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Employees Holiday Shopping at Work, but the Bosses Have Taken Notice
In 2010, holiday shoppers broke a record by spending just over a billion dollars on Cyber Monday, the post-Thanksgiving Monday dedicated to Internet deals. This year, the record was surpassed…
Posting on Social Networking Sites Can Get You Fired
Be careful what you say when you’re social networking. Two recent cases involve employees posting questionable material on social media sites, which subsequently led to a suspension and a termination.…
Pennsylvania Joins 34 Other States in Ban on Texting While Driving
In the technological world, many people use a cell phone for a variety of reasons throughout the day. They make calls, update their Facebook, tweet their friends, and send texts.…
Technology Playing a Bigger Part in the Workplace
Many employers tend to limit employees’ access to such social networking sites as Facebook and Twitter. A recent study, however, showed that college students and college graduates fresh into a…
Zynga Looking To Hire HR Manager
The #1 social gaming company on the internet is currently looking to hire a Human Resources Manager at their Austin, Texas location. Zynga, the company behind the massively successful Farmville…
Coahoma County Brings on Myles as HR Director
The Coahoma, Mississippi County Board of Supervisors has appointed Benita Myles as Human Resource Director. She joins from the County’s Road Department, where she was office manager. Previously, she was…
HR Career Resources
Firing Is Fiery!
HR Career Resources is a weekly column authored by HRCrossing, the nation's leading human resources jobsite dedicated to getting HR professionals jobs.
For most human resources professionals, hiring a new candidate is a jubilant moment. However, needing to fire one of their existing employees is one situation they pray hard to avoid getting into. Unfortunately, the need to fire an employee for the health of the organization is inevitable at times. In such cases, HR professionals are not left with a choice. However, firing an employee does not always have to be a bad experience. Terminating an employee’s services can sometimes be the best solution for an organization or the employee himself. Reasons for termination may include a lack of productivity, misconduct, a loss to the organization owing to the carelessness of the employee, and other issues. Human resources professionals faced with the situation of firing an employee need to tackle each [...]
September 17, 2012 Read More
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