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Steps Toward Workplace Civility Law & Could You Qualify for Disability Benefits?
We also have a highly informative interview with Brian Therrien of Disability Digest about qualifying for disability benefits, and the differences between short term, long term, and social security disability. I learned a lot just from interviewing Brian, and I know you'll find this to be one of our most...
Is This Retaliation or Discrimination? Q & A with Derek D.
When Derek's boss harassed him into a near stress attack, Derek went out on 8 weeks of FMLA leave. The company demanded he come back to work, and then began retaliating against him by playing doctor, ignoring the release to work by two other doctors. Since Derek is...
Academy Open! Free Copies of Printed Book Going Fast
The Undercover Lawyer's Employment Law Academy has opened with a very special offer for a free copy of his $197 printed book for Fighting Back Against a Bully Boss. Only for the first 500 to enroll. Related posts:To Your Resounding Success in 2010 Employment Law Academy Logo When Your Bully Boss is...
To Your Resounding Success in 2010
After receiving a huge response to the following email, I decided to share it with everyone here on the site as well. A sneak peak into the new Employment Law Academy is at the bottom of the post. People have told me that there are more urgent problems in the...
Episode #13: How to Never Give Up and Never Be Alone. An Interview with Our Forum Den Mother, Lulu
Learn from experienced Bully Boss Fighter, Lulu, about how she has gone through hell at work but not given up, but instead gives back. Related posts:Bully Boss Survivor Marilyn Veincentotzs and the new Undercover H.R. Director (OnYourSide!) When Your Bully Boss is Behind Closed Doors, Do You Want to Know What the...
Bully Boss Survivor Marilyn Veincentotzs and the new Undercover H.R. Director (OnYourSide!)
Hostile Workplace survivor Marilyn V learned from "Work Laws Exposed" how to fight back against a bully boss. Then she helped a friend fight workplace abuse. Related posts:Do You Know the 4 Key Steps to Taking Back Your Life from a Bully? When Your Bully Boss is Behind Closed Doors, Do You...
Polly Pearson's Blog
Crazy or Cool -- You tell me. Bold posts.
Some fabulous finds for "brainfood" in the blog-world tonight on subjects circling leadership, organizational dynamics, the future of education, truly living the brand, the knowledge era, and stuff like that. This is more than notable, from Jeff Jarvis -- notes from his TEDxNYed presentation, titled, "This is bullshit." Loved this...
Career Advice and the Job Interview: The Blue, Yellow and Red of Job Search Today.
Tips for tech job seekers boiled down to 3 essential nuggets. The blog offers a link to a new Dice.com video interview, where I answer questions relating to how to build your personal brand, what can set you apart in an interview, and the importance of soft skills for technical...
Our next eBook, geared to helping the careers of professionals in IT
The strategy and content design for our next eBook -- this one intended to help the careers of those in IT. This is an audience, that for EMC, equates largely our customers, prospects, employees, and potential employees....
Reality TV communication for Employee Engagement and Connection to Strategy
Today we issued the third "episode" of Reality TV-Meets Employee Communication -- Web 2.0 style. [A screen shot, this of Frank Hauck, from one of the clips.] Called "Leadership in Action," the intent is to better connect the people of the company with the culture, the strategy, the values, and...
Have you Ever Gone Night Hiking?
Story about a magical night in Princeton, Mass, hiking up a mountain under the full moon with the kids and close friends....
A Hot Job Category and a New LinkedIn Value Prop?
The Hot Job Category and the power of LinkedIn for Career Management...
Flip Chart Fairy Tales
Told to me earlier today: “What’s the difference between a condom and a non-dom?” “If you make a mistake with a condom, it only takes you nine months to find out.” Well, it made me laugh anyway. ...
Last autumn, I asked whether bonus capping would damage the state-owned banks, as their senior executives claimed it would at the time. RBS boss Stephen Hester is convinced that it has. He claims he could have made an extra £1 billion for RBS if he had been allowed to pay the bonuses...
When multi-national companies decide to implement global policies, it is often a euphemism for imposing an American model on the rest the world. A friend of mine, who is a senior executive in one such US-headquartered company, sent me this amusing note last week: Just been interviewed by our “Global Head of...
Are we confusing aggressive behaviour with bullying?
