K-12 Talent Manager
Battelle for Kids Human Capital Director Emily Douglas explored effective human capital strategies for recruiting, selecting, developing, and recognizing educators and non-instructional staff in schools to ensure the best learning experience for students. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: recruitment & hiring and retention.
Law & Courts
Opinion
President Obama Wants to Update Overtime Pay Rules
President Obama recently issued a memorandum instructing the Secretary of Labor to update regulations regarding who qualifies for overtime protection. The decision could affect organization's employees, budgets, HR policies, etc.
Education
Opinion
Managing Workplace Romance: Gaps in Beliefs, Rules, and Practice
There is a gap between beliefs, rules, and practices among organizations when it comes to how they handle relationships in the workplace. How does your organization view workplace romance?
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
Recruiters Aren't Just Looking at Your Resume
Recruiters are not just looking at your resume anymore, they're checking out your Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn pages. What kind of things do you post and how is that making a difference in your job-future?
Law & Courts
Opinion
HR Trends Impacting School Districts
The Society for Human Resources Management recently released a report offering information on the latest HR trends according to panels of senior HR practitioners, consultants, academics, and policy experts.
Student Well-Being
Opinion
What If You're Not As Good As You Think?
What if you're not as good as you think you are at your job? Is that possible? Researchers Justin Kruger and David Dunning would say "yes."
Career Advice
Opinion
Research-Savvy Talent Management
Guest blogger Naima Khandaker writes about three strategies Talent Managers should utilize when selecting research to inform decisions and programs in their organizations.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
NACE Report Reveals Growth in Education Industry, Drop in Salaries
According to a National Association of Colleges and Employers report detailing salary information from more than 400,000 employers, in 2013 the education industry saw a drop in average starting salary, meanwhile it hired the largest number of graduates.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
FSA "Use-It-Or-Lose-It" Rules Modified
Many organizations offer Flexible Spending Accounts, commonly known as FSA's, in addition to employee health insurance as a way to attract and retain staff. Recent changes to FSA rules impact spending, healthcare, patient wellbeing, taxes, and the management of benefits. Are you up-to-date?
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Changing Healthcare Costs Will Be Major HR Issue in 2014
Over the past five years, healthcare costs have increased nationally. Do you know what portion of your healthcare costs are your responsibility and what portion your employer covers?
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
PISA 2012: Global Lessons on Prioritizing
Guest blogger, Naima Khandaker, explores the 2012 PISA results and dives into how high-performing systems are prioritizing their resources in order to be successful.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Tennessee District's Distributed Leadership Model Fosters Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Dr. Lyle Ailshie, Superintendent of Kingsport City Schools in eastern Tennessee, authors a guest post on the district's multi-level leadership strategy to help foster professional learning, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Teaching Profession
Opinion
$278 Billion Up In Smoke
Between rising health insurance costs, lost productivity, and overall employee health and well-being, more and more talent managers have been tasked with working to alleviate the financial and physical impact of smoking on their organizations.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Cultural Zombies and Vampires, Oh My!
Vampires and zombies could be present in your organization even when it's not Halloween. Learn about who they are and how they could be sucking the life out of your culture and super star contributors!
Recruitment & Retention
Opinion
National Save for Retirement Week
Did you know that this week (October 20th - 26th) is National Save for Retirement Week? I didn't, until surfing Twitter this morning! Learning of this campaign reminded me that on October 1, the Teacher Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) released its second annual Financial Advice Survey results. What better time to share the findings?