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While employers complain about a labor shortage and not enough candidates for their open positions, they may be overlooking a large group of potential workers that face certain barriers or stigmas – among them, people with criminal records or who are in recovery, immigrants, semi-retired workers, or people with disabilities. The statistics prove that this is the best of […]
At a recent Greater Cincinnati Human Resources luncheon, Mike Fry, Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati presented “Data Visualization to Create Meaningful Insights”. Dr. Fry explained that data and analytics are powerful resources that help organizations make decisions, but they lose their impact when they are presented in a poor visual format. A confusing, unclear […]
Remember nap time during school? That forced 30 minutes of quiet time where we were required to lay down and be silent? I never slept and was pretty sure this was just a ruse by the teachers union to allow their membership a few free minutes on the clock. Well, it turns out that what […]
With recent legislation – mercifully stalled due to a lack of enthusiasm, the Paycheck Fairness Act will have to wait before it gets another shot at the light of day. It goes without saying that most reasonable people believe in fairness of pay. But as many of us know, when it comes to deciding what’s […]
“Too often, the title of manager is doled out as a reward for tenure and connections, for solid performance that demonstrates no particular ability to deal with people.” Peter Principle review The phenomenon of under-performing, un-engaged managers was first described by the Canadian psychologist Dr. Laurence Peter in a theory that now bears his name: […]