looking to advance your career, or are currently looking for work, you are probably getting a lot of advice about social media. You need to be out there, selling your personal brand, goes the conventional wisdom. And, many will say, the more platforms you are on, the better…. Read more »
Do you have a funny feeling in the pit of your stomach that things aren’t going well at your company and that layoffs might be ahead? Do you think you could be one of the ones who are laid off? Or does your boss keep looking at you funny (or avoids looking at you at… Read more »
Working in human resources or management, it may often seem that there are not enough hours in a work day to get done all that you need to. And the demands on your time seem only to grow. How can you get everything done that you need to and still have a life? To try… Read more »
As the role of social media becomes ever more integral to the business world, and as more and more workers access social media sites, the line between work life and private life continues to blur. Even so, there is yet little information available on how companies monitor their employees’ use of such sites, and how… Read more »
Companies are now moving to a new kind of volunteerism as part of their community relations programs, one that allows more flexibility for workers. It appears to be growing in popularity, and might be something for human resources departments to investigate. It is called microvolunteering, where employees use small increments of their free time to… Read more »
The interview went well. You’re certain you’re about to get a phone call offering you the position. But then days pass and you hear… nothing. Then another week passes and the interviewer calls you to let you know he gave the position to someone else. What the heck happened!!!!? You did nothing is what happened…. Read more »
Disputes arise from time to time in the workplace, and companies generally have procedures in place to resolve them. Some companies have established peer review panels as part of their dispute resolution process as a way to resolve disagreements more effectively and quickly. Peer review usually takes place as a final step of the dispute… Read more »
According to a recent survey, there are three areas where human resource departments feel they need to focus their efforts the most – succession planning, employee engagement and culture management. More than two-fifths of the companies surveyed said succession planning was a primary concern. This is an outgrowth of the difficulty companies are having in… Read more »