Tag: HR

More Steps Toward Making Training Count

By Brian Winterstein In yesterday’s Advisor, Brian Winterstein, vice president of human resources for Liberty Tax Service, provided insight into how companies can make training count in an intergenerational workplace. Today Winterstein provides more steps that employers can take toward this goal.

Supreme Court Won’t Review FLSA Whistleblower Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will not review an appeals court ruling that a wage and hour complaint lodged by a human resources director can be “protected activity” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as long as he or she is not responsible for compliance with the law.

Where Will the Future of Recruiting Technology Take Us?

The Recruiting Daily Advisor was recently at the 19th Annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition in Chicago. In a session titled “What’s Trending and Beyond? Talent Acquisition Technology for Modern Recruiting,” Elaine Orler, CEO & cofounder of Talent Function talks about what the future might hold.

Delicately Handling Bereavement Leave

When an employee is dealing with a death in the family or of someone else in his or her personal life, it can be an especially difficult time. The last thing the employee might want to deal with is hassles at work over the need to take time off. It’s an opportunity for an employer […]

Résumé Blunders Guaranteed to Not Land You the Job!

Part of being an HR professional is sifting through the piles of résumés and job applications trying to find the right fit for the role. However, as an HR professional, you may also encounter some very cringe-worthy typos, poor grammar, or misinformation within these résumés and applications. Recently, CareerBuilder reached out to the HR community […]

Apply Supply-Chain Tactics to Talent Management

The reason: As corporate leaders and business owners strive to better manage workforce planning for future competitiveness, the talent-on-demand idea is forming the basis of many more companies’ people analytics today.

Doing More Than Listening to Employee Complaints

Complaints are a normal part of life as an HR manager, no matter how well run your business is. Knowing how to handle complaints well can be a benefit for your sanity and for the happiness and productivity of the entire workforce.