HRExaminer v5.26

Feature: In, What the Hobby Lobby Case Means, Heather Bussing explains how it’s possible that the Hobby Lobby decision may increase the freedoms that the companies involved sought to restrict. John Sumser will help you Find the Thread in HR Technology. Dr. Todd Dewett talks about a new kind of HR in, 3 Types of HR Professionals. Doug Shaw encourages you to stop leaving your heart and soul at the front desk when you arrive for work in, Butterfly Mind. John Sumser wraps up our weekly issue with 5–links on How it Works and his interview of CollegeRecruiter.com founder Steven Rothberg on HR Examiner Radio. Enjoy!
 

What the Hobby Lobby Case Means

It is possible that this decision will increase the freedoms that the companies involved sought to restrict by demanding their own religious freedom. Freedom is tricky that way. -Heather Bussing Photo: “All the contraceptive pills are gone…” by Surija ‘Sray’ is licensed under CC BY 2.0
 

3 Types of HR Professionals

“…commit yourself to building an HR team that spends more time with non-HR employees than HR employees.” -Dr. Todd Dewett
 

HRExaminer v5.25

In this week’s feature John Sumser has a retrospective on the job boards and ATS markets in, Looking Back at Recruiting. No matter your gender, Heather Bussing will make you think about the balance of power in today’s organizations and how we are going about changing it in, No Grit. I bet you’ve always wanted to know what Her Majesty’s Royal Postal Service has to do with Talent Management. Colin Kingsbury has you covered in his article, Talent Management, Bureaucracy – and Cats?. John Sumser wraps up our weekly issue with 5–links on Resources you’ll want to bookmark and his interview of Dr. Janice Presser on HR Examiner Radio. Enjoy!
 

Humans of Work: Dwane Lay

What is most important to you about your work? Heather Bussing asks Dwane Lay in Humans of Work.
 

Talent Management, Bureaucracy–and Cats?

HR professionals often compare their job to herding cats, but if you worked for Her Majesty’s postal service a few decades ago, you might have meant it quite literally.
 

HRExaminer v5.24

We’re focused on Diversity this week with two new articles from Heather Bussing. In, Diversity: Get Off My Lawn, Heather discusses the Us vs. Them thinking that derails most efforts to achieve greater understanding and appreciation of our differences. In, Diversity: Voices of Discrimination, Heather curates a thoughtful selection of stories from people across all walks of life, experiencing all kinds of discrimination.

Susan LaMotte is back to talk about HR’s increasingly importantly role in Big Data in, If You Think Big Data is All Numbers, Think Again. Heather Bussing continues her Humans of Work photo series with China Gorman. On HR Examiner Radio this week John Sumser speaks with Dwaine Maltais, EVP and GM of Technomedia. Enjoy!
 

Diversity: Get Off My Lawn

Over and over we set up the same dichotomy of Us v. Them. Pick your group, pick your label. Everyone else is excluded because they don’t know, don’t understand and have never been there.
 

Humans of Work: China Gorman

How does China Gorman respond to Heather Bussing’s question: What is the best thing you’ve ever done at work?
 

If You Think Big Data is All Numbers, Think Again

The big data conversation is not only getting louder, HR’s role is the center of the discussion.