The bulk of this blog post was originally published at my blog site, but I thought it was an important piece and wanted to repeat it here. Originally I had come across an article d… Read More

A new study from the Centre for Economics and Business Research in the UK suggests that robots aren’t going to steal our jobs — they’re going to give us new ones. The study… Read More

The Department of Justice defines domestic violence as “a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used against one partner to gain or maintain power and control over an… Read More

Creating a company culture is fundamental to success in recruiting, engaging and retaining your workforce. But it’s also fundamental to having a successful business. In this podcast ep… Read More

In their new book, Tracy Maylett and Matthew Wride offer up a simple solution for building a strong and successful organization: focus on creating a better employee experience. Seems si… Read More

According to eMarketer, 80% of all consumer internet traffic by 2020 will be video. Video offers a unique way to engage job seekers as well as employees that offers a personal yet visual sto… Read More

If you are currently completing a higher education or have recently received your degree, chances are you feel totally unprepared to enter the job marketplace. This is not entirely your faul… Read More

Women. Diversity. Equality.  These are three topics of importance that have been on my mind these last few weeks. I’ve been reflecting and thinking about the problem, a solution a… Read More

How much do you really know about your employees’ professional goals? With the fast pace of today’s business world, many managers opt for a simple “how are you doing/how&rs… Read More

Experts estimate that the virtual reality and augmented reality market will be worth $120 billion by 2022. This week I’m in attendance at the SXSW Conference in Austin, TX, and virtual… Read More

Are we still talking about Uber? Yup, we’re still talking about Uber. And we will be for some time, since allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic culture at the tech company have… Read More

If you’re like most employers these days, your workforce is comprised of four distinct generations whose ages are separated by as many as 50 years. On the plus side, that diversity pro… Read More

The entire recruitment process is an investment. We are using tools, technologies and resources to determine the best employees to work for our organization that are not only qualified for t… Read More

“Alexa, answer this employee’s question.” A few years ago none of you would have any idea what that sentence was referring to, but today almost all of you will recognize &l… Read More

This article is part of a series on the strategic impact corporate social good and social responsibility has on employers. Click here to see the first series installment.  Often times w… Read More

Every time I write about the gender pay gap or gender inequality in the workplace someone pops up to claim that the pay gap isn’t real and that, well, of course women make less than me… Read More

Although I tend to hear a lot of grumbling about LinkedIn’s new desktop experience, it is an exciting new design with great features. Change is hard for many of us.  With social m… Read More

This week a friend of mine was finally able to access disability benefits. It was a months long alienating and depressing process. In truth, he would have been happier to continue working bu… Read More

Last week Uber was in the news because of Susan Fowler’s open letter, describing the terrible work conditions at the company. This week we’re all reading a “profo… Read More

Gamification, the application of game elements to non-game tasks and activities has spread from marketing trend, to education, to our daily lives at home and at work. App developers have mad… Read More

According to Fortune Magazine, employee retention is the biggest priority for business leaders this year. A research study by Workplace and Kronos found that 87% of employers said that impro… Read More

I recently came across an interesting article on PCmag.com about the unintended consequences of driverless cars. This article was written by someone whose a family member received a donated… Read More

“We’re a small, disruptive team working to create products that consumers don’t even know they need.” “We want our workplace to be as unconventional as our prod… Read More

This article is part of a series on the strategic impact corporate social good and social responsibility has on employers. Subscribe to our RSS feed to catch the next series installment.&nbs… Read More

Podcast consumption is growing rapidly. According to a study by Edison Research, Americans spend about 2% of their daily audio consumption time listening to podcasts. Also, according to Appl… Read More

“Job interviews: everybody has to do them at one time or another.” For many, a job interview seems like the only barrier that keeps them from becoming employed. They know that th… Read More

You’ve got benefits and work perks and they’re pretty good. But are they the best the could be? What if you could offer, or take, unlimited vacation? Or egg-freezing? And wh… Read More

On Sunday, half out of habit, many of us will tune in to the Oscars. The annual Hollywood pageant and award show has been under fire in recent years for its too-white, too-male, too-bor… Read More

Admit it: You’ve been tempted before to exaggerate a little bit on your resume. Everyone does it, right? Embellishing just a tiny bit won’t be the end of the world, plus you&rsqu… Read More

An estimated 26.2% of Americans age 18 and older has suffered from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. That translates to about 57.7 million people. Outside of company employee as… Read More

Working from home sure has its advantages, you don’t need to tell me. This morning I had to commute all the way from the bedroom to the couch to write this article. I love that about m… Read More

If you’re like most people these days you probably listen to podcasts regularly. You probably have a few you like and probably know the company or person that produces it fairly well… Read More

  Dear Susan, As I read your open letter about your time spent at Uber like the perhaps million of readers, I cringed. With my mouth open-wide, I read your letter. Having worked in… Read More

Earlier this month Facebook announced that it would be rolling out a new program to target advertising discrimination on the platform using artificial intelligence. In addition to stren… Read More

