Cock Fighting in the Workplace

Posted on April 27, 2009. Filed under: At Will, Employee Performance, HR, Human Resources, Law, Mandy Cooley, Policy, Termination, This Guy, Using Human Resources | Tags: , , , , , , , , |

This Guy walks up to one of his employees: “Hey, you wanna grab a drink after work?” Employee A: “Aren’t you married?” This Guy to Employee A, with a smug look on his face: “Not if you don’t want me to be.” Seriously?  I know I am in HR Consulting, not Dating Consulting, but, Seriously?  [...]

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Misunderstood HR

Posted on March 16, 2009. Filed under: Employee Manuals, HR, Human Resources, Mandy Cooley, Rules of the (Big Kid) Sandbox, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , |

HR folks are so misunderstood. Often HR is associated with one of two things: hiring and firing. And while the HR department of every office/company will handle these things, there is so much more that goes into the HUMAN RESOURCES of a company. A business cannot grow and flourish without people (a.k.a. “humans”). They (these [...]

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Reference Checks on LinkedIn

Posted on March 3, 2009. Filed under: Employee Relations, HR, Human Resources, Mandy Cooley, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , |

Yesterday I received a request to connect with a client on LinkedIn. At the bottom of the message was this…”DID YOU KNOW” you can conduct a more credible and powerful reference check using LinkedIn? Enter the company name and years of employment or the prospective employee to find their colleagues that are also in your [...]

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