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Yes, it’s been several months since I’ve posted anything here. But I have an excuse … well, for some of the time anyhow.
In September, I was diagnosed with conjunctival melanoma. That’s melanoma on the white of my eye. Surprise! It’s very rare and most people, myself included, have never heard of such a thing. I lucked out by going to the right doctor that had actually had a couple of cases.
The thing is that because it’s on the eyeball, they can’t do a biopsy like other places. It actually takes surgery just to do a biopsy. My October 6th surgery confirmed it was melanoma … and that the surgery didn’t remove it all. My second surgery was 2 days before Thanksgiving and, fortunately, everything came back negative.
So while I haven’t been blogging here, I have been blogging about my eyeball (www.westrick.us) for those interested in the gory details. I still can’t wear my contact lenses again yet but, for all appearances to most people, my eye looks normal and feels fine now.
Okay, so that was a really great excuse for a limited time but I’ve still been very slow to get back on the HR blogging [click to read more ...]
Can we talk? This past month I’ve been swamped and, not surprisingly, my blogging count is down. It seems that when I’m busy I don’t get around to blogging until the evening. Unfortunately, by then my brain is mush and nothing wonderful pops into my head.
So … this is where YOU come in. Please, please add your comments to this post telling me what issues you’re having with employees, what advice you need, what you’d like to have me write about. If you’re too shy to comment publicly, email me instead.
Of course, I can just keep rambling on about whatever pops into my head. However, I know there are a lot of people coming to my blog so I assume you’re looking for something. Tell me what it is so I can try to make my posts more useful for you … and I can stop squeezing ideas out of my tired brain! If you don’t have any immediate needs, then just throw out ideas that you think would be of interest to my readers and subscribers.
I look forward to learning what you want and/or need … thanks for your help!
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When dealing with people I find there are certain things I consider an intelligence test. Recently in the paper there was an article that confirmed my thoughts.
A man planned to rob a restaurant and was biding his time waiting for the customers to leave. His idea of remaining inconspicuous was to sit and complete a job application while he waited. Not bad so far, right? Wait, what’s that on the application? His real name and his uncle’s phone number. Duh! Needless to say, the police had no trouble catching up with him.
Another favorite of mine is the applicant’s reference list. Many companies don’t bother checking the references provided by the applicant because, duh, who would provide a name of someone who isn’t going to sign your praises? Well, start checking those references. While you might think it’s obvious, not everyone does. I’ve even called a past supervisor that was listed and the supervisor berated the employee performance and was really glad he was gone. Oh, and he didn’t recommend hiring him.
Lies on a job application are another. However, this only really works well if you are conducting background checks (which I highly recommend). Since you have to [click to read more ...]
It’s funny how life can move along smoothly where the worse thing happening is that you’re feeling a little overworked. Then BAM, suddenly life gets complicated. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you already know I’ve been "bammed" lately.
It all started with just trying to watch a pay-per-view movie on television. Ordered the movie but couldn’t get it to start playing. After several attempts and 40 minutes I finally called the support number. However, I wasn’t the only one with this problem because it took 20 minutes to get through to a real person. A half hour later, the problem was fixed but I was no longer in the mood for a movie.
I decided to get on my computer and upgrade my blog software. As you’ve seen, that didn’t really go well. As I’m looking at my upgraded site it becomes obvious that my blog posts are missing. I tried to call my web host to send me a backup, thinking the non-upgraded site was better than an empty site. Surprise, my cell phone (my only phone) isn’t working. It looks like it’s calling but never connects.
An hour later my phone decides to work again [click to read more ...]
Bear with me … I was attempting to upgrade my software and managed to crash my blog! Yikes! Check back on Monday please. Meanwhile, wish me a whole lot of luck!
While I’d love to blame the sunny summer season for my lack of posting the past couple of months, it would be a lie. After all, I live in San Diego and we’re pretty spoiled year-round with good weather. I’ve actually been working very hard in a couple of areas.
What you may have already noticed is my latest offering, Employer’s Guide to Interviewing. This has been a time-intensive effort but one that I hope will benefit many of you. If you don’t have a lot of experience interviewing … or lots of experience without succeeding in hiring that perfect candidate, then you should take a look at this. Not only do I give you detailed information on how to conduct interviews but I’ve included 750 interview questions in numerous areas and specialties. In addition, one of the bonuses takes you through the "art" of developing lots of interview questions just from a job description. I’ve added my own personal insights throughout the material to help you learn from my own experiences.
I’ve loved putting this website together and offering whatever help I can to those of you struggling to understand or manage HR in your companies. However, I [click to read more ...]
After spending the last two months trying to make my HR products available online, I’m excited that my shopping cart is finally working.
I realize that I probably care about that more than you, but it’s been frustrating to think I’ve been so close to offering small businesses valuable information and services and not being able to complete that last step.
Although I will be creating more HR products and other services, you can currently access my Solutions book covering many common HR mistakes and a kit with ready-to-use templates for Emergency Action Plans and Injury & Illness Prevention Plans. Coming soon will be individually tailored Employee Handbooks.
If you are particularly interested in an HR topic or service, I’d love to hear from you as I build my list of future offerings!
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