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Do Safety Trainers Need Training on Training?

These tips were reported on in our biweekly sister print publication, OSHA Compliance Advisor, whose ongoing “Trainer’s Corner” feature specializes in training trainers to be better at what they do. Today, and in the next Advisor, let’s look at some of these pointers. First, Preparation In training, as in so many other pursuits, “the speed […]

RecruitCon 2018 Keynote Speaker Explains How HR Managers Can Hire the BEST Employees

In a recent episode of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources, best-selling author and consultant Bob Kelleher walks us through how a company goes about figuring out the types of people who succeed in its cultures, as well as the behaviors and traits that matter in the organization—and how to determine whether a candidate […]

Improve Your Reference Checking and Break Through the “Stone Wall of Silence”

Reference checking an applicant’s past can make today’s hiring decision easier … but to get past a former employer’s rendition of “name, rank, and serial number,” you need some “breakthrough” strategies. Here they are: It’s been said that “the answers to all questions of today reside in the past.” While not true about everything, this […]

EEOC sharing employers’ position statements with charging parties

by Leslie Silverman Employers should be aware that the position statements they submit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are now far more likely to end up in the hands of the employees who filed those charges and their attorneys. The agency has instructed all of its 53 field offices to release respondents’ position […]

Looking to Expand Candidate Pool? Rural Recruiting Can Be an Option

Not so long ago, people living away from urban centers didn’t have the opportunity to work for an employer headquartered in a faraway city. But technology has made remote work not just possible but also often advantageous for both employers and employees. Now, at least for some kinds of workers, employers aren’t so limited geographically. […]

Are Your Employees Dressed for Work or the Beach

Are Your Employees Dressed for Work or the Beach?

by Jeff Nolan There were times over the past few weeks when I might have been tempted to show up for work wearing shorts and a T-shirt, but fortunately, that temptation was quashed by our firm’s “personal appearance” policy! Does summer weather encourage some employees to push the limits in your workplace? Do you have […]

Perfect Policies—Good, but Not Enough

Yesterday’s Advisor was all about getting your policies ready to be "Exhibit A" in court. Today, why that’s just part of the job, and an introduction to a unique program that will help you with all 50 or so of the HR policies that need regular updating. [Go here for Tips 1 and 2] Tip […]

IBM Releases New Tools Aimed at Making Hiring Easier, Less Biased

According to recent research released by IBM Institute for Business Value, 33% of chief human resources officers (CHROs) believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize the way they do business over the next few years.

Training too weird even for Austin

by Mark R. Flora Perhaps you have already heard about the recent firestorm created during a diversity training session for city employees in, of all places, Austin, the capital of political correctness. The training was actually held in March, but the uproar followed an article in the Statesman in May. The hue and cry was […]