Your Looks: Attractive people earn about 5 percent more in hourly pay than their average-looking colleagues, who in turn earn 9 percent more per hour than the plainest-looking workers. This means if an average-looking person earned $40,000, their prettiest co-workers would make $42,000 while their least attractive colleagues
Not really. The only person in the same room as me is my husband and he’s not a jerk. We don’t even have the television on. (Although if we did, we’d be watching our DVD of House–and House is definitely a jerk.) Anyway, it’s another New York Times
“The auditors are here.” These can be some of the scariest words an HR manager can hear. People showing up to make sure you are not discriminating–and keep in mind the discrimination doesn’t have to be on purpose. It can be due to disparate impact. Two articles on
I’ve seen maybe 2 episodes of American Idol, so I’m definitely not in the “fan” category, although considering its popularity I’m probably one of the few. I believe part of its appeal is how mean the judges are. The Washington Post’s Lisa de Moraes reviews the early auditions
“Shhh, it’s absolutely confidential.” I don’t know how many times people have come to my office, shut the door behind them and said those words, or something similar. Then they tell me something intensely dull and boring (“We’re thinking of rolling out a new benefits form. This one
I can see what words people put into Google to find my blog. Today I got a hit from the following search: “How to make a lady pregnant.” Ummm, I don’t think I was what you were looking for. But, welcome anyway!
Perks, we like to call them, (although the spelling bothers me because it’s a shortening of perquisite, so I swear it should be perq, but then you have a q at the end and that’s just not done). Do they make a difference? Absolutely, and that is why
The blogosphere is an amazing thing. I wanted to share some great sites I’ve just found (or in several cases, they found me.) Recruiting Fly is a great blog which brings in information on recruiting and HR in general. Run by C.M. Russell, he always seems to find
The House approved a minimum wage hike today. Now, just to get my cards on the table, I am a free market capitalist. A hard core free market capitalist, if the truth be told. When proponents start spouting about how wonderful it is to increase wages of those
I found this list about bosses today and it made me giggle a little. My two favorites: 1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00pm and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing. 4. Wait until my yearly review
