Cover letters are the bane of job hunting. No one likes writing them. No one likes reading them. Some hiring managers and recruiters admit throwing
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Why the Salary Discussion Should Be the First Part of the Interview, Not the Last
I stumbled upon this post on LinkedIn. I strongly disagree with the concept that it’s a mistake to ask about salary at the beginning. It
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If Your Employees Are Working In the Office, You Should Be There, Too
If your business is 100 percent remote, with no one having to come in, that’s great. The boss and HR get to work from home
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How to Write a Letter of Employment
If you want to buy a new house, rent a new apartment, or do something else that depends on your income, you may need a
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My Employee Is Lunching With a Player. Should I Warn Her?
I’ve noticed one of my employees, “Julia,” eating lunch frequently with another manager in a different department, “Greg.” There are no rules against dating across
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How To Use The STAR Interview Method To Ace Your Next Interview
Have you heard about the STAR method of interviewing? When a hiring manager or recruiter starts asking, “Can you tell me about a time when…,”
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5 Things Elon Musk Should Do to Retain Twitter’s Employees
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter will come with turnover. Some employees will leave, and there is nothing anyone can do about this. That’s normal in
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Let’s End the National Administrative Assistants’ Day (and National Teachers’ and Nurses and…)
I’m super thankful for my administrative assistant. Without her, I’d fall apart. I’m thankful for teachers. Without them, I’d have never gotten to where I
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A Company Yanked a Job Offer Because of ADHD Meds. The EEOC Sued
You don’t want to bring someone into your company that tests positive for amphetamines! That conjures up images of Walter White. You don’t need that
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All About HR Ep#2 8 Talking salary transparency with the Evil HR Lady
I’m a big fan of salary transparency. I don’t want people to get paid less simply because they don’t know what the market rate is.
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Do Not Make Your Workplace Alcohol Centered
“Almost anytime is a good time for alcohol in Jude Maboné’s office these days. “The 26-year-old marketing professional in Washington, D.C., says her workday usually
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ADA Lawsuits Are on the Rise. Here’s How to Avoid Employee Suits
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is intended to make life easier for people with disabilities. It doesn’t always go that way–immediately after the law went
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Office space trends: if you build it right, they will come
If anyone has the data on trends, it’s Google. So, if everyone wants to work from home, you’d expect Google to know and plan their
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We Only Hire Gen Z! Oops, Sorry, It Was a Joke
Imagine a light-hearted TikTok video saying, “We openly discriminate against older people!” It would probably go viral, but not in a positive fashion. But flip that
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Management Lessons From Kmart’s Fall
The worst job I ever had was for Kmart. It was the summer of 1992, and I took a summer job at Kmart after my
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What I Learn When I Meet New People
I had a long conversation with a delightful woman yesterday. I asked her what she did for a living and she said she was a
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Our Employees Can’t Work From Home. How Do We Make Their Lives More Flexible?
I manage a laboratory, which requires staff to be on-site around the clock. Our analysts and other on-site workers were classified as essential workers early
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How Your Business Can Spend $35 and Save Your Employees Thousands
Scrolling through Facebook, I saw someone complaining about a sketchy landlord. Resolving the issue would require a trip to court. The poster had no idea
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Leaked Documents: Amazon to Ban “Slave,” “Living Wage,” and “Unfair”
There are two ways to get your employees to have happy internal chat groups. The first is obvious: make your workplace a fair and happy
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Introducing Angel HR Lady
Due to too much negativity in this world, I am changing this blog to Angel HR Lady. From now on, only positive stories about HR!
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