The speed of change has many companies flustered and HR and training professionals wondering what needs to be done in order to keep up with changing technology. They are asking the question… Read More

Facebook’s rolled out a new feature this week allowing companies to create and promote job postings on their business page. Paying to promote these new job postings is drastically chea… Read More

I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of stressed. Judging by a recent survey, many of you are pretty stressed too. So rather than collecting the hottest news on any one thin… Read More

The launch is here — Facebook Jobs is now live, and anyone can post their jobs for free on Facebook! It was hinted at back in November, when Josh Constine of Techcrunch saw a beta vers… Read More

“Agile: Able to move quickly and easily: Ruth was as agile as a monkey.” One of the major workplace trends mentioned in the Sodexo report on workplace trends is “The Agile… Read More

In 2017, there will be 65,000 H-1B visas granted to over 300,000 applicants. Given the crazy economic climate right now and a lot of uncertainty with regard to immigration and President Trum… Read More

Of all the work-capable disabilities, syndromes, and conditions, those with Asperger’s and especially Autism have the lowest employment rates. This is a startling fact, especially for… Read More

As Uber, Google and others experiment with driverless cars, worries mount that fleets of driverless taxis, though probably safer and more efficient, will mean eliminating thousands of j… Read More

One of the most effective ways to source for talent online is using what is called Boolean search. Boolean allows you to combine words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT (known as Bool… Read More

Blind recruiting is a trending topic in HR. Part of the buzz is being generated by new software technologies that promise to remove gender and ethnic bias from the hiring process. Products r… Read More

There are many challenges that all managers face. Whilst these challenges can arise at any point in a manager’s career, they can be particularly prevalent for newer or first-time manag… Read More

The tech industry and how HR plays out in that space is one of my professional fascinations, and that extends to the boom/bust cycle of HR startups and software providers, some of which are… Read More

Queen Elizabeth celebrated a huge work anniversary this week, having been on the throne for 65 years. Last year, she broke the record for Britain’s longest reigning monarch and this sh… Read More

The days of 9 to 5 cubicle jobs are over. The new generation of workers places a high value on flexibility in a job. But, that doesn’t mean they don’t work hard, or expect not to… Read More

Be sure to check out part 1 of our Strategic in HR series.  Many in HR, and even outside the industry, would argue that in 2015, HR is all about strategy. It is true that increasingly… Read More

Quick! When’s the last time someone in your company reviewed all its job descriptions? That long, huh? Job descriptions are a boring but basic workforce management tool. When… Read More

Most of us are familiar with the story of the Wizard of Oz. It is the story of a great and powerful wizard who saves a city, and provides hope to a girl and her companions. They were awed by… Read More

Military veterans have some of the highest unemployment rates. In March 2016, the BSL reported the unemployment rate for male veterans declines to 4.5% and for female veterans remained stead… Read More

Subscribe to our RSS feed and check back for Part 2 of this series discussing Strategic HR.  The role of HR is constantly evolving and changing. Its roots are firmly planted in administ… Read More

In follow up to his “Immigration Guidance”, President Trump may be gearing up for his next round of Executive Orders which look to tighten U.S. work visa programs… Read More

In 2017, there will be 85,000 H1-B visas approved with 20,000 of those reserved for Master’s degree holders. Silicon Valley is still eagerly awaiting proposed changes as part of Trump… Read More

The latest Bureau of Labour Statistics Employment Situation report is out, and the numbers are neither alarming nor fantastic. 227,000 non-farm payroll jobs were added in January and the emp… Read More

2016 might be remembered as the year we heard the death rattle of the traditional annual performance review. As those of us in the HR space know, there’s been a revolution brewing for… Read More

So you need to write a job description. Either you’re setting out the parameters of a new job in your workplace, or you’re changing the description of a job that already exists b… Read More

Work doesn’t need to be a soul sucking nightmare especially when you consider how much time you spend at the office versus your home, with friends and family. A Root Inc. found th… Read More

Last Thursday, Kraft Heinz announced that instead of buying another pricy Superbowl ad, they would instead turn the event into a holiday for their entire salaried US workforce. They&rsq… Read More

WirelessWeek.com is reporting that they are noticing a trend that employers should pay attention to. It promises to have a significant affect on the way we communicate with employees and eve… Read More

I spent much of yesterday like many in shock and trying to make sense of what I had seen on social media and the news. There were stories of airport protests, taxi strikes and families unabl… Read More

Starbucks Chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, announced yesterday that the company would move to hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, across all of the countries they operate in… Read More

Whilst there are many things which can influence the success of your team, a great manager is a key factor when it comes to keeping people motivated and on the road to success, either as ind… Read More

I wrote a lot about diversity hiring efforts last year, including covering tech companies making pledges to rapidly transform their workforces. Now that we’re a few weeks into the new… Read More

As we head into this new year, change is an important part of our business plans and strategies. Question is: how do we ensure that we can create a company culture that encourages and welcom… Read More

According to a new study, candidates with names of Asian origin are less likely to book interviews. The joint Ryerson Munk School of Business and University of Toronto study found… Read More

