Nobody in any HR department in America is going to be able to slack off ever again, or at least that’s how it feels right now… Okay, let’s be fair; maybe slacking off is not the right choice of words for teams with a reputation for always being on-task and always stepping up to do the heavy lifting. But ask yourself: did human resources ever get as much done in …
Professional development should be an important part of any HR professional’s short- and long-term goals. And if you hold a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), HR Certification Institute, or International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA) credential, professional development will be absolute requirement for maintaining your designation. But your professional development efforts should by no means begin and end with maintaining your HR credential. This is because the …
When you get right down to it, human resources is really all about solving problems. Some of them you’re responsible for solving even before they happen… putting together payroll and benefits systems that make sure employees get paid correctly and on-time, and making healthcare and other services available to employees and just a couple things that fit this description. But as you would expect whenever a big group of people …
Let’s go ahead and be honest for a moment, okay? It’s a no-brainer that no one is going to love the department that has to say no to vacation time or unapproved expenses. And HR gets hit both ways on hiring… current staff are convinced the new hires are all incompetent, and job candidates all believe the interviews are stacked against them. But that’s just the run-of-the-mill stuff, the cost …
Starbucks made headlines twice in 2018. In April, two black men sitting quietly in a Philadelphia store were arrested after Starbucks employees called the police on them. Their only crime: waiting for a friend to arrive before placing their order. The incident, caught on video, created outrage across the country and sparked a few nascent boycotts even as the company apologized and admitted that it had acted wrongly. But in …
COVID-19 has put enormous pressure on human resources teams around the world over the past few months, and that pressure is only likely to build over the course of the year, and end up concentrating in the U.S. where the highest number of cases are now being reported. The impact of social distancing mandates, business downturns, health concerns, and general uncertainty about the future take a high toll on the …