This morning in an e-mail i received from Schwab was the message that 5.4 million Americans applied for business licenses in 2021 (up 53 percent from the pre-pandemic year of 2019). That's a lot of people starting businesses. When did you start your business or become a…

Hello everyone, I have been thinking about taking a break from full-time jobs and taking on HR consulting work. Does anyone have any resources that I can look into? Is anyone doing this currently? I would appreciate to hear your experiences.

INTERESTING Situation I have interviewed and obtained another job. They want me to start in two weeks. I sent an email to my boss this morning resigning from my position. He has been out of office, but working . He has responded to other team members on various emails. I have not…

Is there a constructive way to say, "If you don't raise pay, other efforts to recruit and retain are just wasted?" I work for a government agency that serves low-income clients. Our senior leaders and Governor do not value those clients, and therefore, do not value our agency. If…

Should one remain in their current industry and strive for further growth or should one take a modest reduction in salary in order to obtain a work/life balance?

Can I lie about my current salary to recruiters? I’m not going to use euphemisms here and pretend this isn’t a lie. My role is slightly underpaid, would it be okay to add the 10% bonus that I receive on to my base salary (eg base = $100k, bonus = $10k, tell recruiters my current…

What exactly is micromanaging? I worked from home and I have bosses that listen in on our phone conversations with customers. We know of it happening but we don’t know when they are going to do it and the customers don’t know that the employers are listening at all. Also when I…

I was asked to help find a position at my company and provide a reference. The problem is that I have had almost no positive professional interaction with this person (he is a nice person though). We worked together (independently) for only a few months last year when I was at…

Hello everyone, I've been applying to jobs for two months. I had an interviewed with a recruiter for a company I'm interested in but we only spoke for 13 minutes.He didnt ask if I had any questions and he was late joining the meeting but didnt apologize even though i was waiting.…

I got a promotion 2yrs ago and everything was fine until they decided that 2 people were needed. I trained the guy and now he thinks hes my boss constantly telling me what to do how to do it. He talks about me to other people messes with my stuff. Im not allowed my own personal…

I have over 15 years of experience with a large corporation. I was laid off in the midst of Covid and it was a complete surprise. While I always told my team to keep their resume updated of course I didn’t heed my own advice. I have had 2 companies redo my resume. 18 months in…

I recently got a corporate job as a manager at a F500 retail company. I currently work in education. I'm very nervous about taking a new job as a recession is coming on. I am very good at my current job and enjoy it but there is no upward trajectory where I am. The new role would…

How current are job postings on LinkedIn? I saw some postings on LinkedIn, one of them stated: "Posted 3 days ago", the other "Posted a week ago". I submitted my resume to both of them (two different companies). Very quickly, almost within 2-3 days I received an email that the…

Suddenly jobless and picking up the pieces to move on... While I didn't love my last job, I made a lot of external connections. Due to the abrupt ending, I didn't have time to say goodbye or wrap up any projects. I feel like I left my clients without any direction and deadlines…

I am working in social sector and our salary is way below government range.My boss said to not compare with the other government agency/Corporate companies. Should I leave? I don’t know what to do.

I’m a Special Education teacher. I had a pretty bad experience last year with a principal who was non-communicating. There are two stories I can share that illustrate. One is someone was coming from the district to train me on the IEP system four months after I had gotten hired…

How to create a network and find a job over 50 I am in introvert. Difficult to network, but I need to move on ftom my current position. It is difficult for me to network, posting resumes so far did not yield a lot. Any advice?

How to deal with a co-worker's husband's noise during meetings? My company has chosen not to go back to the office, which is great. Unfortunately, some of my co-workers have a lot of background noise in their homes. One, in particular, has a husband who is also working from home.…

Fail to find another job I have been with my company close to 19 years. I am 53 now. I have had a successful career, hold a Senior position. I really enjoyed working at this company, had people respect me, recognize me and I moved internally several times to upgrade or learn new…

I just started a job a couple months ago. I have workplace anxiety where I often feel im doing something wrong or may be let go. If I text my boss and he does not reply, I think the worst. How do I overcome this? I always answer emails and texts.