Listen, I can go off topic sometimes, right? Gautam’s post on Tom Peter’s 20 dumbest business practices reminded me of something else I read recently: TP: Mergers of Decrepit Monsters! GG: Merging for the heck of it! SA: More Often…

Well, I got pestered into adding Deloitte to my HR consultancies list to the right (not really – it was the right thing to do ayway). I did not add Accenture HR there for the same reason Hewitt is not…

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OK, this is not a HR tech post, but I thought it was very interesting. I got this from BostonWorks which cited WAGEproject.org. This issue of gender pay differentials should be treated very seriously by HR professionals and especially compensation….

I got this from Successfactors.com. Not much there yet, but should be funny/interesting when it gets going.

I was quite dismayed at this post on the Future of Work blog. The post is based on a link to a Matt Miller article from the New Your Times. In it, Mr. Miller makes some interesting points: If the…

Don’t think I’ve abandoned the blog. Just going to take a sabattical until the end of the month. Just started a new job and I need to concentrate on that for a bit. Not much going on in the HR…

Item 1:I think it’s important to note diversity sometimes. HR Executive Magazine announced their 25 most influential women in HR today (U.S.). I say this is important because HR was once viewed as one of those jobs women got (HR…

Robert Baird’s Human Capital Services Metrics, Analysis and Perspective report for (you can download it for free at HR.com) 02/05 noted that HR Administrative services such as ADP, Ceridian and Hewitt outperformed the NASDAQ index by an average of 9.5%…

OK – this has nothing to do with actual HR operations or technology, but it really irks me that NPR is sponsored by SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management). SHRM is one of these very pro-employer organizations, and it’s just…