I want to give up on LinkedIn and other job sharing sites. I am looking for a job for the last 6 months. I have worked with consultant on my LinkedIn profile, applied to jobs on various sites, like LinkedIn and Indeed, but nothing. I reached to my network and let them know I am…

I work in development at a large nonprofit, and I'm struggling with the team culture. My Chief Development Officer cusses a lot in the office and speaks very negatively about donors, and not just behind closed doors. I've been in multiple meetings with the full team where donors…

Raise Request Language! I have an annual review next week and will request an increase. What approaches do you use to demonstrate your worth? I accept an amount of liability to assist our corporate entity, and believe this deserves higher pay. I’m asked to take on responsibility…

Hello fairygodbosses, I’m at a dilemma of what to do in this situation. I have been unemployed for 3 months now. I got a job to start soon but the caveat with this job is that it is 5 days a week on-site. This job is direct hire. I also got another offer, temp to perm, this job…

This has been a busy month for me and I am feeling proud. I finished two courses Introduction to Project Management and Introduction to Customer Service. Now I am going forward today starting a course on Call Center Customer Service.

Hi Friends! I would love your insight on 2 separate issues we have here in our office. I am in my role 5 months! I was hired to support our COO, and when our Current EA left, was promoted to Interim EA for our Suite. There have been some changes in our suite since then, and a new…

Severance Package I was just presented with a severance package at work. I have 5 days to accept the package or their part-time lower title position. I will be accepting the severance package. Before I do so, I want to make sure everything is covered. I am asking for continuing…

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Does anyone have advice on talking to an employee who has gone from being friendly, helpful and outgoing to sullen, uncommunicative, slamming files on my desk without a word and when asked, tells me everything is fine. I have only been here a month, but understand from colleagues…

Need Help Bouncing Back Hi everyone. I am in a leadership role at a company with multiple divisions. Recently, I was asked to join a large committee that would make a hiring decision. I have sat on committees in the past, and I have hired and trained multiple employees before,…

Negotiating one job offer while waiting for another… Can I get some advice about handling job offers? I received a job offer today (for which I'm grateful because I left a great team but a toxic job in June 2022 to pivot my career and focus on my cancer treatment). I'm so happy…

Some etiquette questions on the idea of references and follow ups in interviewing: 1.) Is it ok to use a mutual connection on LinkedIn to send a note of reference to someone that I'm interviewing with? Or could that come across as creepy that I researched mutual connections and…

I was doing quality assurance manual testing for 10 years, but my current job may be coming to an end and now it seems all anyone wants is automated testing. Trying to find a way to pivot and use the skills I currently have so I can make it for another 2.5 years till retirement…

It took me eight months to find work, now I find myself in a bit of a situation. My prospective employer has hired an external company to run reference checks. I supplied two references as requested of my most recent employment. The second reference that I provided covered the…

In-person versus hybrid work arrangement Is anyone one else finding recruiting a challenge when it comes to employees working 100% in the office? I manage a recruiting department and we are looking for a senior tax accountant who would be 100% in the office. This person also must…

How common is workplace mobbing - informal and formal? Informal workplace mobbing would be covert operation of two or more employees against another. Formal workplace mobbing would be like informal, but instead of a covert operation, the use of HR and company policy to act as an…

Rebuild my reputation. In 2021 I was diagnosed with cancer. My treatment ended the middle of last year. Treatment was hard but I worked all trough it. Towards the end after all of the major treatment (IV chemo, surgery, and radiation) was done I started having problems…

What are some good questions I can ask about company during the director’s interaction with my team and during one on one interaction to build good rapport and reputation at my new organisation? I have recently joined a product based company as a senior developer after a…

While I have had one temp job that lasted 2 months (I don't list it on my resume) I've been out of work for a year. It has been rough to say the least. I'm thinking of trying to freelance as a virtual assistant/data analyst. I've looked into some the sites, Upwork, Fiverr and…

Career change Dear friends, even though I have a Bachelors degree and experience, somehow I couldn't get into mid management in HR related jobs but always ended up in somewhat administrative/clerical roles which ended soon. Outsourcing didn't help. What can be the next steps and…