(Part 2) Best human resources books according to redditors
We found 139 Reddit comments discussing the best human resources books. We ranked the 75 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
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Was browsing books in the library today. Made the mistake of looking though this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Working-Americans-1880-1999-Class/dp/1891482815/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539401844&sr=1-4&keywords=working+americans+1880+1999
Saw what average wages were in the 1980's for a bunch of blue collar type jobs. No fucking way they have been kept up with inflation for 2018. Hell, I was making much,much better wages 24 years ago, adjusted for inflation.
Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Questioning Son or Daughter - Kevin Jennings
The GENDER Book - Mel Reiff Hill
The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes - Diane Ehrensaft
Gender Diversity and Non-Binary Inclusion in the Workplace: The Essential Guide for Employers - Sarah Gibson, J. Fernandez
Helping Your Transgender Teen: A Guide for Parents - Irwin Krieger
The Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens - Stephanie Brill
Transitions of the Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children - Rachel Pepper
For those who mentioned being interested in books in this thread:
[Asperger Syndrome Employment Workbook] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asperger-Syndrome-Employment-Workbook-Professionals/dp/1853027960/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468747819&sr=8-1&keywords=Asperger+Syndrome+Employment+Workbook)
Survival Tips for Women with ADHD - Suitable for more than just women, and more than just ADHD.
[Build Your Own Life: A Self-Help Guide for Individuals with Asperger] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Your-Own-Life-Individuals/dp/1843101149?ie=UTF8&ref_=asap_bc)
A Field Guide to Earthlings
Been There. Done That. Try This!: An Aspie's Guide to Life on Earth
The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum
Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age
Autism Equality in the Workplace: Removing Barriers and Challenging Discrimination - Some parts are more for employers or those supporting autistic people into work but others are more for autistic people.
Sensory Issues for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Very Late Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome
Living Sensationally: Understanding Your Senses
Aspies on Mental Health: Speaking for Ourselves
The Hidden Curriculum of Getting and Keeping a Job: Navigating the Social Landscape of Employment
Asperger's Syndrome Workplace Survival Guide
The Complete Guide to Getting a Job for People with Asperger's Syndrome
Unemployed on the Autism Spectrum
Asperger Syndrome and Employment
I'm going to stop there, though I could add loads more books. No single book has all the answers obviously and some are better than others in their presentation and approach. I've read most of them, but there are a couple that are still on my "to read" list so I won't make a sweeping comment about the usefulness of all of them - but the ones I have finished have contained useful advice.
Here are a handful of historical/sociological books that might be what you're looking for, though I haven't read any of them yet so I can't speak to their quality: [The Concept of Work by Herbert Applebaum] (https://www.amazon.com/Concept-Work-Ancient-Medieval-Anthropology/dp/0791411028), [The Oxford Book of Work by Keith Thomas] (https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Book-Work-Keith-Thomas/dp/0192142178/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0192142178&pd_rd_r=23CBJ0CNRNG8TABCMAAE&pd_rd_w=fIrrF&pd_rd_wg=OfNge&psc=1&refRID=23CBJ0CNRNG8TABCMAAE), [Worthy Efforts by Catharina Lis] (https://www.amazon.com/Worthy-Efforts-Attitudes-Workers-Pre-Industrial/dp/9004231439), [The Thought of Work by John W. Budd] (https://www.amazon.com/Thought-Work-Cornell-Paperbacks/dp/0801477611).
As far as philosophical texts go, I can give you a list of primary sources to look into, but the books above might be a better place to start if you're looking for a more general overview of the topic.
HR Made Simple: Recruit. Engage. Comply. It's That Easy! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945670312/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_sM6cAbDB9DFXQ
I haven't read it yet, but I hear great things about it. It's on my wish list.
There are! Of course, there isn't any way to do it directly - if there were, there would be a lot fewer trades around here!
The way that I generally favor is to buy the person trading for amazon giftcards ebooks equal to the value of the transaction - there are a few books available for right around $60, believe it or not. From there, you send that gift to the email address of the person's amazon account. They can choose to redeem the ebook or refuse it for amazon giftcard credit directly to your account. You can read up more on this here. Their statement says that it can take up to a week for the credit to be given, but in my experience it was nearly instant.
In addition, you can also buy prime for people. I haven't done this before to know how it works but I assume its similar in that the person on the receiving end can refuse it for amazon credit equal to the value of prime.
I believe you can use the ebook process with other digital media, but I don't know enough to give advice on that.
