July 23, 2008 by Fred Hosier
If an uproar occurs at your company today at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time), don’t say we didn’t warn you. Today is Insult Your Boss Day.
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Tags: boss, insult, managers
July 18, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Have you ever helped organize a blood drive at work? Well, imagine asking employees to donate another bodily fluid instead.
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Tags: blood drive, NASA, urine
July 16, 2008 by Fred Hosier
As an HR pro, you’ve heard all kinds of unreasonable requests from good prospects you’re recruiting.
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Tags: chief, job title, prospect
July 16, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Imagine if only 28% of the people who applied to your company were actually qualified. Talk about an HR nightmare. Well, that’s the case for the U.S. military.
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Tags: HR nightmare, qualified, recruiting
July 15, 2008 by Fred Hosier
July 15, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Will lots of employees skip work Friday, or is this Web site just batty?
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Tags: absences, Batman, call in sick
July 7, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Have you ever heard a manager say, “He’s such a good worker, I’d like ten of him?” Well, BioArts International is making that happen, sort of.
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Tags: clone, dog, World Trade Center
July 1, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Not everyone gets happy at happy hours. That’s one conclusion from a recent poll on the Friday after-work tradition.
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Tags: after work, bond, happy hours
June 27, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Bumbo has been clowning around for half a century, and at age 90 he thinks it may be time to hang up his umbrella hat.
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Tags: 50 years on job, clown, retire
June 12, 2008 by Fred Hosier
It’s got a lot of reviews of electronics stocked at the nation’s largest retailer. But Wal-Mart’s unedited blog from some of its buyers also contains information about cats, religion and Ayn Rand.
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Tags: blog, purchasing, Wal-Mart