Bullying seems to be this week’s hot issue, after claims that Gordon Brown bullied his staff were splashed all over the newspapers. Some newspapers have followed the story up with articles and features on workplace bullying, an issue that is discussed far more often now than it was a decade ago....
The executive entitlement culture
Sathnam Sanghera was HR-bashing again earlier this week, claiming that HR executives are grossly overpaid. His evidence for this assertion was the list of the top twenty highest paid public sector HR professionals published in HR Magazine. But, while Sanghera noticed that half the people in the list were employed by the BBC, he spectacularly missed...
Just a month or so after we thought the Labour Party was about to sink without trace, recent opinion polls have raised the possibility of a hung parliament again. Last time I discussed this was way back during the last decade. The end of November, in fact, though it seems much longer ago. Like...
Human Resource News
Manpower report projects increase in hiring
The region's job outlook is brightening, according to a survey of employers' hiring plans....
S.A. companies' hiring plans remain stable
The San Antonio area no longer ranks among the markets with the best hiring prospects, a Manpower Inc....
Feds can take extended leave to care for relatives in the military
Federal employees can now use their Family and Medical Leave Act benefits - up to 12 weeks of leave each year - to help a family member who is in the military and deployed overseas, according to a March 5 memo issued by the Office of Personnel Management....
Companies ready to do some hiring
At least one leading indicator in metro Milwaukee, which hemorrhaged jobs in the last two years, suggests that employers are prepared to begin hiring....
Mike's Express Carwash Uses UltiPro through SaaS to Optimize...
Ultimate Software , the leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management SaaS solutions in North America, announced today that Mike's Express Carwash, a national leader in its industry, has freed its IT team from focusing on HRMS responsibilities, improved its business continuity plan, and prepared for growth using UltiPro...
Employers Still Skittish On Hiring
Most employers are still cautious when it comes to hiring, planning neither to add nor cut jobs from their payrolls this spring, according to a staffing firm survey released Tuesday....
JD Supra Labor & Employment Law
In Brief – UK Employment and HR Newsletter - Volume 3, No. 1 Spring 2010
Contributor: Morrison & Foerster LLP [View: Profile | Documents]...
New York Restricts Mandatory Overtime for Nurses
Contributor: Duane Morris LLP [View: Profile | Documents]...
Tips for the Suddenly Unemployed
Contributor: Robert Kraft [View: Profile | Documents]...
Contributor: Warner Norcross & Judd [View: Profile | Documents]...
Contributor: Warner Norcross & Judd [View: Profile | Documents]...
Employee or Independent Contractor -- a $12.8 Million Decision
Contributor: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP [View: Profile | Documents]...
Michael Specht - HR, Recruitment, Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, and technology
For several years now I have been watching the development of social media and its eventual impact on both the HR and Recruitment professions. I have attempted to define social recruiting, run presentations on the development of a strategy, and worked with several clients on creating a strategy. If you attended...
How engaged are your employees??
Last night I had the privilege to see François-Frédéric Guy perform in his Sydney debut as part of the Sydney Symphony’s International Pianists in Recital Series. François-Frédéric performed three Chopin and three Beethoven pieces to a packed crowd of piano lovers. In particular he performed: CHOPIN Nocturne in C minor, Op.48 No.1 Nocturne in E, Op.62 No.2 Polonaise-fantaisie,...
What do executives in Australia want?
On Monday my colleague Philip Tusing, co-author of the Sources of Talent Report, released his latest report, Executive Monitor. An eye opening look at what 1,332 executives are thinking in Australia about all sorts of different topics from compensation, education, recruiters and personal branding. Philip gives a great run down on the key...
Unpaid Internships: Fast Track to your Dream Job or Glorified Slave Labor?
This guest post is contributed by Katheryn Rivas. So after getting being accepted to your Dream University–after painstakingly editing college applications, obsessing over grades, finding extra-curricular activities that sparked your interest AND would somehow impress a college admissions committee–you thought it was all over, right? Once accepted, you’d think the next...
Yesterday I made a few minor visual changes over at Inspecht and a fairly major change on Inspecht TV. There will be some more changes coming over the new few weeks, along with an upgrade to the blog, but for now I am running with these themes. The Inspecht TV changes...
