Coming Back from a Poor Interview

Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, answers common reader questions about how to further your career in HR. I have been a contract employee at a large... Read more »

When Is the Best Time of Year for Job Hunting?

Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, answers common reader questions about how to further your career in HR. My company has just been bought by a private... Read more »

When Women Leave Leadership, Address Root Causes Not Symptoms

?Female leaders at the senior level and above are switching jobs at the highest rate ever seen—and at a higher rate than men in leadership, according to McKinsey & Company’s Women in... Read more »

Employers Can’t Guarantee Complete Confidentiality in Investigations

?Protecting the confidentiality of complainants and others participating in workplace investigations is a tightrope act for investigators. They need to provide assurances of confidentiality to the extent possible without guaranteeing complete confidentiality.... Read more »

Employers Confront Inflation in the UK

As employers and employees cope with the continuing effects of inflation in the U.K., political instability has made it necessary to craft policies independent of uncertain governmental budgets. In late September, the... Read more »

CBS to Pay Millions to Settle Sexual Harassment Investigation

CBS has agreed to pay a $30.5 million settlement after a state investigation found that the media company knew about and covered up multiple allegations of sexual assault made against former CBS... Read more »

Jury Finds Employer Didn’t Retaliate Against Worker who Filed Complaint

?A jury returned a verdict for an employer, a subsidiary of a publicly traded life sciences company, finding that a former employee did not meet his burden of proving he was terminated... Read more »

Weekly Jobless Claims Remain Historically Low

?States reported that 217,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending Oct. 29, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s revised level and just under the prepandemic average of... Read more »

Episode 375: CHRO Series – What Skills and Experience Do You Believe Are Absolute Requirements for a CHRO Role? Part 2

When I think about the requirements and where people may want to develop skills, I think firstly it’s talent, leadership overall and strategic business partnership, which for me means being able to... Read more »

Managing the Stress of a Layoff, Job-Hunting

?Best-selling author Martin Yate, a career coach and former HR professional, takes your questions each week about how to further your career in HR. Contact him at the e-mail address at the... Read more »
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