Employment Worried About Health Care Reform? How About Your Job? February 19, 2014 1 Comment on Worried About Health Care Reform? How About Your Job? Post View 0 Unemployment nationwide is up yet again since September, rising to 9.8 percent, from 9.7 percent in August. That’s a 26-year high. Attention in the mainstream…
Humor: How to Avoid Your Boss February 19, 2014 1 Comment on Humor: How to Avoid Your Boss Post View 1 I don't speak any of the Balto-Slavic languages, so I have no idea what this commercial is advertising. But if you're trying to come up…
Evaluating a Job Offer February 19, 2014 No Comments on Evaluating a Job Offer Post View 106 There are times when things are so bad that any paycheck will do, but for most of us this isn’t one of those times. You…
Employment Slow And Steady Wins The Race February 19, 2014 No Comments on Slow And Steady Wins The Race Post View 4 No matter where you are in your life at this current moment, I can make you but one guarantee, it can get better. It takes…
Encouragement Part II February 12, 2014 No Comments on Encouragement Part II Post View 115 I previously wrote a post about the impact of encouragement on you and your career and I got some feedback asking for a more in…
Employment What Does a Human Resources Manager Do? February 5, 2014 No Comments on What Does a Human Resources Manager Do? Post View 1 It can be confusing, sometimes, to figure out what a human resources manager does. Is he or she a representative of management, a manager, or…
Employment Should Job Interviewees Admit to Having Kids? February 5, 2014 1 Comment on Should Job Interviewees Admit to Having Kids? Post View 137 It's illegal in most places for a job interviewer to ask if you have children, or if you plan to have children. And although this…
Employment Humor: What Employee Recommendations Really Mean February 5, 2014 No Comments on Humor: What Employee Recommendations Really Mean Post View 2 When a potential employer calls your employment references, he or she knows the person at the end of the line can't legally badmouth you. But…
Employment How to Discuss Salary with Your New Employer February 5, 2014 No Comments on How to Discuss Salary with Your New Employer Post View 10 Under the best of circumstances, it can be nerve-wracking to tackle the topic of compensation with a new or prospective employer. You worry that if…
Employment More Heinous Business Jargon to Avoid February 5, 2014 No Comments on More Heinous Business Jargon to Avoid Post View 2 I return now to my lone, quixotic campaign to help stop dumb people with business degrees from trying to sound smart by using heinous business…