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It's hard to believe that Santa will hopefully be making his way to my parents' house in a few short hours. I've tried to be a ...

This morning on the radio I heard about a new study out of Britain. According to the research, someone who listens to their iPod or other m...

Learning vacations are one of the hottest trends in time off. Instead of sitting poolside for a week, participants in learning vacations tr...

Last night I watched CSI: Miami . During the show, a tease came on for the 11 PM news. One of their lead stories was people getting plasti...

I was watching the ABC World News last night, and of course the upcoming Presidential election was one of the main stories. The candidates...

On today's Q104.3 morning program, show hosts Jim Kerr and Shelli Sonstein discussed an article in Men’s Health magazine regarding wome...

The August 2008 issue of Continental magazine featured an article called “Chutes and Ladders.” The author, Dayton Fandray, asserts that emp...

Some say that good things come in small packages...but not all small packages are good things... Take for example this beer from Heartland B...

Yesterday I Twittered for the first time. Actually, five times. No, it’s not as risqué as it sounds. For those unfamiliar with the process...

Before I dive into today’s blog post, I apologize to the readers of my column. August was quite the month – I was on the road for most of i...

In somewhat uncharacteristic fashion for me, today I’m writing about something not related to HR at all. Last night’s newscast brought some...

I’ll admit it. The legislative aspects of HR aren’t my favorite. But sometimes, we can’t ignore actions in our nation’s capital. In the l...

Listen to the news today, and you’ll undoubtedly become very nervous and / or depressed after just a few minutes. Based on the reports, it ...

I’ve heard of Road Rage and ‘Roid Rage. Today I learned about “Desk Rage.” Desk Rage happens when employees are short-tempered, insulting t...

We couldn’t keep the good news from you... Today’s mail delivery brought us a wonderful surprise. Amid the bills and flyers was notificatio...

On a recent flight to Chicago, I read Continental Airline’s in-flight magazine (www.continental.com/magazine). The magazine had an ad for a...

What a week it’s been! I’m back from the SHRM conference in Chicago. It was, as expected, a great time. The conference hosted over 14,000...

Late Monday night, New York Mets fired their Manager Willie Randolph. While this news is not entirely surprising – the rumors had been flyi...

According to a recent Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey, U.S. companies have more than doubled their gas-cost related effo...

Way back in February, Jennifer wrote a "What I'm Hearing" post on Direct Deposit: click here Jennifer's conundrum dealt wi...