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• Asking Friends To Help You Get a Job – Ask HR Bartender

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  We all know that networking is important. And we’re supposed to give, give and give some more in our professional relationships. But what happens when we need something? Like we need one of our connections to help us land a job. That’s what this reader wants to know.

  Hi Sharlyn. I [...]

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• Conflict of Interest In Human Resources – Ask HR Bartender

  Today’s reader question touches on a complicated subject – conflict of interest.

  I’m an office manager and have been with the company over 10 years. The company president’s daughter applied for the HR position that has recently became open. Is this a conflict of interest?

  FYI, [...]

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• Telling Employees What the Policy Says Isn’t Training

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  By definition, training is the act of teaching a person a particular skill or behavior. Typically for employees to use in their current role or job. It’s different from development, which is teaching someone a skill or behavior usually for a future job.

  But it’s [...]

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• Telling Employees What the Policy Says Isn’t Training

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  By definition, training is the act of teaching a person a particular skill or behavior. Typically for employees to use in their current role or job. It’s different from development, which is teaching someone a skill or behavior usually for a future job.

  But it’s [...]

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• The Next Generation of Workplace Thinking

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  A friend of mine in the recruiting profession called me about a job opening he was working on. No, not to recruit me but to see if I knew anyone who would be a good fit for the job. As we were chatting, he said something that stuck with me.

  He [...]

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• Know When To Automate – Friday Distraction

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  We all don’t have to be early adopters. We do need to know when it’s time to jump on the bandwagon.

  It reminds me of this conversation I keep having with myself about cloud computing. Now that the latest version of Office 365 has launched, I’m thinking…it’s time to take the [...]

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• HOW TO: Have a Performance Conversation With An Employee

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  (Editor’s Note: h/t to Bose Ogundiyun, PHR for the idea of this post.)

  You’ve got an employee who isn’t contributing their fair share. You know you need to address it. The rest of the team can tell this employee is a poor performer. If you [...]

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• What To Do If You’re Stuck In a Dead End Job – Ask HR Bartender

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  I recently answered a reader question about using certification to advance a person’s career. You can check it out here. In the reader’s note, there was a sentence that stood out to me:

  My first ‘real’ job after college gave me some good exposure [...]

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• Creating Work-Life Balance With Our Technology [Friday Distraction]

  (Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Kronos, the global leader in cloud-based workforce management solutions. Kronos’ new Workforce Tablet app helps managers stay productive with their scheduling and staffing responsibilities. It’s a cool app – check it [...]

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• Will People Relocate For Employment

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  This article from NBC News caught my eye – Your job prospects depend on where you’re looking. The article points out that there are several states with very high unemployment. For example, California is at 9.6% – almost 2 percentage points above' [...]

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