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Affirmative action in hiring: challenges and solutions
The Supreme Court recently ruled that educational institutions can’t use affirmative action to favor one race over another. Fede...

Going viral as an employer – for all the wrong reasons
I’ve been working in HR for more than 20 years, but I’ve also worked in media for a long time, which makes me uniquely positione...

How to help employees return to office: it’s more than mandates
Salesforce tried to get people to come into the office by offering a donation to charity if they showed up. Farmer Group CEO Rau...

5 tips on making workplaces LGBTQ inclusive
It’s what you do that matters, not what you say you are going to do. When you’re looking at making your workplace more LGB...

Avoid unintended bias: learn to navigate EEOC in AI and hiring
ChatGPT can make managing people easier. You can use it to create SMART goals. You can use it to create a script for a fun open ...

ChatGPT gender bias: how it affects HR & tips to avoid pitfalls
Are you biased? Of course, you are. We all are. And this isn’t a bad thing. We make decisions every day based on our previous ex...

What can ChatGPT do for HR?
How? Well, lots of ways. Let’s start with some of the most annoying tasks. 1. Write job descriptions This may seem ridiculous to...

Eliminating tasks from your daily work: Automation is key
Well, think about this: I’m writing this on a computer that I don’t know how to program, wearing clothes I didn’t sew, made of f...

Who has the power to fire? It depends – to a degree
That’s not how it happens. Who has the final decision-making authority for termination decisions? When is HR the decision maker?...

Ask the Evil HR Lady: How do I prevent salary harassment?
Q: I have an employee, Heidi, who continually asks others for their salary info. Some people don’t want to discuss it and ...

When onboarding goes bad – and how to fix it
I got: “I started a new job, and IT hadn’t set up my computer yet,” and “the new employee’s manager was out sick, and so there w...

The Weird Al leadership playbook: Lessons for Elon Musk
But when we think about who embodies and demonstrates leadership, Weird Al comes out ahead. First, here’s what the communi...