Tips from Anthony Pizziol, BOLT’s American Canyon Office Manager Are you on the job hunt? Here are some practical tips to help you get what we all want: to get you your next job. Check your voicemail and email often!– Delays kill your prospects of getting hired. If our Staffing Coordinators have to call you… Read more »
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WARNING! Managers Can be Personally Liable for FMLA Violations
A recent US Court of Appeals ruling opens the door to managers being held personally liable for Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violations. The matter hinges on whether or not the manager can be determined to be an “employer” for the purposes of the law. The court used a four question test to determine if… Read more »
Looking for "A" Player(s)?
Mitch Harper, entrepreneur extraodinaire, recently uncovered 7 interview questions designed to reveal the diamonds you’re looking to hire. Here is his 5 minute read to show you how to identify A players.
Staffing Industry Facts
Earlier this month members of the California Staffing Professionals (CSP) visited the State Capitol to detail the value of the staffing industry to working people, employers, our local economies and the California economy as a whole. As CSP members, BOLT’s Joanne Sanders and Scott Crossen met with Senator Mike McGuire and Assemblyman Marc Levine sharing… Read more »
Snoozing on the Job: FMLA Protected?
A particularly outrageous case of a nurse quietly slipping away from a patient and coworkers to tend to her migraine headache, and later found napping, found its way to court after she was fired. The employer was granted a summary judgment and the case was dismissed. The details of how the employer handled the employee’s… Read more »
Target HR, Payroll Departments: Phishing in the 21st Century
The IRS issued an alert to companies warning of one of the latest internet scams. This one is more sophisticated than those old emails with convincing logos and mangled English. Aimed at Payroll and HR Departments, scammers send convincing looking emails impersonating the company’s CEO or other high level person and ask for personal information… Read more »
Time for Your Email to Grow Up?
Here’s a simple worthwhile tip. Does your email say something about you that is out of date? Maybe something that doesn’t put you in the best light? Here’s an entertaining video that makes the point.
EEOC Stretching into New Ground
The EEOC recently filed two lawsuits against two different private employers, thus breaking new ground and serving notice on all employers. The suits were filed on behalf of two gay employees whose complaints to higher management went unheeded after the employees alleged harassment by their supervisors. The EEOC has long held that bias based on… Read more »
An Offbeat Way to Select a Career
Matthew Tran is a psych major turned mechanical engineer turned YouTube partner who offers career advice to college students. His videos are creative, interesting and offer good ideas for people coming of age at a time where technology makes learning and marketing almost anything possible. Although his focus is on young people, his ideas apply… Read more »
Are You a Control Enthusiast?
A current car rental commercial makes fun of a humorless customer who sees himself as a control enthusiast rather than a control freak. The caricature in the ad is funny. Working for one in real life is not. Micromanagers often oppress their employees with their own insecurities, and they always create tension and stress. The… Read more »