Since I started working from home I am in love with video conferencing. Typically I use it for meetings but recently I decided to use it for interviewing because I wanted to gauge how comfortable candidates are with the technology and to see if it was any better than the traditional phone interview. Video […]
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Are You The Real Deal? Or .2% ?
This week, Coca Cola and POM Wonderful are battling it out in the Supreme Court over whether or not Coca Cola should be labeling their Pomegranate/Blueberry juice as such considering that it only contains .3% Pomegranate & .2% blueberry (yes that’s .3% and .2% not a typo). Cocal Cola contends that because the FDA says its […]
Don’t Hire A Master Of The Universe
Do you love talking with obnoxious know-it-alls? People that think their way is the only way? How do you like working with these people? Yea, I don’t either. Spend enough time contributing to the GDP, and you will run into the kind of people that I like to call “Masters of the […]
What is a Super Zip and Why Should HR Care?
What is a super zip? ““Super Zips” — a term coined by American Enterprise Institute scholar and author Charles Murray to describe the country’s most prosperous, highly educated demographic clusters. On average, they have a median household income of $120,000, and 7 in 10 adults have college degrees.” – Washington Post
Carnival of HR – Polar Vortex Edition
Greetings from snow covered Richmond, Virginia. Yes that’s right; it snowed here for the second time in as many weeks. I have to tell you I am NOT happy about this. Mr. Remix convinced me to move here based on the fact that “it never snows in the south!” Hmpf. I’m going to have […]