Should Sociometry Be the Science of HR?

Should Sociometry Be the Science of HR?   How many of you HR readers have heard of Sociometry? How many of you can define it? I will be honest I had heard the term but I would not have been able to tell you what it was. Then I came across a blog post by […]

How to Combat the Death of Any Industry Including HR

How to Combat the Death of Any Industry Including HR   I just finished reading a story about the future of a paper mill in Madison, Maine. I had no reason to be reading this, I am not in that industry, I don’t know anyone in the industry, but there was a secondary headline that […]

Does HR Technology Promote Employee Engagement?

Human Resource managers often debate what attracts employees to companies and then what keeps them there. Often the big answer is employee engagement. The definition of engagement however, is elusive for many and will vary company to company. HR offers many solutions such as benefits, pay, work-life balance, time off, unlimited vacation, pet insurance or […]

Is Personal Branding Your Key to Workplace Fame?

In today’s very busy world we are bombarded with thousands of messages and images per hour. If you are a job hunter the dilemma is how to make your message stand out. If you are a recruiter your dilemma is also making your message to attract someone stand out. The question then becomes of how […]

Are Short Work Weeks & Unemployment In Our Future?

Robots, robots everywhere and not a job to see! At least that is what dystopian writers think. This dismal picture of what the unemployment and future of work looks like is not universally held but there is a school of thought that says humans may be on a permanent vacation in another couple of decades […]

Time Quantified Self and Employee Management

How many of you track some aspect of your life? I will wager most of you do. In exercise you measure heart rate, distance walked or run, calories burned, steps taken, even power exerted. You can record and store this information for future analysis. What if your work life was also subjected to this kind […]