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This guest post is by Mike Aitken, director of government affairs for the Society for Human Resource Management.

While the outcome of several federal and state races remain undecided, the results of last night’s election are clear: Republicans will govern the House of Representatives in the 112th Congress with at least a 40 seat majority, and the Democrats will maintain control the Senate with a slim majority of betPostsween 1 and 3 seats, pending the outcome of undecided races in Washington and Colorado.[…] Continue Reading »

This post was written by SmartBrief’s Doris Nhan.

At the SHRM annual conference in San Diego, SmartBrief’s senior editor Mary Ellen Slayter sat down with Ryan Estis of Ryan Estis Associates to discuss the evolving workplace environment and how HR management fits into it. Ryan, a  business performance consultant, dubs it “HR 2.0.”

Among his key points:

  • HR 2.0 represents a shift in human resources management, as companies begin to pull away from the economic recession.
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This post was written by SmartBrief’s Doris Nhan.

SmartBrief senior editor Mary Ellen Slayter reported live from this year’s annual SHRM conference, where she spoke with Robin Schooling, the vice president of human resources for the Louisiana Lottery Corp. Robin sat down to discuss how she and her team developed a successful learning environment in their workplace.[…] Continue Reading »

This post is by SmartBrief’s Doris Nhan.

Last month, SmartBrief senior editor Mary Ellen Slayter attended the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual conference in San Diego and sat down with Laura Stack, founder of Productivity Pro, to discuss how to avoid an obsession with social media while maximizing its benefits for your company.

Stack likens an addiction to social media to an obsessive-compulsive disorder, where one feels compelled, without reason, to constantly check social-networking sites.[…] Continue Reading »

I reported live from the SHRM annual conference out in San Diego last month, where I had the opportunity to talk with Eric Winegardner, Monster’s vice president of client adoption. Eric is a veteran of eight SHRM conferences. I sat down with him to talk about how this year’s conference was different.