The Trouble with Off the Clock Work
Off-the-clock work is a big problem for employers. Whether it is supervisors encouraging employees to work through breaks or employees who take things home to work on after hours, off-the-clock work can become costly for a company if an employee decides to seek back pay. Employees need to be paid for all hours worked. In […]
Manner Monday: Business Etiquette
Every Monday Blogging4Jobs invites our resident Etiquette Expert, CareySue Vega (@Etiquette101), to share tips when it comes to etiquette in the workplace during our own Manner Monday segment. This segment is for the practitioner who is focused on creating a more etiquette-friendly environment. BUSINESS ETIQUETTE Q&A Our company recently participated in a charity golf tournament, […]
Forgiveness in the Workplace
As I was growing up, I was taught forgiveness as a moral obligation, mostly in a religious context. For a very long time, the way I understood forgiveness is when people do something wrong, we’re supposed to forgive them. And, when we fail to do so, we’re no better than the wrongdoer. I’ve since learned […]
3 Basic Tips for Conducting an Interview
With employment figures on the rise in the US, we may begin to see what was originally a large pool of talent become a bit smaller with decreasing numbers of qualified applicants available. Whether your company is looking to expand its workforce or it needs to fill a specific role, a more competitive labor market […]
Help! My Manager Is Being an Unrealistic Jerk
Help! My Manager Is Being an Unrealistic Jerk Frustrated, the person asking for my help may have used a more colourful word to describe their hiring manager. You know the type though, the one who says, “Find me a java developer?” but won’t tell you anything else. And you work in an IT consultancy so they could be on […]
Candidate Empowerment Is the Next Phase of Candidate Experience (Part 2)
Check out part one of our candidate empowerment series and learn how to reshape the candidate experience. Candidate experience has come a long way, but it still has a long way to go. As an industry, we should be proud that the period of time between first reaching a candidate and them being part of the […]
