You can do a lot of really complicated and/or expensive things to boost morale… or you can just buy your employees lunch. Really. Seamless, a company which, admittedly, specializes in making it possible for your company to order lunch, has a new survey out that demonstrates that the
In the now famous Yahoo memo announcing that by June, all Yahoo employees must work in the office, the company’s HR head Jackie Reses proclaims several things: They have many “fun” new initiatives, people feel “energy and buzz” when they work in the office, and some of the “best”
There are two types of networking. The first is simply building relationships with people in your field, your neighbors and your dentist. This type of networking is what helps you find the “hidden jobs” that are often filled before they are advertised. This also helps you fill vacancies
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have my Ph.D. I’ve been working at a big nonprofit hospital as a research postdoc (which is like half way between a real job and a student) for the last 20 months. Basically, I’ve been in school for the last 10 years. I’m
Dear Evil HR Lady, I am a fairly recent graduate school graduate seeking a higher position in the library field. At the beginning of my school career I was very eager to gain any experience and took a very low paying position at a public library shelving books
“Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo, and that starts with physically being together. Beginning in June, we’re asking all employees with work-from-home arrangements to work in Yahoo offices. If this impacts you, your management has already been in
There’s an idea that the person with a degree is “better” than a person without one. Indeed, The New York Times recently reported on the relatively new phenomenon of companies hiring people with college degrees for jobs that historically didn’t require college degrees. Are you doing this in
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m a college student interning in the HR department at the corporate office of a medium-sized company with a tiny HR department. I was offered two unpaid internships and accepted this one because I was told that they would offer me real experience with
Your business is small. Too small to have a fancy internship program or connections with universities. You may even be located in a town far removed from a school that has a major that fits your business. You should consider hiring a summer intern anyway. An intern can
Dear Evil HR Lady, My operations manager just came to me and said she has a new job offer–at a 10 percent increase in salary. I cannot afford to lose this person right now, as we’re stretched pretty thin. It will take me at least six months to
