Dear Evil HR Lady, I am a computer programmer by trade, but I could be best considered a problem solver. For my day to day activities, I consistently get excellent reviews. People actively seek me out for projects (as opposed to other developers) because I get them done,
Dear Evil HR Lady, I was recently hired at a medical school library as an assistant. But I had a question about how long they are allowed to make me wait to start the position. The HR Department set my hire date as a week ago. I am
Dear Evil HR Lady, My supervisor has about 1/3 of his large staff (50+) on Family Medical Leave (FMLA). They use it intermittently, which means that they are not out for weeks at a time, but, rather, take what time they need when they need it. For the
Dear Evil HR Lady, I recently applied for a Career Counselor/Coordinator position. I received a phone interview on a Friday as a preliminary to the in-person. During the conversation the interviewer admitted that it was more of a case manager position. That following Monday the position was retitled
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have been on the search for over 8 months. I know business inside and out and was once president of a company. I can’t get a job at a lower level. I know what I’m doing, but, I’m starting to wonder about “networking.”
I’m sure I’m the last person in the world to post this video, but I swear I have seen situations just like this. Oh no! A Problem! Bad! My favorite part is where they wait for 3 hours to see if it gets better. As a caution, there
Sorry for the delay. Evil Marketing Man has been traveling, but I have the winners now. Please send me an e-mail at evilhrlady at gmail dot com with your address (and real name) and our New Yorker Friends will send you your calendar! Here are the winners: Charles
You have a great employee who occasionally says some naughty words. Should you ask him to stop or ignore it?
I got an e-mail from Vizual Resumes, which I’m sure my fellow HR bloggers also got. Now, I’m going to lay aside my prejudice against people who use misspellings on purpose, and say this: These resumes look awesome. I find this one visually appealing: http://www.vizualresume.com/inspired-visual-resume-190.html, but the content
The blogosphere is in a tizzy over job postings that specify no unemployed people should apply. Go read why you should stop freaking out.
