This isn’t the same old tired, weak, warmed-over corporate-speak that passes for HR job advice in most organizations.  This is the real deal…over 400 brutal truths, tips, best practices, inspirations, confessions, and expert insights that practically no one else will sit down and tell you about.  

Nothing is held back.  Nothing is considered taboo.  And, nothing is off-limits in this book.  If you want to discover the REAL secrets for winning big in your current HR role or skyrocketing your climb up the HR ladder, just spend a few minutes flipping through these pages.  

About the author:  ALAN COLLINS is founder of Success in HR and author of the best-seller, Unwritten HR Rules.  He was formerly Vice President of Human Resources at PepsiCo where he led HR initiatives for their Quaker Oats, Gatorade and Tropicana businesses. He has been a featured speaker at HR conferences and seminars throughout the U.S.  His articles have appeared in HR Executive, HRM Today, Linked:HR, and Personal Branding.  He helps HR professionals take their careers to the next level at SuccessInHR.com.  With 25 years of corporate, field and executive experience in human resources, he earned his BS and MS degrees in Industrial Relations from Purdue.  You can view his LinkedIn profile here.

Here's are just a few of the valuable insights you'll discover in Best Kept HR Secrets:    

• Twelve dirty little secrets for landing your next job in HR. 

• 4C’s for building tremendous credibility in any HR role.  

• 14 ways to turn even your toughest clients into your biggest fans. 

• What you should focus on that matters even more delivering great HR results.

• 12 amazingly simple ways to double your personal productivity in HR. 

• 10 ways to wow your CEO.  

• How to avoid becoming irrelevant in HR. 

• The $25,000 formula for managing your time.

• How to receive huge amounts of recognition for your accomplishments in HR. 

• Eight deadly signs that it’s time for you leave your job and find a better HR opportunity.

• Twenty BIG goals that will easily put you among the top 5% of all HR professionals. 

• What you should do if you’re a new HR leader on your very first day and in your first week.

• How to read your client’s mind. 

• Evil, underhanded, devious little ways to find out if employees in your company are looking for another job.

• 10 unmistakable, tell-tale clues that an HR layoff may soon be coming.

• 15 counter-offers you can make to retain your best people...without giving them more money.

• 8 actions you can take to avoid getting laid off during tough times.

• A dozen things every HR person MUST KNOW about their business. 

• How to keep your HR job and make extra income on the side during tough times. 

• 4 new rules for winning in HR...but only if you're female, Black, Latino, Asian, Native American Gay, Straight, Young, Old, Disabled or Not...or White Male.

• 7 reasons you're NOT getting HR job offers...what your interviewers know, but aren't telling you. 

• How to differentiate yourself from the rest of the pack in HR.

• And much, much more on managing tough HR issues, excelling in your HR role and enhancing your career!