I have an HR person (probably not evil) insisting that I must provide my salary at each previous employer so they can do a background check before I start. This is all after I’ve already accepted a written job offer (they asked me to complete an application at
I’ve been tagged. Repeatedly. First by Stephanie Black, then by Simon Meth, the Career Encourager and by Deb. Stephanie’s tag was different than the others, so I will combine. She wanted to know, among other things, what I was doing 10 years ago. Well, this was the summer
Rowan Manahan has started a new writing project called the Definitive Guide to Clearing Job-Hunt Hurdles. I’m happy to be a part of it. I’ll post links to the other articles as well. I have two things to disclose. I hate job hunting My area of expertise is
Hi, I am Working in an Electronics Security Company as HR Executive. I was in need of new Hirings and tried, Local Consultancies, Newspaper Advertisements, Campus Interviews, Referals and still didn’t get a Quality Staff. (My Product is a Construction Magazine that is Market Leader in South and
Hi, HRLady, After reading the last entry in your blog, I start wondering what would be your take on my current situation, so here goes a question for you. I’m working as a contractor for a 100 Fortune company in the US, while I wait for my greencard
Hi The email id is sure a misnomer..having followed your blog for many months now, I have to admit, it has completely altered my image of the work done by HR professionals. Often enough, we as employees feel that the sole job of the HR department is to
Is now up over at Ask a Manager. I haven’t read it all yet, but so far, I’m still laughing at this post about Ask a Manager reading her employee’s blog. Heh. The August 8th Carnival will by hosted by Ann Bares at Compensation Force. The August 22nd
For the record, I love my boss. I really do. She’s great. And now that I’m done with my regularly scheduled groveling (in case I get outed), let’s talk about your boss. I got an e-mail from the founder of eBoss Watch, announcing his new website. (I didn’t
I’ve been out of town and then I had to spend all day yesterday reading the new Harry Potter, so I forgot to post a reminder! This week’s carnival is being hosted at Ask A Manager, so get your submissions into askamanager at gmail dot com.
