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Human Resources Management – How to Get Started

Tom Spencer

Human resource teams are critical to the growth of a company since employees typically represent both the biggest operating expense and largest off-balance sheet asset for most businesses. If you are early in your career, you may be engaging a lot with recruiters. Compensation. Breaking into Human Resources Management.

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Coronavirus & Consulting Offers

Tom Spencer

If the virus isn’t under control by May 1 st 2021 and the economy hasn’t picked up, do recruiters have plans to push back start dates? They put their new hires through training, offered a later start date for those who wanted one, and offered to pay for additional classes or to learn a language while work picked back up.

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

Too many managers have been trained to talk about “resources” instead of humans. If you persist in using “resource” instead of humans, you allow the language of the balance sheet to drive your management decisions. Does anyone need training? That's wrong. It's always been wrong.

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