I love being a mentor in the SHRM Foundation's mentoring program. (Learn more here!) The program is 3 months and the SHRM Foundation matches a mentor and a mentee to focus on career aspirations, skill development and networking. This cohort started in February and I was matched with my mentee, an HR Emerging Professional obtaining … Continue reading What top 3 skills helped you advance as a young professional?
Category: Professional Development
2024 Unwrapped
Happy New Year friends! I'm so excited to unwrap this year. This will be my 5th year in review post on the blog and I love how the format has evolved over the years! 2023 in review celebrated at a high level the good things that happened during the year. I typically keep these wrap … Continue reading 2024 Unwrapped
An HR Certification Chat with Julie Gee #HRCommunity
Julie Gee, SPHR, SHRM-SCP is currently the Human Resources Manager at Astronics LSI. She is a current BNHRA member and earned her SHRM-SCP certification in 2023. Congrats Julie! As the current Certification Director serving on the BNHRA Board of Directors, I wanted to talk to Julie about her certification journey and share it with other … Continue reading An HR Certification Chat with Julie Gee #HRCommunity
Help Others and Help Yourself
Job searching in this market is tough. Unfortunately there have been a lot of layoffs over the past couple of years, and as a recruiter I'm seeing jobs get hundreds and hundreds of applicants. As a career coach, I'm working with clients who are discouraged and overwhelmed. I've seen some buzz in my LinkedIn and … Continue reading Help Others and Help Yourself
Trying to get ahead faster? Look inward.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Coming up on September 25th I'll be speaking at the Iowa State SHRM Conference. We're doing a 3 hour workshop on employer branding for talent attraction and retention. I'm so excited! One of the conference committee members asked me on a planning call if I was going … Continue reading Trying to get ahead faster? Look inward.