Eating Alphabet Soup in HR

I have attended a flurry of meetings dealing with HR. The first was SHRM. The Society for Human Resource Management. In this meeting they talked about a new way to recruit workers using Linked In. I had already had an account with them, but I went home and updated it for a better chance noticing me. Recruiters are using very unconventional methods to find employees. I want to be in the loop.

The next meeting was IMPA-HR. They talked about the effects of a pandemic flu happening in the workplace. They gave a lot of useful advice on how to handle it.

Then I attended my first CEBS meeting. CEBS is the compensation and benefits side of HR. They were explaining what to look for when choosing health plans. Most notably how hospitals rank and what the various amenities are.

Finally, I attended IHRIM they are the technical side of HR. The HRIS side. This meeting was also a first. Although, it seemed like a sales pitch I did learn the upside to using an ADP system. ADP, Kronos and SAP are biggies in HR.

I Told You So

For all those people believeing that a library background may not be compatible with or indirectly related to HR, I am here to say it is. And furthermore, I told you so.

Today Monica gave me two projects and wouldn't you know it, I had to use my library background. I am telling you being a librarian should be pre requisite to just about every job posting.

Monica asked me to find the most recent version of the retirement guide. Find the differences between the 2003 and 2001 edition and list them. Then I needed to do this with the addendums. There were five addendums and I was supposed to go through those and point out the differences. They were doing an audit of the retirement system.

The other project I had was to work on finding a retiree that may or may not have been our employee. I'll put my library background to good use and do it on Monday when I get back.

Today was a good day. I called an employer today to verify whether or not she had received my application and resume. We just started talking and she invited me in for an interview. Wow.

I'll comment after it is done.

I'll Be Waiting

OK, its over. The interview went well. I did not stumble, or mumble or get nervous, until the last question. The question about why do you want to work here? I answered in two sentences and immediately regretted it. I just couldn't think past those two sentences.

I am not going to sit here and dissect every word I said, because chances are someone within the agency will receive the position anyway. That has happened to me be before.

I just hope the best and what will happen will happen. God, I'm so philosophical.

I Had to Take a Break...

Wow, it has been at least five weeks since my last post. I have been doing a lot at H&S. I have also been doing some thinking.

I guess right now is a very down time for me. I keep vacilating into wanting to host a pity party or saying que sera sera. Tomorrow is the biggest interview I will have been asked to sit for. I am so hoping this is it. I am trying hard not to think about it, but my mind keeps coming back to it.

I hope to impress the panel with my knowledge of the organization. I have gone in and done a lot of research on as much as I could. It is such a large organization I had to narrow it down to just the department. Wish me luck.

In other news H&S is helping me to keep my sanity. I am still learning there everyday. My latest project has been to answer lawyer interrogations for a BWC case. Now, this truly takes my library background. I have to research answers to questions that are not readily known. I like doing this work.