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It’s called human resources for a reason

ReImagine Work

It was a great day when the personnel department changed the name on the door to human resources. Why I became an advocate of human beings at work. I worked at a chemical plant in the early Eighties. Projects could be more successful and deliver more quickly if we treated people like human beings.

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Tips To Improve Safety And Good Health In The Workplace

Strategy Driven

Other workplace hazards to look out for are chemical and safety hazards. Additionally, your customers and employees are important human resources for your business. Strive to create a work environment that prioritizes their safety and health at all times. For example, improperly adjusted chairs cause lousy posture.

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Top Careers for HR Professionals to Pursue

HR Digest

Are you seeking career growth in human resources? If you want to follow a career in human resources, there are many options open to you. You can pursue the traditional role and become a human resource executive responsible for hiring, firing, onboarding, employee management, and engagement. HR Manager.

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Bringing your dog to work can promote wellbeing and productivity

HR Digest

Today – Wednesday, August 26, 2020 – is International Dog Day , the 16 th annual day that raises awareness and funds to support dog adoption and the importance of providing rescue dogs with a safe and loving environment. Today is the day to show our furry best friends just how much we love them. Today, about 9 percent of employers in the U.S.

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Research: Stale Office Air Is Making You Less Productive

Harvard Business Review

In the first phase of our study, we enrolled 24 “knowledge workers” — managers, architects, and designers — to spend six days, over a two-week period, in a highly controlled work environment at the Syracuse Center of Excellence. This makes buildings, in essence, a human resource tool.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

But anyway after college I started working in Detroit at a steel fabricating place and I worked in human resource, they called it personnel management back then and I spent a couple of years doing that before I got into labor relations and then I opened a consulting firm and started working with some messed up companies. I’m connected.”

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

But anyway after college I started working in Detroit at a steel fabricating place and I worked in human resource, they called it personnel management back then and I spent a couple of years doing that before I got into labor relations and then I opened a consulting firm and started working with some messed up companies. I’m connected.”