According to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, 99.7% of businesses have fewer than 500 workers and employ 46.8% of private sector employees. Small businesses accounted for 61.8% of net new jobs from the first quarter of 1993 until the third quarter of 2016. So small businesses make up a large part of the employment …
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This is the point where everyone is putting out "what did I learn at SHRM" blog posts. But not this year. COVID has seen to that. But even if we can't meet in person, we are doing what we can to continue to meet virtually. It's not the same, by any stretch, and even the …
This may seem an odd time to talk about Employee Perks -- after all don't we have more important things to worry about than those little extra things we share with our employees? Perks can be more than just donuts in the break room or tickets to a Dave Matthews concert. The perks you share …
I am always up for a good Twitter Chat! So when my friend Wendy Kelly put out that she wanted to lead a chat on racism & microaggressions, I knew I wanted to help. It’s not easy to lead a chat and I wanted this one to be successful. https://twitter.com/wendymshrmphr/status/1266044214007271425?s=21 Please join us 6/2 at …
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Even thought we try to keep things light on the #HRSocialHour chats, sometimes, we do dig a little deeper. As it's #MentalHealthAwareness month and we are still in the middle of a crisis, this felt like the right time to talk about mental health in the work place. It was a great conversation, it was …
As May is designated as Mental Health Awareness month, Jon & I want to find ways to recognize the month. Last year, we hosted Andrew Morton on the podcast, who shared his story. This year, we are thrilled to welcome Greg Buck and decided to have a chat about it. As we talk about on …
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Last summer, I was thrilled to receive notice that my #HRWonderWomen submission for Work Human Live 2020 had been accepted. Anne Tomkinson & I had submitted the idea to have a live panel discussion where we would talk with women of color and record it to share as a podcast. Anne and I had just …
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As we move into week 127 of the pandemic, we come up on the most popular eat out day in the US: Mother's Day. But brunch this year will likely be take out or make at home for most of us (and truth be told, I haven't quite figured out what we are going to …
#COVID19 has changed the world of work, for better or worse is yet to be decided. More people are working from home, working different shifts, rotating days. It's been challenging for all of us to make these adjustments, especially after spending many years saying it just couldn't be done. It departments are scrambling to ensure …
Continue reading The Changed World of Work #HRSocialHour Chat 4/12 7 pm ET
This is definitely a new era we are living in. Many of us have been through emergency situations - either brought about by weather or financial situations. Very few of us have been through a situation that is affecting the entire world at the same time, at the same level of intensity. It's a scary …
Continue reading Be Prepared! An #HRSocialHour Chat about Emergency Preparedness