Tips on managing social media in the workplace
Last week I did a short podcast with Nick McCormick, author of Lead Well and Prosper, looking at tips for managing social media in the workplace. We spoke about implementing guidelines/policies within the workplace along with some of the potential issues and how to manage them. However given the short format of...
Maximize Possibility Blog
Possibility Maximizer: The Cranky Middle Manager Show
Happy Friday! Every week I like to feature a resource that I feel will help to Maximize Possibility in your organization and professional life. This week I have one the most successful and longest running management podcasts out there to share with you. Enjoy! The Resource: Wayne Turmel's Cranky Middle...
A Better Way to be an "Undercover Boss" in Your Organization
About a month ago following the Superbowl I caught the debut episode of the new CBS reality television show "Undercover Boss". For those of you who are unfamiliar with the show, CBS describes it as follows: Each week a different executive will leave the comfort of their corner office for...
Check Out the Special Academy Awards Edition of the Leadership Development Carnival
The latest leadership development carnival is up and live at Dan McCarthy's Great Leadership blog. Head over and check it out for a special Academy Awards themed carnival jam packed with over 40 Oscar-worthy posts from some of the best leadership bloggers out there!...
The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week
There were a lot of great posts to hit the blogosphere this past week. Here are my top five human resources, talent management, and leadership blog posts from the week of March 1st - March 7th, 2010. Enjoy! Trish MacFarlane, HR Ringleader: Building the Perfect HR Team - Trish wonders...
Possibility Maximizer: Hewitt Associates Articles and Reports
Every week I like to share a resource that I feel will add value to your professional life and help to Maximize Possibility in your organization. This week I have a powerful resource from one of today's top HR knowledge leaders. Check it out! The Resource: Hewitt Associates Articles and...
Four Corporate Vision Barriers Your Company Can Overcome
Setting the vision of the company has powerful consquences - especially when done effectively....
Punk Rock Human Resources
Sunday HR Shout Out: David Manaster
Today’s shout out is for my awesome friend, David Manaster. He is the CEO of ERE Media and is a really great guy. That’s a #fact. Twitter it. I went to SHRM08 in Chicago and I didn’t know many people. I was about a year into my career as a Human...
I don’t know about you, but my family is spread across the globe. We use social media to stay connected, and it’s so awesome. I get to see pictures of babies, read about graduations, and learn about my cousins and distant relatives who are rock stars. Unfortunately, the dark side of...
F@%k It Friday: Animals & Pets
So it’s Friday. We are all happy. I am done talking about Human Resources and career advice. I want to talk about animals & pets. I think it’s okay to have cats and dogs in your life, but only if they are rescued. I know that some breeders are great, but...
I watched the movie Good Hair while flying to London, a few weeks ago. It was an interesting movie especially since I worked for Alberto-Culver, the company that owns the brands TCB and Motions. Here’s what is weird about my work history: I recruited for a major organization that invests heavily...
I’ll be in New York City sometime during the month of March. I’ll be attending The Human Capital Summit to talk about employer branding. You know what I think about employer branding, right? I think that a company has a brand, a reputation, and a relationship with its consumers and employees....
I am an independent businesswoman, which sucks because at one point in my career I was the HR queen for an IT infrastructure group. It was heaven. I had access to a super-secret help desk number, the best network experts, and geeks who could fix just about anything. No signal? No wifi? No memory? Blocked access...
The Staffing Advisor
Why Your Position is Still Vacant
When your organization has a critical job open, why does it take so long to fill it? Every month, within a few days of month end, the finance department produces financial statements. If they cannot meet this goal, you either replace the people or revamp the systems and processes. The same is true in...
Don’t Even Think About Filling a Job You Don’t Understand
In this hyper-competitive world, you already have plenty of problems to contend with, so you certainly don’t have time for self-inflicted wounds. One of the most expensive self-inflicted wounds is trying to fill a position without first deeply understanding it. Smaller organizations are filled with one-of-a-kind jobs – departments are often small, responsibilities large, and often only a...
The Job Market Is a Big Game of Musical Chairs
Robust economic growth and job creation is a wonderful thing, but 2010 is not very likely to look that way. Yet I still firmly believe (and wrote in our job seeker blog) that 2010 looks good for job seekers in the Washington DC metropolitan area and probably in lots of other areas. Why? Churn. ...
