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We Only Hire Republicans

Before you go all Obama on me, let me explain.  A Stanford Business School economist recently studied the impact of political partisanship and attractiveness – believing that people find those… Get the Rest

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JaVale, Tim, and setting the right performance goals

Since nothing illuminates the challenges facing HR and Talent pros in selection, assessment, and performance management like professional basketball, I submit for your consideration the a lesson in

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Celebrate Rarely. Grind Daily.

bad credit need a home I was driving recently, can't remember where, and listening to the radio when the commentator I was listening to (again, can't remember who)

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One Hat, Two Hats, Red Hat, Blue Hat

Tim Sackett will tell you the best way to find out about what's going on at work is to hang with the smokers. Like, even if you don't smoke, go

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Improving HR by Fixing IT

How many logins do your employees have? I sat down to think about it, and came up with the following list for a field supervisor: A Windows login A

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You are a Pawn in your CEO's Game

Companies have a number of resources at their disposal: patent resources, real estate resources, IT resources, and of course, human resources.  Any CEO has at least mouthed words

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Don't Be A Yahoo: Mixed Messaging Doesn't Benefit You

One of FOTs must read this week was Marissa Mayer Just Gave Every Yahoo Employee An iPhone 5.  Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer is giving everyone at Yahoo, FT

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Lo-Fi Adultery. 50 Shades Of Pencil Pushing.

I am cheating on my hi-fi boyfriend. If it feels this good to be wrong, then I don’t want to be right. I’m putting together a succession planning/organizational development

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3 Reasons You Should Be Video Interviewing

A week from today, Kris Dunn and I will be dropping some knowledge on some of our HR peers on How To Use Video in Your HR Shop

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Your Headcount Wishlist

When the day comes, who are you going to hire? We’re not always going to be cutting back.  Sure, it seems like it now, but at some point, the