You know better than to ask a job candidate how old he or she is. But employee-side lawyers are crafty, and can build an age discrimination lawsuit around queries that seem a lot more innocent. What not to ask Some examples from a recent post on The EmpLAWerologist blog: How long would you stay with us?…
DetailsA decade ago in Las Vegas — where I spent eight years as an education beat reporter — the school district was a boom town of soaring student enrollment, breaking ground on a new campus every month. With the need for more classroom seats came an equally pressing shortage: principals. To be asked to open…
DetailsJesse Mecham, CEO of YNAB (You Need a Budget), ran his money management training and software venture in Provo, Utah, by himself for the first year and a half after launching it in 2004. Then software engineer Taylor Brown emailed, offering to help add functionality to the software Mecham had created. The fact that Brown…
DetailsWe all know how easy it can be to fall in to the grasps of distractions at work. There’s Facebook, Instagram, the latest cat video on YouTube, chatting with Carol in the break room, the distractions are endless. No matter how good you are at tuning them out, it is not possible to remain focused…
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