advising a great applicant to run far away from my troubled office, husband wants to quit his job to job-search full-time, and more by Alison Green on September 13, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My husband wants to quit his job to job-search full-time My husband has worked for the same small company for nearly 15 years. This was his first job after college and he was personally referred to the position (so he’s never really searched for a […] Read the full article →
picking a restaurant for a working lunch — am I doing this right? by Alison Green on September 12, 2016 A reader writes: I was wondering if you might give a bit of guidance on how to go about locating a location for a work/networking lunch. I’m the head of corporate responsibility and outreach for my company, so I’m periodically asked to lunch by community partners and agencies. Usually, these invitations are accompanied by the […] Read the full article →
what you need to do before you quit your job by Alison Green on September 12, 2016 Getting ready to quit your job can be exciting, nerve-wracking, and in some cases even terrifying. Even if when you’re sure that you’re ready to move on, it can be tough to leave a place you’ve grown accustomed to and trade it for a company and coworkers who you don’t know nearly as well. Here […] Read the full article →
my university requires students to create terrible personal websites for job-searching by Alison Green on September 12, 2016 A reader writes: I’d love to get your take on something my university is requiring all of its undergrad business students to do. As part of a senior-level course, we each have to create our own website — our “Personal Online Profile,” or POP. It must include the following: • An “attractive home page with […] Read the full article →
how can I bounce back from disappointing my boss, I missed out on “one of the best minds of the 21st century,” and more by Alison Green on September 12, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How can I bounce back from disappointing my boss? I’ve been at my first post-college job for a little over a year. In this month’s check-in with my supervisor, I was called out hard for having let a couple of important tasks fall through the […] Read the full article →
weekend free-for-all – September 10-11, 2016 by Alison Green on September 10, 2016 This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion you’d like to have with other readers, by popular demand. (This one is truly no work and no school. If you have a work question, you can email it to me or post it in the work-related open thread on Fridays.) Book recommendation of the week: How […] Read the full article →
banning smelly foods at work, shaking hands when you have a cold, and more by Alison Green on September 10, 2016 It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Shaking hands when you have a cold A question you posted the other day about shaking hands got me thinking. This isn’t a discrimination question, but possibly an etiquette one. A coworker that sits in the same cube bay as me, Ann, was talking to […] Read the full article →
this creepy, invasive software can tell your boss if you’re looking for a new job by Alison Green on September 9, 2016 This is creepy as hell: “A start-up that tracks an individual’s job search activity in their public social media accounts is quietly — and some would say creepily — calculating a score it says helps represent how likely each one is to be looking for a job. The start-up, Joberate, scrapes publicly available data from […] Read the full article →
3 updates from recent letter-writers by Alison Green on September 9, 2016 Here are updates from three people who had their letters answered here this year. 1. Low performers in my office are paraded around and forced to wear dunce caps It’s been a few months since my initial post so I wanted to update you all now that I’m in a new job. Things at the […] Read the full article →
open thread – September 9-10, 2016 by Alison Green on September 9, 2016 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 →