Last updated : September 30, 2024
Human relations boil down to every aspect of our lives, don’t they? When it comes down to it, treating people with kindness, dignity, and respect is what it’s all about. However, human nature can be a tricky thing to deal with even on a good day. So, we understand that if the phrase is included in your job title, you’ve got a lot on your plate.
In addition to dealing with personalities, you’ve got every other aspect of the job description to fulfill. Suffice it to say that keeping up with everything—all the time—seems to be the overall game plan, huh?
We know it often seems there aren’t enough hours in the day, but you still want to find time to keep up with the latest trends, technology, and advice gained from other professionals in the industry.
We’ve pulled together a collection of resources that we hope speaks to all things HR. Hopefully, you’ll find something that interests you today. We want to be your one-stop-shop for discovering useful tools of the trade.
We’re glad you stopped by!
Blogs
Search HR blogs and the list appears to be endless! We plowed our way through a number of them looking for those we thought can speak to the following HR categories. Of course, rarely are they totally specific to the category but we’re sure you get that. There’s a lot to cover in this business!
Analytics
Compliance
Comprehensive
- Culture Amp
- EffortlessHR Blog
- Get Hppy
- Harvard Business Review
- HR Bartender
- HR Daily Advisor
- HR Examiner
- HR Executive
- HR Morning
- HRD Connect
- HRZone
- LinkedIn Talent Blog
- Red Branch Media Blog
- Robin Schooling
- The Balance Careers
- The Emergentics Blog
- The SHRM Blog
Engagement and Motivation
- BlueBoard Blog
- Clear Review
- [engage]
- Incentive Intelligence
- Jason Lauritsen
- Kazoo’s Resource Library
- O.C. Tanner
- Officevibe
- Snack Nation Blog
- The Baudville Blog
- The Chief Happiness Officer Blog
- The Employee Benefits Blog
- TINYpulse Blog
- TLNT
Finance
News
Leadership
- Break the Frame
- CourageousHR
- Great Leadership
- HRremix
- Jennifer Mcclure – Unbridled Talent
- Laurie Ruettimann Blog
- Melissa Fairman
- Michael VanDervort
- No Excuses HR
- Performance Solutions by Miliken
- The People Equation
- upstartHR
- Women of HR
Light Read
Management
- Ask a Manager and if you don’t, I’ll tell you anyway
- Bamboo HR
- Bob Sutton’s Work Matters
- Boolean Strings by Irina Shamaeva
- change-effect
- China Gorman’s Blog
- Dorothy Dalton
- Fond of Work
- Get Five Blog
- HR Gazette
- Insperity
- People HR Blog
- Susan Heathfield
- The Consulting Artist
- The Evil HR Lady
- The Tim Sackett Project
- Unlocked
- When I Work
- Workology
- Workplace Diva
- Workplace Psychology Blog
- Your HR Buddy!!
Musings
Onboarding
- #WorkTrends
- College Recruiter Blog
- ERE Media
- Fishdogs Media
- Fistful of Talent
- Future of Talent Institute’s Blog
- greenhouse blog
- Indeed Blog
- Inside Talent
- Norman Folgate – The Recruiting unBlog
- Proactive Talent Blog
- SocialTalent
- Talent HQ
- The Resume Crusade
- The Undercover Recruiter
People
Social HR
Strategy
Technology
- Boolean Black Belt
- In Full Bloom
- Josh Bersin Blog
- NextGen Insights
- Omega hr Solutions, Inc.
- Technology Advice
- The Minnesota Headhunter Blog
- Voice of HR
Books
Here’s another list that could seemingly never end! We mentioned there’s a lot to cover when you’re responsible for seeing that a company thrives. Thankfully, there are many professionals who are willing to take the time to help you grow—both the business and yourself.
All but a few of the links take you to Amazon and you’ll have a choice of hardcover, paperback, and many offer audiobooks or ebooks for your Kindle as well.
