What to Wear to Get Hired (Women)
When it comes to acing an interview dressing the part is no joke, especially in today’s competitive job market.
Are You a Hiring Manager’s “Dream Employee?”
Are you the manager’s dream employee? Naturally, meeting the qualifications of the job description is essential, ranging from skill sets to knowledge. But most managers will tell you there is more to getting the job than just checking those boxes. When leaders decide who to hire or promote, it’s the intangibles that often elevate the best to
Six Resume Phrases That Every Hiring Manager Hates
Lately, I’ve been seeing so many hackneyed phrases on resumes at every professional level. Here are the top six phrases I see job seekers using to describe themselves over and over again that are sure to get your resume tossed in the no pile.
Career Acronyms and Associations
Have you wondered what the “alphabet soup” is next to the names of top career specialists? As the career industry grows, resume writers, career coaches, interview specialists, consultants, and others participating in the career industry are acquiring new credentials. It can be a maze for jobseekers to understand the many acronyms and associations out there.
You don’t need to be a CEO to be a leader
An interesting post on Forbes.com by leadership expert Mike Myatt got me to thinking. What about leadership skills in “non” leaders. Why can’t you and me—the bottom half of the ladder, okay maybe the middle third—take a page from the leadership manual and be leaders in our own right?
12 Career-Boosting Steps You Should Take Before the Year runs out
It is almost mid year; you are reminded how hard you have worked from january. You wrote tons of emails, enough to publish a novel. You spent a minimum of seven hours a day on your computer. And, if you were working full-time, and have to commute from the mainland to Lagos Island you probably spent 30 hours
Make them Smile
When a manager walks into a work place among their employees, that manager has the power to change the outlook of the employee for the entire day, maybe longer. You are the most important maker of motivation and morale among your employees.
How To Avoid Obsolescence?
Whether you’re a Web designer, investment analyst, or civil engineer, you can’t stand professionally still. It’s not enough to be good now; you have to stay good. That means keeping up to date with new trends and developments in your field of expertise, and your industry.
Surviving Office Politics
Observe any kindergarten class. You’ll witness a startling range of politically motivated behavior. One kid is a whistle-blower, snitching to the teacher in hopes of winning favor. Another is a bully. He specializes in intimidating the best and the brightest into a kind of grade-school oppression.
Stop wasting time applying online!
So, you have finally made the decision to embark on a quest to find a new job. You’ve searched your online files to find the 15 different versions of your resume that you haven’t looked at in years.
5 Ways to Prepare for Your Annual Performance Review
While some people think of an employer’s annual performance review as a perfunctory chore to simply endure, others view it as an important event worthy of significant preparation.
Avoiding Bruised Egos at Work Avoiding Bruised Egos at Work
Imagine you find out that the majority of your team went out for drinks after work and didn’t invite you. Or you have to tell a colleague that you prefer to be called Michael, not Mike, for the fourth time. It might be simply annoying if things like this happened occasionally, but a pattern of
10 Ways to Improve Employee Communication
More than nine in 10 managers rate themselves as good or excellent communicators, but only seven in 10 employees agree with them.
Make Your Metrics More Strategic
You know the areas of staffing and recruiting that are worth measuring, but how can you become more strategic with your findings? One suggestion: By capturing ‘from’ data as well as ‘count’ data.
When must managers pay damages or attorneys fees?
Managers NOT personally liable for mis-handling harassment complaints Managers and sexual harassment trainers take note — the dust has settled, and the law in California is now clear about when managers can be sued personally for discrimination, harassment, and failure to act on a complaint of harassment.
Employee quits, wins constructive discharge case
A case involving a 66 year old employee who won for age and disability discrimination shows how important “the little things” can be in a case. The employee was hospitalized for anxiety and depression, and was out for one month. When she returned to work, she was given a new, demeaning assignment, and her hours
Just Management
Stray Comments Don’t Always Prove Age Bias Ms. Martin was a long-term, highly-valued employee of Lockheed Missiles & Space Company. In 1991, she was laid off as result of a stack ranking based on performance and seniority. She sued for age discrimination.
Human Resource Management Courseware
This core course in Human Resource Management is structured in 14 sessions, each containing: * Core text reading * Home assignments * Subset assignment * Supportive reading In addition, two sessions are dedicated to reviewing the effectiveness of the courseware.
Various questions and answers about the work (Part 2)
Can company require reimbursement for training if I quit? I work for a company in Texas. Before they will agree to send me to a training seminar, they want me to sign an agreement that I will reimburse the company for the cost of the training should I leave the company. Is this legal?
Various questions and answers about the work (Part 1)
Do we have to pay hourly employees a daily minimum? 08-01-00 I have heard that there is a law that employers have to pay a minimum of hours worked for part time employees who work on the clock. e.i. An employee comes in to work on an unschedualed day (because he/she is asked too) and