stop claiming subjective traits on your resume by Alison Green on August 14, 2015 Do you have anything like the following on your resume? excellent written and oral communication skills strong initiative visionary leader creative innovator able to present strategic concepts clearly and persuasively If so, remove it! Remove it all! Your resume is for experience and accomplishments only. It’s not the place for subjective traits that anyone could […] Read the full article →
open thread – August 14, 2015 by Alison Green on August 14, 2015 It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on anything work-related that you want to talk about. If you want an answer from me, emailing me is still your best bet*, but this is a chance to talk to other readers. * If you submitted […] Read the full article →
my husband’s employee keeps driving by our house, CEO gave out bible stories to employees’ kids, and more by Alison Green on August 14, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My husband’s employee keeps driving by our house My spouse is a supervisor at his company, which happens to be two blocks away from our home. We moved here before he got the job and didn’t know how close the job was until he was […] Read the full article →
my office is going overboard on team-building activities by Alison Green on August 13, 2015 A reader writes: I’ve been in my office for about 10 months. When I initially joined, we had a weekly event called Friday Fitness, where each week a different person would lead a quick 15-minute workout. Everyone in our office thoroughly enjoys Friday Fitness because it breaks up the monotony of our office desk jobs […] Read the full article →
a manager’s guide to avoiding productivity-killing perfectionism by Alison Green on August 13, 2015 As a manager, you want your staff to have a high bar for excellence; you of course don’t want people doing the bare minimum and hoping it’s good enough to satisfy. But not every project needs to be perfect, and if your team members are spending their time striving for perfection on things that aren’t […] Read the full article →
struggling to accommodate coworkers’ medical leave in a small office by Alison Green on August 13, 2015 A reader writes: I work in a seven-person county department. Our work is client-facing, and we handle inquiries by email, phone, and walk-in. We have one full-time employee, Tyrion, who has been on intermittent FMLA for years. The absences are unpredictable, and always just a day or two at a time. It’s difficult to work […] Read the full article →
overweight employee keeps breaking office chairs, my boss won’t give me a budget, and more by Alison Green on August 13, 2015 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Overweight employee keeps breaking office chairs We have an obese employee who has broken several office chairs. We purchased two new ones just for her with a higher weight ability. She again broke the base of one of them. As a result, she has used […] Read the full article →
my boyfriend is pressuring me to act as a big sister to his trainee by Alison Green on August 12, 2015 A reader writes: My boyfriend describes his coworkers as “family,” which I can’t really relate to because I like to keep my work and my personal life separate. In a given month, they’ll hang out a few times as a group over the weekend. I am there sometimes when it’s on the weekends. However, it […] Read the full article →
my boss gives in to my coworker’s temper tantrums by Alison Green on August 12, 2015 A reader writes: I’m preparing for my yearly evaluation with my boss in two months, and I’m worrying about some issues I want to bring up. Our department is small, with only four positions. The budget person in our office is controlling and has made my life difficult these past few months. My boss is […] Read the full article →
will my parents sabotage my job offer? by Alison Green on August 12, 2015 A reader writes: I first off want to state that I am a legal adult, over the age of 18. However, I also have parents who have been an integral part of my life for a very long time. I have recently been presented with an opportunity of a lifetime — a dream job in […] Read the full article →