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Benefits of Working From Home

Due to the pandemic, many have been working from home for the past year. Of course, the first few months were difficult to get into…

What To Look For In An HR Staffing Agency

Whether you are seeking a job as a human resource professional or wish to hire or contract the services of an HR specialist, you need…

3 Ways To Further Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Conversations In The Workplace

Last week, Merit HR held a virtual event on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). We were lucky enough to host two wonderful and well-respected experts…

5 Perks You Can Offer Your Employees That Won’t Break the Bank

Besides being exciting to work at because it places employees at the cutting edge of an industry, giants across all industries also have incredible benefits…

Diversity & Inclusion Through An HR Perspective

Everyone associated with human resource management is familiar with diversity and inclusion. Both are core components of human resource management. The concepts of diversity and…

How to Tell If Your Business Needs an HR Consultant

Managing human resources is one of the common challenges faced by small businesses. It involves time-consuming tasks that business owners might lack time to prioritize,…

Choosing an HR Staffing Agency

When I shared the news that I was joining the leadership team of an HR staffing agency with my fellow HR colleagues, I was met…

When Worlds Collide: Back to Work Meets Back to School in a Virtual World.

A continuation of the New Abnormal Series… Those of us in the human resource management and organizational leadership world can handle a lot because we…

Guest Blogger: Marcia Hakanson on Workplace Harassment Prevention

Posters, policies, complaint handling, and training are all important elements of a solid workplace harassment prevention program. If your organization operates is several states, you’ll…

Adapting to Remote Work

Human Resources Managers Adapting to Remote Work During the COVID crisis, organizations and their Human Resources Managers that had never considered remote work as an…

A New Day for Merit HR

“Nothing is constant but change,” a quote attributed to Greek philosopher Heraclitus by Plato, has been a guiding principal in my life. In business,…

Recommended and available HR Talent for Late Summer

Hello! With strategic business planning in progress, it is an important time for HR. We’ve all taken on additional responsibilities at work and at home as…

Are these times really unprecedented?

Greetings! While I have written the following sentence many times, this time I really mean it: There has never been a more challenging time to…

Who’s Standing on Your Air Hose?

We’ve discovered over the years, that most difficult situations don’t have to be so difficult. But, for effective solutions to bring about progress, leaders and…

Trying Out New Melodies

Thought leadership expert Adam Grant noted a somber tone at the World Economic Forum gathering at Davos earlier this year, which he attributed to many…

Why We Do the Work

My readings over this past year-end break and listening to interviews of prominent individuals closing out another year or in some cases their careers —…

The Answers May Not Be Simple or New

At the risk of sounding like I am stuck in “endless replay” mode, every day is a reminder of something we have said for years…

Don’t Take Sides – Take a Different View

I find it fascinating the number of people, groups and organizations that take sides on issues and invest tremendous effort and expense debating the closely…

The Language of Success

Borrowing from a colleague’s1 blog by the same title (that I archived some time ago), it is good to be reminded that how we talk…

We Can Never Stop Talking About Leadership

We can never stop talking about leadership because it is so important to anything that succeeds and there are so many aspects to it. But…

For Sustainability’s Sake

For sustainability’s sake – make it about the money It is always about the money in business. Few things escape it — revenue, profit and…

What Could Your Results Really Be?

In the course of our work we have the opportunity to support business leaders from very different companies across many industries. The challenges they face…

The Power and Magic of “Commitment”

We all know the word and term – commitment. We have been asked for “it” and we have asked “it” of others throughout our work…

Education, Optimism, and Patience

Permit me a couple of personal observations: Educated people are more optimistic; and good things take time and require patience. I believe educated people (both…

The 5 Keys to Job Success

Certain people always have great jobs. They always seem to land the promotion. And they always seem to be successful with everything they touch. Is…

Resume Red Flags

In an ideal world, every resume that comes across your desk will perfectly describe someone you want to hire for a position your company currently…

Build Trust

Trust is essential when building a healthy and productive work environment. Whether you’re leading an entire department or work hand-in-hand with a just a few coworkers,…

Greater Options with Flexibility

Staying in touch with trends in the job market and the preferences of workers of all types are key imperatives for HR and hiring managers…

The Right Decision in the Moment

From a wide range of commentaries and readings lately on business, leadership, HR and future trends, a few nuggets kept recurring that are worthy of…

Wisdom of the Ages

It is an absolute fact that when you step back far enough, the simple wisdom needed to successfully run your business – interact with and…

There Are No Simple Answers…

And it is as simple as that. It is easy to espouse quick solutions to problems but as with sound bytes and bumper stickers there…

Don’t Just Focus on the People!

It feels like heresy writing to HR people and saying, “don’t just focus on the people.” Haven’t HR professionals struggled enough over the years trying…

Some Twists on Talent, Work and School

As HR professionals, aware of the complex set of factors that can create or predict human success, it should come as no surprise the importance…

Not All the Rules Have Changed

Starting out a new year — amidst the ever-changing employment scene with technology advancements, interactive on-line processes and the latest employment screening tools designed to…

We Just Keep Getting Stronger

Special News Announcement We are excited to announce that Danika Davis, CEO of the Northern California Human Resource Association (NCHRA), will be joining Merit Resource…

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