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The Myth of Being a “Highly Selective Employer”

The Tim Sackett Project

I read something interesting from Time magazine and college admissions at highly selective colleges. The number of applicants per hire, 25,000 people applied for this position and we only took the best one! Think Harvard, Yale, MIT, etc.

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I got in trouble for taking someone’s juice, my boss forgot something major about me, and more

Ask a Manager

I took it and stayed in the breakroom the full 15 minutes, and nobody came in the breakroom the entire time. I stated that food, magazines, and newspapers are left on the breakroom tables for anybody to use, and the owner should have contacted me first if this juice was important to them. I hope you’re having a good time here.”

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Top 5 HR trends for 2012

Achievers

These resolutions are traditionally based on what is valued in someone’s society and community at that time. By the end of 2011, my list of HR conferences had come close 100 in the US alone. Practitioners need to take their time to make sure the events they attend are the right ones.

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Corali Lopez-Castro of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton: “Retail has been in a tailspin for some time”

Thrive Global

“Retail has been in a tailspin for some time. She has been a partner at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton since 1998 and was Managing Partner of the firm from 2011 through 2012 and again in 2018–2019. When I attended Brown University in 1984, I took an engineering class. Retail has been in a tailspin for some time.

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Recognition for a job well done with Dorothy Gibbons

Thrive Global

But if it isn’t timely or doesn’t convey that the giver really understands the depth of the accomplishment or effort, even recognition, the best of feedback, can come across sounding lame or insincere. She knew something was wrong but working part-time meant no health coverage. As the oldest, I was expected to look after my siblings.

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Contesting unemployment claims: A quick guide for employers

Insperity

Just consider these two cases: An employee who was terminated for being habitually late, but claims ignorance of the company’s attendance policy. But generally, individuals must have worked for the employer for a designated time frame within an established period of time to qualify for benefits. Attendance and time-keeping.

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Joseph Foley of Punch Pedal House: “If you don’t truly love what you are about to start, you’re wasting your time because it should and will consume you”

Thrive Global

If you don’t truly love what you are about to start, you’re wasting your time because it should and will consume you. I did that for 3–4 years, always in NYC for 6 months at a time. At the end of my career, it also didn’t help that I was going to NYU full-time, ran on their track team, and managed a team at the Corcoran Group.