Dear Evil HR Lady, We have an employee who periodically leaves early. When she does, she skips lunch and tells her supervisor an hour before she is leaving that she is leaving early and didn’t take lunch. While my answer would be to document this and issue a
James Robbins wrote a great new book, 9 Minutes on Monday. After telling him that I don’t do book reviews more than once about ever 3 years, he sent it to me anyway. (That’s the beauty of PDF copies.) Bored while waiting for my daughter at ballet class,
Dear Evil HR Lady, A couple of years ago I was falsely accused of something that erupted into a huge scandal. (Well, huge in our area.) My name was in all the papers and if you search on my name lots of bad things pop up. I didn’t
If you’re looking for a job this holiday season, a new survey by employment search site Snagajob offers good news: Holiday hiring is expected to be the highest it’s been for the past 5 years. Toys R Us announced this week it would hire 45,000 holiday workers, up 13 percent
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m being laid off, and my last is day next week, so it’s no secret that I’m job hunting. What should I do with my LinkedIn Profile? Should I put my whole resume up? Right now I just have a brief paragraph about each
Fall is almost here, and you know what companies like to do at year-end? Figure out what their employees think so that they can do “better” next year. Sometimes this involves a survey sent out to all employees. I asked Luke Phillips at WrightIMC, a company that creates and
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m applying for full-time regular teaching jobs, however I have HUGE gaps in my work history, directly related to having had six kids. How do I address this in my cover letters? My inclination is to say I was on the mommy-track, in a
Thank you, my wonderful readers. I was named to the Forbes Top 75 Websites For Your Career. Thanks for nominating me!
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have an interview next week for a manager position. I am seeking your help answering the question: What is your greatest weakness? Here are three I’ve identified for myself: 1. I am not good listener (but I am working on it); 2. Sometimes
Dear Evil HR Lady, I got into a situation at work — I threw my coworker’s keys out the door, and called her a [bad word]. I am being sent to human resources, and they are investigating a harassment claim. My question is, should I just resign, and
