Human Resource News & Views

Why HR Needs to Help Women get a Seat at the Leadership Table

March 6, 2013

In my recent interview with Melanie Hulbert, we discussed what HR pros can do to help women reach their full potential for leadership in the workplace. With significant hurdles in the way of women on the path to leadership, it’s important that a push for leadership equality comes from the top down. There’s a number [...]

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What Gen Y Wants in the Workplace

February 22, 2013

Speaking from experience, (I was born in 1987, in the beginning to middle of Millenials,) I can say with authority, that Millenials can have interesting priorities at times. Salesforce Rypple created an infographic titled, “How Gen Y is Changing HR Departments.” If you’re currently looking to expand your Gen Y staffers, this infographic is definitely [...]

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5 Tips on Writing a Stellar Job Description

February 11, 2013

One of the very first steps when it comes to hiring a new employee, is writing a job description. A well-written job description can help attract the most relevant, talented candidates. Alternately, a job description that is too vague, or overly detailed, can scare away great prospective employees. Here’s five tips to help you craft [...]

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Women in the Workplace, Gender Wage Gap, and HR: Melanie Hulbert interview

January 30, 2013

Online Human Resources is proud to announce the publication of our interview with Melanie Hulbert, Sociologist, and expert on gender in the workplace. Melanie Hulbert’s study, out of George Fox University, featured 40 Human Resources professionals’ thoughts on gender roles effects at work, the gender wage and achievement gap, and other issues regarding women in [...]

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10 Companies Hiring in 2013

January 25, 2013

With the new year in full swing, it’s important the unemployed jump on the first quarter hiring opportunities. Career Builder’s blog “The Work Buzz” released a list of 15 companies hiring in January. Out of that 15, I narrowed it down to ten of my favorite picks, doing hiring in 2013. 1. Name: RDO Equipment [...]

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India, China, Russia and Brazil’s hiring outlook strong

January 17, 2013

This week, Career Builder, along with Harris Interactive, released a survey, on the hiring outlook for the globes top ten economies. Brazil, India, China, Germany, Japan, UK, US, France, Italy and Russia were surveyed. Not surprisingly, India, Brazil, and China, came in at the top when it came to the highest rate of respondents planning [...]

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3 Benefits of Social Recruiting

January 11, 2013

Unless you’ve been severely out of the loop, if you’re an HR pro, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the imminent death of the job board. While we’ve come a long way from scouring the help wanted section of the local newspaper, we still have a long way to go before recruiting is done evolving. Technology, and [...]

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3 Ways to Keep Employees Engaged in 2013

January 2, 2013

In October, Dale Carnegie released a training white paper titled, “What Drives Employee Engagement and why it Matters.” The white paper examines 1500 employees, and attempts to discover who is engaged, why they are, and how engagement effects the over all performance of an organization. The final takeaway on the report focused on three factors [...]

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HR Disasters: Too Irresistible for the Job?

December 28, 2012

Every once in a while, a national HR related headline comes along that is just, well, irresistible. While this particular atrocity wasn’t committed by an HR pro, it’s the very reason those in management positions should consult with HR before making any major hiring, or firing decisions. The incident at hand involves a female dental [...]

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