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In case you missed it, the State of Illinois Attorney General is in the news for some premium PR/saber-rattling, centered around the fact that job boards like CareerBuilder and Indeed are trying to exclude older workers from applying for jobs they don’t want. Yes, the world has problems. This didn’t make the list of 99 referenced by Shawn Carter. Still, …
People ask me a lot what it takes to be a blogger (fancy people say writer). They want to know what the rules are to write great posts. I have a four word answer: Be authentic and consistent. Other than that, there aren’t any rules. Write what you want. If you mispell a word — unless it is a post about spelling, …
“I gotta go through the fire and brace the flame, let it burn real deep to get over the pain, I gotta break through. I gotta break through.” —My girl, Mary J. Blige! So, I did a speaking gig for #DisruptHR Chicago a few weeks ago. A new speaking format where you get 5 minutes, the slides are on auto pilot and …
I am guilty of self-handicapping. I don’t want to try too hard or raise expectations too much. I want people to think I’m smart and accomplished. If I fail, I will look dumb. Knowing this about myself, I am always on the lookout to try new things. I want to push myself in new directions. If I fail, and I …
Every day we see examples of people, usually women, and minorities, that aren’t paid fairly, as compared to their counterparts doing the same work. Here is a recent example dealing with the U.S. Women’s Soccer team: Five key members of the U.S. women’s soccer team have filed a federal complaint against the U.S. Soccer Federation to the Equal Employment Opportunity …
I am out at the 4th Annual Health & Benefits Leadership Conference for the next few days and will (if plans don’t get derailed because, well, Vegas), be sharing some ideas and highlights from the event, including at least one HR Happy Hour Show from the event. The opening keynote at the show was given by Alexandra Drane, Co-Founder of …
It’s that time of year when you start receiving holiday gifts from HR Vendors. My own company even does it. For the most part we send out a holiday card to the vast majority out our contacts, but those ‘paying’ clients or ‘Friends of the Company’ (former or future paying clients) we do something special. Most companies go through the …