It's literally the seminal work of anti-capitalist thought in modern history , there is not a socialist or communist or syndicalist or whatever-leftist writer or leader alive who hasn't based their arguments partly or entirely on Marx's critique of Capitalism as laid out in 'Capital'. You started this thread to try to get a better understanding of what socialists believe, well here's the socialist bible. If you give even an ounce of a damn about reading up on socialist ideology in any book, it would be this book.
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Now that said, it is super duper long, dry, and translated from german, so it's a bit of difficult read for a lot of people, which is why many over the years have taken it upon themselves to write lighter, more rudimentary summaries. Here's one: ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JGE4DDQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 )
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I've heard there are also some good summaries on youtube, but can't think of any to recommend at the moment.
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> Forgive me if I’m wrong that it seems like this specific author interpreted capitalism in such a way that it would be nearly impossible to actually defend it.
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Capitalism as a word was created by French socialists and left anarchists in the 1850's like Blanc and Proudhon to define what they didn't like about the economic system of their time. Proudhon defined it as:
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>"Economic and social regime in which capital, the source of income, does not generally belong to those who make it work through their labour",
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i.e rule of society by and for the benefit of capitalists; 'capitalist' here referring in its original meaning to essentially mean people who make most or all of their money by sole virtue of already having lots of money. Socialism, then, was and is used by Socialists to describe any active measure to take control of the resources away from those kinds of people and give them to the people who actually use them to produce value. There's a million different ways one could imagine doing this, which is why there's a million different kinds of socialism, and why socialists tend to argue a lot, to answer the question in your OP.
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It was within this tradition, and with this definition of Capitalism in mind, that Marx was writing. Marx didn't selectively cater his definition of capitalism to suit his purposes, the term was later co-opted out from under him.
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People haven't used the word "Capitalism" in terms of a positive ideology for all that long at all the in the grand scheme of things, I think but can't source at the moment that it emerged in the early-to-mid 20th century, first with the likes of Keynes and then with the Austrian School with the likes of Hayek and Rothbard, and then modern 'libertarian' free market types like Milton Friedman. The Cold War was probably a big impetus; giving western non-socialist democracies their own "-ism" to describe what made those places better than places with Totalitarian Soviet-style Communism.
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The ideology that people who self-identify with "capitalism" nowadays describes what in Marx's time was called 'Liberalism'; the idea that the best outcome for everyone is when the people control the government and when that government doesn't have too much power; specifically as pertaining to the economy, which of course had its start in the age of enlightenment with the likes of Adam Smith. Before Marx, Liberals were primarily locked in an ideological battle with Monarchists (the original left vs right issue). As Monarchism faded away, Liberalism itself evolved over time, in the late 19th century splitting into 'Neoclassical' Liberals, (who maintained their lesseiz-faire economic attitudes and evolved into what in the US make up Libertarian and Republican economic positions), and 'Progressives' who wanted to use the democratic government to improve the conditions of the poor somewhat but without fundamentally changing the system that makes them poor, the contingent that more or less evolved into the modern Democrats.
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What makes the debate between 'socialism' and 'capitalism' so interesting and so frustrating is that marxists have more or less been using the same vocabulary since the 1850's, while common usage of those words has drifted past them over time in places like the US. This is why you hear socialists refer to both Obama and Romney as 'liberals', or why they tell libertarians 'you're not a capitalist, you don't even own your own car'.
>You realize you're asking me to analyze an entire country's economic status
I haven't read farther, but that wasn't really what I was trying to do. I wasn't playing the "dump data on you and run" game.
Have you read The End of Work? It sheds a lot of light on the subject I think.
>If you've dealt with unions before, I'd guess you can see how more unionization might lead itself to more protectionist policies, e.g. maintaining employment in industries that might otherwise opt for layoffs.
I have. I'm well aware this exists and I have suffered directly from the ridiculousness of this situation as a whole fairly often just to do my work. I'm definitely on the same page here.
>These policies generally tend to help one group of people (those who would otherwise be made unemployed) at the expense of hurting everyone else.
A self interested person can still believe in this policy. This reinvestment is critical for our system to function. If you look at it from an economic perspective: Compare the cost of one person if they spend their whole lives as criminal drug addicts versus someone who is prosperous and succesful who is a benefit to the whole community. Even the difference between a kid growing up with good self discipline versus not will cost society hugely. And yet a super high quality person is easily worth millions> Just consider your own life and experiences. It is our job as a society to cultivate that and we will not survive if we don't.
Also, aside from a slight loss due to self-management overhead, it's not like you are paid less per hour. You can get another part time job to make up the extra 5 hours a week if you need it.
As long as the government continues to subsidize research into automation technologies, it will be inevitable.
