The Supreme Court handed down a decision on Friday, 24 June 2022, in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned the 1973 Roe V. Wade decision that legalized abortion throughout the United States. For non-healthcare businesses, this shouldn’t affect your daily operations, but people are talking, and their focus may be somewhere
The only thing that should matter when you apply for a job is your ability to do the job. Your race, gender, religion, national origin, or age shouldn’t matter. Neither should your sexual orientation, so why is DoorDash asking applicants to share their sexual orientations as part of the job application
Like every other company, Amazon sent all employees who could work from home to work from home in 2020. But what they didn’t do was start paying for internet and electricity costs for their employees, according to a lawsuit filed by an Amazon engineer in California. On the surface,
Like many people, when I need to schedule a meeting, I use an electronic tool that tells people my availability and lets them match theirs. I use Calendly, but there are many others out there. It seems to me like pretty much everyone else does as well. It
Activision doesn’t have a great reputation for company culture, even if its games, such as World of Warcraft, are best sellers. They got sued for “bro culture,” which includes allegations of “cube crawls,” which is like a pub crawl, but from cubical to cubical, harassing female employees as they go. They also just
Elon Musk is a great social media troll and the world’s richest person. He likes to poke and provoke, but he also runs businesses that include a lot of hands-on work. He sent a memo to employees at Tesla. Someone leaked the memo (and I expect that someone
Recruiters always tell job hunters to practice their interview skills, but most companies don’t spend much time training hiring managers in the art of interviewing. It’s a skill, and like any other skill, most people can learn it. Google has a new tool that will make this easier. It’s called Interview
Imagine you’re looking to fill a role. A resume comes across your desk, and the person checks every box. They have experience, certifications, and all the knowledge, skills, and abilities to do a fantastic job. You’d absolutely bring this person in for an interview! Except, perhaps your applicant
Cover letters are the bane of job hunting. No one likes writing them. No one likes reading them. Some hiring managers and recruiters admit throwing the cover letters out without reading them. Still, I love them. To be clear, I love to get them. I hate writing them.
If your business is 100 percent remote, with no one having to come in, that’s great. The boss and HR get to work from home as well. But, if you have employees who either need to be in the office every day or who you’ve asked to work
