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Kathleen Vegh works for a company where leaders value engagement so much that they made it a part of her title. As senior manager of employee engagement at Hyland--a software [...]

When it opened a new IT center in Providence, R.I., in 2017, GE Digital needed highly skilled workers--and fast. But candidates with the qualifications the company was seeking were hard [...]

The general manager was in a quandary. As an employee at Sodexo, a food service and facilities management company, she was responsible for all operations at her site. The kitchen [...]

By the time Paul Thatcher built his company's HR tech capabilities from the ground up, the organization had grown to the point that he now has to start the process [...]

Holly Montroy was an HR trailblazer. In 2015, she became the first director of human resources at Vizergy, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based digital marketing agency. She immediately became responsible for every [...]

About five years ago, Wes Stoskopf, SHRM-SCP, realized he had a problem. As vice president of finance and human resources at Phillips Screw Co., a fastener system manufacturer based in [...]

Today's HR professional must be ready for anything and skilled at many things. Cross-training can provide needed experience. Jennifer Pristera has a hard job. As senior vice president of human [...]

Younger employees know that saving for retirement is important. But when asked to take the big risks that would benefit them most, they can't even. 'Before I started working ... [...]

When Jesse Lavender started his video and Internet production company, he was a sole proprietor assisted by a handful of contractors who were hired as needed. But when his Atlanta-based [...]

Eli Hinson has worked for consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton for 13 years, so she was surprised when her manager approached her last fall with a concern: Hinson's manager and [...]

A few years ago, the partners at Morris Polich & Purdy were looking for an efficient way to bring their growing staff together. The law firm--now with nearly 100 attorneys [...]

It really all started after Sept. 11,' recalls Terri Campbell-Teal, travel buyer for San Francisco-based apparel maker Levi Strauss & Co. On that infamous day, Levi Strauss had about 16 [...]

When leaders of the Jackson, Mich.-based bakery supplier Dawn Food Products decided to close a production line at its California plant earlier this year, managers faced a challenge. It was [...]

Whether you call today's economic problems a downturn, an adjustment or a recession, the economy clearly is generating trouble. But that trouble doesn't have to derail your HR technology strategy. [...]

American Electric Power had just about every type of employee and manager self-service technology on the market. The Columbus, Ohio-based electric utility, with 20,000 employees, provided all HR policies, procedures [...]

Dawn Murphy spends a lot of time checking on people. As manager of staffing administration for Houston-based Continental Airlines, it's her job. In the current security-conscious environment, every candidate for [...]

When the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services (SCDPPPS) began to mobilize its workforce in 2000, managers quickly recognized the inherent challenges. On any given day, the [...]

Back in 2001, the Human Resources Division of the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) knew its ancient human resource information system (HRIS) was in drastic need of a makeover. 'We [...]

Home organization and storage retailer The Container Store likes to be known for approaching retail differently. And according to recruitment director Karyn Maynard, the same approach also applies to The [...]

Fall doesn't just mean 'back to school' at Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Neb. It also signals the beginning of the open enrollment period for the school system's 5,000 benefits-eligible [...]

Tamar Elkeles is a numbers-cruncher. She knows exactly who her customers are and how they are consuming her product. She knows how much each customer interaction costs and what it [...]

Destination Hotels & Resorts had an employee referral program in place when Robert Mellwig, SPHR, vice president of human resources, joined the company in 2004, but it wasn't much, he [...]

Texas Instruments (TI) has a lot to offer potential employees. But a few years ago, the recruitment staff at the Fortune 200 semiconductor company ran into a challenge: An engineer [...]

When sociologist Charles Grantham began advocating telecommuting in the late 1980s, he referred to it as the 'future of work.' But Grantham, who caught the telecommuting bug as an analyst [...]

Gaining global experience used to mean accepting an overseas work assignment or taking frequent trips to far-flung places abroad. No more. These days, even HR professionals at companies with no [...]

In addition to having traditional employees, many companies rely on temporary workers, independent contractors and consultants. These workers may: * Connect with your company independently or through a temporary staffing [...]

When Trish Derrico accepted a new position at United Water, a national water services provider based in Harrington Park, N.J., she thought she knew what to expect of her first [...]

Like hundreds of other employers, Hewitt and Associates had a booth at the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Exhibition in New Orleans in September 2009. But unlike other recruiters, the [...]

Matt Blalock knew something wasn't right. Over a few months' time, he'd watched the productivity of a talented staff member at his small web-based retail business decline markedly. But he [...]

As health insurance providers, the leaders of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (BCBSLA) have always recognized the value of good health. But until recently, executives at the Baton [...]

Mike DeVries, SPHR, knew the status quo needed to change. 'We didn't have a good system on goals [and] development plans, tracking progress throughout the year,' says DeVries, vice president [...]

Health Care Management Group (HCMG) employs some 900 nonexempt workers at its five assisted-living and skilled-nursing facilities in southern Ohio and northern Kentucky. With round-the-clock staffing and the resulting shift [...]

A new hire playing computer games on his first day? Not necessarily a sign of a bad recruiting decision. Some employers are using computer games to address employee orientation topics [...]

State lines are often blurry in the Washington area - Northern Virginia, Southern Maryland and the District seem to meld into one unified region. But for hospital administrators, the differences [...]

The difficulties facing domestic partners in financial planning are discussed.

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