the office clerk I supervise is out-of-control by Alison Green on May 30, 2011 A reader writes: I have a co-worker who is using my job title to make herself look more important. I am an Executive Assistant to the VP at my organization. We have a part-time worker in our department, I’ll call her Suzy. Suzy was hired initially as a temporary part-time office clerk while someone in […] Read the full article →
my job-share divides our workload unevenly by Alison Green on May 30, 2011 A reader writes: I work in a role shared by two people – I work Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and my colleague does Thursday and Friday. The total workload at the beginning of the week in the first three days is about three times as heavy as the last two days of the week. This […] Read the full article →
my requests for post-job-rejection feedback are being ignored! by Alison Green on May 30, 2011 Continuing our Memorial Day weekend flood of posts… A reader writes: I work for a county (non federal) government agency. Three times since 2009, I have landed an interview for the same position that has opened up in one department over the past two years (not the current dept where I work, but in an […] Read the full article →
10 ways to ace your phone interview by Alison Green on May 30, 2011 More and more employers are using phone interviews as screens to narrow down their applicant pool before deciding who to interview in person. These conversations range from short and perfunctory to lengthy and in-depth, and job candidates don’t always know in advance which type it’s going to be. Here are 10 ways to ace your […] Read the full article →
short answer Sunday: 7 short answers to 7 short questions by Alison Green on May 30, 2011 Seven short questions, seven short answers… And note that we need advice from someone good at networking in the third question. Including travel and volunteer work on your resume My friend and I have this debate over my resume. I traveled to Thailand a year ago to do two weeks of volunteering and two weeks […] Read the full article →
is it appropriate to ask my interviewer for pointers for the next interview round? by Alison Green on May 29, 2011 A reader writes: I’ve had two phone interviews with a company, then went in for an interview loop and interviewed with five different people. I heard from my recruiter today, and the fifth person I met with, the hiring manager, wants me to come in to meet with her again (we were a little rushed […] Read the full article →
when does a writing sample become too old to use? by Alison Green on May 29, 2011 The flood of posts promised earlier is still more likely than not to be on its way … but it’s a 3-day weekend so it’s hard to decide if they’re coming today or tomorrow. And now that I’ve heard the terrible news that Christopher Meloni — who plays the extremely compelling Elliot Stabler — is […] Read the full article →
warning… by Alison Green on May 27, 2011 I have a bunch of random questions I want to answer and I don’t feel like putting them all into one short-answer post, so brace yourself for a possible coming flood of mini posts. Like, a lot. Or maybe not. It’s possible that I might just eat potato salad and watch a lot of Law […] Read the full article →
when you’re asked to interview your prospective new manager by Alison Green on May 27, 2011 A reader writes: Our department was asked by our director (male) to have an informal-type “interview” with 2 of the finalists in line to fill our manager position (the current manager is retiring). We are a small department of 8 people (all female) and we are tasked with “being unemotional” and to have “facts” as […] Read the full article →
my employer cc’d my husband on an email turning me down for a promotion by Alison Green on May 26, 2011 A reader writes: I recently applied for an internal promotion. Several other employees had mentioned my name for this position, and I asked to put my name in for consideration. Our CFO, to whom the position directly reports, agreed to meet with me. He kept putting our meeting off, and I finally got about fifteen […] Read the full article →