Employee Surveys: They’re Worth It

By Nonprofit HR on Friday, August 17th, 2012 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

Writing in Business Scene, David Brunick, Vice President of Human Resources at Goodwill Industries of Denver, says that if you plan to start using employee surveys, you had better be ready to also respond to what they have to say. “Mistrust is one of the quick killers of an employee survey’s success. Your business or nonprofit  … Read more


HR Quality Standards: a British view

By Nonprofit HR on Thursday, August 16th, 2012 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

The thoughts, praises and criticisms continue to come in over the planned HR standards being developed in part by SHRM. Below is a view from outside the USA bubble. Personnel Today, a human resources media company in Britain, has published their thoughts on the proposed ANSI HR standards — from across the pond. “Bureaucracy aside,  … Read more


No to Hiring Managers; Yes to Hiring Committees

By Nonprofit HR on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

Mario Castellanos has a solution to the deficiencies in the modern hiring process. His hopes is that these changes will Make decision makers accountable not for what they do, but for what they don’t do. He insists that today’s hiring model is flawed because it boils down to two major stopping points: 1. A hiring  … Read more


Is HR is a profession or a business function?

By Nonprofit HR on Tuesday, August 14th, 2012 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

Peter Cappelli has more on the name-calling and finger pointing between SHRM and the HR Policy Association about plans to introduce ANSI standards for human resources. “SHRM has been the most important proponent of the idea that HR is a profession, manifested by the notion that there are standards for determining appropriate employee management practices  … Read more


Google Benefits

By Nonprofit HR on Friday, August 10th, 2012 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

Some organizations just get it. By “it,” I mean they understand that their success is directly tethered to the strength of their employees. An organization has no product to sell and no way to sell it without employees. The happier and more motived the employees the better product and business development. Google gets it. From Mashable.com,  … Read more


Nonprofit HR Solutions Continues to Grow

By Nonprofit HR on Thursday, August 9th, 2012 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

Nonprofit HR Solutions (NPHRS) today announced the hiring of Lisa A. Wright, SPHR as a Senior Human Resources Consultant, Tamra Armour as a HR Consultant and Amy Byer as an Associate HR Consultant. The firm is entering its 18-month of unprecedented growth, which has created the need to hire expert staff for its growing client  … Read more


Sellers Becomes Assistant Chief Executive Officer for SOPHE

By Nonprofit HR on Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Nonprofit Executive Search Solutions has successfully placed Melanie Sellers, MPH, an experienced public health executive, as Assistant Chief Executive Officer with the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). Selected from a very talented and diverse applicant pool, Sellers brings an impressive background and array of skills to SOPHE’s management team, including significant experiences spanning the  … Read more


Self-insured Plans Under Health Care Reform

By Nonprofit HR on Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 in Uncategorized. No Comments

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes numerous reforms affecting the health coverage that employers provide to their employees. Many of these reforms apply to all group health plans, regardless of their method of funding. Plans that have grandfathered status under ACA, however, are not required to comply with select health care reform requirements. In addition,  … Read more