Archives for Robin Schooling - Page 5
You Can’t Put a Sweater on a Jellyfish
A local friend, a hiring manager at her company, recently expressed frustration with the state of hiring in her organization. “We get plenty of applicants,” she said
The Break-Up: Managing Employee Departures
The way in which an employee is treated when departing your company is just as important as how you handled the process when they joined. Remember that intoxicating time? You…
The Road Untraveled
I have several friends who are avid hikers. They love nothing more than strapping on a pair of boots, grabbing a backpack and heading out for a long and vigorous…
Death to Shorthand
“I hate dealing with Joe; he never remembers anything I tell him.” (“Oh… you didn’t know that Joe has hearing loss in his left ear?”) “Jane always looks so mad;…
There’s Nice. And Then There’s NICE.
Last week a video was posted of a customer’s drive thru experience at a Popeye’s here in Louisiana. It captures one of the most joyous service experiences ever; even without…
City Livin’
I spent the last week in Milwaukee, WI with my daughter (thankful yet again for my 100% work-from-anywhere company!). She lives exactly 5 blocks north of the hospital at which…
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: 15 Years of the Carnival of HR
Images of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” are copyright 1975 by 20th Century Fox. The very first Carnival of HR ran 15 years ago this week (February 21, 2007) when…
In Order to Form a More Perfect (HR) Union….
HR professionals are raised (trained? taught?) to view labor unions as the enemy. Unions are the Moriarty to our Sherlock Holmes
A 9/11 Legacy
My friend Christine Lewis-Varley wrote this guest post for me in 2011 and it ran for the 10th year anniversary of 9/11 over at the HRSchoolhouse. Sadly Christine passed away in 2014
Replicate? Or Redefine?
A number of years ago, as I was cavorting-in-the-job-market whilst in pursuit of a new gig, I had an interview for an HR Leader role when the site leader (we’ll…