Weekly Top HR News Articles

Weekly Top HR News Articles – Week of May 14th Roundup

May 18, 2012
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Malcolm Johnston has a fun interview with Rypple founder, Daniel Debow, who sold Rypple for $65 million to Salesforce. Prior to that, Daniel sold his previous company, Workbrain, for $227 million. In the interview, Daniel shares that he thinks voice recognition is the next big trend and what was one thing he bought after he [...]

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Weekly Top HR News Articles – Week of April 22nd Roundup

April 27, 2012
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Touching video by Sylvia Ann Hewlett revealing how she lost her bid at tenure and how she lost her seventh month-old babies at the same time. And how after 10 years, she’s finally regained her earning power and is now the founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy. I found this very inspiring because [...]

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Weekly Top HR News Articles – Week of April 15th Roundup

April 21, 2012
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You’re ALL Fired! Even Donald Trump would have trouble firing all 1,300 employees of British insurance company, Aviva. Chris Matyszczyk shares how Aviva meant to only fire one person, but instead everyone received an email that they were terminated. Maybe if they took a more humane 1-on-1 approach, they could have avoided this HR epic fail. Lindsay [...]

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Weekly Top HR News Articles – Week of April 1st Roundup

March 31, 2012
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Over a billion people held their breaths as they watched the Chilean miner rescue odyssey in 2010. All 33 miners were rescued after being trapped for two and a half months 2,000 feet below ground. Untold stories of the men, companies, and cooperation behind-the-scenes. Adobe planning to eliminate performance reviews. “We plan to abolish the performance [...]

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Weekly Top HR News Articles – Week of March 25 Roundup

March 24, 2012
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The Starr Conspiracy just announced a HR vertical ad network aptly called The HR Blogger Network. Sites that are part of the network include Charlie Judy, Laurie Ruettimann, and Steve Boese to name a few. Bret Starr, founder of The Starr Conspiracy, states, “There are over 1 million HR professionals in the United States, and traditional [...]

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Weekly Top HR News Articles – Week of March 18 Roundup

March 17, 2012
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Talks about a friend who’s paid to watch porn. After awhile, it all looks the same. So how can a job applicant get their resume to sparkle? Fun read from Forbes on the most outrageous job interview mistakes. I’m sure we’ve all made a couple and witnessed our fair share. Six weeks after Salesforce acquired Rypple (for [...]

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