Human Resources

Calling in sick in a recession

Workers nationwide are taking more sick days as stress from the recession and increased workloads are taking a toll, Personneltoday.com reported this week. But Richmond professionals say absenteeism has waned in light of fears over unemployment. The average worker missed nine days last year, up from the five days reported the previous year. That is… Read more »

HR troubles

Have you heard the one about the startup that was so pathetic it couldn’t even hire an intern? Yeah, well, back off. Hiring an intern is harder than it sounds. We tried everything we could think of — spent approximately 30 hours of time – and struck out miserably. I emailed all the college newspapers… Read more »