Human Resources
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Snarky comments on age deserve a ready retort
Sep 29, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I am an older woman working in a field among predominantly younger workers and would love insight on how to deal with frequent references to my age. I love what I do ...
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Employers should develop clear-eyed policies about assessing threats
Sep 22, 2019 6:08 am - Q: I work in a quasi-governmental organization. My office is a public-access point for journalists, organizations and regular citizens to chime in and share information ...
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New Zealand worker feared he might lose his job. So he brought an emotional support clown to work.
Sep 22, 2019 6:00 am - A man in New Zealand was called into a work meeting and feared the worst. So he hired an emotional support clown to join him. For Joshua Jack, the suspicion he might los...
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When VP of HR disparages own disabled stepchild, worker with special-needs child feels the pain
Sep 15, 2019 6:09 am - Q: There is a VP at my company who is two reporting levels above me. We attend some meetings together. Often she will start talking at length about one of her stepdaught...
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This year's Apple event was more diverse than ever. But underrepresented minorities were still left out.
Sep 15, 2019 6:00 am - Usually, Apple's events are heavily white and male. This year, more women and people of color took the stage, limiting the tally of white men. But the more diverse lineu...
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Corporate Culture: Why Should I Care?Sep 10, 2019 1:00 am - Corporate culture: why should I care? That was a question used during the promotion of the Corporate Culture Series' first event on Aug. 8. I was honored to be included ...
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Employers who snooze will lose in hiringSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - This summer, I spent a morning facilitating an interviewing and hiring program for a group of managers at one of our member organizations, a large medical association. S...
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Updates on that 'girl' and the serial hugger at work
Sep 08, 2019 6:00 am - Today we check in with readers who wrote in earlier for advice. - - - From the female manager struggling to shed the "girl" label at work: Thank you for your advice...
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Google memo to workers: Only talk about work at work - and definitely no politics
Sep 01, 2019 6:00 am - Google has a message to its workers: heads down and do your job. Google issued new guidelines in a memo for how its roughly 100,000 employees ought to conduct themselves...
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Working for a friend's ex-boss can be like dating a friend's ex
Sep 01, 2019 6:00 am - Q: I have applied for a position in a group where a friend previously worked. She transferred because she could not get along with the group leader. She had approached u...