Does the thought of going back to school make you cringe? Memories of strict teachers, pop quizzes and homework might give you pause, but don’t fret. The explosion of MOOCs, or massive online open classes, have opened up endless adult educational opportunities. Now, it’s possible to hone critical
So, the ladies of The View have blown up the internet again with thoughtless comments. Instead of insulting nurses, this time it’s co-host Raven-Symoné announcing that she would discriminate against people with Ethnic sounding names. She says it’s not racist, it’s simply discriminatory. I wish I could say
The biggest reason we hire people is because they have skill sets that meet our current needs. But business needs change and, perhaps more frequently, employees’ lives change: people have babies, get married, move on to new opportunities. It may look like you have every skill your department
The theory behind the H1-B Visas is to allow companies to hire non-immigrant foreigners to fill positions that no American can fill. We’re a global economy, and I support the theory behind it. There are certainly times when there aren’t people in the United States that can do
Family friendly workplaces are a relatively new thing, but are we using the “family friendly” designation when we really mean “mom friendly”? Some dads think so and they are fighting back. They aren’t just complaining to the HR department, they are going to court. When CNN employee Josh
Some towns in Sweden decided to switch to a six-hour workday for their public employees. The results have been great. People are happier. Patients at a nursing home are getting much better care. Everyone has enough time for family and hobbies, and I can only imagine burnout will
My company is having its annual company party, which is a barbecue located 1.5 hours away from the office at a coworker’s parents’ house. I do not want to attend for multiple reasons (I do not care to be in the hot sun, swim, eat barbecue, drink beer,
My husband grew up in Rochester, NY, graduating from school in the early 1990s. You may be familiar with the big companies in Rochester-Xerox and Kodak. It seemed that everyone worked at one or the other. The pay was good, the benefits great, and my mother-in-law still talks
When a college student needs counseling because he’s scored a B on a report card, or worse, calls the police because there’s a mouse roaming the apartment, we can kind of laugh about it. I mean, how ridiculous! Those would be just good stories, except episodes like this
