From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Re-entering the workforce after absence

by Lance Haun on August 20, 2007

Hi HR Guy,
Any advice for re-entering the workforce after an extended personal leave (medical and personal in my case)? What’s the best approach for the tough interview questions regarding the time out of the work force?
This can change depending on the type of industry you are in but generally speaking, you’ll want to be as [...]

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Top 10 Short Job Descriptions

by Lance Haun on August 13, 2007

Like many people out there, I like Scott Adams and the Dilbert blog so it is no surprise that I found one of the funnier pieces of content from his readers. JobMob has compiled a list of 50 top short job descriptions and I’ll reprint the top ten:

Help people hate each other: Divorce Lawyer
Stand on [...]

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Vault Post Round Up

by Lance Haun on August 10, 2007

Here are this week’s posts over at my blog on Vault:
When to follow up after the interview – A person writes in asking how they should follow up with a big Fortune 500 company.
Social networking brings minor gains – Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn…how it all doesn’t matter if you don’t have all those people. The dynamic [...]

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Liability when the boss doesn't do anything

by Lance Haun on August 3, 2007

Here’s one from the mailbag:

I am a supervisor in a manufacturing plant. There is an hourly employee who drives a forklift. He was caught sleeping on the job (not by me) and was suspended.
Upon returning to work, his first night back 2 hourly employees saw him sleeping on the forklift. The 2nd night back 4 [...]

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