I’ve learned by helping people with their resumes that everyone is convinced that other people write their resumes in 15 minutes and they are perfect. They feel like something is wrong with them because they struggle with resume writing. Here’s a secret: Writing your own resume is hard.
I’m a temp in an admin role. My payment and health benefits come from the temp agency that placed me in the position. The agency’s fee is listed as a cost in that spreadsheet, and my entire department can view that information. That sheet is actively used, and
Because I’m an American who writes about US employment from a US perspective but lives in Switzerland, people often ask me how things are going with Covid here in the land of Cheese and Chocolate. You can see above just how it’s going. And one of those days’
I am the Operations Manager of a manufacturing company. I am a salary-based employee. I get a generous 14 days PTO and 5 Paid Sick Leave. If I ever have to take off work for a personal reason, I submit a request for TO and take it. My
Do you read all these things about the Great Resignation and think, “I’d like to take advantage of this, but that would mean fixing up my resume?” Of course, you do! There will be a lot of people quitting in January, so that means a lot of jobs
I (along with my brilliant jobshare partner) ran layoffs for a Fortune 100 company for several years. Our names and contact numbers went out on every single severance package, which means we handled hundreds and hundreds of calls with questions about this, that, or the other regarding the
I am having some difficulty with one of my team members at work. I have dealt with this person by speaking with our manager, asking that she stop her behavior. She was leaving when I leave, showing up when I show up. Just outside every door, I would
I’m an experienced leader and just started a new job–that they heavily recruited me for. I come in with a solid reputation in my field and as a people manager. Three months onto the job, one of my direct reports came to me and said he’d like to
You know we are all evil. It’s in the job description. So if there is an HR person out there you love–or hate, here are the perfect gifts. Or any number of items with the Evil HR Lady logo!
There is a lot of complaining about worker shortages and a lot of jokes going on–like the above, which points out the ridiculousness of the interview process. The thing is, it wouldn’t be funny if it wasn’t based in reality. Many companies have ridiculous hiring processes. Perhaps yours
