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6 Books Every L&D Professional Should Read

As an L&D professional, you’re more than likely always on the hunt for new and interesting information that will help you be better at your job and more valuable to your organization. Here are six books you’ll want to consider reading as soon as possible.

Managing Different Generations in the Workplace

As the economy continues to grow and the job market becomes increasingly robust, many employers around the country are probably starting to get antsy, wondering how they can entice their best employees to stick around instead of looking for a bump in pay or responsibilities elsewhere. Building employee loyalty can be a tough task for […]

Ask the Expert: Rehire Waiting Period?

In our latest installment of Ask the Expert, brought to you by the team of industry experts at HR Hero®, we look at a recent question from a subscriber who is looking to rehire a former employee and would like to understand if the same waiting period rule applies as with a new employee. Q: What […]

Peter Dinklage takes on Elf

It’s December, which means that those of us holiday fanatics can decorate and watch Christmas movies to our hearts’ content without shame.  Of course, I won’t tell anyone if you already had your tree up in November (like me) or if you never took it down from last year.  One of my favorite Christmas movies […]

New Approaches Required to Attract and Retain Gen Z

By 2025, Generation Z will make up 27% of the American workforce. This generation of digital natives is the most diverse generation to date, with nearly half (48%) non-Caucasian. How are employers and HR departments working to attract, retain and engage this increasingly significant segment of the labor force? What challenges are they facing? What […]

Layoff Anxiety and Approaches to Termination

There is a lot of talk about the upcoming recession. That and other factors have made a lot of employees afraid that they might soon be laid off. The term for this fear is “layoff anxiety.” I recently had a chance to speak with an HR executive with relevant expertise about research into layoff anxiety.

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Workplace Subjectivity: The Enemy Among Us

The cause of disagreements and the sense of not being treated fairly in the workplace come from subjective work practices, not from bad people.