Your HR Career
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Take This Job and Love It: Financial Planners, HR Leaders Rank as Top 5 Jobs
At an average midcareer salary of $104,000, financial planners out-earn the rest of the top 10 professions. Those in HR leadership positions average just over $99,000.
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Lagging Economy Aside, Interviewees Say the Darndest Things
Job board giant CareerBuilder listed some of the most unusual interview experiences based on an online survey of more than 3,000 employers.
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Preparing for the HR Certification Institute Exams
The SHRM Learning System may be the most popular study method for the HRCI exams, but there are other alternatives. Here are a few:
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Multiple Choice Unrest: HRCI-SHRM Link Leaves Many Stumped
A low pass rate on exams and high cost for study materials have HR practitioners seeking to earn their credentials questioning the blurry relationship between SHRM and HRCI.
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HR Certification: Preferred or Unnecessary?
Some jobs require certification, though other companies say they want nothing to do with an HR practitioner with an acronym after their name.
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SHRM, Dissident Group Set Summit to Air Differences
The SHRM Members for Transparency, which formed last year largely over concerns about the SHRM board’s 2005 decision to pay board members, had been asking to meet with SHRM leaders since the fall of 2010.
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Men Dominate MBA Enrollment in Chicago
But East Coast schools such as the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Harvard Business School are enrolling record percentages of women in the upcoming academic year.
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The Search Is on for HRs Best and Brightest
This is an excellent opportunity for you to publicly recognize your employees or professional colleagues. We also will accept self-nominations as long as they are accompanied by a letter of recommendation from an executive in your organization.
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JetBlue Names New 'Chief People Officer'
An insider is tapped for the airline’s creatively titled HR post, which has been open since just before a fed-up flight attendant fled a plane via emergency chute. A spokesman says the appointment is not related to the incident.
