As should be customary, an introduction is in order. My name is Matthew Stollak and I am an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at St. Norbert College (SNC). received tenure in 2006. received my undergraduate degree in Economics and Urban Policy from James Madison College at Michigan State University, my Masters in Management of Human Services from the Heller School at Brandeis University, and my Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (now the School of Labor and Employment Relations) at the University of Illinois. On with the blog. MORE

How has the Human Resources and Training and Development profession changed in the last few years? What are the real motivations and career paths for people in our profession? How do people move. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

Let''s get it out there: I have no sense of smell (what the medical community calls anosmia ). It is not the result of taking Zicam or some strange head injury. I don''t ever recall having the ability to tell one odor from the next. cannot tell you the difference between a rose or a daffodil. Despite beliefs to the contrary, I can still taste. I can distinguish between sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and Umami. Reese''s Peanut Butter Cup tastes better than brussels sprouts. However, I am sure my taste buds are not as refined as others. Milwaukee. We operate and use a lot of constructs. MORE

So, which is more important to you: Having a manager you like, or one who can take you to the top of your profession? It's certainly an interesting dilemma. In a survey of 380 Major League Baseball players, five of the managers that MORE

Having just returned from the 2009 SHRM Annual Conference in New Orleans, I will have a few blog posts in the upcoming days highlighting my thoughts from the 5 days in NOLA. However, I will start off my inaugural post discussing an event that just preceded the SHRM Conference - the NBA draft. With a background in HRM, I find the NBA and NFL drafts to be quite fascinating. As a fan of the Milwaukee Bucks (ugh!) and the Green Bay Packers, I have a vested interest in how "my team" selects its future employees. Players are poked and prodded through a variety of mental and physical tests. MORE

This week we met with the head of L&D from a large financial services institution. This company, like many others, has just completed a wrenching reorganization and redesign of its global. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

One of the common threads I've found when interviewing people who have lost their jobs over the last year is the optimism most of them feel when they're first laid off. That lasts for about four or five months MORE