Employees Dish on Benefits Communication

Although most employees (77.6 percent) think it’s at least “somewhat important” for their employers to provide a wellness program, nearly one in five workers can’t say for sure if their company even has one.
 

Employer’s Guide to the Holidays

Topics: Discrimination, Employment Law, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, by Heather Bussing
No matter how the financial year went, be sure to acknowledge the effort of the people who worked hard and cared
 

HRExaminer v4.45

Topics: HRExaminer, John Sumser, Weekly, by John Sumser
Our feature this week is HR Examiner’s special series on the Five Threads of Technology. We’re publishing this early edition of The HR Examiner due to the Thanksgiving Holiday in the States.
 

HRExaminer v4.44

In our feature this week Jeff Dickey-Chasins aka “The Job Board Doctor” reveals What Job Seekers Really Do Online. Doug Shaw joins our Editorial Advisory Board with, Where is the Soul? Heather Bussing reviews The Circle, a new book by Dave Eggers, William Tincup sizes up The Legacy of Arrogance, and John Sumser interviews Allen R. Sockwell on HRExaminer Radio.
 

What job seekers really do online?

But as a data-driven marketer, I have been surprised too many times by ‘real data’ to trust anecdotal evidence. I want data – and lots of it.
 

Where is the Soul?

“When did it become OK to check your heart and soul in with security on arrival at work? I don’t think I got that memo.”
 

The Circle: Transparency as Prison

Topics: Big Data, Book Review, Futures, Heather Bussing, HRExaminer, Privacy, by Heather Bussing
Heather Bussing reviews the new book The Circle by Dave Eggers, a fictional tale about transparency gone wrong.
 

HRExaminer v4.43

Has your organization joined the Cult of Busy? In this week’s feature article Legal Editor Heather Bussing takes issue with innovation for innovation’s sake. ‘Stop the Innovation!’ might be the call for sanity you’ve been searching for in your organization.
 

Five Threads VI: Conclusion

Topics: HR Technology, HR Trends, HRExaminer, John Sumser, by John Sumser
We’ve been plowing through the five threads that will shape HR and HR Technology and now it’s time for the conclusion of our six-part series.
 

Five Threads V: Human Augmentation

When the advance of human augmentation reaches a certain point, we’re going to have to start figuring out the new work and how to pay people whose work is mostly done by machine.