A Lot of Times We Are Called "Paper-Pushers"

As HR practitioner, are you a Cost-Center orThen I realized; if only I knew this skill when I was yet a
Profit-Center? How do you contribute to the bottomlinemanager, life could have been easier and more
results of your organization?productive. With that realization comes the desire to
By the way, this is not just for HR people but also forhelp fellow HR practitioners, that you may have the
non-HR managers who understand that humanshort-route and avoid the road less traveled.
resource management is a line function.One of the most valuable office skills you can learn is
So what? We tend to justify, but deep inside we donthow to effectively use Microsoft Word. You may not
feel good about it. Oh yes, it necessary for theknow it, but MS Word has a lot of excellent and
functionality of an organization. And I personally hate itunderutilized features. It will take us a whole book to
when they tell me it is a necessary evil. Because nodiscuss details, so I decided to give you a
matter how necessary it is, the perceptionremains thatcomplimentary copy of an e-book The Secrets of
it is evil.Microsoft Word. It is actually sold at $14.95 but I got
This is the path Ive chosen, and I love HR no matterpermission from the author to give it to you for free,
how others call it. In fact, paper-pushing is just one ofonly if youre interested. Please send me an email so I
the myriad of activities an HR is expected to do. I hadcan reply and attach the e-book.
so much aversion to paperworks and administrativeHope you learned something of value today. Stay
duties during my time, and was never really good atit.tuned for our next lessons!
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