Business Health
- Bring Your Human to Work: 10 Surefire Ways to Design a Workplace That Is Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World by Erica Keswin
- HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR by Harvard Business Review, Marcus Buckingham, Reid Hoffman, Ram Charan, and Peter Cappelli
- The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business by Patrick Lencioni
- The Drama-Free Workplace: How You Can Prevent Unconscious Bias, Sexual Harassment, Ethics Lapses, and Inspire a Healthy Culture by Patti Perez
Engagement and Motivation
- People Processes: How Your People Can Be Your Organization’s Competitive Advantage by Rhamy Alejeal
- Talent Keepers: How Top Leaders Engage and Retain Their Best Performers by Christopher Mulligan and Craig Taylor
- The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement (For Millennials, Boomers and Everyone Else) by Maddie Grant, Jamie Notter
Finance
- Investing in People: Financial Impact of Human Resource Initiatives by Wayne F. Cascio, John W. Boudreau, Alexis A. Fink
- Taking the Floor: Models, Morals, and Management in a Wall Street Trading Room by Daniel Beunza
- The Laws of Wealth: Psychology and the Secret to Investing Success by Daniel Crosby
Handbooks
- Culture Decks Decoded: Transform Your Culture Into a Visible, Conscious, and Tangible Asset by Bretton Putter
- Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers by Sharlyn Lauby
- Feedback (and Other Dirty Words): Why We Fear It, How to Fix It by M. Tamra Chandler
- Motivating Employees by Sharlyn Lauby
- It’s All About Bob(bie): Strategies for Winning with Your Employees by Joyce O’Donnell Maroney
- Manager Onboarding: 5 Steps for Setting New Leaders Up for Success by Sharlyn Lauby
- Performance Management for Dummies by Herman Aguinis PhD
- Rebels At Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within by Lois Kelly, Carmen Medina, Debra Cameron
- Rituals for Work: 50 Ways to Create Engagement, Shared Purpose, and a Culture that Can Adapt to Change by Kursat Ozenc and Margaret Hagan
- The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt by Robert I. Sutton
- The ASTD Management Development Handbook: Innovation for Today’s Manager by Lisa Haneberg and Sharlyn J. Lauby
- The Essential Guide to Workplace Investigations: A Step-by-Step Guide to Handling Employee Complaints & Problems (5th Edition) by Lisa Guerin J.D.
- The Essential HR Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource for Any Manager or HR Professional (10th Anniversary Edition) by Sharon Armstrong and Barbara Mitchell
- The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues by Patrick Lencioni
- The Recruiter’s Handbook: A Complete Guide for Sourcing, Selecting, and Engaging the Best Talent by Sharlyn Lauby
Inspiration
- Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
- Forget Job Security Build Your Marketability! by Dawn Rasmussen
- How Will You Measure Your Life? by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon
- HR on Purpose: Developing Deliberate People Passion by Steve Browne
- Personal Benchmark: Integrating Behavioral Finance and Investment Management by Charles Widger and Daniel Crosby
- Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution. by Brené Brown
- So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oiuo
Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin - Taming the Beast! by Sarah Lozano
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown
- Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
- Unwritten HR Rules: 21 Secrets for Attaining Awesome Career Success in Human Resources by Alan Collins
- Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements by Tom Rath
- Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change by Dr. Spencer Johnson
- You’re Not That Great by Daniel Crosby
Management
- 12: The Elements of Great Managing by Rodd Wagner & James K. Harter
- Widgets: The 12 New Rules for Managing Your Employees As If They’re Real People by Rodd Wagner
- Basic Concepts of Health Care Human Resource Management by Nancy J. Niles
- Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products and Profits by Jonathon Sposato
- Elephants Before Unicorns: Emotionally Intelligent HR Strategies to Save Your Company by Caroline Stokes
- Fundamentals of Human Resource Management (5th Edition) by Gary Dessler
- Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems by Evan M. Berman, James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West, Montgomery R. Van Wart
- It’s The Manager: Gallup Finds the Quality of Managers and Team Leaders is the Single Biggest Factor in Your Organization’s Long-Term Success. by Jim Clifton and Jim Harter
