While most professionals agree that sending a post-interview follow-up is common courtesy, when you add unnecessary barriers to your hiring process you risk coming off as a sociopathic weirdo, among other considerations:
Tag: HR
Hey HR, You’re Allowed to Have Bad Days
Despite it being right at the top of the job description, as Human Resources professionals we sometimes forget to allow ourselves to actually be human. We hold ourselves to a higher standard since we need to set an example for our employees, often internalizing our emotions in the process.
Six Months Later
It's hard to believe that six months have came and went since I went live with this whole "blog thing".
Hey—Stop Telling Women What You Think They “Should” Wear
Women are fighting back, whether it's in our offices and schools, on the red carpet, or within the halls of Congress. Like others before us, the up and coming generation of millennial women recognize the value of bringing their authentic selves to the workplace
Don’t Let a “Toby” Ruin Your View of the HR Profession
I don't remember every detail from my first HR course but there is one lesson that stuck with me to this day: Don't be a Toby. Yes that's right, my professor was referring to Toby Flenderson, the HR foil to over-the-top Dunder Mifflin Regional Manager Michael Scott.
Updates (September 2018)
September (aka the Gateway to Fall) is here! In Wisconsin it means that we're subjected to just about every season in a matter of a single week, and Wisconsinites across the state are rejoicing as football Demi-God Aaron Rodgers returns to the field. I love the energy that seems to hang in the air as… Continue reading Updates (September 2018)
Updates (August 2018)
In the past few weeks I've been super busy at my real job, began putting the final finishing touches on my blog, and managed to squeeze in some time to travel across the country (and sprained my foot in the process...). With everything moving by so quickly, I wanted to take the time to slow down and share a few updates:
