Category: HR Strange But True

By: Kyle Emshwiller Two women are suing their former employer, Parx Casino, for being demoted after they revealed they were pregnant. The women filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 2009 and are now taking their case to federal court, according to Philly.com. The Philadelphia casino has a strict weight policy. […]

By: Elaine Quayle You don’t want some employees falling asleep on the job—a truck driver, pilot, heart surgeon—or the utility boiler operator in charge of keeping the workplace from blowing up! In reality mirroring a sitcom, when a hospital facilities supervisor arrived at work at 9 a.m. one Saturday morning, he found the “utility systems […]

By: Kyle Emshwiller As we reported in a previous HRSBT article, a recent CareerBuilder survey reported that 65 percent of full-time employees have taken or plan to take a vacation this year, down from 80 percent in 2007. As we reported in a previous HRSBT article, a recent CareerBuilder survey reported that 65 percent of […]

Imagine you are reading a résumé and the applicant calls himself out as a genius and proceeds to invite you to his apartment to interview him. Would you take him up on the offer? That is just one of the many responses to CareerBuilder’s recent survey about hiring managers’ real-life outrageous résumé experiences. While the […]

If you are, or ever have been, in charge of hiring employees, you have probably seen your fair share of résumé bloopers. We’ve heard a few stories from our readers about confusing cover letters to disastrous spelling mistakes. Usually, culprits keep the mistakes to themselves. However, one woman has broken the norm and received national […]

If job applicants could sell themselves in a few words, you would be impressed, no? Well, that’s what a few social media savvy jobseekers are attempting by posting their Twesumes. Using Twitter as a platform, jobseekers sum up why they should be hired in 140 characters or less. Some list skills and accomplishments, others note […]

By Kyle Emshwiller Who’s more likely to plan a vacation, you or your boss? According to a recent survey, it’s your boss who is more likely to put up an “out-of-office” message. According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, 81 percent of managers have taken or plan to take vacation this year, compared to 65 percent […]

By Kyle Emshwiller Are you having a hard time getting a response from your vacationing boss? Don’t take it personally. According to a recent survey, 51 percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) said they do not check in with the office at all while on vacation. That’s nearly double the response to a similar poll […]

By Elaine Quayle Can it be that going to work ain’t so bad? A survey of 1,000 adults by Consumer Reports found that people would rather go to work than do a number of other things—especially a boring summertime chore! Guess there weren’t too many landscapers taking this survey, because mowing the lawn ranked as […]

By Kyle Emshwiller According to the richest man in the world, billionaire Carlos Slim, the solution for the suffering economy is the retirement age. According to Forbes, Slim urges struggling nations to increase the retirement age to 70, along with other recommendations. He notes that longer life spans, and the fact that fewer jobs require […]