Ask a Manager

MARCH 18, 2015

I’m finding that the most junior person I supervise, although he has a positive attitude, is picking up the job well, and communicates reasonably well in person, is not a great written communicator. The owner of the firm I work for, who is my immediate supervisor, believes paying for advertising is too expensive.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

We advertised publicly but after interviews we haven’t found a suitable candidate for the position which is probably most critical. Rather than advertise again given the urgency, we’ve been asked to tap our networks for candidates to interview. Those conversations have been … not “friendly” exactly, but cordial.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

I recently came across a post from a parent in my professional network who was advertising her kid’s resume on LinkedIn. I supervise a new employee who normally rides the bus home. Sometimes managers from one department that works with my team (but does not supervise them) will send a complaint to me about an error.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Everyone thinks the job is glamorous — think entertainment, high level politics, or Madison Avenue advertising. I gave the hiring company a skill-based summary of my working relationship with each reference: “Jane supervised me at Llovely Llama and is extremely familiar with my llama grooming skills.”

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MARCH 30, 2022

If the person supervising them is never available past 5 and they’re only available starting at 5, that sounds like a deal-breaker. my friend uses her sister's assault as a motivational story at work my boss advertised my job without telling me. You may also like: am I crossing boundaries with my boss, who's also my friend's mother?

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 10, 2015

She understood the gravity of the situation, and we gave her a written disciplinary and placed a site coordinator at the office to supervise her. My manager wants to advertise for rock stars. With coaching and mentoring, I also reviewed our agency policies and procedures with her, as well as review of the organization chart.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

There is a fair amount of movement between positions and there’s no guarantee that I will supervise the same people from year to year. I also work part-time for another public organization and regularly advertise for new positions on a professional listserv. I can imagine all sorts of issues with that.

Promotion 21

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AUGUST 26, 2020

If you’re already employed and your employer isn’t aware you’re job searching, it’s definitely unusual to so openly advertise it on LinkedIn … but it’s possible there’s context that makes that a non-issue for the people you saw. Would that have been passing the buck since the sales rep doesn’t supervise the locate request employees?

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

I report directly to the CEO, who gives me a lot of autonomy based partly on trust and partly on lack of time to supervise more closely. I am technically a member of the senior leadership team, though I don’t actually supervise any non-interns. Most women don’t sound like valley girls, and many of us are quite straightforward.).

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MAY 15, 2016

This despite the fact that our personnel manual explicitly says that all open positions must be advertised internally first. In my current role, my boss and I jointly supervise a few Teapot Cleaners, which I’ve been identifying as supervisory experience in my resumes and cover letters.

Food 20

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JANUARY 26, 2020

This is significantly lower than what was advertised and painfully lower than what I was expecting. I help supervise a group of about 20 student workers at a college. I applied for a position for which I have good experience and education that was listed as $24 – $32 an hour for full-time. Is it common to list a much higher pay?

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

” I am a teapotian that supervises someone in a staff position, although she also has the professional degree. There are some jobs where there are sufficient applicants in the first few days it’s advertised, and the employer doesn’t look at any/most of the people who come in after that. No, you can and should still apply!

Legal 20

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Then they sent me a job offer, and it was shockingly low, close to 25% below what I was making at my previous job, even though this position was advertised at the higher level that I was targeting. I am in a role supervising a team of multimedia instructional designers. They expressed strong interest and contacted my references.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The position he was interviewing for would be under my supervision, and he was told more than once that I was the manager. Company advertised one salary range but then told me a different one in person. When he responded, he would only look at our second colleague.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

I supervise a team of six. The timing of the hiring had nothing to do with the project’s pivot; it was advertised and budget approved six months ago.) It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. Did my manager tell my employee that I can’t do my job?

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Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

It’s not surprising for a company that reportedly spent over $100 million on advertising in 2023, making it the country’s projected leading sponsor of podcasts. In some places, it says it requires a minimum of three years of experience and in others it states 2000 supervised hours (about a year of full-time work).

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Work Life

APRIL 28, 2024

Embrace creativity Ingrained in my brain are the eyes of my disappointed Latina mother when I told her I was switching majors from social work to advertising design. I exclusively worked in general market advertising, even though I was a bicultural Hispanic. I felt her heartache as she brought up her “Coming to America” journey.

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SnackNation

AUGUST 9, 2017

Employees of SnackNation, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and suppliers, (collectively the “Employees”), and immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of Employees are not eligible to participate in the Campaign. Rights Granted by You: By entering this contest (e.g.,

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Mad in America

AUGUST 3, 2024

People who are angered, sickened, and impaired by their industrial labor and leisure can escape only into a life under medical supervision and are thereby seduced or disqualified from political struggle for a healthier world.” It labels the handicapped as unfit and breeds ever new categories of patients.

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Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Because I thought his documentation issues were fixable with good supervision (he could do great notes on time if administration kept on top of him), I agreed to give it to him. He wrote that one of his patients had her dog die five months in a row because of his use of this.). If so, what is the best way to do this?

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MARCH 8, 2017

I saw that you’ve advertised it online, so I’m guessing that you’ve decided to talk with other candidates. I supervise 30 people and don’t require this of any of them, nor do I feel that I have the right to make this a requirement. I don’t want to be put in a position where being dishonest is my only way out.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

I supervise a role where critical thinking is really important – people need to be able to problem solve and think on their feet to figure out ways to resolve issues within a general policy and rules framework. Interviewing/selecting candidates. Is there a polite, professional way to ensure that only my supported staff access the food?

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Co-sponsored by senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal and discussed in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in late January , the bill calls for social media platforms to allow for the restricting of access to minors’ personal data and provide “parents or guardians with tools to supervise minors’ use of a platform.”

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

They claimed Shire failed to warn about the effects of Adderall and illegally marketed and advertised the drug. A herculean effort under the supervision of state and federal regulatory agencies helped to clean up a heavily polluted lake that for decades was a dumping ground for Bristol and many of the industries in the area.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

Other shows get too far into illegal stuff or are fantasy universes. So I’m strictly talking about shows where nothing incredibly illegal and unethical is happening, and where it’s rooted in some degree of “normal,” commonplace, etc.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Given the acceptance that much of conscious life is moved by unconscious conflicts and dynamics, it may surprise the reader to know that there is no obligation in training for the psychiatrist to have their own therapy and, indeed, once qualified there is no requirement for them to have ongoing personal supervision.

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Mad in America

APRIL 29, 2025

Traditionally rooted in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic traditions, such training has been overshadowed by economic pressures, the high cost of postgraduate education, clinical supervision, and personal therapy, as well as lack of diversity in faculty in these institutes.

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

I supervise the day-to-day tasks of and serve as a resource for a coworker, but we share a boss. Say it this way: “I noticed you’re advertising for a few positions now that were also open a year or two ago. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. My coworker puts on a show of being busy — but it’s not required.

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