With so many of us facing the prospect of hunting down a new job, I thought it would make sense this week to focus on how to get the most out of your job search. First topic to tackle: the sticky question of when, if ever, to tell a prospective employer what you want to earn. Laurie Ruettimann at Pu...

Understandably, it can be hard to drag yourself into work when all you hear is bad news about the economy. Many workplaces are having morale problems in the wake of — or in anticipation of — layoffs. And it's starting to show in increased employee tardiness. According to a recent poll, 20 percen...

Dear Stanley, I work in a big financial institution. My company was taken over recently by another big bank, and now we have all new bosses. A lot of people were fired, most of my friends. Our department is smaller and everything is different. Everybody from my old company is now sort of a second-cl...

If your company was one of those that laid off a combined half million employees in the past six months, you’ve already sent out a bunch of COBRA notices. Thanks to the Obama Administration and Congress, now you have to do it again. Last week, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery ...

Bra manufacturer Vanity Fair has created an all-girl band who are contractually obligated to perform topless except for their bras, according to Ad Age. The Vassarettes (pictured) have only one song (see video below), but two YouTube videos and an elaborate web site. They sound a bit like the Donnas...

Revisiting Bob Sutton's The No Asshole Rule, there are clearly big exceptions. By many accounts, highly successful CEOs like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, and Larry Ellison were all abusive and disruptive managers. So how important is it for managers to not be dysfunctional, abusive jerks?...

Yesterday was a tough one for Incentive Intelligence.  Not only did I get my butt-kicked in the comments on my post for Fistful of Talent (link over and see what was said - don't agree with all the comments but it's great conversation) - but my buddy at HR Capitalist took some shots at incentive tr...

There's a real art to interviewing and hiring the right person for the job. These days, with so many people out of work, you've got a lot to talent to choose from. So do it right and you won't get screwed. Here's how....

In our last post, we talked about eight ways for an employer to lose a noncompete case. Today, we cover something much simpler: how to lose a wage-and-hour lawsuit. It's really quite easy to do: Just screw up an employee's pay. That's all! No fussing, no mussing. You see, unlike in most any other ki...

Valassis employees get a free lunch on their employer once a month, but hard times in the ad biz mean VP Mike Wood may be cooking those meals himself, according to KWCH, a Wichita news station. It has a cafeteria, exercise room, stock options, and flexible schedules for it's employees.  Once a mont...