Hiring Cultural Fits
It seems that “Hiring for cultural fit” is a thing in the workplace now. “I once hired a woman who really didn’t have the right background or experience for the job, but who I hit it off with during...
View ArticleEnjoy Your Workday
You would have to work 24 hours a day, five days a week at a minimum-wage job, to convince Mitt Romney that you’re responsible. Enjoy. Also enjoy the thousands of dollars in payroll taxes you’ll be...
View ArticleMoney and Motivation
This is a very interesting illustrated discussion of how people aren’t motivated by what most employers (and even many employees) think that they’re motivated by. From my own experience, I see a great...
View ArticleThis Best of all Possible Worlds
The recession is over, and now it seems like everyone is waiting for the jobs to come back. There is talk of a ‘jobless recovery’ and the financial press counts every tick in the latest unemployment...
View ArticleOnce More Unto the Breach
The past several weeks have been very frustrating ones at work, not just for me but for one of my clients as well. What with one thing and another I’ve been averaging six long days every week. That’s a...
View ArticleNo Good Work Goes Unpunished
There is a school of though, which I have seen advocated on certain online forums, that no matter what your job is you should be willing to do anything your boss tells you. For example, if you were a...
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