I’ve been wanting to post a picture of myself with horns or something, but this goes against my desire to remain anonymous. Instead, I’ve decided to post a picture of what I’m made of. mmmm, brownies.
Thomas Otter tagged me regarding his comments on a Workforce Article: Business Leaders Don’t See HR as Key to People Strategies. Thomas asks: It is not the first time I’ve read this sort of study, but it concerns me a lot. Yes, the sample isn’t huge, but the
Oh dear, I am harsh on recruiters. (Although, incidentally, none has come by here to defend the profession…) I stumbled upon an obstetrician’s struggle with recruiters. I started out with enthusiasm about recruiters, and with great hope. Here are these people that have “hundreds” or “thousands of jobs
Lying–and why you shouldn’t do it–has been somewhat of a theme of this blog. I get lots of hits from Google of people querying whether they can lie about salary, jobs or any other job related thing. The answer is no. You will be busted. And I have
I am home from work today because I am sick. I even have a fever. (102.2, thank you very much.) I can’t remember the last time I had a fever. There isn’t any valuable information in this post. Just a bunch of whining. Oh yeah and for the
Evil HR Lady, My husband was recently fired from a job – long story and not important. It has been 1 month since his firing and we just discovered that the HR dept at his former employer had not even received the paperwork stating he’s been fired. He’s
Yeah! I’m so excited, I can hardly stand it. Our friend at Ask a Manager has posted What Does a Good Cover Letter Look Like”. I have never been very good at cover letters (and frankly, I’ve never really seen a great one before today), so I’ve been
I have a friend that is employed by a subsidiary of a large UK company, but here in the states there are only 38 employees. The friend fell into some acute depression recently, and I suspect it will take at least a month before this person is able
Dear EvilHRLady, I burned-out a couple of years ago in my first attempt at a management job and have struggled at work trying to do the best I could. I finally decided that I had to have a change and quit my job about a month ago. I’ve
Is now up at Gautam Ghosh’s place. There is all sorts of fascinating info out there, so run over and read it. The next carnival will be held June 27 at The HR Capitalist.