- Loose Leaf for Fundamentals of Human Resource Management by Raymond Andrew Noe, John R. Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick M. Wright
- Managing to Change the World: The Nonprofit Manager’s Guide to Getting Results 2nd Edition by Allison Green & Jerry Hauser
- Motivating Employees in the Digital Age by Sharlyn Lauby
- No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work by Liz Fosslien & Mollie West Duffy
- Radical Candor: Fully Revised & Updated Edition: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott
- Redesigning The Way Work Works: Strong Opinions and Advice from 40 Years in the Business by Mr. Bruce Harry Morton
- Strategic Human Capital Management: Creating Value Through People by Jon Ingham
- Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal
- The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier
- The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier
- The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity by Jon Gordon
- The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey Liker
- The Way of the Shepherd: Seven Secrets to Managing Productive People by Dr. Kevin Leman and Bill Pentak
- Zero Tolerance: Managing the Difficult by Rory Sullivan
Onboarding
- Eric West Presents: Human Resource Management: Recruitment and Selection Strategy by Eric West
- Exceptional Talent: How to Attract, Acquire and Retain the Very Best Employees by Mervyn Dinnen and Matt Alder
- Hiring by THE BOOK by Alan Balmer
- Social Media Recruitment: How to Successfully Integrate Social Media into Recruitment Strategy by Andy Headworth
- The MVP Machine: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are UsingData to Build Better Players by Ben Lindbergy and Travis Sawchik
- The Sourcing Method: Tactics to Find Unfindable Talent by Shally Steckerl with Chris Lair
- Who by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
Performance Evaluations
- 2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews: Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases That Really Get Results by Paul Falcone
- Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals: A Guide to Successful Evaluations by James E. Neal, Jr.
Psychology
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
- The Behavioral Investor by Daniel Crosby
Technology
- Artificial Intelligence for HR by Ben Eubanks
- Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella
- Human Resource Management People, Data, and Analytics by Tayla Bauer, Berrin Erdogan, David E. Caughlin, Donald M. Truxillo
- Industrial Relations Research and Analysis by Walter Amedzro St-Hilaire
- People Analytics For Dummies by Mike West
- The Power of People: Learn How Successful Organizations Use Workforce Analytics To Improve Business Performance by Nigel Guenole, Jonathan Ferrar, Sheri Feinzig
- Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age by Brad Smith
Training
- PHR and SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Complete Study Guide: 2018 Exams (5th Edition) by Sandra M. Reed
- SHRM CP & SCP Exam Prep 2019-2020: A 2-in-1 Study Guide with 640 Test Questions and Answers for the Society for Human Resource Management Tests by SHRM Test Prep Team
Communities & Organizations
Becoming a part of the bigger picture establishes a sense of ownership and self-worth. Both are very important aspects of being a successful Human Resources professional. Check them out and consider joining up somewhere if you haven’t already.
- Academy of Human Resources Development
- ATD (Assoc. for Talent Development)
- DOL (Depart of Labor)
- National Human Resources Association
- SHRM
- The Future of Talent Institute
- World at Work
Job Boards
Job boards have certainly changed the game as far as recruiting goes, haven’t they? Your candidate search can go nationwide in an instant! Moreover, many offer other resources for employers in addition to getting the word out.
Some of the top job boards are:
Magazines
Taking magazine publications online allows you to pop in and peruse the articles anywhere you find yourself with a minute of downtime. No more stashing a print copy in your bag or under the seat of the car.
- Fast Company
- HBR (Harvard Business Review)
- HR Magazine (SHRM)
- Human Capital Magazine
- People Management
- People Talk Magazine
- People Talk Online Read
- Personnel Today
- Recruiter Today
- The HR Digest Magazine
- The HR Director
- The HR Grapevine
- Workforce Magazine
Podcasts
We think podcasts and drive time go hand in hand! You’re sure to find some that interest you in this extensive list. Again, we tried to categorize them as best we could, but we found that you’ll find a variety of great information no matter where you wind up.
