September 2010

should you tape-record job interviews?

A reader writes: I have two related questions that I’d be interesting in getting your take on: First, is it common for interviewers to record the interview so others can listen to it who would be affected by the hire but were unable or uninterested in interviewing? Would that be helpful, do you think, to […]

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what’s the goal of multiple 30-minute interviews?

A reader writes: I recently applied for a support position at an academic institution. The phone interview went well and I was invited to come in for an in-person interview. The interview is scheduled for 2 hours and 15 minutes and consists of two thirty-minute interviews with high level researchers, two thirty- minute interviews with […]

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my co-worker is chronically absent

A reader writes: I work in a children’s program part-time alongside another teacher who works the same hours as I do (about 10/week). We are the only 2 regular teachers in this program. Anyway, my co-worker chronically schedules appointments on the mornings we are scheduled to work. She has many crises in her life so […]

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explaining to my boss that marital stress is impacting my work

A reader writes: I’m a software developer, and I’ve been separated from my wife for eight months; we’ve been together over ten years. I brought the house into the marriage, but didn’t get a pre-nuptial agreement, so family law in my jurisdiction says she gets half the value of the house. When she gets her half of the family capital, […]

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how can I build my reputation in my field?

A reader writes: I have been working on developing my career and as part of that I am wanting to build up a strong portfolio of recomendations from people that I am working with. I am using LinkedIn and have started my own blog (on my career interest). I am seeking recommendations from people I […]

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help! my department is imploding

A reader writes: My department is imploding, and I’m struggling to decide what I should do. I’ve worked in in the IT department for a small health clinic for 10 months. In that time, 5 employees have left, and the rest are actively looking for new jobs elsewhere, including the VP and my direct supervisor. Reasons for leaving […]

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I’m afraid my old boss is going to out me as transgender

A reader writes: I’m a trans-woman. (Ed. note: For readers who may not know what this means, this is a transgender person who was born biologically a man but is living as a woman.) Over the past couple of years, I transitioned at my job. One of the two groups I worked with took this in […]

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you are making me very, very forlorn

Lots of you who get my posts through a news reader haven’t changed your RSS subscription over to my new feed: https://www.askamanager.org/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss And that makes me sad, because someday soon the old feed is going to stop working and then you will not get my posts. Don’t make me sad! Update your subscription!

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