It's that time of the year when our hearts are filled with love and warmth – I wish all readers of this blog, a “VERY HAPPY DIWALI”. Literally, Diwali means an “array of lights” and it reminds us to light a lamp of love in our hearts MORE

I’m a farm girl. grew up planting, watering, hoeing, and harvesting fruits and vegetables with my family. Each fall, my mom guided us through the process of canning and freezing much of our produce for use during the winter months ahead. As an adult, I’ve occasionally made the pilgrimage home to help with the fall harvest, but what I had never done, until this year, was attempt to preserve crops harvested from my own small garden. It would be a good experience for the kids, I thought, teach them the value of and satisfaction in good hard work. Two quarts. Two measly quarts. MORE

As Ray Wang tweeted today, Workday are dusting off the Cape Clear Eclipse technology and planning on making it more widely available to our customers. Why are we doing this? Well, there is one very simple reason: We want to make it easier for our customers to consume the powerful Web Services that we expose MORE

Bob, the project manager, was busy communicating with client via MSN Messenger, his eyes focused on the computer screen and fingers fiercely hitting the keyboard a fine synchrony with his brain. Jay, the team member, approach Bob with a MORE

There are many demographic changes taking place in the US workforce today. Perhaps one of the most profound and personal is the rapid growth of women in the working population. This month. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management. MORE

In his latest HR Gumbo blog , Steve asks “Why do you blog?” It reminded me of a recent Chuck Klosterman essay entitled "Something Instead of Nothing" (which can be found in his latest compendium of writings, " Eating the Dinosaur "). felt I had something to say. Except I did not. No element of our interaction felt important to me. If anything, I felt unqualified to talk about the things the reporter was asking me. I don''t have that much of an opinion about why certain Black Metal bands burn down churches. It''s my job. Except that it wasn''t. wasn''t promoting anything. Students? Co-workers? MORE

Is an employer allowed to hand you a thermometer and tell you to take your temperature at work? Can they send you home if you have a temperature? And now it's time for the big disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I do not pretend to be a lawyer. I am not an expert on law. don't pretend to be one. This is not legal advice. I see this as one of those you can't win situation. If you allow people who are sick to work then their co-workers will be writing me saying, "Can't the company require sick people to stay at home? don't want to get infected?" There are some things to think about. 1. Drink fluids. MORE

I hear from a lot of people who are out of work. In the early stages of job hunting, I've found most people are usually pretty confident. They know they have valuable skills and have worked hard -- what employer wouldn't want to hire MORE

Is an employer allowed to hand you a thermometer and tell you to take your temperature at work? Can they send you home if you have a temperature? And now it's time for the big disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. I do not pretend to be a lawyer. I am not an expert on law. don't pretend to be one. This is not legal advice. I see this as one of those you can't win situation. If you allow people who are sick to work then their co-workers will be writing me saying, "Can't the company require sick people to stay at home? don't want to get infected?" There are some things to think about. 1. Drink fluids. MORE