Category Archives for "HR Issues"

4 Office Holiday Party Stories That Will Make You Cringe

Nothing in the working world can be certain except office holiday parties and the horrifying stories they produce. To be fair, companies hold holiday festivities every year that don’t involve drama, overdrinking, or hand-to-hand combat, parties where guests leave happy to have attended. Today, we’re talking about the parties that were less successful. We’re talking […]

The Top 8 Schools for HR Leaders

If HR is your calling, you need to spend some time considering where, and if, you want to get an undergraduate or master’s degree in the field. To help you make that choice, we’ve broken down the colleges and universities that have great programs for both HR professionals and students looking to break into the […]

Update: We Have a Winner! It’s the First Ever Workies!

It’s about time innovative Human Resources leaders get the recognition they deserve. The team behind DisruptHR NYC has brought us The Workies, an award program that honors the HR professionals making waves in their field. The awards are taking place Thursday, October 24 during the 2019 Work Awesome Conference. Here at Beneplace, we’re thrilled to […]

Beneplace Briefs #2

In this week’s edition of Beneplace Briefs, we’ve got a story on virtual firing, what pop culture can teach HR, and more.   “You’re Fired! Virtually Speaking…” (via MIT Technology Review) Can you really fire someone who doesn’t really work for you? Talespin, an AI firm, lets HR managers practice firing employees in a virtual […]

What Michael Scott Can Teach HR (Plus 4 Other Lessons from Pop Culture)

Pop culture isn’t always kind to Human Resources. HR professionals have been portrayed as ineffectual weaklings (The Office), patronizing would-be therapists (Stranger than Fiction), or kiss-ups who are willing to hurt anyone to get in with the boss (9 to 5). But you can learn a lot about what to do, or what not to […]