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I filed a complaint against my former boss for job discrimination, age specifically, other factors included. She and the board chair started nit-picking immediately. Changed everything they could to make things as hard as possible. I had a family tragedy. They used this to make things impossible. I had a meeting with them and asked that we be able to work our some way for me to get my job done without all the stress, it got worse after that. In the mean time the Boss from hell was forced to resign due to other issues she had, unethical activity. When she left another employee who had authorization to go into her company computer found weekly notes on me that were very damaging and stressful to me to find that she could stoop this low. There are hundreds of notes. Stating things like I did not have the skills to do the job to personal jabs toward me. Do I have any recourse since she is no longer with the company.
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Seeking professional opinions regarding sending a Thank You email, from your work email account, when interviewing for an internal position, but one that is in a different department than your current one.
Would this be appropriate, or should it be sent from a personal email account instead? Thank you in advance!
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Bored at Work
My job has a lot of ebbs and flows. The busy season is almost upon us, but right now I have absolutely nothing to do. I am so bored all day long. When I'm bored like this, I usually start looking for new jobs. I have to be challenged to be content. But I really enjoy my boss, and I'm trying to stay here for at least another year or two. Last time I experienced down time, I subscribed to Coursera and got a certificate. Right now, I spend a lot of time on LinkedIn. I don't really have funds (personal or professional development through work) to do anything that has a significant cost. Does anyone have recommendations on what I should do?
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Manager keeps pigeon-holing me based on ancient experience
I've been asking my manager for a new role for the past year, but they keep suggesting roles based on my past experience in a field I have no longer have any interest in and that I left almost 20 years ago.
My resume shows years of experience taking on higher-level work, but my manager ignores that and keeps saying, "we need someone who can handle (let's say) data entry, and we know you are an expert!" Yes, I've handled data entry, but I did this work a very, very long time ago and have no desire to return to it.
I'd rather management consider the interesting, much more challenging work I did right before they hired me a few years ago overseeing creative projects. How can I gently redirect them to my more recent experience that qualifies me for the higher-paying work I'd rather be considered for? I get it, the "need" someone to handle data entry, but find someone else as I already paid my dues and don't want to take on that work at this stage of my career?
As a side note, I do feel that management is saving the better jobs for certain favorite staffers and pawning off the undesirable roles to others who were hired before the new regime took over.
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Be very careful when you “ask ChatGPT” for career advice!
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4028148/bias-alert-llms-suggest-women-seek-lower-salaries-than-men-in-job-interviews.html
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AI and recruiting
To all the HR and recruiting professionals out there!
How are you using A I with your recruiting and do you believe AI can actually replace a recruiter?
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