Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/pole-dance-woman-sexy-elegant-pole-1287822/) Allow me to educate you, limerick style. There once was a principal in China. Who thought, “Pole dancing? There’s nothing finer.” On the first day of educating, the kids found her gyrating, and now she’s on the unemployment line-a.
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I can’t unsee a chicken eating jerk chicken
Other than the crappy WiFi aboard this cruise ship, that was the low-light. A chicken eating chicken – even with those lovely Bahamian spices – is bad.But, it’s not as bad as the nurse who reportedly posted in an anti-vaxxer Facebook group about giving her own son measles from an infected…
Would-be NASA intern gets vulgar with another Twitter user — turns out he’s a NASA legend — promptly loses internship
Here’s a pro tip for you: The next time you land an awesome internship, avoid exchanging tweets similar to the redacted ones in the screenshot up there. Especially with someone who is on the council that oversees the company with which you just received the internship. This pro tip applies…
You and I, we need to have a talk about yesterday’s survey.
By S nova [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia CommonsIn yesterday’s blog post, I asked you whether your employees trust your human resources department. This poll was anonymous. I only logged most of the IP addresses. Just kidding. I logged them all. Just kidding. Ok, enough kidding around. You want to know…
What perks are your company offering to land top talent?
By JAnstee (WMF) [CC BY-SA 3.0 ], from Wikimedia CommonsNo, HR compliance today. Just some HR, hiring, and the start of a little dialogue between us. Here’s where I’m going with this. Last night, I read a new CareerBuilder survey about how most employers expect to hire more permanent, full-time employees…
It appears that, yes, you can be fired for flipping off President Trump’s motorcade.
By dbking (Presidential Motorcade, PA Ave NW) [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia CommonsRemember the woman who… flipped off President Trump’s motorcade, got photographed in the act, became a viral sensation, got fired from her job, and sued claiming a violation of public policy. Whatever happened to that lawsuit? According to multiple…
Racist posts on Facebook are apparently a really bad look for an HR professional. #shrm18
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/social-social-networks-1206612/) I use the term “professional” loosely. That is to say, not at all. “Roseanne Barr, hold my drink,” is what I picture a former Human Resources Supervisor for a Fortune 50 company saying to herself before she allegedly went all racist in a recent Facebook post…
Meanwhile, a former company executive was apparently fired because of his wife’s tweets
Image Credit: publicdomainpictures.net (https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=255568&picture=twitter-social-media-application) In case you missed it, last Friday I slipped into the vortex to detail the amazing story of the 76ers’ president of basketball operations and general manager, Bryan Colangelo, and five Twitter burner accounts with which he may be associated. Several of these accounts were used to talk…
SURVEY: If I custom-designed a one-hour HR-compliance session for you, what topic would you select?
By AlphaZeta – Own work, CC0, Link Can you help me out? It’ll only take a sec. I’ve created a one question survey. Here it is: If I custom-designed a one-hour HR-compliance session for you, what topic would you select? You can vote here. Thank you and I’ll post the results tomorrow!
If you use a third-party to drug test job applicants, then stop what you’re doing and read this post!
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/fish-hook-symbol-silhouette-icon-304097/) On a clickbait scale of 1-10, maybe a 9. First, I must apologize for something other than the clickbait; specifically, yesterday’s cop-out. I had 800 words typed on a recent case in which a federal court denied a defendants’ motion to compel arbitration. It was a great juxtaposition **…