How To Get The Raise You Deserve
Asking for a raise doesn't guarantee you will get a raise, but not asking may ensure you don't receive more money. Here's how to ask for a raise and actually…
How Should I Ask For An Overdue Raise?
You can’t just walk into a performance review, show some salary surveys, and expect your boss to cough up a raise “because that’s what others are being paid.” You must…
Is Tech Taking the Human Out of HR?
Writing about new technologies in HR (or any other business function) usually ends up in one of two ways – you are either an overzealous techno-freak who would gladly replace…
5 Things You Must Stop Doing To Make Your Career Soar
Find out what Digit Murphy, one of the most successful players and coaches in women’s hockey (Brown University, Boston Blades and Cornell Hall of Fame) says we need to quit…
White Students Are Keeping Their Grip On Elite Universities Despite School Struggles
Ethnic minority students have made big gains in recent years and their performance now outstrips that of their white peers at school, but when it comes to getting places in…
What to Do When Two Candidates Are Tied in a Dead Heat
Sometimes, choosing the right candidate for a job is a clear-cut decision — experience, skillset, and cultural fit will align in such a way that turning them down would be…
The Interview Questions You Should Be Asking
Although it’s a proven best-practice, most employers do not use a structured, standardized question set to interview job applicants. This inevitably leads to a wild variance in the quality of…
Top States for Hidden Jobs in 2016
Each year around this time we publish our top ten list of states that have made the most job announcements. These “hidden jobs” are news stories about companies who are…
Bad Career Advice Is Everywhere — Here's How To Avoid It
Everyone has their two cents about how to get ahead and the best way to find a new job/score a promotion/change careers, so how do you separate the wheat from…
Uber Trades Out CHROs, aka Life In The Fast Lane
If there’s one thing that’s true in HR, it’s that today’s HR leader right for a company may not be right for the same company 3 years from now. Things…