| As HR practitioner, are you a Cost-Center or | | | | through practice. |
| Profit-Center? How do you contribute to the | | | | |
| bottomline results of your organization? | | | | Then I realized; if only I knew this skill |
| | | | when I was yet a manager, life could have |
| By the way, this is not just for HR people | | | | been easier and more productive. With that |
| but also for non-HR managers who understand | | | | realization comes the desire to help fellow |
| that human resource management is a line | | | | HR practitioners, that you may have the |
| function. | | | | short-route and avoid the road less traveled. |
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| So what? We tend to justify, but deep inside | | | | One of the most valuable office skills you |
| we dont feel good about it. Oh yes, it | | | | can learn is how to effectively use Microsoft |
| necessary for the functionality of an | | | | Word. You may not know it, but MS Word has a |
| organization. And I personally hate it when | | | | lot of excellent and underutilized features. |
| they tell me it is a necessary evil. Because | | | | It will take us a whole book to discuss |
| no matter how necessary it is, the | | | | details, so I decided to give you a |
| perceptionremains that it is evil. | | | | complimentary copy of an e-book The Secrets |
| | | | of Microsoft Word. It is actually sold at |
| This is the path Ive chosen, and I love HR no | | | | $14.95 but I got permission from the author |
| matter how others call it. In fact, | | | | to give it to you for free, only if youre |
| paper-pushing is just one of the myriad of | | | | interested. Please send me an email so I can |
| activities an HR is expected to do. I had so | | | | reply and attach the e-book. |
| much aversion to paperworks and | | | | |
| administrative duties during my time, and was | | | | Hope you learned something of value today. |
| never really good atit. However, it was one | | | | Stay tuned for our next lessons! |
| of the measures of the effectiveness of my | | | | |
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| Reminiscing . . . | | | | the perspective of a newbie: |
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| Before the advent of computers, we only had | | | | Its not just about MS Word. Its everything |
| that old reliable pica or Underwood | | | | about your pc and the internet. Enjoy! |
| (typewriter). When computers dominated the | | | | |
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| his pc monitor looked like with so many | | | | in this super-complicated field of |
| erasures. I dont know if this really | | | | people-management. |
| happened, but the story spread across the | | | | |
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| | | | today than he was yesterday." |
| When I stopped working and decided to go | | | | |
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