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Workology

Two-time Forbes recognized human resources, workplace and recruiting resource established in 2005. We're a community of contributors, thinkers and disruptors focused on practitioner-driven conversations, information, and engagement. Workology is focused on the art and science of the workplace for the disruptive workplace leader who is tired of the status quo. Join our community on Twitter @workology.
This Is How You Can Support Your Employees Mental Health Self Care

This Is How You Can Support Your Employees Mental Health Self Care

When computer engineer Madalyn Parker told her team she would be taking a mental health day, her boss at the startup Olark responded in an incredibly supportive way. Instead of just thanking her for letting everyone know, he thanked her for being upfront about needing a mental health day. Olark CEO Ben Congleton wrote, “I just wanted to personally thank you for sending emails like this. Every time you do, I use it as a reminder of the importance of using sick days for mental health — I can’t believe this is not standard practice at all organizations. You are an

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Six Critical Skills ALL Workers Will Need in the Next Decade

Six Critical Skills ALL Workers Will Need in the Next Decade

Everyone ponders today if they will lose their job to a robot or AI within the next 10 years or so. With artificial intelligence (AI) predicted to not only replace rote and repetitive blue collar or office jobs, but also writers, lawyers and even CEOs everyone should have some trepidation about the safety of their jobs. I have written numerous times about the importance of being “human” in your job, but that is not easy in all jobs. Being Human Is Not the Only Requirement My friend Ira Wolfe has written a new book (as yet unpublished) called Recruiting in the

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When Will HR Telecommute as a Way of Working?

When Will HR Telecommute as a Way of Working?

I was reading an article in Information Age the other day. The author was talking about importance of unified communication platforms at work. It is important to have good digital communication because that is an increasing need in the workplace and beyond for the reasons expressed below. In reading the article it made me wonder if HR will be one of the last groups to adopt telecommuting as a way of working. Two Groups of Employees The author of the article, Nicholas Ismai, said there are basically two groups of workers in the workplace today. He said, “On the one hand,

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Use These18 Job Boards to Keep Compliant

Use These 18 Job Boards to Keep Compliant

Job boards remain an excellent way to engage talent, especially diverse candidates. This is especially important if you are a federal contractor and required to focus on good faith efforts for nine protected classes that include:  1) Age (over 40), 2) Disability, 3) Genetic Information, 4) National Origin, 5) Pregnancy, 6) Race/Color, 7) Religion, 8) Sex and 9) Veterans. Under the required outreach efforts of the new VEVRAA and Section 503 regulations, federal contractors and subcontractors must undertake appropriate outreach and positive recruitment activities that are reasonably designed to effectively recruit qualified individuals with disabilities or protected veterans. This means: Contractors must engage in outreach and

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The Power of Practicing Mindfulness at Work and in Life

The Power of Practicing Mindfulness at Work and in Life

I’ve been given a lot of thought to the development and understanding, not of others but my own self for forever it seems. My days are packed and filled with meetings, conference calls and a sea of emails. It’s hard during the workday where I can even find a moment to myself let alone think about mindfulness or even self-care. When I do find myself a free hour or two without the grind of calls and meetings, those minutes are filled checking my social media, listening to music or running errands and driving from meeting to play date. I’m a maximizer. From the

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Why Do People Watch Porn at Work?

Why Do People Watch Porn at Work?

Lots of people watch porn at work. How many is a lot? The numbers vary, in part because sex is an incredibly charged topic that intersects with some of the deepest moral divides in our society and because there is still so little rigorous research about sex. And of course, there’s the little issue of actually admitting to watching porn at work. Surveys about porn viewing habits tend to produce wildly variable results, depending on the biases of who’s doing the survey. Let me give you an example of the spread: One 2014 survey reported that 63% of men and 36% of women

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