Rachel Robbins discovered the field of Human Resources after viewing job postings for HR professionals in the newspaper. She took a risk and enrolled in an HR Master's degree program immediately following the completion of her undergraduate degree. She has never looked back.
Rachel is currently working as an HR Assistant and like most Millennials, hopes to move up the corporate ladder quickly.
Rachel Robbins's blog is The Employment File.
I have a good friend at work that we’ll call Mary. A few months after Mary started with our company she was told by doctors that they were 99% sure she had cancer. It took two months of panic and testing to find out that Mary did not have cancer.
Four months later Mary’s live-in mother […]
I’m quiet this week because I’ve been engaged in a bit of introspection. In addition to looking at my finances I am also working on purging unnecessary “things” from my home as well as looking at my career. I’ll get into the career discussion another day but I wanted to let you all know about […]
While purchasing the car was quite the hassle, it was my first morning as a new car owner in which I experienced a panic attack. Not just anxiety but a real panic attack. I really need to curb my spending. Here’s what I’ve got so far.
I walked in to find three of my coworkers drinking beers. I inform them that it is illegal to drink during work hours (so I thought at the time). We were on lunch. One said jokingly, “Want one?”
In any given workplace there are going to be people who are unhappy where they are. There are going to be people who are searching for another job. Or people who just complain everyday.
As a country we have a difficult time deciding when we want other people to do things for us and when we don’t. When things are going in a direction we don’t like, we think that we could do better. When things are going well, we’re happy someone else is dealing with the mess.
Remember, no one wants to feel like a fool. If you keep information from your boss and they find out from another source they will feel like a fool. That anger will then be directed at you. Listen to the age old adage “It’s better to be safe than sorry.”
My own outfit was lightly questioned today by my boss. I was startled because I was wearing a dress that I had worn many times before in the office. Never before had the dress garnered any attention. The one difference today was the shoes.
We all get the jitters when it comes to interviewing. Who hasn’t woken up the day of an interviewed and wondered “what if I just didn’t go in.” It sounds simple enough. You lose the anxiety and get to move on with your life without facing the confrontation of calling in.
So my company screwed up. And they still haven’t made it right. They keep stalling, so I am scrupulously keeping a paper trail and will be persistent with my questions. What would be a fair “retroactive” plan?
