As any job hunter will tell you, applying for jobs is tedious and demoralizing. Companies that make it more difficult for candidates will get fewer applicants. If you’re flooded with applicants, that seems like a winning idea: Only the truly dedicated will apply. Making people jump through hoops to
While Silicon Valley continues to lay people off, blue collar, hospitality, retail, and restaurants struggle to get enough candidates in the door. So, once you’ve got someone, you want to keep them! Let us help you! Please join me on March 29, 2023 for this FREE webinar, sponsored
You had money in your bank account to run payroll on Friday, but you had the misfortune of banking at Silicon Valley Bank, and payroll didn’t run. I saw several people advocating for paying employees in cryptocurrency and avoiding the banks altogether. While that may seem like a
Candidates prefer in-person interviews to video calls. They also feel that they have to change their appearance to get a job. These are the two most significant takeaways from a recently released survey by the American Staffing Association. The research found that 70% of Americans prefer in-person interviews, while 17%
Many businesses balked at new salary transparency laws. The California Chamber of Commerce called California’s law a “job killer.” Companies started complying with the “letter of the law” by posting wildly large ranges. Citibank, for instance, posted a job with a salary range of “$0-$2,000,000.” Why were they scared? For many
I had the opportunity to sit down with Jennifer Cain Birkmose at VivaValet to discuss some of the problems facing women in the workforce. (If Jennifer’s name sounds familiar to me, it’s because I’ve talked about her here and here. In addition to being a CEO, she’s my
For those of you who haven’t been following the drama of DNA testing over at Ask a Manager, you need to stop right now and go read this: a DNA test revealed the CEO is my half brother … and he’s freaking out and the Update: update: a
I feel like a terrible new hire. This is my first job as a manager, and I’m in over my head. My employees ignore what I tell them to do. I went to HR for help, and the HR manager said I needed to figure it out. Help
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Amanda Knox was an American foreign exchange student in Italy when someone murdered her roommate, Meredith Kercher. Italian courts convicted Knox and sentenced her to 26 years for a crime she didn’t commit. (Burgler Rudy Guede was later convicted.) While Knox was exonerated, she spent four long years in prison. What
