On the lighter side, if only these were jokes.  Here are some amazing things people have put on their resumes.

In an earlier post (and featured article) we discussed the value of making your new employee a valued part of your team. The focus in that article was safety. Clearly genuine concern for your employees’ physical well being is important for everyone in your organization. It also is a means to communicate your personal interest… Read more »

If 95% of success is showing up, you have to wonder what the State of California has against success. For the moment we’ll overlook how our governor in his 1970s incarnation declared he would get Californians out of their cars by stopping further road construction. As unemployment has recently plummeted, particularly in Marin County, commuting… Read more »

Note this article ran in both the California City News and California County News websites. Organizations are frequently in a pinch when they finally decide to bring in additional help. The pressures of the situation, along with the notion of “temp” employment will frequently lead to shortcuts in the treatment of the new employee and… Read more »

A recent Santa Rosa Press Democrat article suggested that even though July featured a slight uptick in unemployment from June’s 4.3% to 4.6%, Sonoma County is essentially at full employment. According to the article, full employment is somewhere between 4% and 6%. Obviously this has a powerful impact on the Sonoma County labor market. The… Read more »

Since we talked about the things that can cause trouble for employees, here’s a guide for bosses when following up on a complaint or other workplace problem. While managers don’t yet have to Mirandize employees, it’s no accident that proper procedure when conducting an investigation resembles what we’ve all seen on popular police dramas. Conducting… Read more »

In addition to traditional standards like revealing trade secrets or working for the competition, our online world has increased the hazards for unwary employees. Especially important is violating a company’s anti-harassment or anti-discrimination policies. While it may be obvious that an alcohol loosened tongue might get you in hot water at a company party, it’s… Read more »

August is always a time of mixed feelings. Summer’s passing us by, and when we were kids the excitement of seeing our classmates again was always tempered by the reality of resuming the classroom routine. Many of us thought it would be great once we grew up, “no more teachers’ dirty looks,” etc. Now that… Read more »

If you’ve ever worked in a company dominated by cliques, you’ve probably worked in an environment where “cultural fit” was defined by what a particular boss or hiring manager thought it was. More than likely it translated to hiring people like himself. Always a nebulous term, cultural fit seems to slipping its way into meaninglessness,… Read more »

BOLT Staffing has spent considerable sums enlightening clients and potential clients regarding the actual costs of a bad hire. Indeed, even a successful hire involves enormous and generally overlooked costs for staff time devoted to advertising, interviewing, reference checking, etc. When things go bad with a new hire, all of this investment is lost. Validation… Read more »