5 Things You Should Know This Week

Cara Lucas Cara Lucas, This Week in HR

Welcome back to another great week at FOT! We’re hoping you’re coming off a good Father’s Day weekend, and ready to get the inside scoop on what’s happening this week. Here we go: 1. Why Salesforce Is Trying On Wearable Computing: This past Tuesday, the customer relations management and business cloud computing company unveiled a new platform called Salesforce Wear that lets developers connect wearable …

5 Things You Should Know This Week

Cara Lucas Cara Lucas, The HR Profession, This Week in HR

You can’t start your week without checking these 5 must-reads! 1. Forget About Peace–Here’s Why You Should Give Conflict A Chance: Certainly, as a leader you want your organization to run smoothly. But a conflict-free organization frequently underperforms. 2. To Win With Natural Talent, Go For Additive Effects: Gallup has discovered that four human capital strategies combine in a powerful way to add …

5 Things You Should Know This Week

Cara Lucas Cara Lucas, This Week in HR

Welcome back to another week with your favorite blogging team! Here are five things you need to know to start your Monday: 1. What Hiring Managers Really Want To Know When They Ask, ‘Where Do You See Yourself In 5 Years?’: Your response to this question can tell the company if you have the requisite work ethic, attitude, and loyalty …

5 Things You Should Know This Week

Cara Lucas Cara Lucas, This Week in HR

Hi and welcome back to another great week with FOT! Here are five things you need to know this week: 1. What’s a workplace? Wherever the employee may be, court says: Welcome to the Digital Age: Technology has changed the workplace so much that employers may not be able to reject a telecommuting accommodation request by saying physical attendance is mandatory.  2. Your …

5 Things You Should Know This Week

Cara Lucas Cara Lucas, This Week in HR

Welcome back to another great week with your favorite blogging team! Here are 5 things to get your post-Easter week started off right: 1. Incentivize Recruiters For a More Successful Hiring Process: Oddly enough, not a lot of attention seems to be paid to giving incentives to the people who actually provide the experience to candidates: recruiters. 2. The Happiest Companies In …

5 Things You Should Know This Week

Cara Lucas Cara Lucas, This Week in HR, Uncategorized

Welcome back to a great week at FOT! Here are 5 things you should know this week: 1. Updated: The French Move To Protect Workers From After-Hours Email: French unions did not ban French employees from sending emails after precisely 6 p.m.; the agreement meant to protect some workers from too much after-hours work intrusion (and consequently, burnout) does not stipulate 6 p.m. …

5 Things You Need To Know This Week

Cara Lucas Cara Lucas, This Week in HR

Kick your Monday off right with these five must reads from the gang at FOT: 1. Here’s Why Companies Are Desperate To Hire Anthropologists: While most execs are masters of analyzing spreadsheets, creating processes, and pitching products, anthropologists — and other practitioners of applied social science — can arrive at customer insights that big data tends to It MacGyver great …