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Five Qualities to Look for in an HR Services Partner
Whether you’re hiring an internal HR manager or an HR Services Consultant, there are qualities, abilities, and attributes to look for in an HR professional that supports your business. When hiring for our consultant team, I look for HR specialists who possess and...
Building a True Anti-Harassment Environment
Many people have asked why #MeToo victims haven’t reported harassment. We can’t know the circumstances for every individual, but in some cases it may have been because there wasn't an official internal complaint procedure—even if there was an Anti-Harassment policy in...
What’s Working and What’s Not – HR Checklist to Evaluate
As a business grows, and headcount increases, the complexity and demands of having a quality, business-focused HR function also increases. Business owners, small teams and HR departments of one are not only faced with increasing recruiting pressures, they also face...
Are You Delivering the Experience Today’s Job Candidates Expect?
In August I attended the LWHRA monthly meeting and the Seattle SHRM monthly meeting—both were focused on the topic of how to effectively recruit good employees when there’s a war on talent. The fact that both meetings focused on recruiting illustrates just how...
Three Ways to Elevate Your Hiring
In July I had the honor of facilitating a session for the University of Washington’s Women in Chemical Sciences and Diversity in Clean Energy groups about how to write a winning a resume. Just as I shared tips about writing resumes, I want to share tips for hiring...
Questions to Ask Before You Attend an HR Conference
In September we’re proud to be one of the sponsors for the NHRMA 80th Annual Conference. We look forward to talking with HR professionals at our booth about how their year is going and what they are beginning to think through for 2019. We hope you’ll stop by Booth...
Thoughtful Conversations After #MeToo
One of our vendors recently mentioned seeing commenters on Reddit (aka the front page of the Internet) expressing unhappiness with changes they feel are occurring in their workplace which they believe the #MeToo movement has created. The general theme he relayed is...
Should Your Workplace Go Pet-Friendly?
According to a recent American Pet Product Association's (APPA) National Pet Owner's Survey, 84.6 million households in the U.S. have pets. But what are all those pets doing while their owners are away working 40 hours—or more—each week? More and more employers are...
Rethinking Mental Health and the Workplace
The deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain brought the topic of suicide into daily conversations—at home, at work, and on social media. A member of our team saw a tweet from DC-based employment attorney, Jonathan Segal, about an issue that came up when an HR...
Is Your HR Playing Checkers or Chess?
I’ve been connecting with HR thought leader, Steve Browne, on Twitter for several years. As a fellow HR writer and blogger, I was thrilled when he announced that he was writing a book, and even happier to learn that it had been published. Sitting down to read Browne’s...
Is It Time to Delegate HR? Here Are Three Ways To Do It.
If you’re a business owner or startup founder, when you made your first hire you started handling HR. With the growth of any organization, often business owners find that it takes a surprising amount of time to handle the HR function in their organization. And in...
How to Avoid Bias In Employment Verifications
My first exposure to the world of HR was when I worked in marketing for a startup and was tasked with confirming that a sales applicant’s work history was correct. The candidate’s resume stated that he had worked for the FBI. When I called the local FBI office they...
The Four Pillars of a Solid Workplace Safety Plan
I spent a decade working as a loss prevention manager for a large North American retailer. My experiences in that role demonstrated to me that the idea that workplace violence doesn’t happen is—unfortunately—not true. Employers truly never know how an employee is...
Two Must-Do’s for Avoiding Pay Equity Issues
When you're considering risk management, pay equity is a hot topic. Pay equity affects all special interest groups and is not just a way to address the gender gap. It's a complex topic that our team has been studying for several years, but avoiding issues boils down...
Behind Every Robot Is A Member of Your Workforce
People are nervous about artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robots and the impact these technological advances will have on jobs. In articles I read and at conferences attended, I hear a repetitive scare story that the need for people in the workplace...
3 Things to look for in HR Staffing Providers
During a webinar not long ago, members of our team heard an attorney refer to HR professionals as “Nervous Nellies”. We’ve all heard that phrase before, so it wasn’t a shock. A Nervous Nelly is defined as, “a person whose personality and usual behavior are...
Thriving Where You Are
A few weeks after the New Year, my family and I traveled to Southeast Asia. It was the first time I’ve traveled to Southeast Asia and the first time I’ve never cracked open my laptop during a vacation. Resisting the temptation each time workaholism threatened to...
10 Questions to Ask if You’re Joining a Board of Directors (Pt. 2)
Being asked to join a board of directors is an honor and it’s an exciting opportunity. As you prepare to contribute to your community and seek new professional development opportunities, you want to consider your options carefully. We’ve worked together to create a...
10 Questions to Ask if You’re Joining a Board of Directors
Being asked to join a board of directors is an exciting opportunity. It means you want to contribute to your community and seek new professional development opportunities. Having served on multiple boards we know just how gratifying the experience can be. We also know...
Three Ways to Help Protect Your Employees From Sexual Harassment
In the past few months there have been too many news stories to count regarding sexual harassment. A reporter from KING 5 News contacted Resourceful HR to ask if our clients had been experiencing an increase in harassment claims. We were happy to say that hadn’t been...
Do Your Job Listings Have a Gender Bias Problem?
Competitive atmosphere. Community of collaborators. Ability to set strong strategy. Ability to connect. When you read these words, do some resonate more than others? If the answer to that question is yes, you're not alone. Those phrases represent some typical examples...