Wouldn’t you like a job that has potential? Where you can earn great money and have the promise of promotion in years to come? LinkedIn crunched their data and came up with the Most Promising Jobs of 2017. LinkedIn looked at their member data to not only find
In 2014, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) took on the case of Aimee (formerly Anthony) Stephens, who R.G. &. G.R. Harris Funeral Homes fired after Stephens announced that he would be transitioning to she. The funeral home had a dress code that required women to wear “skirt-suits”,
Just what is a formal professional dress code? For men, it’s always easy: Dark suit, white or blue shirt, a tie, and dark shoes and socks. For women? Not so much. Can you wear pants? How short of a skirt is too short? Do you need a jacket?
Have you ever taken a new job only to find out that it was a disaster? Sometimes this is because it’s just not a good fit. Sometimes the hiring manager lied to you about the job. (Surprisingly, hiring managers do this all the time–they’ll play up a job
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a bill on Monday that prohibits employers from asking candidates about their salary history. Like the Massachusetts bill that passed this summer (but won’t go into effect until January 1, 2018), the goal is to help end gender pay discrimination. The theory is
When people say they want more feedback, what they want is for you to tell them how awesome they are, right? Well, no. What they want is actual feedback that is helpful. Saying “great job” is nice, but it’s not feedback. Rajeev Behera, CEO of the performance management platform Reflektive,
Every good business needs good benefits, and the Benefits Guide is the place to learn about them. If you haven’t had the time to read every issue this year, here are the best articles that can’t be missed: 10. This New Health Care Pricing Model Saves Your Company
There are some basics of job hunting that we can all use. A local high school asked me to teach their 11th and 12th graders how to tackle their first job hunt. In order to keep it from being boring, I turned to that source of teen joy:
Just because I’ve done two Swiss Saturdays in a row don’t take that as a promise that I’ll continue. This week I met with my son (grade 3) and his teachers for a parent-teacher-student conference. As a side note, I hate bringing my kids to these meetings (the
Open door policies are pretty ubiquitous, but simply having the policy doesn’t mean people will actually speak their minds. Your employees aren’t telling you everything they should and it’s costing you—$7,500 per conversation failure and seven work days—according to a new study led by best-selling authors Joseph Grenny and David
