How do I get our country manager to consider me to fill my booss's vacant spot? My boss (upper management) got laid off; I'm currently a manager with 9 years experience on my role and a lot of cross collaboration with the other teams my boss supervised. The company's official…

What are your salary expectations? I usually avoid answering on this question on applications even after I research the range.I prefer to wait until I'm going through the interview process/ there's an offer.If it's a mandatory question I usually type "Willing to negotiate/let's…

This article on why to freelance is slightly cheeky, but the writer makes some good points. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonyounger/2022/09/25/a-dozen-good-reasons-to-freelance/?sh=987685e14163

I have a new hire who is not willing to do one of the five required child abuse trainings as it is triggering for him. How can I address this? We have not had such a situation before.

I’ve been in the field of K12 education for 15 years. It’s bad right now. Kids and staff are melting down from all of the stress of the last couple years. Administration is responding by tightening screws and writing teachers up for trivial things. On top of that, the district…

What was your biggest surprise or unexpected challenge returning to work after maternity leave? If you were able to solve it - how did you address it?

I just got back from maternity leave and I feel like I’m missing out on my baby! Did anyone go back to work with less hours? If so for how long and how did you negotiate that! I’m already back at work did I miss my chance?

Help! I’m less than a week into a new role and I have this pit in my stomach that they did a bait and switch on me and this is not the job I signed up for. This new role is completely technical and I do not have a technical background, something I was very transparent about in my…

Resume writer Can anyone that can assist with a resume revised please and thank you comment on this post and or connect with me. I would like to revise my resume for ATS and my current position focused.

More and more new talents are leaving their jobs shortly after starting to work in a company, in fact, it is estimated to reach 20% this year. This situation generates losses in different areas beyond HR. What can we do to avoid it? This article gives some answers. What else do…

Too soon to transition jobs? I’ve been in my current role for four months, and I was recently contacted about a role with an organization that through and through mirrors a lot of values and work that I’m really passionate about, where my current company is … much more strictly…

How do you balance the decision when you have an amazing, encouraging, supportive manager but the broader function in the organization values a certain profile and your demographic is not valued leading to inequities in the broader context?

How to determine if recruiter is legit? How do I know if they are actually representing the company and recruiting for the job being presented? If I find the job posted on the hiring company’s website, does that mean the recruiter is fishing for candidates to present but isn’t…

Have you requested a performance improvement plan for a peer? I referred a colleague to a job and instead they hired him to be my boss. I've known him for several years. Then boss recruits two friends from his former company. These guys don’t know what they are doing and they are…

I'm interviewing with a company and just discovered 3 employees in the department recently left - one only after 3 months, one after a year, another after 5 months. This is a small department with only about 9 or 10 employees, so 3 leaving is a big deal. Wondering the best way to…

How to handle friendship with a supervisor opportunity. A job recently opened up that I'm interested in, I put my resume in, got an interview and my coworker/friend did the same. It's a supervisor position of the team we both worked on. I spent time on the team before getting…

Anyone ever experienced this at a new job? I'm a month in and have zero work. I'm at the mercy of my boss, who needs to introduce me to other teams, etc. because this role is a new one. I've done ALL of my onboarding courses, trainings, I've even put together some slide decks of…

Why would an exit interview not be granted to an employee? Several years ago I worked at a job for nearly ten years. I got great reviews for the majority of the time I was there, however toward the end of my tenure, a somewhat psychopathic manager was hired, who I didn't report…

Former boss demoted for good reason, obviously unhappy The manager who hired almost everyone on our team over the past several months was just demoted and is now on the same level as the people he hired. Well, he's obviously unhappy and looking to prove himself again. I'm the one…

Have you ever transitioned between teams at a company? This year (so far!) has been full of change..., especially career change! However, some folks are hoping to pivot their careers within the companies they love to work at. We want to know — have you ever transitioned between…