Social Media Only Makes Recruiting Fundamentals More Important
Every day I see more recruiters starting to engage with social media. Understanding social media is no longer optional for recruiting professionals, your career will suffer if you are a Twidiot. But one of the most common mistakes I see from newbies is to assume the social media platforms are a strategy, or that somehow just using...
Who Else is Heading for the Door?
When a top executive leaves an organization, everyone scrambles to fill that key vacancy. But in the hurry to do that, a far bigger turnover problem is often overlooked. When a key executive leaves, everyone who reported to that executive should be considered a “flight risk” – because the second tier of managers are...
Surveys indicate that 2010 is going to be a year filled with employee turnover. And that is a great gift to every manager who is still not managing performance tightly. Every time an average employee resigns, you have a chance to rethink who should be in the job, to upgrade the caliber of your team,...
Bayt.com Blog
How does the Middle East Job Market look in 2010?
Three months have flown by quite swiftly – Bayt.com & YouGov Siraj’s Job Index in its 2nd wave (January 2010) is out, aiming to once again gauge perceptions of job availability and hiring, identify jobs and to provide an understanding of the key skill sets and qualifications that employers are looking...
Bayt.com Virtual Technology Fair
If all goes to plan this quarter the number of job applicants walking into the Middle East’s IT companies big and small brandishing paper CVs and big, hopeful smiles will be somewhat diminished due to the appearance of a pioneering new event in the Middle East HR calendar. The Bayt.com...
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That’s what can potentially be bought and sold on the new state-of-the-art Classifieds site Bayt.com just launched. Be specific? Let your imagination run riot and that’s how specific we can be. Fancy vintage cars from the 1920s, fur coats, limited edition books, collectors items, and even really useful stuff like...
Where does internet usage stand in the Middle East today?
While the world average internet penetration rate stands at 25.6% today( according to the World Internet Statistics Website- September 2009), the Middle East scores a bit higher- at 28.3 % following elevated rates in Latin America, Europe, Oceana/ Australia with North American topping the list (74.2% penetration). The past decade...
Question from Job Seeker: I have been a full-timer accountant with my company (in Egypt) for over 10 years now and I would very much like to pursue a MBA. My question to you Bayt Guru is: do you think pursuing a MBA at my age (45) is feasible...
TalentedApps
Bringing order to a chaotic work day
My usual day started with early morning meetings, catching up on email, looking up my memory for the to-do tasks and following up with my team by writing more emails, participating in meetings, and resulting in more emails. As you can imagine, it was pretty hectic, a reactive work style and of...
The March 7th Leadership Development Carnival is up!
Go check out the new March 7th Leadership Development Carnival. Dan McCarthy has gathered together over 40 top posts, putting them in an Academy Award categories format. Dan introduces each submission with a brief description to help you decide if you want to read it. Some notable posts include:...
I love my Tivo. I think it’s the best invention of it’s decade and a close second to the remote control, as being the most useful invention of my lifetime. I love it not so much for it’s technology, but for it’s simplicity. The idea was so simple, all the technical pieces...
Congratulations Amy on an outstanding TEDTalk
While I didn’t get to go to the talk I did get to hear people raving to Amy about how interesting it was (and ask a lot of questions about Paul!). Her photo was in regular rotation during the breaks at TEDActive. So now, not only can she forever say that...
Carnival of HR – The Hangover Edition
Here it is! Have you ever had that moment in an organization where you or someone stops and says: “Wait a minute, how did we get into this spot?” “Doesn’t [Joe/Sally] know how that works? Has anyone seen them?” “Why are we doing things this way?” “Didn’t we just experience this very same thing...
Pay for Performance is Dead … almost
No, this is not an ironic critique of current pay budgets or of corporate performance, in general, in the current economy. Rather, I am seeing several signals suggesting that the pay for performance model that we’ve touted in the past might need a serious makeover. First, there’s the research in behavioral...
Punk Rock Human Resources
Monday Morning HR Humor: Breaking News
You can’t go wrong with The Onion on a Monday morning. Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere...
Sunday HR Shout Out: Jason J. Davis
I have to tell you something. I always read HR Think Tank by Jason Davis. I do. I feel like it’s an under-appreciated website, but I know the readership is growing because posts are often shared on Twitter and Facebook. Things that I like. Poor guy has the same name as the founder of...