Analytics
Compliance
Comprehensive
- Drive-Thru HR
- HR Chat
- HR Happy Hour
- HR Rescue: Human Resources Solutions for Small Business
- HR Solved
- That HR Podcast
- The CandEs Shop Talk
- The SAP HCM Insights Podcast
- The Tim Ferris Show
- Total Picture
Engagement
Trends
Leadership
- Business, Life, & Coffee
- Engaging Leader
- Gartner Lessons in Sales Leadership
- HBR IdeaCast
- HR Break Room
- HR Exchange
- HR Heroes
- HR Leaders
- HR Studio
- HR Tech Weekly
- HR unConfidential
- HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources
- Illuminate HR
- Inevitable: The Future of Work
- Let’s Fix Work
- My HR Future
- Nine to Thrive HR
- School of Greatness
- TA Talks
- Talent Development Hot Seat
- The BizLibrary
- The HR Social Hour Half Hour Podcast
- The WorkPlace
- Upstart HR
- Work Human Radio
- Work Life with Adam Grant
Management
- cipd
- Eat Sleep Work Repeat
- Gartner Talent Angle
- Hard Hat HR
- HR Confidential
- HR Latte
- HR Lifeline
- HR Over Coffee
- Humans and Resources
- Just the “Paul” Casts
- Transform Your Workplace
- Workology
Motivation
Recruiting
- Big Fish in the Talent Pool
- Chad and Cheese
- Hire Power Radio
- Hire Up
- Hiring on All Cylinders
- Hiring Success
- HR TALK!
- It’s All Recruiting Podcast
- Recruiters Live Lounge
- Recruiting Daily
- Recruiting Future Round-Up
- Recruitment on the Go
- TA Innovators Radio
- Talk Talent to Me
- The Employer Branding Podcast
- The Recruiting Animal
- The Recruiting Brainfood Podcast
Technology
- B2B Nation HR
- Firing Line
- Gartner Think Cast
- HR Zone’s All Hand’s on Tech
- Humans of HR
- Inside HR Tech
- The Jim Stroud Podcast
- We’re Only Human with Ben Eubanks
- Work Trends (#WorkTrends)
- Working Tech
Workers’ Comp
Services
We didn’t delve too far into the world of HR Services, choosing instead to list a few of the top candidates in a few areas.
Benefits
If you’re looking for a partner in vb optimization, Enrollment Alliance is worth checking out. They take a consultative approach to find a unified solution to benefits packages that you, your employees, and the broker can live with long-term.
Drug Testing and Background Screening
We, naturally, feel we’ve got what you need where employee drug testing is concerned. Moreover, rather than employees reporting to an off-site testing facility, USA Mobile Drug Testing comes to you! We’ll handle all aspects of your drug testing program leaving you free to manage other aspects of the business.
Software
Check out PC Magazine’s top 10 list, they have a graph comparing each HR software company’s available services. Zenefits, Bamboo HR, and Namely rank pretty high.
Tweets
If little snippets of info are more to your liking, we’ve gathered a list of 100 HR people to add on Twitter. Of course, you may already be connected with some of them and rightly so. These people know their stuff!
