by Caroline | Jan 2, 2023 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
It’s time we got over this stigma we have about hiring people who have employment gaps. The Boston Fed published a policy paper early in 2014 based on an experiment by Rand Ghayad and William Dickens. The researchers sent out thousands of fake resumes that were nearly...
by Caroline | Aug 8, 2018 | Communication, Company Culture, Telecommuting, company culture, management, Training
In June of this year, Blind—an app that surveys employees about HR issues and trends—asked tech company employees about retaliation in the workplace. Forty percent of respondents said managers or HR had retaliated against employees who reported an incident. Employees...
by Caroline | Jul 25, 2018 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Almost everybody underestimates the importance of a job description. Most people, from what I can gather, tend to think of it like filling out a template. “We need a __________ with _________years experience who can __________. The ideal candidate will have...
by Caroline | Jun 13, 2018 | Adapt to Change, Recruiting Therapy, Telecommuting, company culture, management
It used to be that traveling for work was considered torture—forcing people to slog from airport to layover to another airport to rental car to meeting to hotel and back to airport. Or it was considered glamorous—the opportunity to travel the world in first class on...
by Caroline | Jul 11, 2017 | Benefits, Culture, Employee Assistance Program, Management, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Life happens. Stuff happens. Stress happens. Stressful events are, unfortunately, a part of life. I recently experienced a few in rapid succession and I have found myself needing more sleep and more chocolate than usual lately. Consider the Importance of EAPs...
