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No matter what an employer does, the simple truth is that even the best, most highly valued employees will one day leave your organization. Hopefully, it’ll be at the end of a long and happy career with your company, after having passed on their know-how and experience. But what if it’s not? When skilled or […]
If you haven’t lived in a cave for the past several years, you’ve noticed how many pie-in-the-sky job descriptions have popped up since the financial crisis of 2008. The good news is, the economy has gotten a lot stronger, but many employers continue asking for the moon, to the frustration of perfectly qualified professionals. […]
Our Publisher, Bill Banham recently interviewed Ginine Capozzi, Learning Solutions Consultant / Owner at KnowledgeForce Consulting LLC and one of the organizers of the first ever DisruptHR Buffalo event. Listen to Bill and Ginine as they discuss Ginine’s career background, current role at KnowledgeForce and her hopes for DisruptHR Buffalo. Listen to HRchat Podcast: DisruptHR Buffalo Preview What […]
If you work for a technology company you’ve probably heard the term agile development flowing around your office. You know, those processes and meetings that the ‘techies’ are involved in. In my little tech bubble, I tend to forget that a large percentage of people have never heard of it. Agile development is defined as […]
HR Gazette: Tell us a little bit about yourself; your educational background, where you’re from, walk us through your career up until this point, and what you’re doing in the future. Chris: I started out in Birmingham in the UK. I originally did a sports science degree at Liverpool John Moores University, and I did […]
Research done by Hugh Montgomery, cardiovascular genetics consultant at the University College London, identified nine factors that make a difference to the chance of survival for individuals in life-threatening situations. At the top of the list was genetics, which is considered somewhat outside of our control. However, with the other eight factors that are under […]
Jack Martin is a founder of Buffalo-based J. Fitzgerald Group Marketing Communications and Payback Incentives. Jack is responsible for client services, new business development, and development of the Payback Incentives program, an online incentive and employee recognition tool that provides instant recognition and instant gratification for employees, sales teams and customers. We got a chance to […]
For those of you who’ve just returned from a few years on the Moon, William Tincup is an avid writer, speaker, advisor, consultant, investor, storyteller, and teacher in the HR tech space. We are BIG fans of William and got a chance to meet him at the DisruptHR Cayman event and interviewed him a few weeks later. In this part […]
So many candidates encounter the line: “You will be under probation for the first 90 days of your employment.” But, does the new employee or the employer REALLY know what that means? Let’s start with a little history… The “probationary period” was started as a way for employers to deal with Unions and their rules […]
Everyone thinks that they can be a Manager. Honestly, I think some just want the title and power that comes along with it so badly that they convince themselves they are “management” material and you can’t tell them otherwise. For those that dream about moving into a management position, there is still time to teach […]