Human Resources (HR)
Age Discrimination in the Workplace and Forced Retirement
Age discrimination and forced retirement can be very stressful experiences for an older person who is still a good worker and isn't ready to retire. This article examines the arguments for and against age discrimination and forced retirement.
7 Useful Tips to Deal With Criticism at the Office
Are you the one who is always criticised at the office or your workplace, in spite of your sincere efforts? It's important to have peace of mind to increase efficiency and complete targets successfully. 7 tips to deal with constant criticism, and keep your self motivated at the workplace.
10 Top Secrets to Driving Employee Engagement In 2023
We have drafted these eleven topmost ways through which you can improve employee engagement (both remote and in-office) effectively.
Employee Retention Strategies: Exit Interview Vs Workplace Survey
Explanation of the value of conducting thorough exit interviews & Workplace Surveys that link to recruitment and retention strategies & how high levels of employee turnover can be reduced.
Types of Pre-Employment Testing
An overview of various types of pre-employment tests, legal information, and controversies in involved in screening potential employees.
Unicru Personality Test Answer Key: Read This, Get Hired
Want to pass the Unicru personality test? Get the Unicru answers here. This definitive guide to the Unicru personality test for employment includes questions, answers, and an explanation of how the test works. Learn why tests like these are bad for business and how you can fight the Unicru test.
4 Types of Difficult Coworkers and How to Deal With Them
If you have a job, chances are that you've come across at least one person who is difficult to work with. Over the course of our careers, many of us will encounter a difficult coworker at one point or another. Here's how to deal with them.
What HR Won't Tell You About the Hiring Process
An HR insider reveals 5 things companies won't tell you about applying for a job. If you're feeling unlucky in your job search and locked out of the hiring process, get the inside scoop here.
Behavioral Job Interviews for College Students: Sample Questions, Answers, and Examples
During job interviews and career fairs, college students often face behavioral job interview questions using the S.T.A.R. method. Learn how to avoid common mistakes and make a positive impression.
Accused of Wrongdoing at Work: What to Do
Trouble at work? Learn how to respond to allegations of misbehavior in the workplace. Use these tips to navigate conversations with an HR Investigator if you are accused of rule violations on the job.
How to Help Employees Recover From the Death of a Coworker
The unexpected death of a colleague in the workplace can present a number of challenges. HR and management can implement a number of measures that acknowledge the emotional state of their workers and provides support during this difficult time.
Best Health Option: Combination Sitting or Standing Workstations
Healthy choice- would you prefer a sitting or standing workstation
What are In-Kind Benefits: Definition and Examples
Different organizations extend varied types of benefits to their employees. One of these is in-kind benefits that refer to non-monetary compensation employers provide to their staff.
The Challenge of Returning: The Truth Behind Post-Vacation Realities
Explore post-vacation realities: motivation dips, overspending guilt, career contemplation, and effective coping strategies in this study-based article.
Office Cubicle Survival: Courtesy, Productivity, and Stress
Average employee office space has decreased dramatically since the cubicle was introduced, but at what cost to workers? Cubicle courtesy tips can help reduce stress, enhance productivity, and maintain harmony.
Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace: What You Need to Know
Are you protected against discrimination if your employer learns about your genetic or medical condition? Learn about what led up to the passage of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), what GINA does, and what it does not do.
The Art of Giving References: A Guide to Ethical Professionalism
When asked to provide a reference, it's important to be honest, professional, and provide relevant information.
The Power of Paying It Forward
A Chain of Compassion in Today’s Fast-Paced World
Are You a Valued Employee
Having TRUE value is sometimes something inside you that you can't rely on others to affirm. You have to be able to determine your own worth and value and be honest with yourself about that.
How to Maintain Self-Discipline in a Home Office Environment.
Whether you're just starting your home business, or you've been doing it for decades, new ideas are constantly popping up about how to run it more efficiently. Inventing new ideas you could apply to any business, but if that is a home-based one, the only difference here is surrounded by your family
How to Use AI in HR
AI can provide the most benefit, such as sourcing candidates, screening resumes, and onboarding new hires.
Religion in the Workplace: Religious Faith Accommodation and Your Job
Can you honor both your religion and job duties? Religion in the workplace presents an opportunity for both conflict and accommodation, as employees bring their faith to work.
Tough Manager or Tyrant? When the Boss Is a Bully, or Worse
Tough managers, bully bosses, and illegal harassers differ in their motivations and behaviors. Understand the differences.
