Here is my situation…. I applied for a position, and was interviewed only to never be contacted again after the standard thank you notes were sent. I’ve found out that the company I interviewed with is e-mailing people who worked with applicants, but who weren’t listed as references.
Just to be wild and crazy (you know how us HR types are when we get together with the lawyers)the Carnival will be published on Thursday, rather than Wednesday–just this time. The reason is that our host, Michael Moore (the lawyer, that is, not the film maker), has
I relocated to a new state in 2006 and have just completed my first year at the company I am now with. So it’s time for the performance review. I did my self review – the standard rate yourself from 1 – 5 on a bunch of different
Not sure if this one is quite your ball of wax, but I’m looking for a way to say, as a positive statement, that I have had the authority/reponsibility of firing as well as hiring on my resume. Is there a better term to use? Ahh, excellent question.
We celebrated the new creature’s one week birthday by him being awake at the time of his birth (3:37 a.m.). Sigh. But, I am alive and I intend to resume blogging. Even though I’m operating on a serious lack of sleep, I feel so much better now and
I just got off the phone with the EHRL and she and the Evil Marketing Man are the proud parents of a 10 lb 8 oz, 23 inch bouncing baby boy. When asked for a quote EHRL replied, “Ouch.” So congrats to the Evil Family and their new
I am a 19 year old college student about to start my first internship tomorrow. In January of this year I began sending resumes out to various golf courses/clubs (I am a professional golf major). I had several interviews and was offered what I thought was the 1st
I am a head-hunter. I like to think I am a good head-hunter (we are all deluded in some way, I suppose) and I try and help my clients and my candidates get the job (I do get a fee when I do that properly). However, I have,
I started work in January 08 as an HR Manager for a very small company of 35 employees. I was told this week that they can no longer afford to keep this position as they are “hurting” for money. I am in a protected class and wondered if
I have a co-worker (who also happens to be a house-mate). We had been working together at the same company for two weeks when this individual was fired this week due to inappropriate use of company property (extremely inappropriate web-site browsing) coupled with over-anxiety for a skill-test. I
