Happy Holidays to All!

A quick wish for those who have been following my blog since 2010 when I began writing and had no idea what I was doing as well as those who are new followers or occasional pop ins. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my home to yours and thank you for your support.

As my friend says "I love blogging because there are no right or wrong ways of doing it. I'm sure to the expert, long term bloggers there are wrong ways, but who cares. Just like its not always politically correct to say Merry Christmas in the office these days. To each his own and on this day that I do celebrate its special because its the birthday of our savior, Jesus Christ. For that and my family, I am grateful so Merry Christmas!

Comments

55 Active Job Search Sites (Updated 7/19)

I had a company encouraging me to update this list over the last couple of months. Since they focus on veteran hiring and I am a veteran supporting other veterans I am happy to add the following to this original posting from 2017. Silent Professionals is a free veteran recruitment service. Their differentiating factor is that they focus on a very specific subset of veteran employment which is the combat arms veteran. Their site is much more than just a job board because they actually provide a service behind it which is all free to the veteran. As combat veterans themselves, with a vast amount of experience in the private security sector, they are able to use that experience and influence within the industry to act as trusted advocates for the veteran candidate. They boast an incredible 84% job placement success rate for candidates that they recommend to employers. One of the reasons they're able to do that is because of their focus on jobs for combat veterans who are seek...

Honest, Vulnerable, and Transparent Communications Can Be a Curse for Women

As we approach yet another end to Women’s History Month where organizations make a sincere concerted effort to raise awareness to the issues women face in the workplace with hope for continued change, I am skeptical. Not because I do not believe in the effort. Not because I have not heard story after story of women who have made history and are honored and respected highly for women’s suffrage progress they have made. Not because I do not believe in change. I do believe strongly in the effort that brings these stories to the public causing change. However, the reason I am skeptical is the same reason so many other women question the possibility of real change. Why, because we have been victims who feel defeated repeatedly and constantly reminded of the loss experienced. When you feel you have taken two steps forward and knocked five steps back every time that original wound opens and reminds us of the curse lived just because we are a woman. I had to be quiet about the real reason I ...

Inclusive Leadership: Leverage your Diversity for Optimal Results

Thanks to sponsors Manpower and the Land of Lincoln Training Center the following program was made possible. I attended as well as fellow chapter members, UIS Student SHRM members , and students of my Managing Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management courses . The following is posted with permission: By Libby J. Bair, Managing Organizational Behavior Student An event made possible by the Central Illinois Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management , this event featured Steve Wingert, CLM, and Liz Mikos. The two worked in tandem to explain the key concepts of the presentation. The presentation began with a short introduction to significant terms given by Steve. Particularly, it was important for participants to understand how exactly leaders, followers, and culture of an organization should be defined; this is important because each of the three factors, with effective intersection, are the main crucial components of a leade...

Another Day in the HR Field

Search This Blog