William Strahan 129 connections

Charity

          A few potential vendors have made sales calls on me lately offering  free stuff.  Wow.  Free stuff.  They must be beautiful human beings to be engaged in such altruistic, donative work.  And to think, they did not channel these impulses into feeding, clothing or housing the... more »

Been busy

My apologies to the kind readers of HumanMarkets. I have been consumed with a pretty material project in my day job. Look for a return of posting from HumanMarkets after Thanksgiving. Best wishes to all for a nice holiday. more »

I Love Market Pricing.

For many people who work within the world of compensation, the first few years included a good deal of market pricing.  Market pricing is frequently viewed as the introduction to the skills of compensation.  Part of this is absolutely right.  Having to work through surveys, position matching and... more »

Mercy

This past weekend, I heard a great sermon at Mass.  A large portion of the theme was on the quality of mercy.  Essentially mercy is an important character trait to possess and more of it is good. 
 
A subsidiary point drew out the difference between “justice”, which is “getting what we... more »

It Feels That Way Sometimes

I took a pitch from a vendor today. He was selling a web-based tool which he promised would help me. In fact, he used the same phrase a few times. His product apparently would help me win the “War On Talent”. more »

Supply, Demand, Representation and Unions

The classic economic analysis of unionization is that unions drive up wages for workers by limiting the supply of labor. They impact the labor market through a classic supply and demand impact on the cost of labor. This is really wrong and if you are in HR and you get caught by this error you will... more »