The human resources field is often thought of as a touchy-feely area, given that experts can rely on subjective factors like writing styles and interview skills in order to make decisions.  But statistics can definitely come into play, and a company called smartKPIs.com has demonstrated this by announcing the “Top 25 KPIs of 2010.”

Human resource workers may want to start thinking about why their company’s HR department is among the best in the field.  Or, if that list of accolades winds up a little short, HR professionals should at least get ready to learn from others.  That’s because the process leading up to the HR Excellence Awards 2011 [...]

A little more than a week ago on Human Resource News, we talked about one way of ensuring that employees don’t search for inappropriate things.  This time, let’s look at a rather contrary subject, as it seems that many companies require that employees use Twitter.

There are all sorts of ways to deal with people searching for inappropriate content while at work; it’s possible to buy monitoring software, have the IT department periodically dig through some files, or just peer over employees’ shoulders.  But Google’s making things simpler with a feature that’ll let you lock SafeSearch on a strict setting.

In the never-ending quest to make employees productive, letting them slack off a little may be a good tactic.  The University of Melbourne found that “Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing,” or WILB, goes a long way towards letting people refocus. Dr. Brent Coker, who works in the University’s Department of Management and Marketing, stated after finishing [...]

It’s always nice to have someone to look up to, and thanks to a round of Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) awards, human resource professionals can now choose between 15 potential role models.  All of these individuals recently made smart, recession-appropriate moves.