Your HR Career

How to get your ‘e-Portfolio’ ready for Google

04/01/2008

Whether or not you’re actively job hunting, it pays to ratchet up your professional image outside your office. (After all, you never know who might google your name.) For that, the e-portfolio can be your most powerful tool …

How to recession-proof your job

03/11/2008

With the unemployment rate at a two-year high and the housing market in a slump, “recession” is the word on everyone’s lips. Consider these tips, both professional and personal, for protecting your career and your finances.

The HR I.Q. Test: March ’08

03/01/2008

Test your knowledge of recent trends in employment law, comp & benefits and other HR issues with our monthly mini-quiz …

Communication Corner: March ’08

03/01/2008

A collection of tips, advice and insight to help HR professionals ratchet up their persuasive powers …

If Presidential Candidates’ Pay Reflected Work Force Realities…

02/26/2008

As U.S. senators, front-running presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama each earn $169,300 per year. But what if pay rates in the Senate reflected demographic realities of the modern American work force? Then Clinton would make $130,361 a year, while Obama would earn $125,282.

10 Tips for Women With an Itch to Lead

02/19/2008

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The HR I.Q. Test: February ’08

02/01/2008

Test your knowledge of recent trends in employment law, comp & benefits and other HR issues with our monthly mini-quiz.

6 Best-Practice Tips From America’s Top HR Departments

02/01/2008

Even if your HR department has only two or three employees, it can still incorporate some of the best approaches to HR management used in the country’s top HR departments. “You don’t have to be well-funded to focus on what’s good for your employees or the right thing for your business,” says Charles Tharp, co-director of the HR management department at Rutgers University …

Control your time in 2008; don’t let it control you

01/01/2008

Resolve to make 2008 the year you successfully manage your schedule. Here are five tips from time management expert Patricia Hutchings: 1. Start by keeping a time log …

8 ways to kill HR credibility … and tips to avoid them

12/01/2007

Lose your credibility and you lose your career. Credibility is the most important predictor of an HR professional’s effectiveness, according to the 2007 Human Resource Competency Study (HRCS) by The RBL Group leadership firm. Here are eight key ways to diminish or destroy your credibility …