Carnival of HR The Humor at Work Edition

Drew Tarvin, who is a humor consultant (yep, that is a real job) is the host of this early August issue of the Carnival of HR. There is quite a collection of blog posts, some dealing with humor, some not. (Mine doesn't.) Here is a sample:

• Become Unnoticeable to Be Noticed – Getting noticed in the corporate world means doing the “non-sexy” work exceptionally well.
• Don’t Pick My Pocket Just Because I’m Female – Wo(ah)man, that’s not right–even in female dominated professions men are still paid disproportionately more money.
• Everyone has their own Trevor – Why “your cat not letting you do your work” is no longer a good excuse.
• Five Ways to Disarm an Angry Mob – AKA delivering not-necessarily-happy news. Does not cover how to create the angry mob.
• Getting the Most Out of International Assignments – Improving the value of international assignments regardless of currency, except Monopoly money.

And much, much more. The Carnival can be found at Carnival of HR: Humor at Work Edition so check it out and do some learning.

Hey, you might even find a chuckle or two....

Humor in HR: "You Might Be An HR Manager If..."

"A man went to apply for a job. After filling out all of his applications, he waited anxiously for the outcome. Them employer read all his applications and said "We have an opening for people like you." "Oh, great," he said, "What is it?" "Its called the door!"

There are some days in HR were the only thing you can do to make the day tolerable is to laugh. I have had some funny situations occur to me that I use as stories in my speeches, my classes or in just having a beer with a friend. Some were not so funny at the time, but got funnier as time passed. A favorite involved a morbid story about a missing finger, the dark and a big brutish foreman who was afraid of looking for the finger in the dark. Another involves falling asleep in the middle of an interview... yep.. I fell asleep.

In one company were I worked  HR was often "joke central." So not only did we have funny real stories we had jokes as well. Being able to tell a good joke was an asset in my job, especially in a mostly male manafacturing plant. I have found humor is often a great "ice breaker."

So tell us your favorite joke or favorite funny story! We can even do a "You might be an HR Manager if..." So get those creative juices going....

(Picture credit: I got this off of Yahoo, but could not find it again to give proper attribution. My apologies to the artist.)