Hello, I'm the first salaried employee of a 4-person nonprofit in my first year, where my mid-career boss has essentially never worked anywhere else. When I...
When Your Manager Is Afraid of You by Liz Ryan | 10:00 AM November 15, 2012 Kate, a 33-year-old marketing associate, sounded exhausted and confused. "It's...
Over the past couple of years, hordes of Baby Boomers found Facebook; this year, half the people I've ever worked with seem to have had the same "Aha!"...
Teaching Job-Seekers to Grovel By LIZ RYAN founder, Human Workplace A lady called me to get a quote for a story. She was writing a story about job-search tips....
Dear Liz, I wanted to get your take on the Endorsements feature on Linked In. I've been receiving some from a few of people which in and of itself doesn't ...
The Original Zombie Memo By LIZ RYAN founder, Human Workplace It is strange how just sitting at a computer sometimes, reading the mail in your inbox, can take...
Hello Liz and Gang: What is your take on pre-employment "personality" testing? DISC, Meyers Briggs, SPQ Gold Test or whatever else inhuman resources...
Interested to see how others felt about "Workplace Confidential" on 20/20 on Friday night. HR took a real beating. Having not been in large organizations for...
I don't see how something like MBTI reveals "weaknesses." One person likes to make a decision and move on, one person likes to keep their options open -- which...
Hi all, This is not a work question! Except for the "work" I do in my kitchen, which is actually fun work. [Um - not that all work can't be fun at least at...
I know I have posted on this subject before, but it is a topic "near and dear to my heart'. Ditch those tests! You hire smart, capable people then treat them...
Dear folks, We are filling an HR Manager job, and I just received a resume via email a few minutes ago. The email message that came along with the resume...
Hi Liz, I'm not sure if this is pertinent, but thought I'd run it past you. When I was in grad school (a very long time ago), I remember one of the faculty...
Belenda, your post was very interesting. I did want to say that most of the rules and regulations are introduced by employees actually suing their employers....
Greetings there..I am receiving interesting emails from you not knowing why or who you are..Will you please introduce yourself with giving me a key reference...
Liz - As usual, you've exposed another workplace issue that needs to be acknowledged. In trying to make the workplace a simpler, streamlined, no muss, no fuss...
Who Made Business Black and White? By LIZ RYAN founder, Human Workplace My brother Dave is an engineer. One day he told me "The average kid entering...
The Truth About Socially Responsible Business Five or six years ago, before the recession began, I was getting a lot of calls from employers looking for...
Dear friends, In fifteen years I've run into between six and eight situations where we couldn't find a manager's name, and had to pitch a resume into a Black...
Dear Liz, I'm 30 years old and I've been out as a gay man for years with my friends. I haven't said anything at work, because it's a fairly conservative place...
I speak to business groups all the time. I talk about bringing human energy back into work, and how cool and how fun (and profitable, and customer-pleasing,...
Hi Liz and all, my daughter, a junior in Engineering school, is hoping to get a summer internship in either industrial engineering (her major) or in business...
Dear Liz, Lately when I go on job interviews, they want your three references right away. Sometimes they ask for your references before you've even talked to a...
Hi Liz, I applied for a state position in an HR dept. and was recently interviewed re: a support program being implemented. Before the interview, I was told...
"This is going to be my year," said Joseph, a guy I'd just met at a networking event. "How so?" I asked. I thought maybe he was expecting a baby in his family...
Liz ~ This showed up today - I'm not sure whether to laugh or laugh! I have no intention of jumping through their hoops again (I worked for this agency 6 years...
Give a Kid a Keyhole By LIZ RYAN My oldest son Mac loved school from the start. When my husband walked him into the classroom on the first day of first grade,...
Liz, this guy in the UK got so fed up with being treated badly by recruiters that he came up with a contract that the recruiters must sign if they want to deal...
One of the many reasons to love the great, late TV show "Seinfeld"; was the running gag about the clever ways Jerry Seinfeld handled telemarketing calls. One...
