some notes by Alison Green on January 6, 2012 Some random notes: 1. First, my site will be down for a while on Saturday afternoon, due to some work to fix the issues it’s had this week. Then it will be back up and more reliable than ever. 2. It has now been nine weeks of me not walking due to a broken foot! And on […] Read the full article →
can I apply for jobs now if I’m not available for many months? by Alison Green on January 6, 2012 A reader writes: I’m in a bit of a job search conundrum that I was wondering if you could help me out with. I landed a year-long paid internship at my alma mater after I graduated last May. The position is great, but it was designed to be a springboard of sorts for recent graduates […] Read the full article →
terse answer Thursday: 7 short answers to 7 short questions by Alison Green on January 5, 2012 It’s terse answer Thursday! And I have to say, as much as I enjoyed December’s many updates and best-of and worst-of lists, I’m glad to be back to regular posts. Here we’ve got seven short questions and seven very short answers… 1. Using notes when talking with an employee about her performance I have an […] Read the full article →
update from the reader who was living off of cupcakes from the office kitchen by Alison Green on January 5, 2012 We have a late-breaking update! This is from the reader who didn’t want her coworkers to know that she was “living off of cupcakes from the employee kitchen.” She was struggling financially and couldn’t afford meals, let alone new clothes, when her employer changed its casual dress code to one that prohibited jeans … and […] Read the full article →
my boss is snooping through my email by Alison Green on January 4, 2012 First, apologies for the ongoing issues with accessing my site for the second day in a row today. My web host has been letting me down in a big way, and I’m likely to be changing to a new service. Moving on… A reader writes: I have a supervisor who has taken it upon herself […] Read the full article →
I have your new year’s resolutions for your career by Alison Green on January 4, 2012 Before we get too far into 2012, make sure that you’ve taken some time to set some new year’s resolutions for your career this year. Here are eight to get you started. 1. Set clear goals. Instead of pulling yourself in multiple directions, pick one or two big things to focus on this year. Maybe you […] Read the full article →
I’m spending hours every week sitting in useless meetings! by Alison Green on January 3, 2012 A reader writes: I’ve been in my current position for 8 months, and I’ve realized that my organization is suffering from a severe case of meeting overload. We don’t have that many meetings — maybe 4 or 5 per week — but the ones that we do have are horrible and violate almost all of […] Read the full article →
website back up… by Alison Green on January 3, 2012 Apologies for the downtime on the site today. My web host had some kind of server explosion, which has resulted in the site being down for a good portion of the day. I think it’s back up now, hopefully for good (although I also wouldn’t be surprised to see intermittent delays for the rest of […] Read the full article →
help! my boss prohibits soda and candy in our office! by Alison Green on January 3, 2012 A reader writes: I work in a rehab clinic. Our program treats mothers who have been convicted of drug offenses or have open CPS cases that involve drug convictions. They go through both group therapy and life skills classes. During a break in the program, they are allowed to bring snacks, but we want to […] Read the full article →
what’s the point of this assessment test? by Alison Green on January 2, 2012 A reader writes: I am in the interviewing process with a medium-sized environmental consulting firm and they want me to take a test. A 3-hour long test. The HR guy I’ve been in contact with just let me know that it would be a 3-hour long test about half an hour before it was supposed […] Read the full article →