One of the strange things about The No Asshole Rule that took me at least a year after public to understand well is that -- although I believe the content is worth reading (after all, I took a long time...

Human Capital is a key element of strategy-implementation; provisioning it is an important HR function, HR-Analytics and assessment processes should be available to audit current employees and new recruits. Line-managers are responsible ...

Guru is frankly tired of the seemingly weekly studies that prove that red wine/coffee/white wine/beer (delete as appropriate) is bad/good (delete as appropriate) for you, but latest research on booze from Korea was actually more eye catching than usual.

Boffins at Chungnam National University have discovered that infusing alcohol with oxygen allows drinkers to sober up more quickly.

Writing in the journal Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research, Professor Kwang-il Kwon, said: "The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage reduces plasma alcohol concentrations faster than a normal dissolved-oxygen alcohol beverage does.

"This could provide both clinical and real-life significance. The oxygen-enriched alcohol beverage would allow individuals to become sober faster, and reduce

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Some of you may not know this but young boys at the turn of the last century wore short pants most of the time. Even in winter they wore short pants but they were called “knickers.” It was a big deal to get long pants. My grandfather’s family was Catholic and you got your long pants when you were Confirmed (around 13.) Having long pants meant you were grown up. You were a “man.” The...

Combining the quirky culture of St.George Bank with the corporate culture of Westpac was a challenging task for the merging banks. Sarah O’Carroll goes behind the scenes of the biggest merger in Australian history to determine some of the HR lessons one year on

Workforce diversity must go farther than just hiring and promoting women, writes Angela Priestley

Banishing bullying from the workplace can save a company thousands in workers’ compensation claims. John Stanton provides tips for HR to safeguard their company against bullying claims

Freehills has rejected claims that former lawyer Nicole Stransky suffered age discrimination and bullying during her two-year stint at the firm from 2006.

Today’s post covers a variety of topics to help you in your job search. Before getting started, though, a word of hope. We know you keep hearing about all the jobs lost and the high unemployment rate. What you don’t hear about is that businesses of all kinds are still hiring. Even in the slowest [...]

A reader writes:

I had an interview Friday before last and was rejected the following Monday. I was exceedingly disappointed as I was really excited about the job, helping youths find work. Then last Sunday I was reading your blog and you suggested e-mailing to follow up on the rejection and ask what I could do to make myself a stronger candidate. I did that at 1:30 am right after I read your advice. The next day I got a call and they offered me the position I had interviewed for!! I believe I would not have gotten this job if I hadn't followed your advice. Thank you so much.

That. is. awesome.

Seriously. Congratulations!

(Please send me a percentage of your first year's pay.) ...

The one common theme that we face in modern business is the necessity for change. It’s painful. It’s emotional. It sucks. The reality of a situation we no longer can control often leads us to do foolish things in a desperate attempt to clutch to the status quo. We revolt, we resist, and we pay [...]

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In the comments on a recent post about blogging with your name attached to it, Andrew asks:

How would you feel, as a manager, if one of your employees kept a blog? I feel like you may be on the progressive side of the spectrum, so I'll follow up with: how do you think MOST managers feel about this issue? Is it an issue people should legitimately be worried about?

I think it totally depends -- mainly on what your blog is like, but also on your company and your manager.

For instance, I once learned that an employee was writing a blog that contained fairly extreme political positions. He was working on a state political campaign for us at the time. The blog had to go -- had it been discovered, it would have reflected on our campaign, ...

Hiring Trend #1: Contract workers and contingent workforce hiring. No surprise here – companies are stepping gingerly on the hiring train and prefer to hire contractors first. Be open to a contract position and prove your mettle. ...

The XpertHR employment law manual has been updated to reflect the coming into force of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/493), which make it unlawful to blacklist a person on the grounds of his or her current or past trade union membership or activities.

Content recommendation for years has been a startup graveyard. Sure, a few companies like Sphere/Surphace and StumbleUpon have been able to get out - but the number of folks who have tried to solve this is vast.

Studies show women make less money than men do. So, take control of your career. I'll tell you how over at BNET.

John Nese really has it figured out. He is the owner of Galco’s Soda Pop Stop and stays true to his mission and his brand – to offer truly unique beverages, many of which would be very difficult to find anywhere else. As you watch this video, you’ll notice the passion he has for his [...]

HP unveils lighter laptops Financial Times PeopleSoft pioneered software for human capital management, which today goes by the trendier name of talent management. Now part of Oracle, a new Peoplesoft ...

Global Workers feel pressured to check smart phones while driving: survey Vancouver Sun OTTAWA -- Despite the fact that it is illegal in much of Canada , workers are still checking ... More Than Half of Workers Admit to Checking Their Smart Phones While Driving ... PR Newswire (press release) all 28 news articles »

Budget conscious CEOs can't always justify investment in employee training... and for good reason. Studies show that only 15 percent of training achieves sustained behavior change. But there's hope. When managers focus on follow-up, training pays.

Praise for Business Intelligence Success Factors: Tools for Aligning your business in the Global Economy Olivia Parr Rud does a remarkable job of weaving together many topics in a strategic way. As 'quants,' we're fascinated with data ...

I decided I should sign up with Twitter. I, of course, wanted to be Evil HR Lady over there as well, but someone has already take then name.

Fair enough, there are plenty evil HR ladies in the world. But, this particular person hasn't posted any "tweets" so I'm guessing she's not too dedicated to the whole idea. I can't figure out how to contact the person and beg for the name. (I might even be convinced to send genuine Swiss chocolate in exchange for the name.)

Any suggestions? Or is it you? Leave a comment or send me an e-mail at evilhrlady@gmail.com

Lexy Martin tweeted a link a few months back around using the term “leading practices” and banishing the term “best practices” from our vocabularies.  I’ve been trying to use the words leading practices for about 4 years now, although I admit I comply irregularly.  I first learned it from a consulting partner whose name I [...]

For the past 10 years, I’ve been an IT Program Manager at a Fortune 100 company. In my last annual performance appraisal, in March 2009, my manager gave me the top performance rating and advised me that I was the only person in our group to receive that rating. He said he would probably recommend something in the 3-4 percent range. Then, a week later, my company froze salaries and recognition programs for all employees.

A year later, the company has announced that salary planning will resume and that any actions will take place in April 2010. I fully expect to be given the same performance appraisal as I was in March 2009. I have researched salaries and believe I should receive a 6 percent increase but would accept a 4 percent raise. How do I approach my boss about this?

Hop over to BNET and find out why you are ...

I've made some changes recently. First, I have a new new e-mail address. It's EvilHRLady@gmail.com now.

Second, I feel a bit like Dobby, the house elf. You see, I'll be wanting paying for my work now. (Plus, my socks don't always match.) As such, I'm now on the BNET.Com career site. And they give me actual money. Weird, I know.

I promise not to have sold out, although if you start noticing me making references to how much I love CBS television shows, you should call me on it. CBS may be the parent company for BNET, but I'm still in Switzerland and, therefore, don't have CBS. And if I did, it would be in German, which just loses something. Although, I do have to say, the Simpsons are just as funny in German, if not more so. But, that's not a CBS show, so I think I'm not too ...