List Of Things To Do On A Monday
It is March 1st and you are still unemployed, underemployed, or otherwise cranky. I don’t know what to tell you. We have been on this road together since 2007, and life sucks. Hard. I thought about what I could do to make you feel better — and I’m out of ideas....
Punk Rock HR Question: Students, Likability, & The Future of HR
A question from a student of Human Resources. For the record, I’m speaking to HR students at SHRM10 in San Diego. I still don’t know what I will say. Hey Laurie, This has been bugging me for awhile, and you seem like the kind of person who’d know something about this. I’m...
Monday Morning HR Humor: Sky Mall Kitties
In honor of my crazy business travel, here is my new favorite video. Don’t think I haven’t ordered that drinking water fountain. I’ll never live that purchase down....
An associate of mine reminded me of the quote, “Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.” I don’t go around repeating pithy quotes, and I am no fan of Sigmund Freud, but I am intrigued by how this website is a nexus for many who are thinking about work,...
Inflexion Point
Change Hurts. Resistance Hurts More.
The one common theme that we face in modern business is the necessity for change. It’s painful. It’s emotional. It sucks. The reality of a situation we no longer can control often leads us to do foolish things in a desperate attempt to clutch to the status quo. We revolt,...
Death, Healthcare and The Employer Albatross
I’ve been pretty quiet on the whole healthcare debate up until now. It’s a mess. It’s more than a mess, it’s a crazed storm of clucking and feather rustling, posturing and lobbying, advertising and cajoling, misinforming and undereducating. But while all this is going on in my former hometown of...
HRevolution 2010: A Catalyst For Change
Having served in the human resources industry for nearly two decades, I’m constantly seeking new and innovative events that emphasize problem solving and community building. And with hundreds of traditional conferences to choose from, it can be difficult to get past the hype and determine the best use of your...
You are HR. You are human. You are resourceful. You are psychologist, psychiatrist and therapist. You are corporate conscious personified. You are a closed door confidant. You are baby announcer and obituary writer. You are Kleenex distributor. You are safe. You are problem solver, mediator, arbitrator and lawyer. You are judge, jury and executioner....
About ten years ago I was on a conference call in negotiations with a very important business partner. We were all getting frustrated and exhausted from the three hour verbal tennis match. I was attempting to rationalize a point of contention when I heard, “Blah, blah, blah, blah. ‘Ooooo…I’m so...
While flying through Dallas this week I overheard a number of fellow travelers discussing the upcoming Valentine’s holiday. Some lamented the “Hallmark Holiday” as an obligatory and forced expression of love. Others excitedly wondered what their significant others had planned. Some even squirreled away wedding rings during overly flirtatious discussions...
Lisa Rosendahl
A few weeks ago I took on the anti-writing demon and by no means do I have this one under control but I have been making progress. My red Moleskine journal is with me where ever I go so I can jot down and idea when it comes to me. Now,...
I miss the energy and pace of Olympic short track. Skaters at the line, primed to go, skate tips in the ice, bodies into position, leaning into the start, the gun is about to fire and then . . . false start. A false start affects everyone as all of the skaters are sent back to the starting...
Social Media Tools Are Not The Boss Of Me
..... anymore. A few weeks ago I embarked on a social media nip and tuck to frame up my social media efforts. My goals are to deepen and strengthen my connections, collaborate on a professional project and write beyond the blog A work in progress, I am reevaluating how I am using the tools and checking...
Defense! Defense! is great for a sports team, but can be bad for an organization. Organizations are a sum of many parts and to ensure organizational success, it is imperative that everything, and everyone, functions at their best. When you are going for the gold, defensive employees are bad news. On Defensiveness Defensive employees can...
You are preaching to the choir when you say labor relations is tough. In all things labor, I've had it relatively easy in my career. Even so, there have been hurtful moments, tears, second guesses, the horrible sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach when I realized I missed a detail, misinterpreted a sign, over (or under) estimated a gesture or simply...
Feedback Results: Is this your first time here or are you a regular reader?
I asked this question in my trial run of a feedback widget in my sidebar. Guess what? I received 21 responses to the question. Because that's more than the number of comments I've received on any given blog post or combination of posts, I'm a bit psyched! Welcome first time readers, much appreciation to regular readers,...