A showcase of poetry from some of the darkest and most lyrical voices of women in horror. UNDER HER SKIN features the best in never-before-published dark verse and lyrical prose from the voices of Women in Horror. Cantered on the innate relationship between body horror and the female experience, this collection features work from Bram-Stoker Award® winning and nominated authors, as well as dozens of poems from women (cis and trans) and non-binary femmes. Edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller, UNDER HER SKIN celebrates women in horror from cover to cover. In addition to poems contributed by seventy poets, the collection also features a foreword penned by Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) Grand Master and recipient of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, Linda D. Addison; interior illustrations by Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association Grand Master and recipient of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award Marge Simon; and cover art by noted horror artist Lynne Hansen.

A massive paradigm shift in the world of work and the way we manage people. What's changing – everything!All of this has been brought about by several converging factors. The impact of COVID on how we work; causing a shift from where work is done. Recent significant changes in Artificial intelligence, Chat GPT and robotics will impact on every area of work worldwide – it's happening now. Predictably, fewer people are now required in the world of work; those with a potentially amazing career will be talented people who will be paid on what they do rather than what they know – a huge change. A new type of management. Inspirational leaders with a special skillset will be in high demand. Managers of the past are unlikely to have the skills or personality to get the best from the new breed of super employees. In this book we will look at all these issues and provide readers with the current facts, case studies form the world's leading companies, worked examples and most importantly practical advice on how to do it.

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) will change the world as we know it within only a few years. Its most significant impact will be on our Human Resource. What is A.I. and what's made it significant is contained in this concise book. The book has a wide readership and will provide for many organizations the catalyst for swift change to take strategic advantage of what A.I. has to offer. In this book are some of the HR process that can be changed today, suggestions on what's available and some resources you may wish to use. The evidence so far is that many HR functions have not developed A.I. strategies, in a false belief that A.I. is in the future. Its here and its happening and the change is expediential in its growth; we are in the change window for a massive paradigm shift, now is the time for immediate action.

In current "what's new" topics this is the biggest. Just how does HR become a business partner? This book is a step-by-step guide to becoming a business partner and showing the financial benefit of HR participation. The book contains six chapters and includes a self-diagnostic for HR functions to complete. In addition, the key competencies needed are explained together with worked examples of how HR can add financial value. The methodologies will work in public and private sectors and is the future direction for any HR function. This book is focused on providing those interested with a "how to do it" approach to lift HR and to transform it into an effective unit with the capacity of becoming a true business partner and possibly a profit value centre.

The very latest research shows that a process approach to interviewing provides greater structure and has the potential for significantly reducing bias. Learn how to deter and filter the poor performers and benefit from structured prewritten score able questions that will really make a difference to interviewing effectiveness and securing talented people. In a time when all organizations are striving to get the best talented people, it makes sense for organizations to upgrade and review their interviewing procedures and incorporate whatever techniques are available to reduce interviewing errors. The evidence shows that many HR functions have failed in the past to understand the long-term financial consequences of poor performance or to realize that talented people do so much more work than other employees. Financial examples are shown in this book using data from the 2015 work done survey. Successful talent recruitment is critical to any organization's long-term success. This book gives you a detailed guide to the entire nine-step process with worked examples.

This book sets out new approaches, formulas, and software needed to enable any HR function or organization to forecast trends and to use existing retrospective data to their organization's advantage, which, in short, is to maximize efficiency and productivity. The reader will encounter new formulas to use and new approaches that will add value. Readers will also learn that most of the existing 52 formulas available don't work in today's environment. There is new software that will enable you to do forecasts with certainty and you can use a new mathematical model to rightsize any organization. Are you using an outdated organizational model? Do you have pro-cesses that don't work any more? These are areas that are major inhibitors to productivity and can be significantly improved. Most important of all, this book will help you to create immense added value in any organization.

Charlie was a ghost hunter who didn't' really believe in ghosts, but he believed in the effect being a ghost hunter had on girls. He thought he had perfected the ultimate pick up line, "I'm a ghost hunter." All that came crashing down when he met his soul mate...a ghost. One night while photographing an old Victorian mansion, he was startled to meet the ghost of Anne Meux. She died in 1970 at age 85. She was now only 25 and beautiful. Charlie was soon engulfed in a riveting conversation. Who was she? Where was she? What was she doing in her old room? At the end of a long conversation she suddenly had to go. He had a question for himself. Why was he madly in love with an apparition or worse a hallucination? If she was in a parallel universe could he bring her back to this universe? He had an overwhelming desire to get some questions answered. He needed his best friend Stanley, the smartest guy he knew. Stanley was working on his PHD in Physics so surely he could figure this out. Stanley was intrigued and agreed to help his best friend. As a physicist, Stanley was well aware of parallel universes and the duality of the universe. There is always two of anything that can exist. Stanley was convinced that science and religion were two sides of the same coin. The dogma in both seemed to prevent the ultimate discovery of 'truth'. He enjoyed asking the curious. "Since 'space' was created by the Big Bang...what did it go bang in? And, If God created it all by saying 'Let there be light, ' who was he talking to? Then the ultimate question, what was there just before the bang or God's command?The same answer."

The world of work is undergoing the most significant change since the Industrial revolution. Cognitive A.I. is driving world change faster than at any time in history. There are massive advantages for employers who act and act quickly. At precisely the same time, COVID has been a wake-up call. Organizations have discovered that they employ too many people, and the realization - many can be more productive working remotely. Productivity increases, reduction in office space and management are all being actioned through home working. A significant study on Homeworkers indicates that worldwide, 1 in 5 will be working from home. Already many Global companies have announced this year plans to reduce office space by 40%. Productivity results that have been realized from remote working have exceeded expectations, which will accelerate. This innovative book will guide you through A.I., how it will affect employment and existing processes, and what the employer and employee can expect in the new and rapidly changing world of work.