Human Resources Blog June 2008 Archive

Readers send me questions and I publish those that may have universal appeal. Please respond in "comments" below if you have additional thoughts for this writer. Question: I have ... Read More

The new Carnival of Human Resources is up at the Evil HR Lady's site. Please visit to see what my fellow HR bloggers have to say. I enjoy the Carnival ... Read More

Okay, it's my job to give you a good laugh some days. Right? Here goes. Every year when the weather turns warm, I receive a few notes asking me about ... Read More

My Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) membership is years old and I have always been vaguely disappointed in the value that it adds to my work life. I ... Read More

I feed birds and especially enjoy ruby throated hummingbirds, the only ones in my area. They have an uncanny ability to tell me what they need from me. They announce ... Read More

Bad bosses posts, no matter how old, continue to draw attention on the site. I know because I receive an email every time a reader posts to an older blog. ... Read More

How can I allow Baby Boomer's Recognition Day to pass without a notice? Baby Boomer retirements will soon take a toll on the knowledge bank in your workplace. Additionally, the ... Read More

Have you ever felt like a rock star? Even if just for a minute? It's a heady experience, I will share with you. I had mentioned to you earlier that ... Read More

Every once in awhile, readers and friends send me the enclosed link to an article, Why Does Everyone Hate HR?, that appeared in Fast Company a few years ago but ... Read More

Are you interested in a new trend in job interview questions - or perhaps an old trend newly revived? Lynne Sarikas, director of the MBA Career Center at the Northeastern ... Read More

I've discussed women and work in the past and today, I'd like to talk about men as fathers, specifically as they interact with their workplace. At a client company, ... Read More

I had mentioned earlier that I was developing an information center for blogging and social media participation for employees and employers. My initial policy was well received, and I’ll write ... Read More

Over at the Freakonomics Blog at The New York Times, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt are focusing on the unintended consequences of well-intentioned actions. One might question "well-intentioned," however, when ... Read More

Looking to make Human Resources just a bit more sexy? This week's blog carnival is themed around raising HR's wattage at work. Doing more with social media is just one ... Read More

As an employer, you walk a fine line between infringing on employee rights and protecting what is said about your company, your employees, and your products online. The ever expanding ... Read More

Looking for some inexpensive ideas for reward and recognition for employees? I recently did an interview with the The Natural Foods Merchandiser. I'm happy with how the reporter captured my ... Read More

In How to Love Your Job Again, Christine Hassler, a columnist for the Huffington Post, uses some of my ideas about loving your work to help out an engineer. At ... Read More

Innovation is the goal in many workplaces these days. In fact, on a personal level, I sometimes think about an innovative book idea late into the wee hours of the ... Read More

An official, signed love contract policy should solve all of your potential problems with charges of sexual harassment at the end of a romantic work relationship. Right? I wouldn't count ... Read More

I hate to tell you this, but "Why We Hate HR" from Fast Company is the best article I've read in ages... It puts its finger on the pulse ... Read More