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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Equal Pay and Palin
Ryan Johnson's WorldAtWork blog says that equal pay will get even more play now with the Sarah Palin nomination as VP: click here
And indeed, Barack Obama's first shot at Palin came about because of this: click here
This is not the only issue for Human Resources that's at stake here...
Questions are floating around about whether she was picked because she was a woman and where she should be at this point in her life considering her special needs toddler and her pregnant teenage daughter. Whether you fall on one side of the issue or the other, these are legitimate questions to ponder...and to relate to as a Human Resource professional.
Are there double standards here? Would a male in the same position be examined in the same spotlight? Do you/others do this at your company? And how far do you think the Democrats can go in pursuing this line of thinking? Sexism has been a hot topic of the presidential race from Hillary Clinton to Sarah Palin and the issue is far from going away. This may be a good time to think about if it exists in your own company and how to combat that. And while politics don't always reflect real life, it'll be interesting to hear all the stories that come out in support or against Palin based on personal experiences people have had with this in the workplace.
UPDATE 10:45 AM EST: Politico has caught on and is saying the Senate Democrats are going to force McCain to vote on the issue of equal pay: click here
And indeed, Barack Obama's first shot at Palin came about because of this: click here
This is not the only issue for Human Resources that's at stake here...
Questions are floating around about whether she was picked because she was a woman and where she should be at this point in her life considering her special needs toddler and her pregnant teenage daughter. Whether you fall on one side of the issue or the other, these are legitimate questions to ponder...and to relate to as a Human Resource professional.
Are there double standards here? Would a male in the same position be examined in the same spotlight? Do you/others do this at your company? And how far do you think the Democrats can go in pursuing this line of thinking? Sexism has been a hot topic of the presidential race from Hillary Clinton to Sarah Palin and the issue is far from going away. This may be a good time to think about if it exists in your own company and how to combat that. And while politics don't always reflect real life, it'll be interesting to hear all the stories that come out in support or against Palin based on personal experiences people have had with this in the workplace.
UPDATE 10:45 AM EST: Politico has caught on and is saying the Senate Democrats are going to force McCain to vote on the issue of equal pay: click here
Thursday, August 07, 2008
HR on the South Pole
Seriously...and you thought the weather was bad in New York...: click here
Courtesy of the Boston Globe's Monster.com Hiring Hub HR Center HR Blog...
Courtesy of the Boston Globe's Monster.com Hiring Hub HR Center HR Blog...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Layoff Instructions
With massive layoffs hitting all around the financial world (with Wachovia the latest victim yesterday) and trickling down through the rest of the economy, the Wall Street Journal provided instructions on how to deal with being laid off: click here
From the Six-Figure Learnings blog, the "Worse Than Enron Sweepstakes": click here
And lastly, from the Recruiter Review, a title that has a lot of people getting scared about their jobs and the job market "More Job Losses": click here
The New York Daily News provides some instructions on saving your job when your company is bought out: click here
Next, an old article from HR.com says beware of provisions in stock options because laying someone off may vest them: click hereFrom the Six-Figure Learnings blog, the "Worse Than Enron Sweepstakes": click here
And lastly, from the Recruiter Review, a title that has a lot of people getting scared about their jobs and the job market "More Job Losses": click here
Friday, July 18, 2008
Declining Value of a College Degree
Think that your $160,000 private school degree is setting you light years apart from others? Think again says the Washington Post who say that the value of a college degree is declining: click here
From the RecruitingCenter Blog, an entry stating that all we really have is our reputation: click here
Eccentric Employment is a site worth checking out if you're looking to get away from the boring 9-5 (including taking care of a monkey): click here
Word from TalentSpring that and amazing 39% of employees wanted to quit if their employers blocked Facebook: click here
Lastly, the Recruiter Guy gives a list of 100 Niche Job boards: click here
From the RecruitingCenter Blog, an entry stating that all we really have is our reputation: click here
Eccentric Employment is a site worth checking out if you're looking to get away from the boring 9-5 (including taking care of a monkey): click here
Word from TalentSpring that and amazing 39% of employees wanted to quit if their employers blocked Facebook: click here
Lastly, the Recruiter Guy gives a list of 100 Niche Job boards: click here
Friday, April 25, 2008
Blogroll pt. 3
The last entry of our blogroll has some great blogs for you to check out on the Astron Solutions blog...
First, the Laconic Law Blog has a lot of great legal information for Human Resources Professionals including news on joint employers and FMLA violations: click here
Next, Thinking HR blog has some great information for HR including this one about the IRS raising the Mileage Rate for 2008 (via BLR): click here
Bootstrapper has the top 100 HR Bloggers and we hope to be on this list if they do it again in 2008: click here
Workforce Management's Workforce Blog "The Business of Management" has some great articles including one about rethinking charging workers for smoking: click here
Lastly is Workplace Attitudes who we fixed their link (sorry about that) and provide to you for great information on articles such as why jerks kill creativity: click here
If you have any other suggestions for our blogroll, please let me know...
First, the Laconic Law Blog has a lot of great legal information for Human Resources Professionals including news on joint employers and FMLA violations: click here
Next, Thinking HR blog has some great information for HR including this one about the IRS raising the Mileage Rate for 2008 (via BLR): click here
Bootstrapper has the top 100 HR Bloggers and we hope to be on this list if they do it again in 2008: click here
Workforce Management's Workforce Blog "The Business of Management" has some great articles including one about rethinking charging workers for smoking: click here
Lastly is Workplace Attitudes who we fixed their link (sorry about that) and provide to you for great information on articles such as why jerks kill creativity: click here
If you have any other suggestions for our blogroll, please let me know...
