Posts Tagged ‘human resources’

Bleh, performance reviews.

Performance reviews – everyone’s favorite time of year. Err, okay, maybe not.  While some cannot wait to hear about their performance others get the sweats just thinking about the process. Me? I’ve only ever had a formal review once in my seven years of professional work experience.  While of course the review was fantastic (blatant [...]

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Super Stressed

I recently read an interesting post from Heather Vogel – the HR Whisperer – over on the HR Mouth of the South blog called “Superjobs or Super Stress.”  She cites an article from the Wall Street Journal about how with the continuing economic instability, employees who have been forced to take on multi-functional roles will [...]

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Carnival of HR: The Worst of HR

Last week I got an email from the HR Minion herself, Shauna Moerke asking for some help in getting the next edition of the Carnival of HR out.  It was to be hosted by my friend Paul Smith of the awesome blog, Welcome to the Occupation (one of my favorite names of a blog, by [...]

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Set Expectations

One of the best things you can do for your employees is to discuss what you expect from them very clearly to be effective in their roles within your organization.  Where I see many companies fail is when they make assumptions rather than identify expectations. We’ve all experienced a similar situation in which you for [...]

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In Need of a Techy Fix

One of the first things I noticed when transitioning into my new job is that there  is no HRIS system.  Yes, I said NO HRIS system.  I don’t thing you realize how much of a big deal this is to me, a HUGE technology geek.  I have been absolutely terrified. As I began to ask [...]

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