People @ Work: Another new beginning

I've been thinking about doing this for about a year now. Writing a blog that focuses on HR related issues and work/life in general has been on my to do list for long enough. I'm checking it off today. Done.

At least the start of it (and the naming of it, which proved to be VERY difficult) is done. My first post, done.

Now comes the hard part. The real work. And the real joy!

As a disclaimer, I'm not an expert. I'm not highly educated in management, business, or human behavior. I do have an English degree for what that's worth. And I have 14 years of work experience, at least 10 of which have been in a management capacity.

But that's the boring stuff. It's on my resume.

Currently I head up an HR department of 2 at a company of about 30 people. I know, a lot of you are saying "Two HR people for 30 employees? That's crazy." Yes, in many situations it would be crazy. In my case, it is less about where we are now and more about where we are going. We should be about double that by the end of 2008 and then we could be about double that again by the end of 2009.

So I am staffed for the future, not the present. I am fortunate enough to be able to do that.

As far as where exactly I work, it isn't a big secret I'm trying to keep. I'm sure you could figure it out with some research. But I want my blogging to be focused on the work, not the name of the organization, so for now I'm not going to just come out with it. If it ever becomes relevant to what I'm blogging about, I'll certainly fess up, but for now I don't think it is central to what I want to write about.

My vision for this blog is to be able to write about whatever floats my boat on any particular day that is interesting and somewhat relevant to the working world. I may post about current events (as they relate to HR), human behavior, time management, career issues, work/life balance, ethics, etc.

I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I think I will!