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EntertainHR: Helping Haverford – What Parks and Recreation Teaches Us About Employee Terminations

Parks and Recreation is a beloved mockumentary sitcom that focuses on the lives of several employees of the fictional Pawnee, Indiana’s Parks and Recreation Department. One of those characters is the sarcastic and entrepreneurial Tom Haverford, played by Aziz Ansari. Throughout the series, Tom embarks on several business ventures. One of his business ventures, Rent-A-Swag, […]

Purpose and Making Work Matter Must Be a Strategic Priority for HR in 2023

Employees spend 40+ hours a week working. This equates to more time at work than doing anything else, including parenting, interacting with loved ones, and engaging in personal passions. Over the past 3 years, employee engagement and, ultimately, retention have decreased sharply in the wake of the Great Resignation and the quiet quitting movements, and […]

Q&A on Electronic Employee Records

In this digital age, employers are finding there are brand-new questions they face while trying to stay in legal compliance with employee recordkeeping requirements. For example, what constitutes a valid electronic signature? Does an answer in email count as legally-binding when it comes to confirming managerial decisions? How long do specific types of documents need […]

HR Query: 10 Tips for Saying No at Work

In this week’s HR Query, Kirsten Moorefield, Cofounder & CSO of Cloverleaf.me, a B2B SaaS platform that provides Automated Coaching™ to teams in the biggest brands across the globe, shares 10 tips for saying no at work. What are some common challenges employees face when they need to say no at work?KM: Employees may fear […]

Workplace Social Media Etiquette and Usage

Social media is so ubiquitous today that it’s hard to imagine most people spending any substantial amount of time not engaged with social media. While the technology and delivery models are relatively novel, humans have always been social creatures, and social media is a virtual extension of that. Use of Social Media at Work But […]

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2 Things to Know About the CHANCE in Tech Act

The Championing Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees (CHANCE) in Tech Act—or H.R. 3174—was reintroduced via bipartisan efforts this year after originally being introduced in 2017. Here are two things you need to know about it if you’re a learning and development (L&D) or an HR professional.

Look In, Lean Out to Attract and Retain Talent

Many executives, business owners, and HR leaders I know are struggling with talent—how to get it and how to keep it. Companies are finding recruiting new workers with the skills, attitudes, and aptitude required for a rapidly changing workplace more challenging than ever. And from a retention standpoint, these leaders know they won’t keep their […]

HR Query: How to Hire Top Talent

Although Hanna Neuborn, Global Head of Talent Science at Canonical, doesn’t believe she’s found the Holy Grail of finding the best talent, she feels it’s pretty close and has been effective for her company.  At the start of 2023, Neuborn was integral in turning Canonical’s Talent Acquisition team into a Talent Science team. Canonical employs […]

Shhhh…Should Employees’ Salaries Be Kept Secret?

Picture this: A manager calls his subordinates into a conference room and asks them to write down their salary and pin it to a board for everyone to see. Just the idea of this is cringe worthy …and compelling. It was, in fact, the premise of the 2012 British reality television show “Show Me Your […]