The blogosphere is wrought full of great content on interview prep, but there is a heavy bias (understandably I suppose) to preparing the interviewee. What about the interviewer? In an envir… Read More

Lately I’ve been looking back on my career from corporate HR to blogger to analyst and wondering what the next 5-10 years has in store for me. Up until recently, I haven&rsqu… Read More

Have you ever felt like your work experience was so specialized or your job title so high level that they were holding you back from exploring new opportunities? It’s not an illusion… Read More

On January 18, 2017, USCIS published a new ruling designed to clarify DHS policies and “enable US employers to retain high-skilled workers.” An initial goal of the ruling is to c… Read More

You may have noticed a trend that has been developing over the last couple of years: people are banding together in small groups of common interests. The anxiety that many people are feeling… Read More

Let’s get real about Social Media for a minute, shall we? I’m always a little surprised when I walk into a senior leadership meeting with a company or client, and the lack of und… Read More

It’s been awhile since I last wrote about work perks and since we’re at the start of a new year, I thought it was time to check out what’s new in perks. Work perks fascinat… Read More

The other day I was reading an article on the website IamWire, which is self-described as “a digital incubator platform for technology professionals.” The article was entitled To… Read More

It’s part of a brotherhood, sisterhood or personhood if you will. As business leaders or HR professional who is seasoned in the nightmare that is the H-1B process, we nod and shake our… Read More

Bell Let’s Talk is a mental health initiative by Canadian telecom giant Bell Canada. On January 25 Bell will donate $0.05 to mental health programs for: Every text message, mobile call… Read More

While we’re all pontificating about the future of technology and its application in the workplace, there is no person more informed about technology than Robert Scoble. As a technologi… Read More

A toxic culture can disrupt business, result in low engagement and high turnover, ultimately damaging your company’s reputation. However, culture can be influenced and new norms can be… Read More

This post is sponsored by Dice. Read more about their partnership with HackerEarth by clicking here.  How to Hire Using The Force In Star Wars, the force is a gut feeling. It&rsquo… Read More

Are you considering leaving the military within the next few years? Transitioning from military to civilian employment isn’t easy, but a good plan will make it much easier. Take the ti… Read More

Like many of you, we here at Workology have already started building our 2017 reading lists. But we thought it would be a good idea to take a look back at some of the books that influenced u… Read More

I’m taking a slightly different approach to the Friday Five this week. Instead of looking for five think pieces or five trending news stories, I thought I’d see what you all thin… Read More

It’s no secret that feedback is a hugely important in the workplace. Giving and receiving useful feedback is a key part of both personal and organizational development. It impacts indi… Read More

There are 185 different types of visas in the United States. These visas are divided into two different categories: 1)Nonimmigrant visas and 2) Immigrant visas. Nonimmigrant visas are for te… Read More

Yesterday we learned that Walmart will cut hundreds of jobs this month, including dozens in human resources and other corporate departments. We also learned some of the details of Boeing&rsq… Read More

The face of recruiting has changed greatly over the last decade, but the tools our industry uses have essentially stayed the same. While there are a few that are able to offer what a recruit… Read More

Mental illness is a pervasive problem in the workplace. 85% of Canadian employers and 94% of U.S. employers report that they have a highly stressed workforce — and this isn&r… Read More

Total reward programs are an important piece of making your company the best place to work and attracting the best technical talent for your organization. We will discuss how to non-compensa… Read More

In a recent Forbes article about 2017 HR trends, author and futurist, Jeanne Meister, wrote about “the blended” workforce. It’s an excellent article and I highly… Read More

Racial diversity in the workplace – from recruiting to hiring to promoting people of color – continues to move at an unimpressive pace. And if LinkedIn’s annual workpl… Read More

While Republicans are working quickly to repeal and replace all or some of Obamacare, it’s still not clear how much of it will go, when it will go and what it will be replaced by. This… Read More

Quite often especially at smaller companies and high growth startups, we miss out on opportunities to properly sell our organization with the company perks, compensation and benefits. We wil… Read More

Big changes are coming now! LinkedIn Advanced Search as we have come to know and love it is in the process of going away. LinkedIn is rolling out the new desktop user interface globally now… Read More

Historically, January has been the cruelest month in terms of employment. Business leaders and their staff returned this week back to the post-holiday grind. Those same leaders are spending… Read More

Even though we’ve just entered 2017, its time to start focusing on one of the most important dates of the entire year: April 3, 2017 — the date when U.S. Citizenship and Immigrat… Read More

About four weeks ago, this blog went through a major rebranding. Blogging4Jobs is now Workology. I’m still working through some additional changes and updates. I still have a lot of ch… Read More

Great, now we have the possibility of high tech sexual harassment As companies move into the world of virtual reality or augmented reality for the purposes of training they now have to worry… Read More

Check out our ongoing collaborative workplace project management series by clicking here.  Productivity. It’s one of those plans of action that seems to elude so many of us. It&rs… Read More

Expect to hear more about my New Year’s Resolutions in, well, the new year. For now I’ve combed through the resolutions that human resources and business leaders have shared… Read More