You don’t need to read a blog from me this week. But you do need to read many HR blogs this week.

For the best-of-the-best and for some of the most heartwarming stories, here is an HR Carnival (a collection of blogs around the HR industry or by HR Professionals). This HR Carnival collection was created by Mike VanDervort at The Human Race Horses, and the reading is the best time you can have this week while still getting yourself thinking about many diverse yet timely and interesting human resource topics.

Just go to the HR Carnival of Global Giving.

You should also set your RSS reader to keep you up-to-date on posts from these great authors.

Cheers,
Lois

You can’t always get exactly what you want. Although, sometimes you get something far more valuable. I attended the HRevolution event last weekend in Louisville, KY. It was billed as an “unconference.” I’m not very enamored with this term, but I guess it means you just shouldn’t expect a lot of slide presentations and randomness will reign there. I think HRevolution can be tagged as a round table. Next year, I hope it is dubbed as a “think tank,” and that the great minds brimming with ideas this Nov. 6th and 7th come to make it boiling hot. read more »

We win either way!

The first weekend of November, I will be attending an event in Louisville, KY that would never have been possible to create 10 years ago. Forget the fact that there likely were not enough (read as “any”) HR Bloggers around to make a gathering. What I’m talking about is the ability of a group of  geographic strangers to meet online and introduce each other to their electronic network of friends who are also passionate about HR. These people are so passionate about recruiting, human resources, workforce planning, succession planning, career development, and all things work/life/people related  that they share their wisdom, rants, ideas, and questions via their blogs. Often, these blogs are  written on their own time, sometimes they are corporate supported. The point is they communicate. read more »

Even with sharply decreased travel budgets you can still meet so many talented people in the human resources industry. They are from all walks of life and experiences, and it is almost a given that you will learn from them. There are still many ways to connect with these people. read more »