Drivethru HR

We had some many great guests both calling in and tweeting about #dthr (DriveThruHR), answering our question of the day which was: What would your career be if HR was just eliminated as a profession. There were many very interesting answers of which I’ve compiled the top 21 Encore Careers.

You could easily walk into HR and pull off the shelf any of the following -Damage Remedy -Brilliant -Purse Abundance -Caribbean Therapy -Inner Light -Source of Replenishment

LR caught a few minutes with @mikevandervort @shrmsocmedguy @LaurenRuettimann @drivethruHR visiting about social media and thoughts about the current and future opportunities as well pot-holes to look out for.

Host Bryan Wempen will be sharing some thoughts on from day one of the SHRM National Conference.

Today I am the guest on DriveThruHR, the Blog Talk Radio show hosted by Bryan Wempen. His theme this week is union activity. My topic is “Concerted Activity” and why everyone in HR, especially non-union HR should know about it.

But I’ve always had a personal expectation and assumption that everyone evolves in their thinking with every conversation. Usually you have to exhaust a subject to really get to the “best perspectives” versus the “best practices”.

My final and most pervasive thoughts from my time at HRevolution2010 are in the order by what influenced and touched me the most…

HR social media thought leaders and practitioners from around the country will be converging for 24 hours+ of mind-bending, trend-setting discussions on HR, social media, communications, leadership/development in an unconference format that emphasizes interaction over passive listening.

The U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 10, 2009, heard arguments in a case that raises the question of the appropriate standard for determining a company’s place of business for purposes of federal diversity jurisdiction. The answer to the question will establish when certain class-action lawsuits brought by employees in plaintiff-friendly state court can be removed by corporations to federal court, a venue they might prefer (Hertz Corp. v. Friend (08-1107)).