Secrets to successfully working with temp employees

In these lean times, more and more employers turn to temporary employees. Guest poster Kelly Gregorio has some thoughts about how to make a temp program work best for you — and the people filling...
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HP StoreOnce Extends its Industry Leadership in Deduplication 2.0

Criteria considered included scalability (including capacity and performance), high availability, architectural approach, pricing, and licensing.Sponsored by HP and Intel® Xeon® processorsIntel, the...
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NLRB roundup: Court strikes down notice requirement

Looks like you’re not going to have to put up that pro-union poster after all. A Washington, DC federal appeals court has struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s bid to require employers...
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What 4 new cases can tell us about sexual harassment in 2013

Sexual harassment claims may be down overall, but these recent cases show it’s as expensive as ever to get caught on the wrong side of a harassment complaint.  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
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Getting ‘em off on the right foot — through social media

OK, you’ve finally hooked the candidate you’ve been coveting for that key position. What’s your plan for getting ‘em up to speed — and happy they joined you? Karie Willyerd,...
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Terminations: The whys and wherefores of culling the herd

Good managers don’t relish the prospect of firing people – indeed, they cringe at the thought. But letting people go is part of the manager’s franchise. And it ain’t easy in today’s employment...
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Bizarre case illustrates why you need strong anti-harassment policies

You know you need anti-sexual harassment policies — and this weird case shows you exactly why. Estrella Medina-Rivera worked as a part-time, on-call detention officer with MVM, a private firm that...
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Why you should ditch job descriptions … or maybe not

Could one of these radically different approaches to fixing job descriptions be right for your company? Replace ‘em Lou Adler, writing for TLNT, has some not-so-nice words to say about traditional...
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2 easy interviewing tactics to try

Here’s how a handful of simple questions can immediately improve your interviewing process. 3 important questions First, Jeff Haden of Inc.com has three questions he suggests every HR pro add to...
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Reach out to the C-level with human capital risk management

Want to help HR move up the food chain in your organization? Get involved in your human capital risk management, argues guest poster Marco L. Padovani. ________________________________________________________________________ At...
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