As an HR manager, no matter how detail-oriented you are, it’s often a good idea to have someone else proofread something you’ve written. Here’s why:
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Tags: job hotline, proofread, wrong number
Recruitment ads have always made certain promises: Great pay, good benefits, collegial work atmosphere, etc. Imagine the disappointment of some immigrant workers who thought their new jobs came with U.S. citizenship when that wasn’t the case.
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Tags: immigrant workers, new jobs, recruitment
If an employee accessed confidential information such as salaries by breaking into a filing cabinet, most HR pros would say that person deserves to be disciplined. But what about when IT accesses confidential electronic documents?
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Tags: confidential information, IT, snoop
Imagine: Legitimate charity work by an employee results in firing.
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Tags: cancer research, charity, fired
Out of all the possible uses for application forms, no one thought of this one: Catching a criminal.
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Tags: application form, criminal, robber
If your company’s customers started complaining this much, you’d probably set up training like this, too.
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Tags: charm school, customer complaints, training
Does your company tape activities around your workplace? If so, you might be interested in a brewing case involving Wal-Mart. The results may range from simple embarrassment to being able to prove bias against women.
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Tags: company meeting, men in drag, tape recordings, Wal-Mart, YouTube
Optional or required? That’s the argument between a communication company and a union regarding urine bags given to workers in the field.
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Tags: bathroom breaks, outdoor workers, union
Doesn’t this belong in the Personal ads? Someone wants a drinking buddy for his 88-year-old, widowed father.
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Tags: beer, help wanted, personal ads
Have you ever had to try to hire someone for a highly undesirable job and had to “put some lipstick on the pig?” At least you’ve never had to tell anyone they’d have to swim with piranhas.
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Tags: circus, piranhas, snakes, undesirable job
