Kelly Poulson
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3 Tricky Situations HR Can Help You With (That Don't Involve Filling Out Paperwork)
Human Resources is for more than paperwork and exit interviews. Get help with tricky situations on the job, like disagreeing with a co-worker. → Read More
Who Gives HR a Bad Name?
Check out our Workology Podcast powered by Blogging4jobs. Click here to check out all our episodes. Allow me to share a scenario I run into regularly. “I work in HR.” Hold for sad awkward pause as the person you’re speaking with judges you. “It’s not like that. It’s much cooler than you think.” Silence. “I’m not Toby. I swear.” Am I alone in this? Has anyone else had it at this point? The brand… → Read More
Who Gives HR a Bad Name?
Check out our Workology Podcast powered by Blogging4jobs. Click here to check out all our episodes. Allow me to share a scenario I run into regularly. “I work in HR.” Hold for sad awkward pause as the person you’re speaking with judges you. “It’s not like that. It’s much cooler than you think.” Silence. “I’m not Toby. I swear.” Am I alone in this? Has anyone else had it at this point? The brand… → Read More
Being an HR Team of One: You Don’t Have to Go it Alone!
HR and Recruiters: Be a part of history & take our behavioral survey to help us understand "Who is HR?" clicking here. You know the song. One is the loneliest number. It sure can feel that way when you’re the only HR person within your office or organization. (HR peeps at small employers – am I right?) It’s rare that those around you, though often well meaning, get a true sense of what your day… → Read More
Being an HR Team of One: You Don’t Have to Go it Alone!
HR and Recruiters: Be a part of history & take our behavioral survey to help us understand "Who is HR?" clicking here. You know the song. One is the loneliest number. It sure can feel that way when you’re the only HR person within your office or organization. (HR peeps at small employers – am I right?) It’s rare that those around you, though often well meaning, get a true sense of what your day… → Read More
Spring Cleaning at Work: 5 Ways to Start Fresh
HR and Recruiters: Be a part of history & take our behavioral survey to help us understand "Who is HR?" clicking here. Spring is practically upon us. (Hold for collective sigh of relief) We’ve all done our fair share of spring cleaning in the past in our homes. Why stop there? This is a time of renewal. Why does New Year’s corner the market on reassessing life and goals? Let’s go for it now and… → Read More
Spring Cleaning at Work: 5 Ways to Start Fresh
HR and Recruiters: Be a part of history & take our behavioral survey to help us understand "Who is HR?" clicking here. Spring is practically upon us. (Hold for collective sigh of relief) We’ve all done our fair share of spring cleaning in the past in our homes. Why stop there? This is a time of renewal. Why does New Year’s corner the market on reassessing life and goals? Let’s go for it now and… → Read More
The Little Engine That Could Was Onto Something
HR and Recruiters: Be a part of history & take our behavioral survey to help us understand "Who is HR?" clicking here. > “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right” — Henry Ford Cue eyeroll right? I used to think that way. I thought all positive thinking optimists were clueless. How could thinking a certain way make an actual difference in your life? Well, my friends, total… → Read More
The Little Engine That Could Was Onto Something
HR and Recruiters: Be a part of history & take our behavioral survey to help us understand "Who is HR?" clicking here. > “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right” — Henry Ford Cue eyeroll right? I used to think that way. I thought all positive thinking optimists were clueless. How could thinking a certain way make an actual difference in your life? Well, my friends, total… → Read More
Long Live HR Experimentation!
How to Create a Talent Pipeline That Gets Results 2/18 at at 1 PM EST by clicking here. When invited to a newly revised onboarding session, that I entitled “Onboarding Experiment,” one of our new hires told me how she loved that I used the word experiment. My immediate reaction? Crap. She’s onto me. I find myself using that word quite a lot in reference to initiatives I’m working on. There’s… → Read More
Long Live HR Experimentation!
How to Create a Talent Pipeline That Gets Results 2/18 at at 1 PM EST by clicking here. When invited to a newly revised onboarding session, that I entitled “Onboarding Experiment,” one of our new hires told me how she loved that I used the word experiment. My immediate reaction? Crap. She’s onto me. I find myself using that word quite a lot in reference to initiatives I’m working on. There’s… → Read More
HR Hero at Work and at Home? Time to Take Off the Cape
HR and Recruiters: Be a part of history & take our behavioral survey to help us understand "Who is HR?" clicking here. It happens all the time. If you work in HR, people tell you their work stories. They ask for advice. They ask you to look at their resumes. Family, friends, neighbors. It doesn’t matter if you’re technically off the clock, your skills are needed. You’re usually happy to help… → Read More
The Magic of Perspective
HR and Recruiters: Be a part of history & take our behavioral survey to help us understand "Who is HR?" clicking here. Misunderstandings, differences of opinion and botched communication happen every day in the workplace. Working in HR comes with all sorts of interesting predicaments due to that fact. Some situations are more challenging than others. There are very few, in my opinion, that can’t… → Read More