Recruiting

1. By-passing Washington The Federal minimum wage of $7.50 an hour hasn’t changed in 10 years, but states and cities have not been as stingy.  The NYT reports that almost 90% of employees [...]

1. Even in Vermont The Burlington Free Press told us the story of a attorney moved to Vermont drawn by it’s progressive reputation, but found sexual harassment surprisingly common.  Then [...]

1.   Voters Raise The Floor “There is some sign that the public is impatient with the state of affairs,” Brookings’ Mark Muro says. “If companies and the marketplace are [...]

1. #MeToo to Google: Don’t Be Evil Google employees across the world walked out of work to protest how the company handles sexual harassment complaints (the walkout was during non-business [...]

1.  Netflix: Keepers v. Catch-and-release “”If one of the members of the team was thinking of leaving for another firm, would the manager try hard to keep them from leaving?” If [...]

1.  Benefits as a Recruiting Edge HBR reports that 80% of job seekers would accept a lower paying job for better benefits…as long as they are the right benefits. Top of the list of course [...]

1. 2017 Jobs Forecast SHRM reports that despite “an uncertain political climate” (love the understatement) job growth is expected to continue into 2017. The best news? 1100 new HR [...]

1. Radical Candor Kim Scott, co-founder of Candor, Inc., argues that criticizing your employees when they screw up is not just your job, it’s actually your moral obligation. 2. Do You Hate [...]

Let’s see if I can make Five for Friday a regular thing. In Focus: How to Prepare, Recover as Hurricane Matthew Heads for Florida Some useful disaster prep resources from SHRM. I talked to [...]

We are in the midst of the Uberfication of the workforce. More and more companies are relying on free lancers, contractors and contingent workers. And to be clear, many who fall into those groups [...]