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Blogroll Pt. 2
We're on to part 2 of 3 of reviewing our Blogroll here at Astron Solutions World of HR blog...
We start with Jim Stroud who changed the name of his blog from JimStroud to "The Recruiters Lounge" and has a new look and a new address but the same great information: click here
Also in recruiting is the Recruiting Fly Blog which today gives some diversity resumes and interview advice: click here
We have another WorldAtWork blog here for Ryan Johnson who has a lot of interesting topics including this one about Performance Reviews from a few weeks ago: click here
The HR Capitalist has a lot of interesting topics (Human Resources and not), but this recent one provides a scenario if the author had a few million dollars...they would aggregate references of a candidate: click here
And last on this list is the Industry Radar which has given us a few nice links on their website and has some great HR news on Benefits, Retirement, Health, among other topics: click here
We start with Jim Stroud who changed the name of his blog from JimStroud to "The Recruiters Lounge" and has a new look and a new address but the same great information: click here
Also in recruiting is the Recruiting Fly Blog which today gives some diversity resumes and interview advice: click here
We have another WorldAtWork blog here for Ryan Johnson who has a lot of interesting topics including this one about Performance Reviews from a few weeks ago: click here
The HR Capitalist has a lot of interesting topics (Human Resources and not), but this recent one provides a scenario if the author had a few million dollars...they would aggregate references of a candidate: click here
And last on this list is the Industry Radar which has given us a few nice links on their website and has some great HR news on Benefits, Retirement, Health, among other topics: click here
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Saluting Our Blogroll Pt. 1
It's time to take a look at the fellow bloggers we link to on the right and give you a little idea of what they're writing about...
Blogs for Job hasn't had a post in a while, but shows that employees can be found in odd places (including one who just left a comment): click here
We realized we had an error in the address for Cara Welch's Public Policy Perceptions blog for WorldAtWork so we've relinked to there (click here) and ask you to check out her Earth Day article on Earth Day 2008: click here
Cheezhead talks about a theme we discussed recently and takes you in their latest article beyond Facebook and MySpace recruiting: click here
CollegeRecruiter.com has a great humor article today about 10 ways that the job market resembles Matzah: click here
Which reminds us...Happy Passover!!!
George's Employment Blawg touches on a subject we'll be getting into in a later post...but with the job market how it is, internships are becoming more and more important: click here
HR Web Cafe give you a full menu of articles about everything from spear phishing to bring-your-gun-to-work-day (or permanently): click here
Lastly for today, we go to HR World who asks if male and female owned businesses differ? click here
We'll be back with more tomorrow...enjoy!!!
Blogs for Job hasn't had a post in a while, but shows that employees can be found in odd places (including one who just left a comment): click here
We realized we had an error in the address for Cara Welch's Public Policy Perceptions blog for WorldAtWork so we've relinked to there (click here) and ask you to check out her Earth Day article on Earth Day 2008: click here
Cheezhead talks about a theme we discussed recently and takes you in their latest article beyond Facebook and MySpace recruiting: click here
CollegeRecruiter.com has a great humor article today about 10 ways that the job market resembles Matzah: click here
Which reminds us...Happy Passover!!!
George's Employment Blawg touches on a subject we'll be getting into in a later post...but with the job market how it is, internships are becoming more and more important: click here
HR Web Cafe give you a full menu of articles about everything from spear phishing to bring-your-gun-to-work-day (or permanently): click here
Lastly for today, we go to HR World who asks if male and female owned businesses differ? click here
We'll be back with more tomorrow...enjoy!!!
Monday, April 07, 2008
Doing Some Moving....
....and that's why I've been a bit tardy on the posts...but I'm going to try to keep you updated with everything big in Human Resources....
First, from HR Daily Advisor, an article about how to detect and deal with FMLA fraud: click here
The Washington Post follows up with some advice to be encouraged by boss's attempts to grant vacation requests: click here
Lastly, we have word of another Human Resources blog entering the blogosphere: click here
First, from HR Daily Advisor, an article about how to detect and deal with FMLA fraud: click here
The Washington Post follows up with some advice to be encouraged by boss's attempts to grant vacation requests: click here
Lastly, we have word of another Human Resources blog entering the blogosphere: click here
Monday, March 10, 2008
Adding To Our Blog Family
Passed on to me by Jennifer...and now passing onto you (and will be a permanent fixture over on our blogroll):
WorldatWork announced a new blog designed to help HR professionals and business leaders anticipate and address workplace regulations and legislation. The blog, "Public Policy Perceptions," is written by the association's director of public policy, Cara Welch, Esq., and can be found at http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adim/blogs/cara_welch/html/blog-cw.jsp.
WorldatWork announced a new blog designed to help HR professionals and business leaders anticipate and address workplace regulations and legislation. The blog, "Public Policy Perceptions," is written by the association's director of public policy, Cara Welch, Esq., and can be found at http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adim/blogs/cara_welch/html/blog-cw.jsp.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Calling All HR Blogs for our Blogroll
Always trying to update our Blogroll (listed as Other HR Blogs on the right side of the screen), we would love to accept your Human Resources blog or other suggestions you have for our HR Blogroll. We've tried to add in other blogs as we go but if you give us a shout on on your blog, we'll do the same here at Astron!
Let me know if you have a blog to add to the list...
Let me know if you have a blog to add to the list...
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