This is a topic near and dear to me, especially right now. Recruiting is a huge challenge in South Dakota -- Sioux Falls has more than twice as many jobs as people looking for work. While there are pockets of higher unemployment, we are not seeing the trends that we hear about, namely the whine …
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Well, dear readers, I hope none of you have been looking for anything profound coming from my blog lately! It's been a wild year and I haven't really had much to write about. Hopefully that will change in the near future, but rest assured, you will ALWAYS get the updates on the #HRSocialHour Twitter Chat! …
We've seen a lot of changes to employment law over the past year -- some temporary changes to help companies manage the pandemic and some permanent changes. The change from a Republican to Democratic presidential administration means changes to who is sitting on the NLRB, changes to presidential executive orders, and many other "behind the …
Huge shout out to Paul LaLonde for this awesome idea for a #TwitterChat. It's a bit outside our normal topics, but that's what make our chat awesome! Be sure to join us 6/13 at 6 pm CT to enjoy some thought provoking conversation! Philosophy sometimes has a bad rap. It’s boring, impractical, and only for …
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We are now moving to life with Corona Virus - because let's be real, Covid is here to stay, we now live in its world. I know we don't like to say "new normal" but that's really what life is about, figuring out to adjust to all of the changes life brings. It just so …
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We are so excited to share that we are partnered with People Element for May 2020. As we look to enter into our "new normal" (yes, I know we all hate that phrase, but it's much better than those that want to "return" - where we were wasn't very good y'all and you know it.) …
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Compensation is one of those areas of HR that I haven't spent a lot of time in, outside of knowing just enough to make job offers! I've never been apart of conversations around compensation strategy or, even without a strategy, what my company has used to benchmark the market and decide which positions should be …
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We are so excited to welcome Claire Petrie to help co-host this week's chat! Claire has a great passion for helping emerging professionals in HR and this chat will provide some great insight for those professionals. I hope you will join us on Sunday (4/11) 6 pm CT on Twitter to share your thoughts and …
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As someone who has been called a "job hopper" more than once, I find it very interesting that there is now data to show that people change careers up to 7 times in their lifetime -- heck, Barbie has had over 200 different careers in her lifetime! So I was excited when Tom Daniels wanted …
When Maggie was about 3, she saw a Disney special where Donald's nephews wished for Christmas every day. We watched it, a LOT (as you do with 3 year olds). I can remember her chanting "Twismas evey-day!" in her little toddler voice. In the story, the nephews got tired of celebrating Christmas every day and …
My Dailey Journey 