by Alan Collins          |     successinhr.Com/job-security-in-hr    When Marissa Mayer    (pictured left)    left Google and joined Yahoo as the new CEO, she did something significant.     Shortly after she took over, she fired the VP of HR, David Windley. Following him out the door was his #2 HR exec, Talent Acquisition Leader Grant Bassett. Why did she do this?    Because she  Full Article…

By Alan Collins | successinhr.Com/horrible-lie-in-hr My eyesight used to be bad. Very bad. I’ve worn glasses since I was eight years old. But that all changed recently. Here’s what happened. A few weeks ago, I took my bi-annual eye exam and my optometrist gave me some distressing news. He told me that I had an  Full Article…

I sat on a panel at a job-search-advice event alongside a career placement person, a professor and a search guy, also known as a third-party recruiter. I have tons of headhunter friends and I may have even dated a recruiter or two somewhere along the way, but my fellow panelist that night was not someone  Full Article…

  By Alan Collins As HR pros, we all make mistakes. Or say the wrong thing at the right time. Or misjudge a situation from time to time. But not everyone in our profession will confess to their screw ups…especially in high stress, corporate environments where others are watching and judging us every day. However,  Full Article…

With the rise of cloud-computing, social media, Big Data and mobile, few corporate departments will start the New Year unchanged. The biggest trends in Human Resources software over the past year will continue to have an impact throughout 2013. When you consider that the 2012 HR Technology Conference had the highest attendance in the 15-year  Full Article…

The economic slowdown, which began in 2008, is yet to leave its gloomy retreat from the world By Pramath Nath India’s growth story has drastically slowed down due to the cascading effect of the slow global economy. Organisations are suffering, employees are confused and HR – the profession – has been unofficially assigned the unenviable  Full Article…

What changes will the workplace undergo this coming year? Here are three major trends you can expect to see in the workplace in 2013: Flextime and telecommuting will continue to grow. Flextime and telecommuting have been found to have positive effects on everything from retention to employee health, so it’s no surprise that both will  Full Article…

While the cloud, social, mobile and big data have all affected HR software in the past year, perhaps the most significant among 2012′s HR technology trends was simply the rise in interest. Considering that the 2012 HR Technology Conference was the most heavily attended in the event’s 15-year history, it’s evident that HR managers want  Full Article…

The coming year promises to be one of change when it comes to the way businesses take care of the HR and payroll needs. Past years have seen a great deal of diversity, even within a single company, in how these things are handled. Not all these trends are going to be simple measures for  Full Article…

by Alan Collins – http://successinhr.com/kick-butt-hr-career-goals It’s that time again. We’re only a few weeks away from 2013. Now is the time to begin thinking about what you want to accomplish in the New Year. Yes, right now. But you shouldn’t just make any old kind of flimsy commitments. Now’s the time to begin thinking about  Full Article…

HR departments are often maligned as glorified paper pushers, but a good human resource manager is an invaluable resource, advising you on your people, management techniques, hiring and developing programs that will help you succeed. What–you say your HR manager isn’t doing that? Then it may be the time to show him, or her, the  Full Article…

BUSINESS NAME} {ADDRESS} {CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE} Phone: {NUMBER} Fax: {NUMBER} {EMAIL} {DATE} {PROSEPCTIVE EMPLOYER NAME} {ADDRESS} {CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE} Re: Reference Letter for {FORMER EMPLOYEE NAME} Dear {PROSPOECTIVE EMPLOYER NAME} Our records indicate that {FORMER EMPLOYEE NAME} was employed by {BUSINESS NAME} in the position of {POSITION} from {DATE} to {DATE}. At the  Full Article…

POLICY: Employee Work Rules POLICY #: [Insert Number] EFFECTIVE DATE: [Insert Date] PERTAINS TO: All Employees [Company Name] does not tolerate unacceptable behavior. The following list of behaviors is unacceptable, however this is merely a sample list. Any employee found engaging in any unacceptable behavior will be subject to disciplinary action (whether or not the  Full Article…

Employee Self Review Name of Employee: ____________________________________________________ Date: _________________________ Describe the goals you had set out to accomplish for this time period. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Which goals did you accomplish? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Which goals did you not accomplish, and why not? _______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ What other objectives did you meet, beyond your stated goals?  Full Article…

POLICY – Telecommuting POLICY NUMBER – [Insert Number] EFFECTIVE DATE – [Insert Date] PERTAINS TO – All Regular Full Time Employees The company is committed to being flexible to the personal circumstances and preferences of their employees.Telecommuting schedules must be arranged with the employee´s immediate supervisor. Approval for these schedules is at the discretion of  Full Article…

POLICY: Personal Leave of Absence POLICY #: [Insert Number] EFFECTIVE DATE: [Insert Date] PERTAINS TO: All Employees/Full-time employees [choose one] [Company Name] understands that occasionally, situations may arise in which an employee needs to take time of for personal matters. Accordingly, we allow our employees to take a personal leave of absence, provided that certain  Full Article…

When you are searching for a candidate for an open position within your company, what is the first approach that comes to mind for your search? Classifieds in your local paper? Your local temp agency? Well, what if you could easily reach out to thousands of potential employees without doing much at all, or spending  Full Article…