It used to be that the only way a manager could manage was by getting to know his people. Management by Walking Around is even an official thing. You had to physically observe the interactions your employees had with each other to understand who they knew and what
Job Enrichment occurs when a job is redesigned in order to make it more challenging and/or less repetitive. Instead of moving an employee to a different job, the job itself changes. A recent survey found that 53 percent of employees say the number one reason they love their
I am educated at private University and need a job to pay off school loans and save for the future. I recently started working for healthcare and the supervisor and team leader are friend and the supervisor appears to dislike me. After 2 weeks of working, the
When we think of Valentine’s day we think of love and candy and Evil HR Lady. What? You don’t associate me with this holiday? You should. Show your love by doing one of the following: Follow me on Twitter: RealEvilHRLady Subscribe to my blog (so that all my
I got this lovely comment on an article about how to treat your employees better: The human resources department is an absolute joke. Do you realize, that if it weren’t for all the people that you trash talk about, you wouldn’t have a job??? If this were a
This post originally appeared in May, 2009. You can read that and the awesome comments here. I have come across some information at work and I don’t know what I should do about it. Please help! I work in a sales environment. I have been there for over
Hot and steamy is generally a topic left for the shower, and not for discussion in the office. Generally, most companies don’t have too big of a problem with this, but with the new Fifty Shades of Grey set to come out just in time for Valentine’s Day,
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, love is in the air. And what better way to make your employees happy and productive than to declare your love for them? Notthat kind of love–that’s creepy–but, rather, the platonic love that makes your employees feel cared for and appreciated–that’s your
“I am an entry-level employee who just graduated from a big-name university, which I thought would be helpful when it came time to job hunt. But I am finding that most of the companies I am applying to rely on automated application systems and even impersonal Skype interviews,
During the initial phone interview with a recruiter for a hospital supervisor position, I made the mistake of telling her what I currently make per hour. I quickly realized my mistake, and said “however, as you know, my current position is a non-leadership, non-managerial role. At my previous
