Almost every boss was once an employee. You’d think with that history behind them, when shopping for holiday gifts, bosses would be trying their best to get things their employees would like — or at least be able to use. I asked MoneyWatch readers to tell me the
Last week, I got a request from a guy called Average Joe to participate in a podcast about severance. It’s an important topic that I hope none of you ever run into, because it means you’ve lost your job. Anyway, if you want to listen, you can go
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m trying to get some clarity on a recent situation I found myself in. I applied for a job at a very successful and reputable company back in August. One of the main reasons I was interested in working there is that they
Do you ever get those LinkedIn update emails which proclaim that yet another of your contacts has landed a great new job? A job that you would have been qualified for, and would have applied for if only you’d known it existed? It’s not surprising that the
Don’t you wish your university had helped you figure out how to get a job at the same time they were teaching you about finance, philosophy or fashion design? College career centers tend to give advice about resume-writing (as if recent graduates have so much stuff to put
