Many people in HR have had to give pep talks to new employees who’ve had a bad first day or week on the job. Well, imagine having to console this police officer.
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Tags: bad day, console, first day on job
It’s a good thing that Gary Duncan is self-employed because there are few HR departments that would approve of his work attire.
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Tags: dress code, self-employed, Speedo
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
As an HR pro, you’ve heard all kinds of unreasonable requests from good prospects you’re recruiting.
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Will lots of employees skip work Friday, or is this Web site just batty?
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Tags: absences, Batman, call in sick
A police chief in Utah has voluntarily turned in his teaching credentials after shooting himself in the ankle while instructing a concealed weapon-permit course.
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Anyone in HR who has written a help wanted ad or a policy document knows how to make them gender neutral. You’d never use “men” or a masculine pronoun.
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Tags: gender neutral, men at work, signs
It was buried at the bottom of a help wanted ad for air traffic controllers: “If you require this document in an alternative language, in larger text, Braille, easy read or in an audio format, please contact the Community Relations Officer.”
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Tags: Braille, equal opportunity, help wanted
For just a moment, think about how kids choose what they want to be when they grow up. Often, they don’t really understand what’s involved in the job.
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Tags: Britain, councillor, taxes
As HRB exhaustingly searches for the quirkier HR stories, we’re starting to see a pattern: People impersonating real employees.
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Tags: confession, fake, priest