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The difference is that with the right movement, the march towards mass unemployment can be stopped.
You can also use a method call self talk I use it all the time to motivate myself if I am in a stressful situation and it works this book can show you how
Anxiety self help: Why Can't I Stop Worrying? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017FXJ744/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awd_d_NB1zxb6V6DWS2
When you self talk it can literally hype you up to get going.
Another method I use is to practice in front of a mirror what you want to say, this helps but it takes practice
This book really helped me maneuver through difficult conversations. It's " How to Say Anything to Anyone: A Guide to Building Business Relationships That Really Work" by Shari Harley. Link given below
https://www.amazon.com/How-Say-Anything-Anyone-Relationships/dp/1608324095
If you're super interested in Depression era primary sourcing, "The Great Depression" by Dave Shannon is a great fast read. It's all articles pulled from various sources at the time of the depression. It doesn't go into anti-depression articles all that much, but it's a wonderful peek into the time. Some of the articles have a preface to explain the context which is awesome.
If you want to get into how much denial Hoover and staff at the NYT had, "American-Made "is a great resource in its early chapters.
You can get an article (in german) at http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/ddr-haeftlinge-wurden-ausgebeutet-deutlich-mehr-zwangsarbeit-fuer-west-firmen/9333344.html or can get the book/study the article is referring to at https://www.amazon.de/Knastware-Klassenfeind-H%C3%A4ftlingsarbeit-Ost-West-Handel-Staatssicherheit/dp/3525350805/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487558809&sr=8-1&keywords=Knastware+f%C3%BCr+den+Klassenfeind for example.
Do take note that these sources specifically outline the use of forced labour in those programs. BY FAR not all made-in-eastgermany goods were made with forced labour though, and household electric appliances and furniture was one of the former eastern germanys main export goods.
I took the exam last spring and used three different books.
PHR/SPHR for Dummies - I did not use this as much as I used the books listed below.
PHR/SPHR Exam Study Guide 2016 - This was more of a summary of the areas covered. I got some good information out of it and it was a quick read.
PHR/SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Deluxe Study Guide - This was the most thorough of the books I purchased and I'm confident I can use it for PHR exam too, without having to worry about buying additional study materials.
I don't remember too much about the exam, but I wish you the best of luck!
*Note: I made flashcards off of information from the books and used those to study, once I finished reading the books.
So, first, define what you want in a background check.
Are you looking for just criminal history? Are you looking for civil history (lawsuits, judgements, liens)? Are you looking to corroborate address history/job history/data on application? Do you need MVR records? Education verification? Interviews with former associates?
Next, realize that there is really no such thing as a 'nationwide search' for anything. My favorite example of this is Georgia - most of the 'nationwide criminal history checks' contain less than 4% of counties in Georgia. So if you want actually cover areas where the person might have lived, you need to check the counties that the check actually covers; and frankly a lot of the services won't tell you. If it isn't automated, you need a service that will send someone to the clerk of court in a given state to look it up. That won't be quick. You'll also want to make sure that your provider understands the FCRA, to keep you out of trouble.
A couple of resources:
Finally, if these are positions of trust (i.e. handling money, interaction with childen, entering peoples homes) you need to be rechecking folks on a regular basis. (every 12-24 months)
In '98 I travelled through europe with an old crappy campervan working every now and again to fund further travels. I found the book Work your way around the World very helpful.
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I'm getting it in my unique situation because a Bachelor's may not be possible for me right now, but I have experience in office admin/HR onboarding/hiring/recruiting with an Associate's in Business. In my opinion, I think the $400 investment will be worthwhile until I'm eligible to apply for the PHR exam. I'm taking the aPHR in about 6 weeks, and my study materials are being delivered today.
As tough as the pressure is, it sounds like a great environment to cut your teeth. What I've learned working directly in sales and marketing departments is to balance detail with speed, protect my calendar rigorously, and how to keep the team updated on progress so they don't get itchy and prematurely ask for results.
Show Your Work by Jane Bozarth helped me to stay well ahead of what people asked for.
Still... because this group has lower expectations about quality than you do, it doesn't sound like the environment where you might achieve the types of things you want to achieve in your career.
Being immersed with sales & marketing is great, but it sounds like you should seek something out where you get to work in a team with other data scientists.
Hopefully, you can get the best of both worlds: face to face communication with your "customers" and a team that can support the great things you want to accomplish.
I'm not selling anything. Here is one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manage-People-Your-Remote-Team-ebook/dp/B00TSAJNKQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467569978&sr=8-1&keywords=How+to+manage+people+in+your+remote+teams
There are good and bad ways to do everything.