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How to Answer Behavioral Interview Questions and Get More Job Offers
A powerful interviewing technique A powerful interviewing technique "behavioral interviewing" gives hiring managers better insight into candidates' potential
Need a Morale Booster? Therapy Dogs Can Help
For workplaces that can't or aren't ready to allow pets at work, therapy dogs that visit from time to time might be an alternative. Therapy dogs can provide a morale…
When You Don’t Hire an Internal Candidate
When employers post an open job, they often grapple with the question of whether to hire from within or seek expertise from outside the company. While many choose to offer…
Verbal Aikido Takes the Fight Out of Confrontations
Verbal aikido--based on the martial art that teaches you to channel an attacker's energy away from you--can keep you centered when someone challenges or provokes you. Here's how to deflect…
Productivity over Perks: Workers Are over Foosball in the Office
For all the hype about foosball and free beer in the office, by far,
How to Start Diversity and Inclusion Efforts—and Keep Them Going
Columnist Jathan Janove describes a somewhat fictional employer that had a real diversity and inclusion problem. This anecdote, based on real-life experiences, shows how important it is to fix gender…
DOL Clarifies How to Calculate Overtime for Bonus
In one of three recent opinion letters, the Department of Labor (DOL) explained how to calculate overtime pay for bonuses given for the completion of training over a period longer…
County Employee Sickened at Office Entitled to Disability Retirement
A county employee who developed medical symptoms that seemed to be caused by her office environment was qualified for disability retirement after her employer denied her request to work at…
Voicemails Gave Adequate Notice of Intent to Take FMLA Leave, Court Ruled
An employee who missed a week of work after leaving voicemails with his supervisor and the business co-owner about his father's health crisis was deemed to have given adequate notice…
