Career transfer to accounting and finance
Q: I just have a few questions about career transfer that I hoped that you may be able to answer for me. I have worked for the past 9 years in the biotech industry with 5 of those years in … Continued
Holiday party with potentially new rules
Q: Our holiday party is soon approaching. We have just been acquired by a larger company. Our past holiday parties have been pretty subdued with each employee bringing in their special favorite dish and then the company picking up the … Continued
Job Doc Chat with Pattie Hunt Sinacole On Monday November 30th
This week on the Job Doc Chat, Pattie answered questions about how to change jobs after a long employment period, how to explain absences from the job market and how to make a clean, attractive resume. She also answered questions … Continued
Job Doc Chat with Pattie Hunt Sinacole on Monday November 2
This week on the Job Doc Chat, Pattie answered questions about applying for multiple positions at the same company, how to deal with sick coworkers and how to make a sample works portfolio. She also confronted the issue of asking … Continued
Providing professional references can be a challenge
Q: I am looking to resign from my first job out of college. I received an offer that said it was “contingent upon the satisfactory completion of three professional references.” Who am I supposed to give? I can’t give my … Continued
Leaving a new job after 6 months – yes or no?
Q: I started a new job about six months ago at a large company outside of Boston. I am happy that someone took a chance on me because before that I had taken 15 years off to raise kids as … Continued
Posting Jobs Internally
Q: I worked at a large company and recently left. I am now working for a small company. We have little HR support here so occasionally I will call my former HR Director with a question or two. She seems … Continued
Manager Leaves Employee
Q: I was hired late last year at a mid-sized company. I enjoy my job. I was hired by a former manager who had started working at my current employer last summer, a few months before me. I loved working … Continued
Job Doc Chat with Pattie Hunt Sinacole on Monday, August 31
This week on the Job Doc Chat, Pattie answered questions about an employer’s responsiveness to job applications and how to deal with annoying coworkers. She also tackled the tough question of how to ask for a raise, see all this … Continued
Pursuing a Second Career in Interior Design
Q: I am 35 years old and a stay at home with two small children. My undergraduate degree was in political science. It was a degree that I never really used since I worked mostly in marketing and non-profit fundraising … Continued