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Want to Contribute?
There are many ways in which our members can contribute and become involved within our HR communities. You can send us your articles, whitepapers, case studies, etc., to writers@hr.com (one piece per email, please). Or post a blog directly to the site on your own. To do this, you must be logged in. Underneath the login box, you'll find a link called "Create Blog Article". Click on that link and post your blog into any of our communities. Feel like organizing an online Web cast? Publishing your research? Or starting your own peer-to-peer networking group? Email info@hr.com for more details.

How to Contribute Content
We strive to provide only the best HR content available and in doing so, we rely on contributions by our members as well as our in-house staff of industry analysts. All article contributions are reviewed and approved by our Magazine Editor. Blogs are posted directly onsite and may be deleted by our staff if deemed unsuitable. In order to contribute content, you must be a member of HR.com and agree to our terms and content policy prior to submitting your articles. This policy is shown during the HR.com registration or signup process. Part of your registration information is used to create the bio information that will be displayed with your articles so it is important to keep this information as up-to-date as possible.

We accept articles in a variety of formats. The most preferred is a word document but we will accept pdf files if they are not too large. The following types of articles are the most popular:

Opinion pieces
Question and answer interviews
Case Studies
Whitepapers
Industry Studies
Informative and educational articles about a specific topic

We also accept profiles, position papers, research reports, charts, graphics and PowerPoint presentations to name a few. These can be sent as word documents, pdf files, jpg or gif and other formats. All press releases should be sent to press@hr.com for posting.

Rules for Content Submissions

1. Concise - try for 1200-1500 words in length. However, it is really quality that matters. Don't cut good content out of an article just to hit the target length. If the article is much more than 2500 words, consider if it could be written as two stand-alone articles.

2. Informative not persuasive - educational in nature and not an advertorial. Try to inform, not persuade.

3. Focus on Your Area of Expertise - What topics are you a world expert on? For example, if you produce incentive compensation software it is unlikely you are a world expert on compensation or even incentives. However you are probably an expert on incentive compensation software--why companies want it, where it is and isn't appropriate, and the unexpected problems that come from implementation.

4. Respect the Expertise of Your Readers - Assume your reader has an undergrad degree and 10 years of experience in HR. Don't assume they know the lingo of your specialized field but they do know a lot about HR in general.

For example, they don't need to be told to analyze, plan, communicate and get top management support. Try to tell them something they don't know. Usually this is specifics of where a tool is or is not appropriate, the common mistakes people make, and the unexpected problems that occur.

5. Use Statistics - Reading a statement like "Research shows that employees´ productivity increases if they are able to work at home one to two days a week" doesn´t really say anything. Back up ambiguous statements with statistics. What research has shown this? Even better, get rid of ambiguous statements altogether and just give the stats. More stats and less fluff make an article all the more interesting to read.

6. Don´t start your articles off with: "In the current economic climate...", "In these ever changing times..", "In this fast-paced world".

7. Use Headings and Sub-Headings - Try to use headings and sub-headings within your article. They make it easier to find relevant topics and help readers understand your point of view.

8. Use of Graphics - You can include graphics and charts but be prepared to resize them to fit our column width.

PRO BONO
HR.com does not pay to use any of the articles submitted. In return for the article, we display your photo, logo and bio with the article, as well as web and email links. The incentive to contribute is to get your content placed in front of our audience of more than 194,000 plus members.

We encourage you to take a look at the site www.hr.com to ensure you're not overlapping what other articles have said.

Please direct your questions regarding content and content administration to our Magazine Editor at: writers@hr.com.