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The No. 1 Tip for Hiring a Successful Summer Intern

Insperity

Your goal is to provide young professionals with meaningful work so you can assess their work ethic, intellect and potential as long-term employees. Basic questions to consider when planning a summer internship program: How long will interns work? What will they work on? Who will supervise the work?

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How to properly conduct reference checks when hiring

Insperity

You’ll need more than a sentence or two from the reference to get a better idea of the candidate’s work ethic, character and skills. Use the job description to craft questions that get to the heart of the candidate’s work ethic, skills, experience and character. What was it like to supervise them?

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my coworker carries a taser to work, interviewer timed my answers to questions, and more

Ask a Manager

This would be murkier if tasers were legal in your state for non-law-enforcement, or if you personally didn’t care one way or the other, but given the facts you’ve laid out, you don’t have any obligation to cover for her when she’s doing something that’s clearly illegal and in violation of your employer’s policy.

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coworker won’t say please and thank you, telling someone’s boss they were speeding, and more

Ask a Manager

While she is technically “above” me, we report to different managers and she doesn’t supervise me. ” She can be abrasive and abrupt, constantly interrupting not just me but other coworkers with stream of consciousness-type thoughts about work issues. My coworker has been at her job for about 1.5