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From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked Time

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While we were discussing a list of items for an upcoming shopping expedition, my wife mentioned that we were out of Thyme. I knew we were not in any particular hurry, so at first this was puzzling to me. How can we be out of time already? It is still early and we have all day to get to the store. Nobody values time as I do because I never have enough of it! After… Read More »From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked Time

Candidates and Hidden Skeletons in the Closet

In corporate hiring, spending time on a reference check is considered to be old school these days. At least that is the excuse usually used to skip this step in the hiring process. The process is often cumbersome, time consuming, and the results usually jaded. Larger companies hire third party investigators to do the dirty work because it is faster and less costly. Small companies find themselves mired in complex bureaucratic hiring processes and muddle… Read More »Candidates and Hidden Skeletons in the Closet

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Stories About Minotaurs and Manatees (Not Really!)

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    The blogger’s nightmare is when his muse is instructing him to be creative in a serious and positive sense, but something keeps whispering to his brain that there is something really funny about all this. It was a tough job, but Monday through Friday was published with a certain amount of decorum. Today it is time to play with the words a bit. Technically, Mentor and Minotaur are heterographs different in spelling and… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Stories About Minotaurs and Manatees (Not Really!)

Part IV – Informal Mentoring

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Not all companies have formal programs to start a new employee on the right track. Many long term employees entering new jobs may not be afforded a formal program to bring them up to speed. It is necessary in some cases for mentors to self appoint themselves to fill a training gap. It is also important for all of us who need assistance to seek out and appoint our own mentors. Is this some sort… Read More »Part IV – Informal Mentoring

Part III – Formal Mentoring Programs

There is a similarity between all mentoring programs whether they are in academia, non-profit, service organizations or industry. It all begins with a cadre of individuals that have the know-how and patience to serve as a mentor and willing participants that understand that they don’t know it all and have a lust for knowledge. To establish a formal program for mentorship in a business, there are threads of conflict that must be resolved before a… Read More »Part III – Formal Mentoring Programs