Both St. Patrick’s day and Easter are over and you should already have your summer vacation plan well under way. Why? And furthermore, why on earth would an HR columnist care one whit about your summer vacation? Well, partly because I love vacation. It’s a top priority for my
We all know it’s important to be smart. But being smart doesn’t have to mean a super high IQ, of course, it can mean being a normal human with a lot of knowledge about your particular area of expertise. Having a high IQ can be very helpful to
When you read job hunting advice columns, they’ll often tell you that the easiest way to get a job is to jump over the recruiter and get straight to the hiring manager. This is great advice, but in many companies, it’s almost impossible unless you already have a
When you go for a job interview, it’s always a mystery what questions they’ll ask. Some hiring managers have a set of questions, all typed up, that they ask each candidate. Others like a more free-form interview, where the conversation just flows. And some places want you to
When you were a job candidate. what is the best question a hiring manager/HR person/other person on the hiring panel ever asked you? Why was it a great question? Answer in the comments or send me an email at evilhrlady@gmail.com Looking forward to hearing your questions!
Have you ever had a really rotten boss? One who yells, belittles people, creates unfair schedules, and is generally incompetent? Any one of those things stink, but sometimes you get stuck with all of them at once. Why on earth doesn’t her boss step in and handle this
If you think you’ve heard it all, you’re either a therapist or a recruiter. (Of course,sometimes people treat their recruiters and HR people in general like therapists, but that’s another post.) The thing is, when much of your job is spent evaluating people and talking with them, you
There are three major magical gift giving people in my children’s world: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. Let’s face it-the first two are awesome. They show up on time and with the goods. But the last? Many, many Tooth Fairies are horrible, unreliable, and
I’m going through a nasty divorce. My soon to be ex has 3 families willing to file HIPAA complaints at the hospital where I am a nurse case manager and have worked for 24 years. I don’t know what the supposed complaints are, and I don’t recall ever
I grew up in a town where Bill Clinton came in third in the 1992 presidential election. Then I moved to Long Island, where Clinton was considered a bit too conservative. I’ve lived in the midwest, the south, the east coast and Europe and I’ve gathered friends from
