By Carlee Mallard, on April 20th, 2010% With all this talk about the legality of unpaid internships, I started wondering where unpaid work (not specified as an internship) would fall in this argument. Where do you draw the line between doing work for free and for a fee?
Otherwise You Have to Pay Someone Else
Perhaps we draw the line between work that benefits us as individuals directly as opposed to benefiting another person. For example, most of us clean our homes, cook our own food, plant gardens, write our own resumes, do our taxes (arguably beneficial), raise our own children, and paint our own toes; . . . → Read More: 3 Reasons To Work For Free
By Carlee Mallard, on April 7th, 2010% Is work supposed to be fun?
I ask because I really don’t know what is a reasonable expectation to have of work. Does it depend on your industry, your job duties, or your work environment? If you’re working from a cubical, that means you’re not supposed to be having fun, but if you’re a stand-up comedian then your you’re allowed to have fun at work?
I recently overheard a coworker saying “Work is work, it isn’t supposed to be fun. That’s why you’re at work and not at home with your friends and family.” My gut reaction wanted to . . . → Read More: Work Isn’t Supposed To Be Fun (Except Fun Jobs)
By Carlee Mallard, on March 26th, 2010% Ian Shapira recently blogged on the Washington Post asking “Are Millenials Lazy?” Ian recapped the story of young medical residents who no longer work the 120-hour work weeks that the older doctor’s worked when they were training and that older generations are accusing Millenials of “devoting less of their energy to work.”
My response to that is this: why must our generation devote our lives to extreme working hours to be considered productive & hard-working citizens contributing to society? Why is our valuing of work and life balance translated into “lazy” by older generations?
Japan has the highest . . . → Read More: Millenials Aren’t Lazy: They’re Pioneers
By Carlee Mallard, on February 26th, 2010% A young woman in college raised a topic of much debate on NPR this afternoon. She explained that her advisor told her she needed to take down all her pictures on Facebook that she wouldn’t want an employer to see. She then complained about how she really didn’t want to delete them. The consensus on the show seemed to be that no, you don’t have to delete all your pictures, but employers don’t have to hire you either.
Why are we still talking about whether potential employers are going to Google you or check out your Facebook profile? Why . . . → Read More: Thanks For The Advice, But I’m Not Deleting Any Facebook Photos
By Carlee Mallard, on February 3rd, 2010% There’s something I need to get off my chest because I’m not sure what or how to think about it. The issue is weeding out potential employees in not-so-nice ways. Example:
You are hiring 60 temporary employees for an upcoming project. The staffing agency recruits and hires a little more than that (we’ll say 70) just in case some people don’t accept the position or quit in the middle of the project. Then the training sessions are scheduled. New employees are informed that if they want this job, they will need to come to an 8-hour training session on . . . → Read More: Employers & Applicants: Both Sides
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