This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.      From the Greatest Generation To the Degraded Generation - We live in an age when everything and everyone must fit neatly into labeled buckets. There isn’t much room to wiggle out of the label planted on groups of people and if the term does not seem to fit we arbitrarily redefine the words. For… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.10
This is a reposting of three articles written to explore problems with systems that are in place today for appraising the performance of employees. Recent articles and discussions indicate that most performance appraisal systems fall short of the mark and this is an important opportunity for HR professionals to move forward with improvements. Comments are welcome. Performance Failure or Performance Appraisal Failure – Part I: The Basics - It should be like Management 101 to… Read More »Performance Failure or Performance Appraisal Failure (Reprise)
This is a reposting of three articles written to define the characteristics of recruiters that go the extra mile. Excellence means being knowledgeable about other HR functions as well as enhanced people and management skills. Comments are welcome. Beyond Recruiter Excellence – Part 1: Professional Add-ons – The definition of good recruiting is to be able to successfully fill requisitions or job orders in a cost effective and timely manner. This measure of excellence is… Read More »Beyond Recruiter Excellence (Reprise)
This is a reposting of links to three articles on the topic of The Candidate Experience. Yes, it does start with Part 3, but if you read it first you will understand why. The reason for writing these three posts was to raise awareness for some problems with the recruiting process, causes and solutions. Comments are welcome. The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee – Before delving into the guts of the… Read More »The Candidate Experience (Reprise)
    This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.    About Plodders and Heroes - Somehow our society seems to have lapsed into a culture of mediocrity. It seems that in everything we do standards of “minimum performance†tell us how far we have to go until we arrive at comfortable complacency. I’m told that this is negative thinking on my part and that it is typical… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.8