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Rethinking the Holiday Office Party in Light of Harassment Scandals

HRWatchdog

Some companies may be rethinking their traditional office holiday party this year due to the spotlight on workplace harassment and the nearly daily allegations against individuals in high profile companies, Hollywood, the media and government. An off-site and after-hours party doesn’t reduce your liability for a company-sponsored event.

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Common Employee Complaints About Bad Bosses

HR Daily Advisor

This often comes in the form of subtle harassment, but it can also come in much smaller, insidious actions that add up over time. For example: Bosses who don’t seem to value the employee’s time and routinely come to employees with “critical” or “emergency” tasks—that really aren’t—10 minutes before the workday was due to end.

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The 10 Most Common Mistakes in Documentation

HR Daily Advisor

Start on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, with a free interactive webcast, Benchmarking Your Hotline in 2015: How Does Your Data Measure Up? Learn More. ” Rewrite the sentence in active voice and cite examples: “This month you made three serious calculation errors that threw off our monthly budget.”

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putting fanfiction on a resume, telling an ex-friend’s employer what she’s really like, and more

Ask a Manager

I’ve published over 83,000 words of fanfiction in 2015 alone. However, I’m worried that listing this will weird out employers or come off as unprofessional or out of touch. I had a friendship turn sour and when it did I cut off all ties, including blocking the person and all of her friends. Any ideas?