Make Summer Internships Work

How to Make Summer Internships Work

Summer internships can be of great benefit to both students and organizations, but only when managed properly.

Make Workforce Analytics Work.

It's Time to Make Workforce Analytics Work: Here's How

Workforce analytics must play a bigger role in HR and people management. Companies now want comprehensive data to show how HR practices and talent decisions align with business objectives. The HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®) and its community of experts, which constantly keeps tabs on emerging HR and talent management trends, has identified workforce analytics as swiftly rise in importance as an essential competency.

Become a Self-Regulated Learner

Become a Self-Regulated Learner

HR professionals can embrace the habits of a self-regulated learner and pave the way for others at work to do the same. Here’s how.

AI and Future of HR

The Future of HR, Big on Artificial Intelligence

It seems counterintuitive to discuss artificial intelligence and human resources in the same conversation. After all, how could any organization have an HR staff without . . . humans?

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HRCI Challenges All Professionals to Power Up Their People Skills

Self-paced, on-demand e-learning is now available from HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). Today, the organization announced HRCI upSkill, a revolutionary new way for HR and non-HR professionals to learn about essential people management practices. Each HRCI upSkill will include an assessment component, giving professionals a way to be recognized for mastery of a specific people management topic.

Rising Demand for HRCI® Credentials

Demand on the Rise for HRCI Credentials

Demand for HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®) credentials is on the rise, including a significant year-over-year increase in applications for HR-professional (i.e., PHR® and SPHR®) and non-HR certifications (i.e., aPHR™) from HRCI.

Late-Night Emails From Boss.

Should Late-Night Emails from the Boss Be Banned?

Admit it. You’ve responded to texts from your boss while at the dinner table. You’ve fired off email responses while watching your son’s baseball practice. The hard separation between work and home life is no longer a thing at many organizations.

Agile HR Transforms People Management

Agile HR Likely to Transform How We Manage People and Work

Agile methodology, a project management innovation of software companies to more quickly update and move tech products and services to market, is making its way into the business mainstream, including the adoption of agile practices by HR departments.

Talent Acquisition and Brand

Talent Acquisition Starts With an Excellent Talent Brand

To attract top job candidates, it’s essential that your organization put as much emphasis on talent brand as consumer brand. That means recruiters, HR and hiring managers need to think more like marketers.

Bracket Pools at Work?

Workplace Hoopla: Should Employers Look the Other Way During March Madness?

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is upon us and employers are again faced with the question of whether to allow workers to take part in bracket pools.

Firearms at Work

Firearms at Work: Good Precaution or Bad Policy?

There’s no question that employers want to keep their workers safe, but what does that mean when it comes to allowing guns at the office?

HR Policies for Snow Days

Snow Days Require Clear HR Policies and Expectations

“Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!” While a classic refrain of a wintertime classic about how cold weather can warm our hearts, snow and icy weather, for human resource managers, can also mean lost business productivity and employee confusion about expectations to show up for work.

HR and Sexual Harassment Myths

HR and the Weinstein Effect: Exploring Sexual Harassment Myths

The list of sexual harassment allegations continues to grow. The “Me Too” campaign has helped numerous women and men break silence and speak about their own experiences with sexual harassment, some for the very first time since their victimization

HR Professionals as Credible Activists

What's Next? 2018 Disruptions in HR

HR Leads Business recently caught up with human resource management guru Dave Ulrich to define the disruptions that will transform HR practices in 2018. Ulrich, a Professor of Business at the University of Michigan and Partner of The RBL Group, believes there are eight disruptions that will continue to reshape HR.

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How HR Can Combat Sexual Harassment and Bullying at Work

Sexual harassment in the workplace is making the news again. The latest allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and others have created a "watershed moment." Over a million voices have shared Twitter posts with #MeToo as victims of workplace sexual harassment or abuse.