When I started my HR career, perhaps one of the most surprising things I found was just how much there was to juggle. Now, I came form an Executive Assistant role, supporting 3 SVPs and the President, so I was no stranger to juggling multiple tasks. But going from supporting four executives to supporting a …
I’ve learned over the years that there is one thing every successful HR Business Partners does in their role. I’m going to tell you what that is in this post. Before the wide embrace of the HRBP/COE model in HR teams, most of us were HR Generalists. There were a few Specialists, mainly in compensation, …
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Many say that recruiters are the key to bringing in talent into an organization. I would argue that hiring managers are the real heroes of the story. Recruiters facilitate recruiting, but the hiring managers make the final decision. Recruiters will bring forward a number of good prospects, but hiring managers have to acquire the skill …
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If there’s one complaint I hear from HR Business Partners most often it’s how much time recruitment takes out of their already-busy days. I know, I’ve been there. After years of struggling with scheduling hours for screening resumes, phone interviews, in-person interviews, assessments, offer letters, etc., I finally came up with a way to shave …
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Leading without authority is a requirement for HR professionals, however, it’s not as difficult or elusive as people may think.
How to Get Noticed by Senior Leaders There comes a point in your career when it seems like you’ll never get out of that obsequious layer of the company that is neither too junior for people to notice and not too senior to be taken seriously. And far too many people remain there, sometimes their …
It’s March Break for many kids across Canada. This means that parents have the lucky task of thinking up meaningful things for their kids to do this week. For some, it’s traveling out of town. According to Pearson Airport, Friday, March 8th was the busiest March break travel day with almost 200k people traveling out …
As you’ve likely gathered by now, this blog dives deeper than most about the daily lives of HR Business Partners and Generalists. We have stressful, tough jobs that require us to be happy and shiny and approachable pretty much all the time. And we’re frequently one of the last groups to get “support” of any …
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If I asked you a question, would you answer it honestly? Are you passionate about your job? Before you answer, let’s define passion. The dictionary definition has many definitions: intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction; ardent affection; a strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object, or concept. My definition: it’s …
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog post on the state of HR’s reputation with the business. My assumptions on that post were based on anecdotal and personal evidence of my interactions with Business and HR professionals over the years. I’ve mentioned in earlier posts that I was at an HR conference in late …