Maine is made up of a lot of small and medium sized businesses. Oftentimes, the person responsible for human resources is also the company owner, office manager, payroll coordinator, general manager, director of operations. . .you get the picture. While these individuals are great at doing their primary jobs, it's common for the human resources function to be an "add on." More and more business owners are recognizing the importance of having the person wearing multiple hat

For those of you who aren't currently certified, I wanted to let you know that I'll be leading the SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP at Kaplan University on the Augusta campus starting July 9 . You can participate in this class on-line or in person, as well as a combination of the two options to suit your schedule. Please contact Matthew Cote at 207/620-0837 or mcote@kaplan.edu for additional details and registration. I hope you'll consider registering for this class; this is the only opport

At every opportunity, I'm telling HR professionals and anyone else who will listen that if we, as employers, are committed to having mothers in the workplace, we have to make the environment an inviting one. While an inviting environment is certainly a necessity for every employee, this post focuses on mothers who are breastfeeding. (Future posts will focus on other invitations.) In many cases, employers simply do the right thing because it is the right thing to do. In ord