Evil HR Lady

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

I went through the weirdest interview yesterday. I interviewed with a panel of managers. The managers had five key questions. I was told at the beginning of the interview that they had received 200 applications and that staffing used the resumes to select 25 qualified people to interview. The hiring managers were not part of the initial screening (this is an HR related job so they were all in HR) and did NOT want to see our resumes so that they had no biases towards the candidates before the int

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Josh Bersin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The corporate training industry is undergoing some major changes. Over last few months we have been involved in many discussions with organizations about the tremendous needs to build, manage, and. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: Enterprise Learning LMS, LCMS Learning 2.0 Learning Culture Learning On-Demand Learning Programs cisco citrix e-learning facebook linkedin microsoft Plateau Saba sun taleo we-learning w

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Conversation Matters

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of watching an astounding event - a room full of Soldiers typing Army doctrine onto a wiki so that Soldiers in the field could make changes as they were discovering new and better tactics in the midst of fighting a war. There were a couple of amazing things about this event. One was that it was happening at all, because to the Army, doctrine is close to sacred.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Great post from Sarah Horrigan on a training she did with University staff on using virtual learning environments (VLE's). Apparently there were complaints prior to the session about VLEs being "boring," that Sarah decided to face head on, pointing out that it's not the VLE that's boring. It's what instructors do with it. I asked, 'How many of you put your lecture PowerPoints in the VLE?'.

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45 Things

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4 Ways to Handle Your Childish Boss Theres probably no subject that generates more discussion on this blog than two words: "bad boss." Personally, I dont know anyone who doesnt have a bad boss story.

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Evil HR Lady

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

I went through the weirdest interview yesterday. I interviewed with a panel of managers. The managers had five key questions. I was told at the beginning of the interview that they had received 200 applications and that staffing used the resumes to select 25 qualified people to interview. The hiring managers were not part of the initial screening (this is an HR related job so they were all in HR) and did NOT want to see our resumes so that they had no biases towards the candidates before the int

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Josh Bersin

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Today Taleo announced Taleo 10, the company’s new product family name for Taleo Enterprise Recruiting, Taleo Performance, Taleo Compensation, and Taleo Development. Yes, today Taleo formally announced that the company is in the end-to-end “Unified Talent Management” platform market. Did the company just roll a “strike?” Let me give our readers a few key highlights, Read more» The post Taleo 10: Taleo Becomes an End-to-End Talent Management Software Company app

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Working Girl

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

'The Compensation Cafe has recently published some great posts on how compensation professionals can make the best of tiny merit budgets. It''s all good stuff and I have nothing to add except this poem: Dear Employees, This year’s budget is pretty lame But we still all have to play the game. Be sure to complete your performance review Although there may be nothing in it for you.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Will Richardson has an excellent post, Don't, Don't, Don't vs. Do, Do, Do , in which he muses on "acceptable use" policies of social media in schools and how restrictive and anti-learning they can be. Having spent the past several months working with clients on integrating social media into their organizations, this post really resonated with me. I'm finding that while a few places embrace social media as an exciting opportunity, many more are worried about defining and restricting every possibl

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Reviewsnap

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

'ReviewSNAP is currently working on adding a legal check tool to our text editor. This tool will be available on any page within the system that has a text box. Our legal check will be used to search for discriminatory and derogatory language and offer alternative words or phrases to replace the discriminatory or derogatory language. This tool is in the process of being built and the estimated date of completion is October 23rd.

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Transparent Office

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, I argued that companies should Skip the Pilot for Enterprise 2.0 applications. The argument, which came out of my own experience with hundreds of implementations, is that small-scale pilots are not representative of the way companies use collaborative tools at scale. As I put it there, "Scale is the oxygen that feeds collaboration.

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Evil HR Lady

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

It's that wonderful time of the year--flu season! And to add to it, this year adds in the lovely schweingrippe to the mix. So, I imagine that hospitals are putting together all sorts of plans for how to handle this. I like to have positive attitudes (ha!) towards those in leadership positions. Then I read this from At Your Cervix (she's a labor and delivery nurse): On top of all of this, our hospital has put out the following rules: anyone with confirmed H1N1 or suspected flu must NOT work for t

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Josh Bersin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This week SuccessFactors took a somewhat bold move by relaunching itself as a “Business Execution” software company. This idea, which is not new ( The Balanced Scorecard Initiative® has been working on tools for this for many years), is to reposition the company’s performance and talent management software as a way to build strong alignment.

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45 Things

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Tuesday, September 29, 2009 5 Tips for Women to Become Leaders What does it take for you to rise to the top of your career? Do you think that what it takes to become a leader depends on whether youre a man or a woman?

