From the monthly archives: February 2011
This is the second post in the blog series: From the Mind of a Millennial. This one was written by my 20 year old daughter Kelley. She is a Junior at Clemson University. “So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” People have asked me some form of that question no less than [...]
Did you ever have an epiphany? I mean a big one. Where something deep from your childhood resurfaces and you discover a truth? Here is my story: Most people I know have pets. Some are cat people – but mostly dog people. We are Big dog people. Robin and I have been married 22 years [...]
Did you ever listen to a new song and think to yourself, “man that kind of sounds familiar.” When I was young KC and The Sunshine Band were popular and it seemed everyone of their songs were pretty much the same, just different lyrics (Get Down Tonight, Shake Your Booty, right?). Music is an amazing [...]
There is one phenomena in the HR Technology space that never ceases to amaze me. It’s called the Axe Murderer’s Mother Syndrome. I learned of this behavior almost 20 years ago when I was getting involved in my first vendor selection project for an Applicant Tracking System (ATS). There were not many choices back then, [...]
In an effort to avoid becoming an ordinary adoxographer, over the last few months I have been writing about the Talent Management Technology vendors. My goal has been to put together the comprehensive mega list that includes all solutions, but with some intelligence. The list that I had put together on this blog was getting [...]
It’s Monday morning and a holiday for many. My kids are off school and sleeping in. Yet still I am up writing this blog because I have been afflicted with an acute case of Blogger Syndrome. I have been writing every day since the beginning of December and have committed to go for a year. I [...]
It’s Friday and time for something off the wall. This little parable explaining our tax code has circulated the internet periodically, and I find it humorous. The authorship has been attributed to a few different professors, but it is really unknown. Now I am not trying to get all ultracrepidarian on you, but I do [...]
Over the last two weeks I wrote about the origins of the RPO industry and the people who drove the early evolution. Enough with the history, let’s talk about where this is all going. While the RPO industry has been growing, the corporate recruiting functions have also been steadily improving. Within the last year during [...]
When I was just out of college and starting my new career in Personnel one of my jobs entailed answering random employee questions. One of the most frequently asked question was “how much sick leave do I have left,” or how much vacation. From there the conversation would turn to figuring out what the amounts [...]
This is the next installment of he comprehensive Mega List of Talent Management Technology Vendors (Find the new consolidated directory here). Today’s focus will be on Workforce Planning. This is still a relatively small group (6 vendors), but I think it is the most important. When the Talent Management movement began over Ten years ago, I [...]
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
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