Can you believe Baudville was without an HR manager for six months? It seems crazy—mostly, I guess, to those who were trying to maneuver this ship without one. But, if it proves anything, it’s that we are committed to our stance that hiring slow is an onboarding best practice. And, now that we have the perfect candidate in place, we can pat ourselves on the back for our diligence. Whew!

Amy has been with us since the beginning of May—just in time to help reinstitute our summer flex time policy, put recruiting into high gear, and attend SHRM with the rest of the team. If this hasn’t blown her hair back a little, then she must be using Extra Super Hold Aqua Net!

I caught up with Amy recently to see how she’s braving this new adventure, and this is what she had to say:

“Ahhhhhh” was the collective utterance of those departing the Las Vegas heat (112 degrees when I left!?!) and, while most were ready to say goodbye to the oppressive temps, we were not leaving empty handed. The annual Society of Human Resource Management Conference is the largest gathering of HR professionals on the planet (their words, but I am guessing based on my experience they’re accurate). And, true to its claim, it delivered astronomical insights to both those attending and soaking in the sessions and those of us manning the tradeshow floor…

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I’ve been frighteningly forgetful lately. Bills have gone unpaid, birthdays have gone unremembered, promises have gone unkept. Ugh. I’m about to be chased out of the city by an angry mob! The problem is, for many years, I could rely on just my brain: it connected special dates with other significant events and assigned meaning to the passing of time. I could trust it. But, no more.