leaving Hooters off a resume? by Alison Green on January 15, 2008 A reader writes: I have been in the job market for about 6 months now. The most recent interview turned out to be horrible due to the fact that I worked at Hooters for two years. The man interviewing me sexually harassed me and just degraded me to no extent. It seems the only reason […] Read the full article →
WTF? by Alison Green on January 10, 2008 Today I did a phone interview with a job applicant who spent a good part of the interview telling me why his close friend, who is also applying for a job with us, shouldn’t get it and he should. The friend, by the way, referred him to the job opening. He repaid him for the […] Read the full article →
Carnival of HR by Alison Green on January 9, 2008 Hello, and welcome to the latest edition of the Carnival of HR. We’ve got 11 posts on a wide range of HR- and management-related topics, so here we go… “Why the Girl Scouts Think HR People Hate Them” Kris Dunn at the HR Capitalist, who has a serious talent for coming up with post titles […] Read the full article →
asserting authority with bullying employees by Alison Green on January 8, 2008 A reader writes: I am a co-owner of two bowling alleys with my husband. I actually started working at the first one as an employee, because I was only friends with my husband at the time. I worked my way up in the company being promoted to general manager by my now husband and his […] Read the full article →
why did a company say they’d call when they didn’t? by Alison Green on January 8, 2008 A reader writes: I recently had two phone interviews with a company, which went well from what I could tell. There was lots of talk about my experience and how I could apply that to the position. The hiring manager told me that the Department Manager would call me to set up the next steps […] Read the full article →
what to do when you make a mistake at work by Alison Green on January 6, 2008 When you make a mistake at work, how you handle it can often say much more about you than the mistake itself. Reasonable bosses understand that no one is perfect and mistakes will occasionally happen — what they care about is how you follow up on that mistake. As it happens, there’s a pretty foolproof […] Read the full article →
Carnival of HR submissions due Monday by Alison Green on January 6, 2008 Just a reminder: The next Carnival of HR will be hosted here on January 9. Please send me your submissions by January 7. Read the full article →
five things to leave off your resume by Alison Green on January 3, 2008 Here five things job seekers should leave off their resumes: 1. An objective I’ve never seen an objective that made a candidate more appealing, and often they’re downright horrible. They usually fall in one of three categories: (1) objectives that are all about what you want (“a position that allows me to develop my interest […] Read the full article →