About Employaid

Employaid is an online community for employees, employers, and small business owners to find the resources they need for career success. The economy, increasing corporate layoffs, workplace issues, and what seems to be more job stress than ever before, created the need for Employaid. We are Your Lifeline at Work.

If you are an employee, Employaid will help you with instantly useful tools, strategies and skills to navigate the rough waters of your workplace. Or, simply to get ahead in your life, work, and career.

If you are an employer, Employaid can supplement your existing HR/Workforce Issues Department, or be your full outsourced provider. The site also offers employers solutions for rapid on-boarding of new employees. Contact us today to learn more about Employaid’s fast and easy co-branding opportunities.

If you are a small business owner, Employaid is there as your outsourced, co-branded HR/Workforce Issues resource, or you can offer discounted memberships in Employaid to your employees. Contact us today to find out more.

Because there is only one YOU, we’ve designed Employaid with you in mind. You can find the aid you are looking for across a wide variety of media - so you get what you want, how you want it, when you need it. Join our unique and growing community of Members who are changing the face of today’s workplace.

Barbara Poole, Founder & President

Barbara created Employaid after 25 years of working with major corporations to improve company and individual performance. She started her career as a human resources director in a national specialty store chain, and continued up through the ranks in senior human resources positions for Fortune 1000 retail companies. A career move to management and training consulting followed, spanning Senior Consultant, and Director of Business Development for MOHR Development, an international training consultancy, and finally, National Practice Director, Revenue Improvement at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting. These experiences tied to the work of Barbara’s own Firm, Poole Resources Inc., dedicated to providing sales, marketing and organizational solutions for growing top line revenue in Fortune 1000 companies. Clients included May Department Stores, LensCrafters, Walt Disney Attractions Merchandising, American Tourister, The Estee Lauder Companies, Warnaco, Compaq (HP), Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins Barbara has presented at trade group conferences including the National Retail Federation, American Society for Training and Development, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. She has developed a number of management tools for corporations including VirtualCoach™, and RPM™ a process for building market share through a focus on the demand chain. After completing a major in Sociology at Hofstra University, Barbara graduated from, and was an Adjunct Instructor in the Hofstra-Cornell NYS School of Industrial and Relations Labor-Management Studies program. She has been quoted in national and trade publications. Barbara is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners, the Institute of Management Consultants and the Habitat for Humanity Partners Council.

Contributors

Linda Rosenberg

As a corporate human resources executive for large decentralized corporations, Linda excels at linking the human resources function with the broader business issues of the company. She has forged strong relationships with senior line executives at US Cellular, Montgomery Ward, and Rand McNally & Co. As an in-demand HR staffing consultant, Linda’s clients included Office Max and Northern Trust Bank. She holds a Bachelors degree in Psychology from Western Illinois University and a Masters in Industrial Relations from Loyola University.

Deborah S. Hildebrand

Deborah is a human resources consultant and writer with over 20 years in the human resources field. Her background includes a degree in business administration from Cal State Northridge, and a certificate in human resources from UCLA. Her clients include Nestle, Public Storage, Cardinal Health, Warnaco, and Goodwill Industries. As a writer, Deborah has published business and career articles both on-line as well as in print.

Advisory Board

Rod Underhill, Legal Counsel and Advisor

Rod Underhill made his initial splash in the technology sector when he cofounded MP3.com, an Internet business that became worth more than six billion dollars. He is the author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Millions on the Internet" and other technology books. In 2008 he received a Webby Award, honoring his work in mobile technology relating to Podlinez.com. Attorney, law professor and technologist, Professor Underhill serves as an advisor to technology start ups.

He works with software companies and web based businesses as well as providing pro-bono advisory services to noted cancer research scientists and medical research driven universities. His help spans venture capital expertise to technology development as well as legal issues and business modeling and has two significant patents pending before the US Patent Office. Recently, the New York Times praised his Podlinez.com project by making it a "Tech Tip of the Week." Underhill is currently assisting several new start ups to reach their goals. He has appeared on the Geraldo Show and NPR and was profiled in Rolling Stone Magazine.

Rod serves as an adjunct professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, where he teaches music licensing law and technology/internet law.

Norman Weinstein, Financial Advisor

Norman has extensive experience in banking and financial markets. He is the founder and managing member of NW Capital LLC. Prior to this, he was a managing director at Bankers Trust Company and Credit Suisse. Norman also ran the foreign exchange trading department at Odyssey Partners, a major investment fund. He is an International Chess Master, and has won the United States Open Chess Championship, in addition to major international competitions.

Norman holds an MBA from Boston University, an MA in Mathematics from Brandeis University, and a BS in Mathematics from M.I.T.

Doug Picirillo, Content and Communications Advisor

Doug Picirillo has over thirty years of general business experience with an emphasis on information and communication technologies as a senior corporate manager and consultant.

Doug’s industry experience includes brick and mortar and e-commerce retail, manufacturing, market research, direct marketing services, pharmaceuticals, banking and commercial property management.  He is an active volunteer and board member of several non-profit organizations.  He is currently a member of the 2008-2009 Board of Directors for the American Communication Association and an Advocate for Children with Compassion International.  He holds a BA in Communication and Organizational Leadership from Trinity International University and a graduate certificate in Organizational Development from North Park University where he is currently pursuing a Masters of Human Resources Management.  Doug has presented on topics ranging from Organizational Change Management for technology projects to electronic textbooks at numerous industry and academic conferences sponsored by the Association of Information Technology Professionals, the International Communication Association, the American Communication Association, the Central States Communication Association and others.

Doug has a keen interest in the confluence of people, processes and technology and particular expertise in computer-mediated communication, collaboration, e-learning and knowledge management especially as they apply in periods of personal and organizational change.