A couple weeks ago I started a new blog where I'm going to put all of my H.R. stories. I'm going to make this blog be just a holding...

I really like Mid Century Modern architecture and design. There is a Winnipeg neighborhood ("neighbourhood" in Canadian) near my a...

Higgins and Main Originally uploaded by Alana Elliott Lately I have been missing Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. I enjoyed living there back in t...

I had to spend a few days over the last couple weeks with my H.R. boss. Someone in one of my offices had filed a complaint with the State Hu...

I have a friend who opted out of health insurance in the spring of 2009. She felt that she couldn't afford the amount taken out of her p...

United States businesses aren't supposed to ask their applicants or even employees to disclose their ethnic background. However, Equal O...

Because it's been really cold here in Mid-Missouri (Mid-Misery), I have been playing around with the street view feature of Google Maps....

I worked for 7 years in a nursing home. One day we had a nurse educator visit to teach the staff how to care for a new resident we would be ...

Spinnin' Originally uploaded by timsamoff Dealing with work comp claims is a part of my job duties. I had an employee who cleaned a medi...

We got our new corporate mandated hiring pack. We counted up how many total pages are in it. This number also includes the insurance info, t...

Today my assistant, Suzette, had the following conversation on the phone: Suzette: How can I help you? Caller: Who have I called? S: "n...

Pretty close to a year ago I woman in her 20's came into our office to fill out an application. After she finished, I talked to her a li...

I'm not going to hire PopeJohnDillinger, either.

We have been haunted by a pair of briefs at work for a few weeks. I first noticed them outside of our office one morning when I got to work....

A bit more than a 2 weeks ago, I hired a new employee. 4 hours into her second day, Ms. R decided to leave in the middle of her shift. Alleg...

I know from personal experience that it is very stressful to not have a job. It is not fun looking for a job in that situation. It is unders...

A few years ago and in a different job than the one I have now, we received an unsolicited resume in the mail. The woman put down her skills...

It is still a little surprising that people will argue with us when they are wanting to get a job. The #1 most popular thing to argue about ...

I don't think I need to give any more clarification to this other than to say that someone actually did turn in an application that smel...

Once upon a time, a man came to my office with his toddler (strike 1) wanting to apply for a janitorial position. Immediately after getting ...