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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? It gives you the flexibility to have them work on any project as needed.

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my coworker is cc’ing his mother on work correspondence

Ask a Manager

In my last email to all of them, I asked why his mother was being cc’ed, and asked whether she was a consultant for our company. (I The current board seems to recognize his issues, and seemed happy that I brought to the table a willingness to confront his troublesome behaviors and work ethics.

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updates: how can I get my staff to sign up to work after-hours events, my mom wants to write to the newspaper about my “tragic story of shattered dreams,” and more

Ask a Manager

The manager (the only one allowed to fire and layoff people) thought I was a no-show and decided not to renew my contract while my boss was working from the client offices, without consulting him first. So, when he was told the news he went nuts. It was bizarre.

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employer altered my LinkedIn profile, gifts for Admin Professionals Day, and more

Ask a Manager

I recently left my job as a recruitment consultant on (what I thought were) very good terms with my employer. In our field, many employers acquire the license to a tool called LinkedIn Recruiter that works alongside a LinkedIn personal profile to achieve better search insights. Regardless of the reason, is this behavior legal?

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helping a bored new coworker, manager got injured at the concert we went to together, and more

Ask a Manager

Is that even legal? Legally, yes, they could. I certainly hope that you won’t let it impact your assessment of my own work and my own work ethic.”. I already feel bad enough for encouraging them to hire such a flake, but can they really fire me for her shortcomings since I referred her?