Radvice

Help! I’m a new HR manager in a department-of-one. I’ve only done admin jobs before, so this is a big step for me. My new job is with a small nonprofit that does job placement for people with disabilities. I know that they have not done much work on racial equity before, and I want to do my part to help them move forward. But I’ve only been to a few workshops myself, and none of those were really meant for HR people. They were very general. Can you help me know where to get started in this new job?

I try to stay on top of best practices, and I know that we will get better results and just be more fair to candidates if we include salary ranges on our job postings, but my bosses (both my direct manager and the CFO, who she reports to) are against it. Both bosses have expressed an interest in DEI and trying to make the company better overall, but I haven’t gotten through to them on this. Can you help me with the major reasons why salary transparency is a good thing these days?

My company just went through the process of defining our “core values.” I didn’t love the process and a lot of people have complained about how it seems like the CEO and his friends just came up with a list of words that sound good. What’s funny is that the words DO sound good and I think they are great values for us to aspire to. So, they announced the values and posted them on our Careers page, but that was over a month ago and no one has heard anything about this since. … I do feel like I have a good relationship with our head of HR, so I could talk to her, but I need some advice on what to even say. Help?