I just read an interesting and enlightening article in a recent issue of Workforce Management (on Workforce.com).  Called Kill the ‘HR Speak,’ the article is about the confusing terms HR uses to try to get its point across.

I’m a big fan of HR.  They are a strategic partner in today’s world of work where qualified candidates are hard to find and keeping high potential employees is a challenge… then throw generational challenges into the mix!  They have a tough job and their partnership with the business is vital to the ultimate success of the company.

But enough with…

• the HR babble,
• the made-up words to follow flavor of the month fads and
• cute, ‘creative’ code names for secret projects.

Communication is the name of the game — let’s try to speak the same language.

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