Are most young people ready for the working world? Not according to their mothers. A new survey commissioned by McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union shows that moms are worried about their children’s future independence: 49 percent of moms believe their children are unprepared to get a job 44 percent believe their
Dear Evil HR Lady, How do I deal with have outdated references and having been unemployed for two years? Will anyone hire someone that has been at home just to find peace of mind and a life direction, that has old dated references? Don’t tell me to volunteer,
In order to get people to work for you, you have to pay them. And if you want good people to work for you, you need to pay them fairly. What does fairly mean? Well, it’s more than paying them the amount that they negotiated during the hiring
You want a healthy workforce. Healthy employees miss less work, concentrate better when they are there, and cost you less in insurance fees. But, employees push back if you do things like CVS Pharmacies did–requiring employees to reveal personal health details or else pay extra towards their health insurance.
After Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer caught all sorts of flack over her no telecommuting policy, she has seemingly done a 180 on the warm and fuzzy family-friendly scale with a new maternity leave policy that is, by all accounts, awesome for an American business. New moms who give birth themselves get
Back when I had just finished my master’s degree and I was on the “real” job market for the very first time I landed an interview with a law firm. (My MA is in political science with an emphasis in statistical methodology and judicial politics. Yeah, I know.)
Dear Evil HR Lady, About two years ago, I did not leave my last job on the best terms. My boss and I butted heads over the smallest things. I wound up leaving because she was about to fire me. During that time, there was a long, drawn-out
