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Job Descriptions
Although it may seem unimportant, job descriptions are vital to the success and maintenance of an HR program. Not only do they clarify the nature of roles, but they list competencies, requirements, and other classifying information in order to best represent the role and talent needed to successfully fill it. This standardization process allows for…
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The Need for Strong Unions?
Although union membership has steadily declined in the US over the last few decades, so have workers rights and benefits; as the power distance between decision makers and employees has increased, the deregulation of big business has throttled unionization efforts en masse until recently. While firms claim to have employee’s best interests at heart, their…
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Stress Management
These assessments were informative, if not frightening, looks into how I deal with stress, and the effect it’s had on my personality over the last couple of years. Admittedly I have been very unlucky in the last few years for someone my age, and that is reflected in the astronomically high score on the Life…
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Compensation
I have had mostly negative experiences with compensation; this can be attributed to the general wage depression and my inability to get anything other than entry level jobs/minimum wage work. As wages have stagnated, people my age have watched themselves get poorer and poorer as time goes on. Prior to restarting school I worked for…
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Good & Bad Experiences with Training/Classes
Due to its relevance to our class material and current events, I’m going to discuss aspects of taking online classes through Oregon State. I was able to begin classes again online in Summer of 2021, and have been exclusively finishing my degree online. The variety of classes I’ve taken since returning have provided me with…
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Implicit Biases
Exploring the Harvard Implicit Association Tests, (IATs), was an interesting insight into the way our minds like to compartmentalize and take shortcuts. The IATs along with course materials indicated the plasticity of these biases over time and our ability to change them with proper conditioning. This is evidenced by people who have been deprogrammed from…
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Interviewing Experiences
Effective interviewing is a vital skill that organizational HR professionals and hiring managers need to understand. Even if they aren’t the person conducting the interview, the design of questions, setting, and overall outline of the interview can, and should, differ based on the type of role being selected and the organization itself. I always come…
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Workplaces that are doing it right:
This week’s learning material has been a great introduction to strategic HRM, as well as the variables that contribute to organizational culture and management decisions as they relate to strategic objectives. When looking at the Great Places to Work list I chose Workday, REI, Alston & Bird, and Bain & Company. These are all places…
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