In the social media space, there are a lot of lists out there attempting to quantify influential voices in a given professional domain. You know, “Top 100 Influencers in Cat Herding” or “Most Influential Digital CPAs”. Depending on whom you ask the lists are revelatory or a total waste of time. There does seem to…
Human Resources
Women of HR – Unwrapped Series Starts This Week
For the next two weeks, the Women of HR site is featuring Women of HR- Unwrapped – “unwrapping” some great content by an eclectic group of women in the HR, coaching, training, leadership and business management fields. It’s a “best of 2012” series and I’m honored that today my post Bully Boss or Tough Boss? How to…
Mentorship Trifecta – Why You Need 3 Mentors for Career Success
Note from Jennifer: This guest post is by Misty Smalley, HR practioner and founder of The Corporate Swan. Misty and I are both graduates of the InPower Coaching “Self-Promotion Strategies for Women” program. Misty has a tremendous amount of real-life experience to offer and I’m thrilled she’s sharing it here with the readers of The…
10 Answers People Want Before Saying Yes to a Job
The last time you hired* an employee, did you realize you both signed a contract? You say, wait, what? My company is an at will employer. We don’t do employment contracts. That may be true, but there’s this thing called a “psychological contract”, which is a “set of beliefs about what each party is entitled…
The Carnival of HR – Fall Colors Edition
Welcome to the Carnival of HR. I’m pleased to be this week’s host. Here in the great Mitten State, we’re being treated to a spectacular display of fall colors, courtesy of several hardwood tree species. The human resources function has a lot of “local color” as well, so I’ve segmented our Carnival into four main…