Human Resources

This HR leader hears, heeds, and helps those who heal others

Kenya Pitt, chief human resources officer for Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, devotes her time to workforce strategies from compensation to talent acquisition to employee retention for the nearly 4,000 employees at PPMC.

From Penn Medicine News

Awarding Penn’s extraordinary staff

The 25th Models of Excellence award ceremony brought together a huge crowd inside Harrison Auditorium, celebrating the people who ‘make Penn move.’

Lauren Hertzler



In the News


Business Insider

Get ready for nasty layoffs and say goodbye to the four-day workweek

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that bosses can use the latest headlines about the economy as a fresh reason to get tough with workers, even if business is still doing well.

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The New York Times

So, human resources is making you miserable?

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that the personnel department was rebranded as human resources during the 1980-81 recession to view people as assets like machinery.

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Human Resource Executive Online

Employee stress: Why HR isn’t getting to the heart of the problem

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School writes that stress needs to be correctly defined before it can be properly addressed in the workplace.

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MarketWatch

Why does an entry-level job now require three years of experience? Here’s how that hurts workers and companies alike

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that companies are now much more likely to poach desirable workers from other employers rather than developing talent internally from lower levels of the organization.

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CNBC

Here’s why entry-level jobs feel impossible to get

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that employers are looking outside to hire people rather than promoting them from within.

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The Atlantic

Is the shorter workweek all it promises to be?

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that one way to handle the problem of overwork could be improving enforcement of the FLSA for all eligible workers.

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