How many times have you had strong feelings about something in HR that you wanted to let the profession know about? Well, here’s your chance to do it.
If you’re a steady reader of this column, you know it’s usually written by BLR’s founder and publisher Bob Brady. Bob’s “e-pinions” have crisscrossed the wide world of HR and treated subjects that ranged from remembrances of how things used to be when BLR started in 1977, when “personnel managers” were “keepers of records and arrangers of picnics,” to the strategic role HR plays today. You can read any or all of his columns by simply visiting our website and clicking on “HR Tip Categories” above and then on “E-Pinions.”
We’re gratified for the response this column has engendered. Most pieces have generated feedback comments and emails, and some have literally overwhelmed us. Bob’s offer of “the perfect performance appraisal” brought in more than a thousand requests to see the form, and his recent initiative toward starting a national employee attitudes survey also stoked considerable interest … enough that we now plan to do the survey on an annual basis.
Let 135,000 of Your Colleagues Know Your Thoughts
Now it’s time for us to open the floodgates in another way. This column was always meant to expose a variety of “e-pinions” from a variety of individuals, and the more, the better.
That’s why we’d like to invite you to write your own e-pinions column, to be published right here in this space, and exposed to a national audience of some 135,000 of your colleagues. It can be on any HR subject you deem worthy of your thoughts, an experience you care to share, or a reaction to something you’ve read or know about going on in the field. It’s really what the name implies … your e-pinion.
There are a few minimal ground rules:
- Your e-pinion article should be original and about 500 to700 words in length. If it’s a bit shorter or longer, don’t worry about it. (We care more about quality than quantity.) We reserve the right to use, not use, or edit any submission at our sole discretion.
- The article has to be about some aspect of HR and your thoughts on the matter. The opinions of any other persons or sources quoted should be credited.
- If you’d rather simply write us a query on doing an article, you may do so. Send a paragraph or two describing what you want to write, and we’ll reply as to whether we’d like to see the entire article.
- Submissions (article or query) should be by email and include your full name, title, organization name and address, and a phone number and best time to reach you. You can also submit a portrait photo to accompany your article, but it’s not required.
- Consultants are welcome to submit and mention their services as long as their submission is not an outright advertisement. All guest columns will contain contact information unless the author requests otherwise.
- All submissions may be used by Business & Legal Reports, Inc. at will, and in any form or format.
- Email directly to CKilbourne@blr.com with the subject line “e-pinion.” Please do not send to HR Daily Advisor.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!