I’m a sponsored blog partner with Spherion (a staffing and recruiting organization) and am participating in the release of findings from Spherion’s upcoming Emerging Workforce Study. All opinions are mine. Emerging workforce trends should be top-of-mind for both HR professionals and senior leadership in any organization. That’s why it’s so helpful when industry leaders in the…
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3 Fallacies of Employee Performance Measurement
Yahoo’s announcement that CEO Marissa Mayer is implementing a forced ranking system has once again ignited the debate about evaluating employee performance: do performance management systems do more harm than good? For large organizations, it’s a given that there is a formalized process performance appraisal. According to research the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp), 86%…
Career Advice from HR Experts
Wondering how to get some solid career advice? Look no further than Karin Hurt’s Let’s Grow Leaders blog, this week’s host for the Carnival of HR. Karin asked human resources bloggers, writers and practitioners to offer up their best advice for advancing your career. The round-up includes suggestions in the categories of: Becoming a better…
Why Hiring for Personality Can Get You in Trouble
When Virgin Group’s Richard Branson speaks out, people respond. LinkedIn published Branson’s article How I Hire: Focus on Personality last week; it lit up the web with over 60,000 social shares. Whenever I read a CEO using “personality” and “hiring” in the same sentence, my HR Spidey senses tingle. Just like the words “attitude” and…
A Valid Reason for Hating HR
The following story is true; a few details have been altered to change the identities of those involved. This one left me shaking my head in disbelief. I have a friend (“Krista”) who transferred from one division of her large multinational organization to another. This promotion required relocation to another country. As the transfer…