Patrick DiDomenico is the editorial director at Business Management Daily and the founding editor of The HR Specialist family of newsletters, special reports and online resources. Pat's more than 20-year career as a business journalist and thought leader includes stints as newspaper reporter, Washington speechwriter and White House press aide.
If your organization uses a third-party company to run checks on applicants’ (or employees’) criminal records and credit histories, take note: Starting...
There’s no law saying that work has to be fun … or that managers must have the kindness and patience of Mr. Rogers. But as long as managers treat their...
In the past decade, two things have definitely grown: Americans’ waistlines and the desire for U.S. employers to reduce their employee-related health care ...
Introverts may be less noisy, but they actually outnumber extroverts in the workplace. But in today’s extroverted business world, introverts can sometimes feel...
Figuring out if applicants have the technical skills to perform a job is relatively easy. What’s more difficult is finding out whether a person has the personal ...
Yesterday's admission from Yahoo's CEO Scott Thompson that he fudged the academic credentials on his résumé is another warning to employers to think of...
Great employees don't automatically make great managers. Supervising people requires a completely different skill set than actually performing the work at hand. And...
As if Facebook weren't enough of a pull for daydreaming office workers, March Madness makes working hard even harder. But the annual NCAA basketball tourney...
Even after the start of 2012, the model FMLA certification and notification forms provided by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) still carried an expriation date of...
Sometimes, HR pros go to bat for employees. But what happens when HR sticks out its neck and, in turn, gets it chopped off? Can HR professionals claim illegal...
While the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses feel like the end of a long campaign season, it’s really just the beginning of a heated political year … one that could...
Looking to justify a request for an HR budget increase? A couple of news items this week should help. They say employees are getting more litigious and it’s much...
As Halloween approaches, workers and workplaces are dressing the part. But when it comes to the actual jobs we perform, some professions are more frightening than...
The “What Were They Thinking” file is full of stories about managers with a distorted view of team building exercises. Their misguided efforts not only...
Think for a second about your most innovative and productive employees. It’s likely that they approach life in the same way they approach work—with an...
