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How to Hire for a Job That You Don’t Understand

Insperity

When you started your business, you thought you could handle it all yourself – sales, accounting, payroll, hiring, etc. Ask yourself: “How do I stack up compared to other companies that are advertising for similar positions?”. OK, if all your boxes are checked, you’re ready to get the search and interview process started.

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cheating in an office bake-off, my boss is advertising my job because I was out sick, and more

Ask a Manager

My boss is advertising my job because I got sick before some pre-approved vacation time. When I returned to work on Wednesday, I found a sent email (everyone in my office shares one email account) from my boss to our advertising partner asking to place an ad in the paper for an office admin (my job). Did I do something to cause that?”

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Cost comparison: In-house vs. virtual receptionists

Ruby

In-house receptionists require all of the human resources considerations as any other employee, which means you’ll need to pay payroll taxes and offer other potential benefits such as health coverage, paid time off, etc. Once hired, you’ve then got to set the new employee up with payroll and get them trained on their duties.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

When you get niche, it’s easier to partner with affiliates, influencers and advertisers. You need to actually get out there and hear people, whether through interviews or surveys or combing through product reviews or forums. “It Set up interviews. You can interview people individually or in groups, face to face or over Zoom.

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my coworker reeks of weed, I asked for help and got put on a PIP, and more

Ask a Manager

Ending an interview when the salary is too low. My husband has been interviewing for new opportunities and one interview he had recently left both of us scratching our heads. He said that everything in the interview went swimmingly until his interviewer asked him about salary expectations.

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my boss wants me reachable by phone and email on the weekends, I think a coworker is fudging her time sheets, and more

Ask a Manager

But no, it’s not reasonable to expect round-the-clock availability unless (a) it’s a norm in your field that they reasonably assumed you would have known about and you’re compensated well for it or (b) they disclosed it in the interview and you’re compensated well for it. I work in payroll and think a coworker is fudging her time sheets.

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how to disinvite an intern from our trivia team, I was told to take a week off unpaid due to someone else’s health, and more

Ask a Manager

For over a decade now, I’ve worked in payroll in HR departments across the Canadian federal government. The people in my life who need to know already know, so I don’t want to look overly braggy, and I also don’t want to advertise that my apartment will be unoccupied for such a long period of time.