The Hire Authority
On a monthly basis, Elaine Varelas of Keystone Partners, parent company to Keystone Associates, writes a column The Hire Authority, which is featured in  the Hiring Hub, the Human Resources section of Boston.com.  Her articles discuss issues affecting today's Human Resources professionals and hiring agents – from maximizing human capital to optimizing workforces.

   Life Lessons for Leaders

   Identity Crisis: Defining Your Employer Brand to Regain Success

   Ten in Ten: Ten Things That Changed HR This Decade

   I’m Thankful (I Think): Promoting Positivity in the Workplace

   Trick or Treat? Discerning Fact from Fiction on Resumes

   Shoot for the Stars: Implement a “Star” Strategy for Organizational Success

   Performance Management During Hard Times

   Innovation or repetition: The cyclicality of HR practices

   What's in a name? Strategies for reviving a culture during turbulent times

   Culture club-redefining and communicating culture after a major change

   Leadership competencies that will ensure organizational resilience

   Making small-scale layoffs effective

   Keeping employees engaged during an uncertain economy

   When you wish upon a manager: Employees' holiday wish list

   Avoiding bench brawls at work

   The 'it' factor: Differentiating your organization

   Building your legacy at work

   Walk this way: Think like a consultant to excel at your HR job

   Let the students teach — A new approach to the mentor relationship

   Workin' around the clock: Managing the 24-hour employee

   Communication 101: Reviewing the golden rules of HR communication

   The many faces of HR: Managing expectations and producing results

   Turn-around time

   Say What?! 

   Defusing disasters 

   Naughty or nice? 

   Dealing with difficult co-workers 

   Who's your caddy? Leveraging HR's strategic partnerships 

   Are you happy in your job?

   Overcoming career derailers

   Why can't we all just get along? 

   Think you can't offer cutting edge benefits? Think again.

   Heard it through the grapevine 

   The looming labor shortage: why aren't you worried? 

   We are family: corporate relationships and the roles people play 

   Think like a quarterback to hone your HR skills

   Top ten reasons CEO Scrooge is gone

   The use and misuse of 360-degree assessments

   From whiners to winners: channeling employee complaints

   HR's responsibility as employees age

   Talking to the top: feedback strategies for CEOs 

   Finding fresh talent in a tight market

   How to deal with a bad boss

   Secrets of the best companies to work for

   And the winner is...

   Law & order: strict policies may be bad business

   How low can you go? Becoming a flexible employer

   Ringing in the New Year with executive presence

   Avoiding holiday taboos

   Driving organizational change 

 Why training doesn't work