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Naughty HR (ABC’s 20/20 Sticks It To Us)

Did you guys see the ABC 20/20 expose’ “True Confessions”.  HR was ousted again as cutthroat, law-breaking ninnies; corporate hell at its very best (or worse). HR is the Lindsay… Get the Rest

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The HR Hunger Games

I have two teenagers who live in my house - which means I've paid for admission to the movie The Hunger Games roughly 37 times to date.  If

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This HR Fatty Wants To Give Someone A Fat Lip

I was working out…yes, working out when a CNN news report flashed up that Citizens Medical Center in Victoria, Texas enacted a policy refusing to hire anyone with

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Bobby Petrino, Hiring Manager, Thought HR Was Way Too Slow

Not sure who Bobby Petrino is?  He's the former Arkansas football Coach who was fired for a variety of things - hiring a mistress (former volleyball player at

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GenY’s Succession Plan – Fire the Old Farts

For those who read my stuff regularly, you know I'm not a real fan of all the generational talk that goes on in our space - "GenY's are

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Are A Few Doses of Crazy Ruining Your Ability to Hire?

I did a show on Drive ThruHR this week with Bryan & William, and the choice of topic was basically, "whatever" and "HR".  That can be kinda broad,

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You Lack the Necessary Qualifications to Read This

You need at least four years of experience to read this post Also, a Master’s degree is not required but highly preferred. I was out of work for about six

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80 Hours Per Week vs. ROWE

A while back I wrote a post called “What Would It Take To Get You To Work 80 Hrs Per Week?” over at The Project. The post was

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Why Would You Want An Applicant’s Facebook Password?

There is a new trend in recruiting. Find out everything we can, and weed people out for jobs from there. Wait. That's nothing new. That's what we do. I've been known to Google

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Congrats on your 5 years at ACME! You can re-apply online

Let’s pretend you’ve been working at ACME company for 5 years or so, doing a reasonably good job, (you got a ‘3’ last year, but two years ago