I just finished The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone. The book chronicles the author’s experience with loneliness but also weaves in stories of art, AIDS, masculinity, feminism, sexual deviance, and the emergence of technology as a mechanism to overcome social isolation. Yeah, totally uplifting. But it was so superbly written that…
Being a small business owner is something else. I’m having a weird week, culminating in a meeting that never should have happened. Here’s the story. A company reached out to me because it thought I could offer some help with an organic marketing plan, which means free advice. I’m in a weird spot. As a…
Hold the phone. You know it’s the 90s when we’re discussing politics and sexual harassment. I received a barrage of email from disaffected readers who are aggrieved by yesterday’s article on human resources, sexual harassment, and Fox News. Aggrieved! The emails fall into one of two categories. My advice was horrible. Chicks lie. Let’s take…
I’m not surprised by anything, anymore, but I am shocked by the number of women who have been allegedly harassed by Roger Ailes and other members of the Fox News executive team. Dozens have come forward. In HR, we have a rule of thumb when it comes to sexual harassment complaints: for every one victim,…
My friends are bad with computers. It’s interesting because they are the earliest adopters of social media and blogging. They’re not just early adopters in the human resources industry. They’re among the earliest adopters in the world. But they just don’t do computers. That’s fine. Leave the infrastructure stuff to the experts. Unfortunately, they are…
They say that millennials don’t use LinkedIn. Who says that? Everybody competing against LinkedIn, that’s who. But I think it’s probably true. Millennials don’t use LinkedIn because they just don’t have time in their lives to look at failed professional dreams, sad profile photos, and mediocre work histories. I don’t have time for that, either.…
Most of HR technology is SaaS technology. What is that? Software as a Service (SaaS; pronounced /sæs/) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. It is sometimes referred to as “on-demand software.” SaaS is typically accessed by users using a thin client via a…
Want to know what’s trending in HR tech? Big data. Also known as the phrase you’re misusing. It’s the beast that won’t go away. Nobody knows what it is and everybody fears it. Customer experience. Some call this CX and others call this UX because there are gradations of customer and user experiences. Anyway, I…
Here are 9 steps to streamline the hiring process. Don’t lose anybody. Make sure your good people don’t quit. Don’t hire stupid people. Then you don’t have to fire anybody. Use the internet. People look for jobs on the web. Read the resumes people send you. I bet there’s a winner in there. When someone…
Hi, everybody. Today is the big day. I’m addressing the graduates of Regent’s University London. I’m excited about my speech. There are almost 200 graduates and about 700 people will attend the ceremony. Due to time constraints — and faculty who want to wrap this up quickly — my designated time has been reduced considerably.…