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Hi Everyone! I’m torn between which HR certification to pursue (SHRM-SCP or SPHR). Which one would you recommend and why?

Hi all! Does your company do anything to help working parents?

Any thoughts on the best certifications to get in order to help move forward? I have considered the CCP from World at Work, but it’s fairly pricey to get by the time you wrap up everything. I was looking at both SHRM-CP and SPHR. Everyone that I have spoken to has the SHRM, but that’s also only looking at individuals in a small geographic footprint and within 3-4 different companies. I was hoping to get some thoughts on this from others? Thanks

CA Law question. What are you doing with arbitration agreements? Interested to hear from everyone, and from securities industry too! We didn’t hire since January, but want to start next year, and the whole AB 51 thing is confusing.

How documented and transparent is the performance evaluation process at your orgs? Do your orgs go out of their way to publish the process broadly to employees?

We have a lot of inexperienced managers and leaders throughout the company. I wanted to propose bringing on a L&D leader who has experience creating long-term curriculums for managers and executives. For those that have a management training philosophy, who runs it and how often,m?

Does the word “inclusion” do more harm than good? What if the panel we simply said “Diversity & Equity”? My thought here is that inclusion insinuates that anyone who isn’t in the “majority” needs to feel “included”, which could be somewhat off putting. Shouldn’t the goal be for everyone to feel equal instead of simply feeling included? I’d love to get some opinions on this!

After working as TA for the past 2 years in my first ever HR job, I have Been thinking about looking for my next stage in my HR career. I was wondering what would you recommend me doing in this search, as other then these 2 years I don’t have experience or certifications?

As a 1 person HR show, what would your first hire be?

Do you ever get conscious telling people that you work in HR? I feel like there is a stigma against our profession.

Good Afternoon and Happy Friday everyone! I work for a larger fulfillment center and I am tasked with coming up with some new ideas to do for team member engagements. Usually once a week we hand out cookies, chips or popcorn with Gatorade. This is for close to 1200 team members. Does anyone have any great ideas?

What are your policies for drug testing? If tested positive for marijuana is that a terminable offense?

Thinking about moving to Los Angeles. What’s the best neighborhood/area for someone who’s a foodie, wants to be relatively close to the beach, safe neighborhood and does not have a car?

I am a Canadian. I have a wealth of experience in Education and Educational Leadership (Doctoral Level). I am looking for a position in Southern California. I would require sponsorship. Leads? Ideas? Thoughts??

Does anyone have any recommendations for a virtual holiday party? Themes? Activities? Contest?

Currently, we're using JazzHR for our ATS and importing new hires in ADP WorkForce Now, our HRIS and where we run payroll. JazzHR has been great, and ADP has mostly been a pain. We're also using Concur for expenses. Just did a demo with Paycom and was generally really pleased, except the ATS which seems really bare bones compared to JazzHR. Is it worth trading the ease and functionality of our standalone ATS to get an all-in-one solution?

Cold calling throughout pandemic. Thoughts? Tips? Creative ideas?

Was thinking about going back to school to get my Masters in HR. Any advice on how to get started to prep for GRE and a masters program in general?

What's your experience with requiring bras at work? We are required to wear a bra or something over or under their their top to hide parts of their body that our employer does not want exposed. What's your experience in your organization? How are you handling it? What is or isn't appropriate?

Does EY or KPMG have a Marriott discount for personal trips?

Anyone ever dress up for Halloween at the client site? Was thinking of wearing my wizard costume that Tuesday

I’m sitting at my desk literally reminiscing on the thoughts I had on December 23rd before my time-off began. Almost feels as if I’m trying to warp back into time and the machine won’t let me. Help me.

How favorably do business schools view candidates who did undergrad from the same university, if at all? E.g., UPenn undergrad applying to Wharton, Stanford undergrad applying to GBS, etc.?

Does it hurt ur chances if you apply to an MBA program 2 years in a row? Debating whether I should apply this year, or prepping better for next year.

What should an Associate Product Manager salary in Chicago be? Non-Faang; small firm. 2 years of relevant experience.

Enjoy job at Deloitte, except pay. I’m ~20% below mkt. EY has offered a similar role with ideal pay Should I tell my leaders at Deloitte to see if they can do anything to fix it? Or put in two weeks?

Anyone interview at Lyft and have to do this regional markets case study? Any tips?

Signing baby care clients to capitalise on the supposed baby boom in 9 months. 🙃

Is there anyone here who did a top Mba but then went back to work for two years for their original employer but then after that two years ended up exiting to either MBB or a faang type company?

Got laid off today. Remember to take a step back and not take all of this for granted. We're all pretty lucky to have this opportunity. And good luck to everyone up for promotion this year!

Do you think your counselor should perform classroom observations of at-risk children? Why or why not?

People who did business school campus visits before applying, did you find some more useful than others? And how? Looking at top 10 programs mainly, but don't think I can visit all of them.

What would you do? Just received my performance review with a specific % raise on salary and a % increase on bonus... and my colleagues are asking me for that percentage. Should I tell them??

just got told by someone from Deloitte that I should be grateful and deserve to wait 12 years for green card cause I am from asia. FYI deloitte guy also an immigrant got his gc in 4.5 months.

This is 40! What is it like to be management consultant is your 40s? Success stories, horror stories, tips or pain points?

Delta agent just told me I can't stand by in Toronto, and apparently there are no lounges open in the terminal to people flying transborder to the US (I have PP.) TF is this madness??

Anyone know of good resources for updating your resume for mba applications?

Serious question on racial and gender diversity. When would you say your organization has achieved success as far as diversity goes? Would you call 50:50 a gender parity success? What about racial...