I was lucky enough to get a free and advanced copy of The Rise of HR: Wisdom from 73 Thought Leaders. Actually, I have two copies. One for me and one to hold my front door open when the UPS guy delivers my boxes. I kid, sorta. This book is physically huge, and that’s on purpose. Edited by HR stalwarts such …
$HRM and HRCI; Mo Money, Mo Problems
Hank Jackson is a CPA. Prior to being CEO of SHRM, Mr. Jackson served as the Global Finance Officer. Before joining SHRM, he was the EVP/CFO for Howard University; before that, a public accountant. Let’s just say the man knows his way around a spreadsheet. Hank, as I mentioned, is a CPA. So with that in mind, consider again the recent …
The CYA Report E62: The SHRM Certification Fiasco
In case you missed it last week, SHRM announced that it’s going to start offering its own certification program to rival the SPHR/PHR. That means their ultimate plan is to make the SPHR/PHR meaningless. Here’s a nice rundown of the announcement from SHRM Members for Transparency, aka SMFT: “On Monday, May 12th, SHRM announced that it will begin offering its own …
5 Things You Should Know This Week
Hi FOT Nation! Welcome back to another week—here are 5 things you should know to get your week started: 1. Monster’s New Strategy: Aggregate All the Jobs; Pay for Performance; Broaden Candidate Base: Careers publisher Monster Worldwide outlined a sweeping new strategy that vastly expands its job offerings and the universe of candidates—by aggregating them from social sites and the Internet generally—and introduces …
Would You Sign This Petition? STEM, SHRM and the Body of Knowledge
This is going to sound crazy. Wait for it… wait for it… wait for it… I want to change HR. Seems a bit premature… story of my life. (We’ll have to delve into that with another blog post.) When folks outside of the ecosystem of HR think of HR, they think of: Personnel and Staffing Compliance People People That’s about …