Julie Lythcott-Haims, former Dean of Freshmen and Undergraduate Advising at Stanford University, is writing a book on helicopter parents and their adult “children.” She is particularly interested in how the two converge upon the modern workplace, so, if you have a good story/anecdote about parental involvement in recruitment,
Monitoring every minute of your employees’ day may make you feel better, but it keeps them from doing their best work. To find out why, click here: Want Higher Productivity? Stop Treating Your Employees Like Children
Dear Evil HR Lady, My company for the past six years terminated my employment yesterday. It came unexpectedly, and I’m trying to learn my rights. After years on the job, I have many personal items at my desk — some are obviously mine, like pictures, some are not
Today is my birthday. I am 40. I’ve been planning this post for the past year, and curses, Jon Hyman, had to go and steal my idea. Turns out Jon is two days older than I am, so I’ve been discriminating against him for two whole days already.
All publicity is good publicity? The rules on that have certainly changed in the social media era. Companies need to take care to avoid a social media meltdown like Applebee’s experienced earlier this year. In case you missed it, here’s what happened: To keep reading, click here: 8 Tips to
If you picture a college on-campus recruiting center as a slightly gloomy place with 3×5 index cards posted on the wall listing bad job openings (Wanted! Person with degree in biophysical engineering to fix sewer problems. $7.50 per hour!), it turns out that things have changed, according to
Dear Evil HR Lady, I recently let an employee go at the three month evaluation time. After he was fired, he began emailing one of our employees who has a side business. The emails kept coming. Our employee let us know right away that it made him uncomfortable.
Dear Evil HR Lady, An online application is obligatory at a certain company, even though the candidate has developed inside contacts in the team (not HR) he wishes to work for. There is a field for “minimum salary.” This is not one of the required fields with a
Ever email a document to your home email account? What about transferring some specs to your iPad so you can study them on your flight? Did you delete them when you were done with them? You probably answered yes, yes, and no. Intellectual property is so easily transferred
The winter smackdown the Northeast is getting today raises a perennial question for companies facing major weather events: Should employees be allowed to work from home or leave early, or should they tough it out and report to work as usual? For workers, it depends on individual job functions and
