how to calculate how much work experience you have by Alison Green on February 15, 2013 Here are two questions about how to calculate work experience. 1. How much do part-time internships count toward work experience? Looking at job listings that say they require a certain number of years of experience, I’m a bit unsure of how to figure out how much “experience” I have. For example, if I did an […] Read the full article →
asking HR for advice about a second-round interview by Alison Green on February 15, 2013 A reader writes: I have a second-round interview coming up for an in-house legal position. This round of interviews is with senior management and will include the chief legal officer. My contact person is the HR manager in charge of legal recruiting. I am wondering what type of information I can request of her about […] Read the full article →
fast answer Friday — 7 short answers to 7 short questions by Alison Green on February 15, 2013 It’s fast answer Friday — seven short answers to seven short questions. Here we go… 1. Brushing your teeth at the office I recently got Invisalign treatment for my teeth that require me to take very strict care of my oral hygiene, such as brushing my teeth after every time I eat. However, my office […] Read the full article →
by Alison Green on February 14, 2013 And thus ends our Valentine’s Day series, which I hope you enjoyed as much as I did. (Why, yes, that is my engagement ring on top of Emma.) Read the full article →
update from the reader with the inexplicably creepy coworker by Alison Green on February 14, 2013 Speaking of creepy coworker situations, as we were in the previous post, remember the reader back in July who was creeped out by one of her coworkers but couldn’t put her finger on why? She later wrote in with an update saying that several other women in the office were feeling the same way. Here’s […] Read the full article →
I work the night shift with a creepy coworker by Alison Green on February 14, 2013 A reader writes: I work a great full-time day job, but it wasn’t paying my bills, so I took a part-time weekend position too. The weekend position involves working graveyard shifts at psychiatric residential units. Most of the time the clients are sleeping, and I work directly with one male coworker (I am female; they […] Read the full article →
coworker confronted me when I mistakenly assumed another coworker was his wife by Alison Green on February 14, 2013 A reader writes: I am an IT worker, and in that position, I frequently come into contact with my coworkers’ email during the normal execution of my duties. I do not snoop and really have no interest in what my peers are sending to each other. Nonetheless, in my line of work it’s not possible […] Read the full article →
should we report husband’s ex-wife to her boss? by Alison Green on February 14, 2013 Here’s another post from October 2009 to continue our Valentine’s Day theme. A reader writes: My husband’s ex-wife has been breaking into his email for the past year. They have been divorced for 2 years. She just can’t stay out of our lives! Well, here is why I am asking you. She works as a […] Read the full article →
a recruiter I met at career expo asked me on a date — what should I do? by Alison Green on February 14, 2013 This was originally posted in October 2009, but I’m reposting it today as part of our Valentine’s Day extravaganza. Plus, I have some different advice this time. The updated portion of my advice is in bold below. A reader writes wrote: A Big 5 recruiter I met at a career expo asked me out on […] Read the full article →
my bosses are having an affair with each other, and that’s not the only inappropriate socializing by Alison Green on February 14, 2013 A reader writes: I am a wife and mom who works for doctor who is a specialist and owner of a private practice. I also report to a clinic manager (female). It is a smaller private clinic with just under 20 employees. The doctor and my manager have very recently been caught being physical with […] Read the full article →