Business Coach David Wanounou made a bold proclamation on LinkedIn: If you’re an employee, asking for a 3-week vacation ain’t the best idea. Because those 3 weeks will show the company that they can manage without you. So better ask for less. He’s not wrong, but he’s not right either.
I thought we were a pretty apolitical office right up until the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Now it seems like everyone is a political activist, and feelings are hurt. Is there any way to reduce the political tension in the office? To read my answer, click
Employees who worked at home during the pandemic shutdowns seem loath to come back to the office. At the same time, companies want people to come back. The Pew Research Foundation found that 61 percent of the people working from home were doing so by choice–not because there wasn’t an
I am quite confident in saying I am an HR expert. I am also quite confident in saying that I don’t know everything about HR. These two things are not contradictions. Anyone who claims to know everything about any specialty as broad as HR doesn’t know enough to
I had the chance to appear with Peter List, editor of Union Labor News, to talk about work. I’m not a labor expert as Peter is, but we had a good conversation anyway! Click here to listen or download on your favorite podcast app. Or your least favorite
In the US, you should not include your own picture on your resume or application. We like to pretend no one will discriminate based on race, gender, weight, or bad dye job, if we don’t have pictures on our resumes. Then we all put links to our LinkedIn
I’m tired of having people get unemployment benefits when I fired them for being bad employees. Stealing, lying and coming in late — it doesn’t seem to matter. What can I do to make sure people don’t get unemployment payments? Can I document better? To read my answer,
Why won’t you tell a candidate the salary range for a position? A candidate got up and walked out when one company balked, according to a story shared at Reddit’s r/aita group. The poster explained: 15 minutes in they had not talked at all about compensation so I asked.
I love training with my whole heart! It’s why I went into HR in the first place! So, in case you missed the iSpring webinar, here’s the video! Also, fun fact: I had a dentist appointment that morning for a filling. Even though the webinar was three hours
The big problem with recruiting and hiring is that it’s done by humans, and humans make mistakes and are subject to our own biases. So, the best solution is to create programs that evaluate candidates and choose the best person. Problem solved! But, the latest research in artificial
