Getting certified? Check out the SPHR-PHR Self Study Course from upstartHR!It was toward the end of August and I headed down to Florida to attend HR Florida 2012. At the time of my departure Issac was rolling around south of Florida and no one really could say for sure where it was going to go. So after a couple conversation with Mike Vandervort I [...]
I have come to HR Florida despite some trepidation about coming to Florida. Why? Well in case you had not heard there has been a tropical storm Issac, bouncing around in the Caribbean and then turning into the Gulf of Mexico. Fortunately the storm has not moved in the direction of the west coast of Florida. Before [...]
Attending HR Florida has given me another opportunity to catch the Talent Anarchy duo again. For the purposes of full disclosure I will say I like Joe and Jason, and come down squarely in their corner as a supporter. Understand that when you read this post. Today I attended a three hour session on [...]
I am excited! In the morning I leaving to attend HR Florida. This is the annual SHRM State Conference put on by Florida SHRM. It is big deal. I don’t know if it is the longest running SHRM State Conference, but I would bet that it is. The conference in past years has drawn 1500 [...]
Recently I was headed home from a trip and found myself in the Minneapolis St. Paul airport. My wife and I had about 3 hours to kill, and we were hungry. So we thought we would take our time and find the best restaurant in the airport. After a little work, it appeared that Friday’s would probably [...]
Joan Ginsberg has done such a fine job getting #SHRMChat up and running AND growing, that we have given her an evening off. Actually, the ironic thing is that she can not attend because she will be attending a dinner with SHRM staff. So I offered to fill in for her and keep the chat [...]
