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Counterpoint: Why HR is a Necessity, Not a Necessary Evil
Human Resources departments are taking a lot of flack lately. It seems the Toby Flendersons of the world have given poor HR people a bad rep. I’m here to tell you, though, that not only do I love HR (and no for the record I am not an HR manager) but that HR is crucial to the success of a company and its workplace environment. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to receive a weekly email with fresh and informative content.
How to Get Along with Your Boss
Bosses don’t just come in different shapes and sizes; they come with different personalities too. In each job, you’re going to encounter a variety of bosses, from the boss that wants to be your best bud to the boss that you just can’t seem to satisfy. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to receive a weekly email with fresh and informative content.
Interdepartmental Communication
How many times have you thought to yourself, “Those people over in the ______ department don’t do anything!”? As satisfying as it is to gripe about the other people in your company, this is an unhealthy way to think of your co-workers (and it probably isn’t true anyway). It is also a symptom of poor interdepartmental communication. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to receive a weekly email with fresh and informative content.
5 Jobs with the Biggest Salary Increases
Get your resumes ready. Not only is the economy in recovery mode, but there are jobs out there with salaries that are actually increasing. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to receive a weekly email with fresh and informative content.
Exit Interviews: What’s the Purpose for the Company?
For some employees, the exit interview is the dreaded last step before they can walk away from a job. For some employers, the exit interview is often a perfunctory exercise that yields few actual productive results. Human Resources expert Sharlyn Lauby at hrbartender.com says the ill fate of the exit interview is due to a problem in planning in mindset which can easily be turned right and be used productively. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to receive a weekly email with fresh and informative content.
New Season, New Outlook: How to Increase Your Job Satisfaction
If you’ve been unhappy in your current job, it’s time to shake off those blues. Spring has officially sprung, and with that, so should a new attitude. A Right Management survey last year indicated that roughly two-thirds of the population were dissatisfied with their job, but a recovering economy doesn’t necessarily breed fertile job hunting grounds. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to receive a weekly email with fresh and informative content.
Bullying in the Workplace
We may think that bullying is confined to the walls of high school. Every teen movie imaginable follows some sort of mantra that everything will get better after high school; that bullies just magically disappear. We know, however, that isn’t necessarily true. Bullies still exist in the workplace, and as sports fans recently learned, in the college coaching ranks. So what can we learn from the latest bullying scandal involving now former Rutger’s head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice physically and verbally assaulting his players, and how can it be applied to the workplace? Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest Continue reading
The Work/Life Balance: Does a BYOD Policy Blur the Line?
A “bring your own device” policy allows employees to do exactly that: bring their own preferred device to work. One of the advantages of such a policy is that employees can seamlessly integrate their work and personal needs on one device, whether a phone, laptop computer, or tablet. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to receive a weekly email with fresh and informative content.
Spring Clean Your Office
According to a recent survey, 57% of people admitted to judging a co-worker based on the cleanliness of his/her office. I know I’m guilty (of both the judging and the messiness). So, since we’d all rather be judged on the quality of our work, let’s talk about some spring cleaning tips for the office—ideas to de-clutter both individual offices and your company premises as a whole. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to receive a weekly email with fresh and informative content.
Encouraging Employees to Stop Eating ‘Al Desco’
Be honest, you’ve spent more time eating at your desk than you have your dining room table. Don’t be ashamed, lunch in the workplace is a common thing (and hilariously parodied here). If your office culture is all go, go, go, it’s likely you’ve had a lunch or two ‘al desco,’ enjoying some leftovers over a crumb-laiden keyboard. Eating at your desk, however, may have detrimental effects on your workplace, and your own health. As an office manager or HR professional, it may be time to start convincing your employees to eat out. Like this article? Subscribe to our HR digest to Continue reading