The 3 Criteria Successful Leaders Use When Delegating
Getting a competent hand to manage people and material in an urgent condition is usually tricky. This article demystifies that challenge and provides an easy way out.
Back for more since the long break
I'm back to writing after a short couple years off.
Ace That Job Interview
Ace that job interview by following some simple guidelines. Making a good first impression is essential.
Human Resources for an Author
Authors are often thought of as a one man (or woman) show. This is a myth. Although an author wears many hats, an author still needs other people to help make their book writing ventures successful.
Presenteeism: The Costs of Going to Work When Sick
How reporting to work ill hurts coworkers, customers, employers, and the sick employee. Don't spread the love. Take to your sick bed.
Understanding Employee Engagement
The unpleasant truth is that traditional capital management, investment management, and portfolio management are no longer necessary for an organization's future business success, revenues, and profitability. However, effective human capital management is essential to every organization's success.
HR Competencies in 2023 and Beyond
HR competencies are now changing and a top priority for employers in the coming years. This article provides an overview of what HR competencies will look like in the future.
12 Action Steps to Take When You Lose Your Job
If you've been downsized, fired, or your employer has shut its doors, take these 12 action steps now. Follow these tips to keep the money coming in, prepare for your future, and take care of you.
Strategies for Avoiding Employee Retaliation Claims
Employee retaliation claims are on the rise. Learn what constitutes unlawful retaliation and what employers can due to avoid liability.
Human Resources and the Job Analysis: Pros and Cons
Explore various methods of performing a job analysis. Discover when and why the analysis is done and find out why a job analysis may be viewed negatively. Learn how to get everyone on board.
Top 10 Most Common HR Round Interview Questions and Answers
This article includes the ten most common questions asked in the final round of a job interview. Prepare your answers to these questions and you will be set for the final step!
A Checklist for Employers Before Discharging Employees
An employer checklist to assess potential legal exposure before discharging an employee. Reduce the risk of wrongful discharge litigation by proactively identifying and addressing legal risks of employee termination before taking action.
Hostile Work Environment: 10 Things Bully Bosses Do to Cause Lawsuits
Learn what the most expensive lawyers say to managers about what they should and should not do to avoid getting sued by employees. You, as an employee, can use this information to your advantage.
What NOT to Do When Being Bullied at Work
Here are ten mistakes people make when dealing with a workplace bully.
Employee Complaint Investigations: What Human Resources Won't Tell You
Tips from an HR professional about how the employee complaint investigation process works. What you need to know if you're being investigated or if you are filing a complaint of your own.
How to Handle an Unfair or Negative Performance Review at Work
It's performance review time, and the boss has some less-than-glowing feedback about your work. Here's how to deal with negative or unfair job feedback like a real cowboy. Tips from an HR ranch hand.
Employee Rights: Can I Sue My Former Employer for Giving Bad References?
Are you working hard at getting a new job, sending out resumes, getting interviews, and being told you only have to pass a reference check but then not getting the job? In many cases, you have legal recourse. Learn more about dealing with bad references and whether you can sue for defamation.
Job Burnout: Frazzled, Fed up, and Running on Empty
Job burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion created by chronic stress. Learn its signs and symptoms, causes, and tips for dealing with it.
How to Hold a Group Interview: HR Process, Activities, & Ideas
Learn more about how to plan for, conduct, and debrief a group interview.
How to Deal With a Mentally Ill Coworker
Mental illness affects one in five American adults at any point in time. This article will help you learn how to effectively manage your work relationships when someone you work with is mentally ill.
Office Mean Girl: Memories of a Workplace Bully
When I landed my dream job in HR for a Fortune 500 company, there was one small catch: the Office Mean Girl (OMG). Despite backbiting, exclusion, and personal attacks, eventually, I flourished.
How to Identify the Office Jerk
This article will help you learn the reasons why you may be the office jerk and not even know it. This guide will illustrate how to recognize common jerk behavior and resolve to change your interpersonal nastiness at work.
What Is Workplace Retaliation? And Why Are Employers So Afraid of It?
This article will break down the definition of retaliation claims and protected classes, as well as how these claims can succeed where hostile work environment claims fail.
Hostile Work Environment: Why Human Resources Doesn't Care About You
If a supervisor or bullying boss has turned your once likeable job into a series of humiliating and degrading confrontations, then do not file a complaint with human resources for help. Human resources is not your friend.