Comments on: Here’s What Your HR Staff Was Reading/Buying in 2008 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/ All about the issues that arise when workforce issues converge with business management. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:47:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: Fred http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/#comment-31205 Fred Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:25:23 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/#comment-31205 The best reads are focused on HR nitty gritty (e.g.skills, compliance, day-to-day stuff). Don't seem to be reading for a strategic or mid-expanding experience. I guess after all these years, HR remains the doer vs. the thinker. The best reads are focused on HR nitty gritty (e.g.skills, compliance, day-to-day stuff). Don’t seem to be reading for a strategic or mid-expanding experience. I guess after all these years, HR remains the doer vs. the thinker.

]]> By: Steve http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/#comment-31151 Steve Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:01:42 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/#comment-31151 "There’s some kind of message here. Can you figure it out?" Yeah, the message is SHRM's vast membership base (of what, 250k?) is mostly non-experienced, probably one-person, part-time responsibility practioners. So of course they're going to buy a lot of HR-for-Dummies type of books. This is a surprise? For an analogy, look at the list of top selling albums. It doesn't represent what the trend-setters, true fans, or serious practioners are into. It represents what the mass audience is buying. (See also: any prime time TV show.) Lets see a list of what HR folks with at least 8 years experience are buying. THAT I would be interested in. “There’s some kind of message here. Can you figure it out?”

Yeah, the message is SHRM’s vast membership base (of what, 250k?) is mostly non-experienced, probably one-person, part-time responsibility practioners. So of course they’re going to buy a lot of HR-for-Dummies type of books. This is a surprise?

For an analogy, look at the list of top selling albums. It doesn’t represent what the trend-setters, true fans, or serious practioners are into. It represents what the mass audience is buying. (See also: any prime time TV show.)

Lets see a list of what HR folks with at least 8 years experience are buying. THAT I would be interested in.

]]> By: Kathy Quigley http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/#comment-31145 Kathy Quigley Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:21:12 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/#comment-31145 Doesn't surprise me, I stopped buying books from SHRM a long time ago - obviously the books are purchased by newbies to the HR field. Doesn’t surprise me, I stopped buying books from SHRM a long time ago - obviously the books are purchased by newbies to the HR field.

]]> By: Jessica Lee http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/#comment-31133 Jessica Lee Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:44:37 +0000 http://workforce.com/wpmu/bizmgmt/2008/12/10/reading-buying-2008/#comment-31133 Gag, gag, gag. i'm so embarrassed of my fellow HR colleagues. Gag, gag, gag. i’m so embarrassed of my fellow HR colleagues.

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