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Let’s Get #ERE16 Tattoos on Bourbon Street!
Next week (and I’m quite excited!) I’m heading over to from Baton Rouge to New Orleans (a 60 mile drive which, by Louisiana traffic standards, will take 3 hours) in order to get my TA mojo on at The...
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A Tale of Disengagement: The Marginalized Employee
A friend of mine is frustrated at work. Frustrated enough to adopt the mantra “I’m learning to not even care.” (as he so succinctly put it). And he is, by nature, a very caring person. He cares about...
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It’s OK. I’m With the Band (recruiting edition)
I live in south Louisiana and let me just say that one perception about our lifestyle here is pretty damn true: we have lots and lots and lots of live music. Most anywhere, and at most any time, one...
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Candor in the Workplace #WorkHuman
There’s a new (ish) concept in the arena of employee feedback – Radical Candor. In the best selling book Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, author Kim Scott (a former...
View ArticleWhat’s Nexxt? – #SHRM17
Yeaterday, of at the SHRM Annual Conference and Exposition, Beyond (The Career Network) unveiled its new brand, platform and vision for the future of talent acquisition which is based on nearly 20...
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No Phone? No Profile? No Problem!
Guess what? Not all of us live, work and try to hire people in Silicon Valley. And, according to Matt Charney, that’s probably a good thing. Scads of us who spend our days working in HR or Talent...
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History of Labor: 1908
Lewis Hine: Mollahan Mills, Newberry, S.C. – 1908 The post History of Labor: 1908 appeared first on Robin Schooling.
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Sexy HR: The Stuff My Mother Never Told Me
Some of my friends think I have one of the most fascinating jobs ever as the HR leader at a casino; gambling! free drinks! the-fresh-scent-of-crisp-dollar-bills! B-girls! Craps on demand! Now I admit I...
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An HR Biology Lesson: Menstruation Version
Last month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Ohio HR conference for the second time. Fabulous event (as always) with lots of peace, love and happiness HR-style. This was approximately a ‘cycle’ ago...
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If You Can’t Stand the HR Heat…Stay Out of the Kitchen
There’s always fascinating stuff going on where I live but this story has consumed me since I am (1) an HR lady (2) a lover-of-good-food (3) an observer of culturally-significant-moments, and (4) a...
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Your HYPER-Local Workplace Culture
Amy and Becky have adjoining cubicles in your Midwest Region Customer Care Service Center. They’ve sat within 10 feet of each other since 2002 and together have survived 2 CEOs, 3 Department Directors...
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A Primer on Gender Friendly Conference & Event Swag
Back in the day I worked for an organization that was quite keen on holding team retreats. These were off-site business affairs held at a somewhat centrally located resort or venue that could...
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Bobbleheads and Knock-Off Reproductions
There’s an actress named Phoebe Jonas who, if you watch television shows geared to a certain demographic, you may recognize. From June 2016 through March of this year, Phoebe was the “Phillips Lady,”...
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The Fax Machine is Alive and Well. Thank You Very Much.
Every now and again, in any one of the myriad recruiting and/or HR technology Facebook groups to which I belong, someone will post “OMG; I was just asked for my fax number! We haven’t used a fax...
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Advocating for the Workplace Revolution
I can barely browse through LinkedIn or Facebook, open a magazine (remember those?), or attend a conference/event where the topic of the Future of Work is not being debated, dissected and regurgitated...
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Ass in Chair, Inc.
Right now, as you’re reading this, people around the world are sitting in their offices. They have a desk, chair, phone and a computer with a monitor. Maybe two monitors if they either work in IT or...
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Comfort Food and the American Worker
I don’t like to cook. Nor, for that matter, am I all that enamored of baking. It’s quite sad actually because my grandmother was fantastic in the kitchen; she could effortlessly whip up a kugel or get...
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I Refuse to Maintain the Status Quo
I dare say that most humans are creatures of habit and routine. That’s not necessarily a bad thing; in our hurly-burly lives it’s nice to rely on muscle-memory so we can drive the same daily route to...
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Zombie Human Resources; #DTHR Comes Back from the Dead
Podcasting is hot. It’s so hot that every person I know seems to have a podcast. Sometimes it seems as if it’s gotten to the point where one of my dogs (I put my money on Mr. Crumples) is soon to...
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Work and Life and Everything In Between
My mother, who has dementia, has been living with us now for a week. A really really REALLYlong week. Getting her to Louisiana was neither an easy task not did it occur in a particularly seamless...
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