Your HR Guy is a Human Resources Generalist practicing in the field. But don't let that fool you, this isn't a boring blog. I seek relevance and humor in a place we will spend much of our lives. Everything from workplace issues, job seeking and terrible bosses.
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So you always hear about how one generation is better than another or one generation is stupid and one isn't. This sniping goes on and on and I have often been a gleeful participant. I'll admit it, I have fun making fun of Gen Y and their haters. Ver...
I like occasionally going through my statistics and figuring out how people get to my site. So when I saw a Google search on "boss sleeping on the job" pointing to my site though, I thought it might be fun as a Friday post to go over the ten most...
As many of you know, I am big into work/life balance. I have also been lucky enough to work for employers that have valued that as well. Now though, it seems that I am running into a little conundrum because that work/life balance has turned into...
If people must know one thing about my blogging pet peeves, it is that I hate when people do not read through the entire post. There is one post in particular that often gets wrongfully credited to me even though it is a blogswap post (first sentence)...
I know this is a crazy post.
I know my blog has certainly helped me rise up. Other’s blogs have helped them rise up. I am going to an unconference that is going to focus on HR people who are interested in blogging. Someone may ask me if they should...
Almost a year ago, I reviewed what I considered to be the most entertaining career book on the market: How To Self-Destruct. I don’t know if anything will beat it in that department. Not only is it entertaining but it is also useful. Jason is also...
If you are in the Midwest, consider yourself lucky: I may be coming to a city near you! There will be content next week per normal but I will be driving a small rental car all over the Midwest while it automatically posts.
Here’s the agenda:
What...
Editor’s Note – Today’s post is brought to you courtesy of Dustin Henderson, co-founder of MeritBuilder. Dustin went to HR Southwest conference last week to cover the show for us. You can follow him on Twitter. Thanks!
HR Southwest (the 2nd biggest HR...
Yesterday afternoon, I got on the phone with Dustin and we were talking about a partnership call we had coming up. The conversation transitioned into what tremendous untapped potential the HR and talent functions in organizations have and how exciting...