- Alan Collins @SuccessInHR
- Alli Polin @AlliPolin
- Alison Green @AskAManager
- Andy Headworth @andyheadworth
- April Dowling @adowling
- Arianna Huffington @ariannahuff
- Ben Baran @BenBaran
- Bill Boorman @BillBoorman
- Bill Kutik @billkutik
- Bryan Chaney @bryanchaney
- Carrie Corbin @TheCarrieCorbin
- China Gorman @ChinaGorman
- Chris Fields @ResumeCrusade
- Chris Havrilla @havrilla
- Craig Fisher @Fishdogs
- Crystal Miller Lay @TheOneCrystal
- Cyndy Trivella @CyndyTrivella
- Darryl Dioso @DarrylRMSG
- Dave Ryan @DaveTheHRCzar
- David Shepherd @oldshep
- Dawn Rasmussen @DawnRasmussen
- Debbie McGrath @dmcgrath
- Donna Rogers @RogersHRConsult
- Donna Svei @DonnaSvei
- Dorothy Dalton @DorothyDalton
- Doug Shaw @dougshaw1
- Dwane Lay @DwaneLay
- Emilie Mecklenborg @EmilieMeck
- Gautam Ghosh @GautamGhosh
- Glen Cathey @GlenCathey
- Greg Savage @greg_savage
- Saba @sabasoftware
- Harry Urschel @HarryUrschel
- Heather Vogel @hrwhisperer
- HRreview @hrreview
- EffortlessHR @effortlesshr
- Irina Shamaeva @braingain
- Jarret Pazahanick @SAP_Jarret
- Jason Averbook @jasonaverbook
- Jason Buss @jjbuss
- Jason Lauritsen @JasonLauritsen
- Jay Kuhns @jrkuhns
- Jeff Waldman @JeffWaldmanHR
- Jennifer McClure @JenniferMcClure
- Jennifer V. Miller @JenniferVMiller
- Jenny DeVaughn @JennyDeVaughn
- Jeremy Roberts @imJeremyR
- Jessica Lee @jessica_lee
- Jessica Merrell @jmillermerrell
- Jim Stroud @jimstroud
- JoAnn Corley-Schwarzkopf @joanncorley
- Joe Gerstandt @joegerstandt
- John Jorgensen @jkjhr
- John Sumser @JohnSumser
- Jon Ingham @joningham
- Josh Bersin @Josh_Bersin
- Josh Rock @JRock96
- Karla Porter @karla_porter
- Kevin Grossman @KevinWGrossman
- Kevin Wheeler @kwheeler
- Kirk Baumann @kbaumann
- Kris Dunn @kris_dunn
- Lance Haun @thelance
- Lars Schmidt @Lars
- Laurie Ruettimann @lruettimann
- Maren Hogan @marenhogan
- Mark Stelzner @stelzner
- Matt Charney @mattcharney
- Meghan M. Biro @MeghanMBiro
- Melissa Fairman @MFairman216
- Mervyn Dinnen @MervynDinnen
- Mike VanDervort @MikeVanDervort
- Mike Haberman @MikeHaberman
- Morgan Missen @mm
- Naomi Bloom @InFullBloomUS
- Neil Morrison @neilmorrison
- Nisha Raghavan @TheHRbuddy
- Nora Burns @PHRSPHR
- Paul DeBettingnies @MNHeadhunter
- Paul Hebert @IncentIntel
- People Management @PeopleMgt
- Rayanne Thorn @Ray_anne
- Robin Schooling @RobinSchooling
- Sabrina Baker @SabrinaLBaker
- Salima Nathoo @SocialSalima
- Sarah Brennan @ImSoSarah
- Satya Nadella @satyanadella
- Shally Steckerl @shally
- Sharlyn Lauby @hrbartender
- Sharlyn Lauby @sharlyn_lauaby
- Shawn Murphy @TheShawnMurphy
- Stacy Donovan Zapar @StacyZapar
- Stacy Williamson @RecruiterStacy
- Steve Boese @SteveBoese
- Steve Browne @sbrownehr
- Steve Levy @LevyRecruits
- Steven Rothberg @StevenRothberg
- Stuart Hearn @StuartHearn
- Susan Avello @susanavello
- Susan Heathfield @SusanHeathfield
- Susan LaMotte @SusanLaMotte
- Susan Joyce @JobHuntOrg
- Suzanne Lucas @RealEvilHRLady
- Tiffany Kuehl @TiffanyKuehl
- Tim Sackett @TimSackett
- Tom Bolt @TomBolt
- Traci Deveau @Devoted2HR
- Trish McFarlane @TrishMcFarlane
- Victorio Milian @Victorio_M
- Will Staney @willstaney
- William Tincup @williamtincup
- Yvette Cameron @YvetteCameron