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“That’s Not My Job!… Or is it?”
How to Overcome Challenges associated with Developing and Maintaining Job Descriptions – My Experience Writing job descriptions is not an easy task. They can be time consuming to write, should be monitored and updated frequently, and can even have legal implications if they don’t accurately reflect what a job entails (Tyler, 2018). They serve as…
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Next Stop, Ireland
I have always been drawn to living overseas. It is a dream to live and experience working in Europe. Ireland would be a great place to start. Ireland has very similar anti discriminatory laws and regulations as compared to the United States. According to the ‘Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015’, it is illegal to discriminate against…
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Don’t Stress About It…
What steps can you take as you progress through your professional career to help you manage stress? Conduct internet research on stress and other health conditions of current concern to organizations. What are organizations doing to help their employees manage their health and cope with stress? Stress in life can weigh us down heavily. Over…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Contribute an original blog post (250-350 words) to your blog. Think of a situation where you (or someone you know) engaged in a set of behaviors and compensation may have been a motivating factor. Some examples – accepted or declined a job offer, left a job, or decreased effort. Why do you think compensation motivated…
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“No more training do you require. Already know you that which you need.” -Master Yoda
Reflect on a training (or a class you’ve taken) that you found especially beneficial and one that you didn’t find beneficial. Drawing on this week’s material, what made the one training (or class) effective and the other not so much? Training can be a struggle, depending on how it is delivered. As this week’s lectures…
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“Do I Really Think That?”
Contribute an original blog post (250-300 words) discussing the results of your Implicit Attitude Test and your thoughts on how you think implicit bias could impact the reliability or validity of a selection process, Also indicate one thing you could do to try to prevent or counteract implicit bias. Use the material from the lectures,…
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“In a Blender”
“Imagine you’re trapped in a blender. You can’t get out and it’s about to be turned on. What do you do?” I looked at the other candidates and thought to myself, how on earth am I going to answer this question? How is my answer relevant to my measure my capabilities? I was asked this…
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(How) to Be or Not (How) to BE…That is the Question
Week 1 – Great Places to Work and How Management can affect work culture. Working for a company is more than a job. Working affects individuals’ lives and has major impact on their wellbeing. Human Resources is increasingly important and necessary when it comes to taking care of employees (Why Did We Ever Go into…
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