Here's the first writing manual designed especially for HR professionals. It combines clear, complete, how-to-do-it guidelines on writing with more than 100 actual samples of HR documents.

This book will help you to regain your HR mojo, find your community and gain clarity on your way forward. Based on real-life experiences from HR Professionals who felt just like you at some point in their careers, you will learn about our moments of defeat and triumph. I wrote this book because I believe that we need more transparency in our HR community. Enough about what we need to do and more about how we are actually navigating our careers in this space.Read this book to:Learn how to navigate working with a bad boss Understand what it takes to be the best recruiter you can beDiscover how Agile ways of working can improve your workflowLearn how to become more inclusive in building your HR teamLearn why your mental health and well-being mattersUnderstand how to build resilience through making mistakesDiscover how to build your HR Community/tribe

You’re no idiot, of course. You know that your employees are essential to your company’s success. But when it comes to training, motivating, hiring, and firing them, you feel like a few of the many hats you wear don’t fit as well as they should. Don’t outsource your HR function just yet! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Human Resource Management will simplify everything you need to know about the people business. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you learn: --How to locate, hire, and retain the most qualified people for positions. --What you need to know about the law and regulations to avoid costly legal battles. --How to organize and administer an effective compensation and benefits plan. --Training tools and techniques to boost employee motivation and performance.

An essential reference for HR professionals A Guide to the HR Body of Knowledge (HRBoKTM) from HR Certification Institute (HRCI®) is an essential reference book for HR professionals and a must-have guide for those who wish to further their expertise and career in the HR field. This book will help HR professionals align their organizations with essential practices while also covering the Core Knowledge Requirements for all exams administered by HRCI. Filled with authoritative insights into the six areas of HR functional expertise: Business Management and Strategy; Workforce Planning and Employment; Human Resource Development; Compensation and Benefits; Employee and Labor Relations; and Risk Management, this volume also covers information on exam eligibility, and prep tips. Contributions from dozens of HR subject matter experts cover the skills, knowledge, and methods that define the profession's best practices. Whether used as a desk reference, or as a self-assessment, this book allows you to: Assess your skill set and your organization's practices against the HRCI standard Get the latest information on strategies HR professionals can use to help their organizations and their profession Gain insight into the body of knowledge that forms the basis for all HRCI certification exams As the HR field becomes more diverse and complex, HR professionals need an informational "home base" for periodic check-ins and authoritative reference. As a certifying body for over four decades, HRCI has drawn upon its collective expertise to codify a standard body of knowledge for the field. The HRBoK is the definitive resource that will be your go-to HR reference for years to come.

What's that? You don't have an HR department? Or, you ARE the HR department? This is the one-stop resource you've been looking for.

A veteran human resources manager and consultant shares his firsthand experience to show human resources professionals in the design field how to attract, develop and retain the best people. Demonstrates how the nature of the design profession lends itself to special strengths and weaknesses in the human resources management area. Shows managers how to break out of traditional American styles of management and into the participative management style in which design professionals thrive. They'll also learn how to define their firm's mission, determine strategy, agree on common goals plus many other techniques that will contribute not only to their human resources management goals but also to their corporation's goals as a whole.

Leading people in today's complex world is challenging. There are regulations, unions, lawyers, and more to deal with on a daily basis. Written by a longtime human resources consultant, this guidebook helps you develop your leadership skills so you can recruit qualified applicants; interview candidates with confidence; hire the right people; train new employees and keep the best performers; deal with unions; and stay out of court. In addition to the basics, you'll learn how to respond to situations that catch you off guard. For instance, what do you do if your best employee tells you that he or she is leaving to join a competitor? What if one of your employees takes a public stand against one of your policies? What if someone you fire for theft hires a lawyer who sends you a nasty letter? Other textbooks on human resources management focus on theories and statistics, but A Practical Guide to Human Resources Management provides real-life examples to help you handle any situation with leadership that inspires confidence.