Archive for September, 2009
« Previous EntriesYou Can’t Win For Losing
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Have you dumped the idea of using Internet Job Boards due to the deluge of resumes you receive? Are you a proponent of Social Networking as the latest recruiting tool? Think you’re the hottest recruiter around finding candidates on Linkedin and other similar sites? Think again. The folks at the EEOC may not be impressed. They are concerned that you are involved in De facto [...]
3 Key Elements In A Positive ER Plan
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Even if the EFCA passes this year, you have nothing to worry about if you have a Positive Employee Relations Plan that includes these 3 elements:
1. Elimination of “We-They” in every thing you do. I used to work for a company who sent emails only to exempt employees. They also had group meetings of the [...]
It Will Happen Before Year End
Monday, September 28th, 2009Just in case you thought that I was ignoring my prediction that the EFCA will become a reality in 2009…
Tom Harkin says it will happen before year end.
Arlen Specter claims that a compromise has been made to make it happen.
The newly elected Senator Al Franken and the newly appointed Paul Kirk (replacing Ted Kennedy), give the Democrats the number they [...]
Avoiding Avoidance
Thursday, September 24th, 2009I can certainly empathize with the manager who thinks that there are too many minefields out there in the business world today especially in the area of managing people. Take the latest thing – Avoidance Discrimination.
Example: An executive asks his male staff members to go out to dinner and avoids asking his female staffer since he [...]
Compensation Administration Gone Wild
Thursday, September 24th, 2009I read a recent study that showed that the average Federal employee earns a combined salary and benefits double that of the average employee working for private enterprise.
At every level this is wrong.
I used to participate in local government salary surveys. At that time, their employees were paid slightly less than our people. I would [...]
Keeping “Them” Out Of Jail
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
We can be high fliers, cruising along, hiring people, training and coaching…life in HR is good. But, all it takes is one legal problem – a formal EEO complaint, a wrongful termination suit or a sexual harassment filing and then, “Bam!” our life has changed – getting up in the morning to go to work is harder and the job isn’t fun [...]
HR Is Not Dead; It Just Looks Like It
Monday, September 21st, 2009Ohhh, the ongoing debate about the condition of Human Resources. Is it dead? Is it dying?
No. It will always be here. Why?
1. The functions need to be done.
2. No one else wants to do it.
So, what’s the problem? There isn’t any.
Except – We signed up to do it and we don’t like the flack.
Here is [...]
Talk About Promotion From Within
Sunday, September 20th, 2009Yeah, that is what most of us do… talk about promoting from within. But, Dick Cook of the Disney Company worked his way up from Ride Operator to the head of the Walt Disney Studios. What a great story. I just have never witnessed anything like it during my career. It is what movies are made [...]
Productivity Down After Layoffs
Thursday, September 17th, 2009A new survey from the Workforce Institute shows that companies who have had recent layoffs are witnessing lower productivity. Wouldn’t you think that productivity would be up? As my boss used to say, “They should be happy they still have jobs!”
My own experience verifys that productivity slips after layoffs. Why?
People are waiting for the next shoe to fall
Employees don’t [...]
Intel Rocks!
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009When I worked in Silicon Valley, I was in awe of the engineering talent. As a Human Resource person, I was amazed that there were humans that could create these unbelievable marvels. Finally, Intel has shown the world who the real rock stars are…
Don’t you just love it?
I don’t know about [...]