Advice to employees on how to respond appropriately to workplace scenarios that they may encounter.
INTRODUCTION: A job seeker asked, “Why won’t Human Resources not let my former manager give an employment reference for me to my potential new employer?” TYPES OF REFERENCES: Before we get into why many employers allow only HR to provide professional references, let’s look at the different types of references. Though you may not realize …
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INTRODUCTION: A job seeker asked, “When employees resign from their job, how does the employer remember if they’d hire that employee again in the future?” The answer is that they likely have a rehire eligibility policy or a standard practice that determines if a former employee can be re-hired. REHIRE ELIGIBILITY CATEGORIES: We all know …
INTRODUCTION: A job seeker asked, “What will I do during my first week at my new job?” FIRST-WEEK ACTIVITIES: There are some standard first-week activities that employers are required by law to complete each time they onboard a new employee. Then, there are some others that many complete to make their new team member feel …
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Author: Cynthia B. Okonkwo INTRODUCTION: Visit https://nnamtique.com. If you’re an HR professional, like me, or a people manager, you’ve likely gained new insight, over the past year or more, into how important employee engagement is to employee retention. Because we’re in a job seeker’s market right now, it’s more important than ever to connect with …
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