Today brings another installment of an occasional feature of “Five Questions”, in which we ask five questions of a noteworthy person in the employment law and human resources areas. I’m pleased that Regan MacBain Traub, CPC, SPHR, founder and managing principal of The Human Resource Consortium, was able to take some time to respond to some questions.
Regan has extensive experience in dealing with complex strategy, change management, staffing and retention issues. She has served as Connecticut State Director for the Society of Human Resource Management and a Member of the Executive Board for the Human Resource Association of Central Connecticut.
As you can see from the interview, she’s got a wealth of expertise and I thank Regan for sharing her thoughts and her time. Let us know what you think about these issues in the comments section below. If you know of others who you’d like to see interviewed, feel free to comment as well.
1) Are companies starting to hire again? In other words, do things seem to be picking up?
We are seeing a number of positive business climate indicators on the HR front at this time. Organizations are beginning to invest in enhancing their human resource management infrastructure and practices again.
Since, unfortunately, many companies still see HR (particularly when it’s transaction-mired) as a cost center rather than revenue generator (when it’s achieved a more consistent strategic and consultative level), this definitely is a positive sign. We also are hearing more firms talking about, and taking action on, hiring again. We’re also seeing some investments in training initiatives. However, I still hear CFOs questioning the ROI they’ve received from significant expense in training in the past so training budgets will probably lag a bit unless they can prove ROI or are regulatory-driven.Continue Reading Five Questions with… Regan MacBain Traub, Founder, The Human Resource Consortium