Employers may soon experience an increase in requests for spousal benefit coverage from employees who have legally married their same-sex partners now that same-sex marriage has been legalized in New York.  The... Read more »

Have you ever been in an interview and had that one question that stopped you dead in your tracks!!  How you would you answer this questiion....What is the biggest misconception about you?  Here... Read more »

The American workforce continues to face a very serious issue: health and healthcare costs.  As the number of chronic diseases increases so does the cost of health care.  A recent study had... Read more »

The Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which legalizes civil unions for same-sex and opposite-sex partners, takes effect on June 1, 2011.  The law entitles civil union partners to all... Read more »

As a business owner or manager, how can you ensure your return on investment when it comes to training your employees?  Training can take time and money.  Learn several ways to ensure... Read more »

The resume helps land the interview, but when it comes to making hiring decisions, employers are looking for less-obvious clues that an applicant is right for the job, a new... Read more »

Most of the difficulties in the employer-employee relationship are the result of misunderstanding or of a lack of understanding of one another problems. The average workman is a steady, hard-working man. He... Read more »

For some HR professionals, there is a stigma associated with recruiting firms. But, the truth is, recruiters are a necessary evil, particularly in the technology world. Recruiting firms have a database of high-quality candidates,... Read more »

I recently spent some time with a friend who is also in Human Resources;  while I was there,  we got into the discussion of how Human Resources has changed. This can be... Read more »