HRExaminer v4.47

This week on HR Examiner we feature a Memo to Leaders on How to Give, and Give Thanks from Susan Strayer LaMotte. Heather Bussing suggests you ask 5 Questions Before Filing a Lawsuit. John Sumser discusses the mobile workforce tool from Hunite and caps off this issue with Five Links: A Peek at 2014. Happy Holidays!

 

Memo to Leaders: How to Give, and Give Thanks.

Forget about gifts and gorging for a second and think about what you’re really grateful for.
 

5 Questions Before Filing a Lawsuit

Topics: Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.”  Dennis Wholey
 

HRExaminer v4.46

This week we’re featuring John Sumser’s two-part series on What HR Should Be Asking. Harry Gottlieb unearths facts about how Employees Dish on Benefits Communication, Jay Cross pens a modern day tale about Heinz, New Coke and Social Media. Heather Bussing covers Emotions At Work and her Employer’s Guide to the Holidays. John Sumser wraps up this issue with What’s Changed?, on the impact of people bringing participative media (and its ideals) into the organization. Enjoy!
 

Heinz, New Coke and Social Media

Topics: HRExaminer, Jay Cross, by Jay Cross
We all have too many balls in the air right now to waste time rewiring our brains and fingers to punch buttons that have moved.
 

Emotions At Work

Topics: Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
All emotions are powerful energy that bring us important information. It’s time to bring our humanity to work.
 

Employees Dish on Benefits Communication

Although most employees (77.6 percent) think it’s at least “somewhat important” for their employers to provide a wellness program, nearly one in five workers can’t say for sure if their company even has one.
 

Employer’s Guide to the Holidays

Topics: Discrimination, Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
No matter how the financial year went, be sure to acknowledge the effort of the people who worked hard and cared
 

HRExaminer v4.44

In our feature this week Jeff Dickey-Chasins aka “The Job Board Doctor” reveals What Job Seekers Really Do Online. Doug Shaw joins our Editorial Advisory Board with, Where is the Soul? Heather Bussing reviews The Circle, a new book by Dave Eggers, William Tincup sizes up The Legacy of Arrogance, and John Sumser interviews Allen R. Sockwell on HRExaminer Radio.
 

What job seekers really do online?

But as a data-driven marketer, I have been surprised too many times by ‘real data’ to trust anecdotal evidence. I want data – and lots of it.