June 8, 2007
This is the best human resources joke Guru has heard for a while (courtesy of an unnamed member of the Personnel Today HR Directors Club):
Q. How many HR directors does it take to change a light bulb?A. None, but they all want to be involved.
Human resources is not known for its sense of humour - despite the almost unending stream of (usually unintenionally) hilarious material that crosses every HR professional's desk on a daily basis.
Maybe we can change that. Here are Guru's top 5 HR-related jokes found on a quick trawl of the internet...
5. Promotion
Can anyone do better?
Comments (4)
Not jokes exactly, but how about these allegedly based on the experiences of real US HR practitioners?
Posted by mark | June 11, 2007 4:35 PM
Posted on June 11, 2007 16:35
The 3 great lies:
1. The cheque's in the post.
2. Of course I'll respect you in the morning.
3. Hello, I'm the HR officer and I'm here to help.
Disciple Charlie
Posted by Disciple Charlie | June 12, 2007 9:50 AM
Posted on June 12, 2007 09:50
Here's one:
Q. How many HR managers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Maybe only one, but it may take some time as the organisation would need to be aware of the possible need to consult the light bulb and its stakeholders!
Posted by Colin Ashcroft | June 13, 2007 10:50 AM
Posted on June 13, 2007 10:50
Brilliant. Simply Brilliant.
Posted by Bruce | June 13, 2007 2:31 PM
Posted on June 13, 2007 14:31