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The Week Ahead

By Laurie on February 5th in Human Resources

Hey, dudes. Happy Sunday. Today is the Super Bowl. Normally that would mean a tremendous amount of fun and food in my belly. Unfortunately I will be running instead of binge eating because I have to haul my ass up the Empire State Building on Wednesday. Have some disgusting food for me. This week is [...]

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Day Off

By Laurie on February 4th in Human Resources

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F@%k It Friday: Bucket List

By Laurie on February 3rd in Human Resources

Most of you know that I’m back from Rome. Lots of people keep saying, “Wow, that’s a bucket list item for me!” Maybe I’m an asshole but I don’t have a bucket list. I just keep my expectations low and pretty much do what I want to do. Rome? Sure. Get another cat? Okay. Whatever. [...]

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HR Ladies Don’t Use Bidets

By Laurie on February 2nd in Human Resources

I don’t consider myself to be an uptight American HR lady — but as I write this, I realize that there are dozens of men out there who are saying to themselves, “Oh no. She’s super-uptight and weird.” Fine. Okay. I am uptight and weird. Possibly frigid. And I’m a thirty-seven year old woman who [...]

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Grace, Forgiveness and Logical Fallacies at Work

By Laurie on February 1st in Human Resources

I’m a pretty judgy woman but I don’t want to be judged. Isn’t that how it always is with HR ladies? So I’ve had to learn how to offer grace and forgiveness in my life. It’s not easy because most of the time I want to punch someone in the face and say I AM [...]

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Your LinkedIn Group Probably Sucks

By Laurie on January 31st in Human Resources

My personal secret is that I’m not very cynical. I am an optimist. I believe in freedom, John Cougar Mellencamp and apple pie. I even like Human Resources professionals… …until someone tells me, “I’m going to start a new LinkedIn group.” Yeah, great. I barely have time to see the dentist, pay attention to my [...]

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What Makes A Great HR Blog?

By Laurie on January 30th in Human Resources

I think about HR blogging quite a bit because I am lame. I like HR blogs that allow me to hear the author’s voice even if I don’t know him/her. That’s how I feel when I read Fistful of Talent. I don’t know most of those writers IRL but I can hear them in my [...]

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Monday Morning HR Humor: Animal Name

By Laurie on January 30th in Human Resources

Mine is Abercombie the Banana-Eating Llama.

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The Week Ahead

By Laurie on January 29th in Human Resources

Hey dudes. I’m back from Roma and ready to blog about Human Resources and work and stuff. Just kidding. FML. I’m still a Human Resources blogger. Sheesh. But I had a great trip. More pictures and stories to follow but I am totes jet-lagged and way behind on my email and messages. If I owe [...]

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Day Off

By Laurie on January 28th in Human Resources

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Ultimate HR/Career Blog List for 2012

By Laurie on January 27th in Human Resources

In honor of Tim Sackett Day, I wanted to continue my tradition of publishing a quarterly list of Human Capital Management (HR) and Career Blogs. You can download the spreadsheet here. I’m not trying to sell you anything. I don’t want you to buy information out there that’s free. You can have it. Here you [...]

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I’m Running Up The Empire State Building So Please Donate to MMRF

By Laurie on January 26th in Human Resources

I come to you 1x each year and ask for a donation. This year, I’m asking for a donation to support MMRF. Multiple myeloma is cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow. (Geraldine Ferraro died of the illness.) MMRF pursues innovative means that accelerate the development of next-generation multiple myeloma treatments to extend the [...]

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What Does a World-Class College Recruiting Program Look Like?

By Laurie on January 25th in Human Resources

HTFSIK? Truly. I have no idea. I haven’t been on campus since 2000 and it was a scene. I met a bunch of kids at a crappy Houlihan’s* in Champaign, IL and recruited them back to my hotel room for a late night soiree. (*It might have been a Ground Round. My memory is fuzzy. [...]

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