did my interviewer give my resume a numerical grade? by Alison Green on September 30, 2014 A reader writes: I had an interview today and noticed that at the top of the copy of my resume the interviewer was holding was “97” written in red pen and circled. It made me think of a grade. Is this an accurate assumption? Are there any other explanations you can think of for this? […] Read the full article →
5 mistakes to avoid in your one-on-one’s with your manager by Alison Green on September 30, 2014 Ever feel like your one-on-ones’s with your manager aren’t that helpful? Here are five reasons why that might be: 1. Using the time exclusively for updates rather than for having a real dialogue. Too often, people use their one-on-ones to run down laundry lists of updates on projects. But when that information could easily be […] Read the full article →
do I have to call my coworker “Rabbi”? by Alison Green on September 30, 2014 A reader writes: I work in an office that is fairly formal, where everyone addresses each other as Mr. or Ms. We are a private company, not a nonprofit or religious institution. One employee is an ordained rabbi and asks that people call him “Rabbi Weiss” [real name changed] instead of “Mr. Weiss.” I don’t […] Read the full article →
you need a better intranet: Igloo by Alison Green on September 30, 2014 And now a break to talk about a sponsor… What’s your experience been with corporate intranets? If it’s anything like mine has been, you’ve often found them to be clunky one-way repositories of stale information – the place where documents go to die. That’s why I was excited by what I’ve seen from Igloo. They’ve […] Read the full article →
an interviewer said he doesn’t care about my happiness, can my boss make us all ride in his car, and more by Alison Green on September 30, 2014 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My interviewer told me “your happiness is not my problem” In a recent interview for a temp job, I was told straight out by the person who would be my boss, “As my employee, your happiness is not my problem.” This really put me off, […] Read the full article →
asking for a promotion as part of taking on a massive amount of new work by Alison Green on September 29, 2014 A reader writes: I work in marketing for a publisher. The whole department was reorganized a few months ago, and I was placed in charge of Type X books for my team. Our team has one other person who works on Type X books, but this person is leaving in a month, and we haven’t […] Read the full article →
5 signs that your resume is holding you back by Alison Green on September 29, 2014 When you’re searching for a job, nothing is more frustrating than sending out scores of resumes for jobs you know you’re qualified for but not getting any interviews. If that’s happening to you, the explanation might be your resume is holding you back in some way. Of course, in a tight job market like this […] Read the full article →
yes, government interviews suck — but here’s how you can do well in them anyway by Alison Green on September 29, 2014 I complain with some frequency here about how awful most government interviews are: They often stick to a pre-set list of questions that they ask all candidates, don’t deviate from the list at all (which is crazy, because some of the most useful information comes from digging in with follow-up questions about a candidate’s answers), […] Read the full article →
the right time to bring in personal belongings to a new job, I was told to bring a pay stub to a job interview, and more by Alison Green on September 29, 2014 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. When’s the right time to start bringing in personal belongings to a new job? When’s an appropriate time to start bringing your personal belongings to a new job? First day? End of second week? I’m talking about belongings like a personal mouse pad, calendar, pencil cup, […] Read the full article →
Sunday free-for-all – September 28, 2014 by Alison Green on September 28, 2014 It’s the weekend free-for-all. This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly non-work only; if you have a work question, you can email it to me or post it in the work-related open thread on Fridays.) Have at it. Read the full article →