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The Bamboo Project Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

I'm currently at the USBLN Conference in Maryland, where we're exploring various "business to business strategies to promote the business imperative of including people with disabilities in the workforce.". Yesterday I attended a great session co-facilitated by Manpower, Inc. where they shared an interesting model they've been using to build awareness about diversity issues.

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Working Girl

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

'I just put down an interesting survey published by the Economic Research Institute on how cost of living adjustments sometimes replace pay for performance. The most interesting finding in this survey is that taking the easy road may be more expensive in the long run. The good: COLAs are easier to administer and roll out that pay for performance plans for obvious reasons.

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True Faith HR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

'One of my favorite websites to visit is Rate Your Students. The posts usually deal with the joy of teaching undergraduates and the vagaries of academic life. Two recent posts recently caught my interest. The first referenced a post by Dick Morris where he writes: If colleges required their faculty to work harder (approximating the work week the rest of us find normal), held down administrative spending, and reined in borrowing for capital improvements, that these institutions could charge half

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Evil HR Lady

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

I work for a state university. One of the requirements for evaluating our employees is that we establish "development" competencies for each employees. We must establish at least two for every employee. The state considers that every employee can improve their performance all the time. Here is my problem. My one employee is our 63-year-old receptionist who has been with us for over 10 years.

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Josh Bersin

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Today Taleo announced Taleo 10, the company’s new product family name for Taleo Enterprise Recruiting, Taleo Performance, Taleo Compensation, and Taleo Development. Yes, today Taleo formally. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: HR Systems Talent Strategy taleo.

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Nobscot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

'Gerhard Gschwandtner''s post on the premium oyster farm whose motto is "that''s enough for me" reminds me of an unfinished post I had written about lifestyle companies versus growth companies. I don''t have it with me but it went something like this:Starting Nobscot Corporation I found to be a relatively easy and fun challenge.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Great post from Sarah Horrigan on a training she did with University staff on using virtual learning environments (VLE's). Apparently there were complaints prior to the session about VLEs being "boring," that Sarah decided to face head on, pointing out that it's not the VLE that's boring. It's what instructors do with it. I asked, 'How many of you put your lecture PowerPoints in the VLE?'.

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Speaker: Jen Kirkwood - Partner, Responsible HR & AI at IBM and World Economic Forum Executive Fellow

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45 Things

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Thursday, September 17, 2009 What to Do When Youve Run Off Into a Career Ditch If I could leave you with one thought today, it would be this: You are a work in progress. Rather youre trying to get a job, starting a new career, in mid-career, or thinking about retiring, you can never write the ending to your story.

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Working Girl

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

'My first real job was with Andersen Consulting ( Accenture today, not the Enron one ). Now, you may disagree with me, but although I''ve worked with and for a number of great companies since then, to this day I look back at Andersen as a model of Talent Management. Recruiting: AC''s recruiting process was really good. Their recruiters had refined the job descriptions and identified the core traits of people they were trying to hire.

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Evil HR Lady

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

My question is regarding a relocation pay-back clause. I accepted a postion with my company that involved moving from CA to TN in February of 2009. The company gave me a lump sum (after tax) of $10,000 to cover relocation and moving expenses. Since that time, I've decided that my long term goals don't align with my company's any longer. I'm looking to leave and actually have a new job opportunity on the table that I'm seriously considering.

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Josh Bersin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This week SuccessFactors took a somewhat bold move by relaunching itself as a “Business Execution&# software company. This idea, which is not at all new (The Balanced Scorecard. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. Tags: HR Systems Talent Strategy Oracle Plateau Saba SAP successfactors taleo.

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Nobscot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

'There''s an interesting discussion going on over at my new friend Laurie Ruettimann''s Punk Rock HR blog regarding the death (or not!) of HR.It''s interesting that for some reason people evaluate HR based on the performance and job duties of the clerks in the profession. It''s as if people think the role of HR is keeping track of vacation and holiday time or posting rules in the lunchroom.

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The Bamboo Project Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Great post from Sarah Horrigan on a training she did with University staff on using virtual learning environments (VLE's). Apparently there were complaints prior to the session about VLEs being "boring," that Sarah decided to face head on, pointing out that it's not the VLE that's boring. It's what instructors do with it. I asked, 'How many of you put your lecture PowerPoints in the VLE?'.

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45 Things

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, September 14, 2009 4 Ways to Make Meetings Better If you look up the term "necessary evil," youll probably find a photograph of a bunch of people in a meeting. I dont know of anyone who loves meetings, but most everyone will say theyre vital to getting work done.

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