I currently work as a HR Assistant in a clinical research organization and I recently received an increase of about 4% for my last year performance which overall was good! A receptionist who has about the same amount of experience as I do with no degree not only received a 4% increase but was also promoted to an HR Assistant role with an additional 4% increase, now making almost $3000 more then me. This has made me furious!! How can I approach my Director for a fair evaluation?? Or help her see my side without any threats. I currently need my job as I am planning on making some life changes.

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A personnel manager deals with day-to-day tasks and issues. Examples are hiring, terminations, etc…
A human resource manager is a step up in the heirarchy. HR Managers are responsible for long-term outlooks such as projected costs, requirements, training programs, new labor pools, etc…

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Having a degree in HR, I know some golden rules of interviewing and would think that the general public would know too-especially a VP of HR. One being that you don’t inquire about someone’s nationality. I went for an interview with the VP of HR and an HR manager for a well known company. First thing out of the VP’s mouth was directed at the HR manager and was “do you know where this last name is from?” she says no and he says iran. I say nothing. Then he askes me some questions relevant to the job and looks at my resume and asks why I did not put down that I speak farsi. I tell him because I am not iranian, I am assyrian. He then turns to his HR manager and says “oohh, assyrians are a very ancient civilization, remind me to tell you about them later”. Again, I say nothing. Then out of nowhere, he turns to the HR manager and says you know, if we (we as in the United States) ever decided to attack Iran, you know for their nuclear weapons, there won’t be any assyrians left. I don’t know why, but again I said nothing. I know I did fine in the interview because it consisted of 3 vague questions (what I know about the company, why i picked HR, and my background). I got their cards, went home and send out thank you notes. I then realized by his name, that he was armenian. If anyone knows the history between armenians and assyrians, they will know that they do not like each other. Couple days later in the mail, I get a rejection letter. Any suggestions?

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“I have forwarded your application to the department director”?

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I have a complaint against my Manager and the HR director want a co-worker from another department to head the hearing ? can this be done ?
My manager is a director and the HR want a engineer who is not even a manager to head my hearing ? surely it needs to be someone higher ranked ? please adivse

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I recently moved to southern California from the east coast and have been working at this job for about 3 months now. I am paid semi-monthly so I’m scheduled to be paid on the 10th and 25th of each month. My paycheck has always been 2 to 3 days late and actually never cared (I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it). This time however, it’ been over a week and I still have not been paid. I called payroll and the lady was rude and stated that she couldn’t do anything about it and it is utimately my choice if I wanted to continue waiting for the mail or she can cancel the check and reissue it but that would mean a longer wait. I wasn’t too sure about Cali paycheck rules and I wanted my paycheck ASAP so I asked for her to reissue a new paycheck for me…. I didn’t know until after she had processed it that it would mean I won’t get paid until the next pay period. When I asked if there was anything I can do to speedy up this process, I was told “No. There’re nothing you can do it is a process.”
I’m not sure what this process is but I don’t understand why I have to go through a month without a pay. I’ve tried contacting HR/ VP of Operations and I received the same answer. Is there anything I do in this situation?
I’m an at-will employee so I’m not sure if it’s wise to go to the labor board. I REALLY like my job, I’m just very frustrated with the payroll/ HR people. I recently discussed the situation with my co-workers who are being paid via mail as well, and they all said that their paychecks are always late too. During my training phase I was told by the Operations person that it is the organization’s policy to mail out our checks 3 days before pay date to ensure we receive our checks on time but after speaking with payroll, I found out it was the evening before pay day. That really ticked me off.
Is there much I can do in this situation or screw myself over?

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to apply for a job.i need to know if dear jane smith (not her real name) would be too informal

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I need to know if I go to HR!!
I have been working at my company for close to two years. I have mastered everything that has come my way and have a pretty good reputation with the higher ups’. I have also been told I have promotion waiting for me at the end of summer after I graduate. Here is the drama…. A new girl started about 2-3 months ago and she shares my office after I leave for the day. First, she was really messy, then started to throw my notes away, go through my drawers and remove my things and put her stuff in it’s place. (this is my office and my boss allows her to be there only when I am gone) She even has gone into my personal voicemail and erased messages from my saved box that were for me only. These messages were needed the next day for me to return important calls. All gone. I went to my Director and explained what has happened so far. So I took it upon myself to be the mature person and approach the girl and let her know we are here to work together as a team, so lets just start with a clean slate. She agreed. Well, here is the issue that is so messed up!! A different co-worker came up to me today and informed me that when she walked in on this girl the other day, this girl had pulled up my old arrest record from over 12 years ago. She was looking at my picture (plus she was in her managers office doing this) and sharing it with the co-worker that told me about this. It was my arrest record, and I have never been convicted. I was arrested for something stupid but never charged. My company did a background check on me when I first began. I also brought the record to my Director and H.R. in the first week I began so I would not hide anything or have it bite me in the butt later. I can not tell you how pissed off I am. What else is this girl going to do to me? This girl also has been caught by me trying to lie on her timesheet and try to increase her pay by 3 hours. There is something very wrong about this girl. If she is so negative and hateful towards me for no reason, well, this makes me so uncomfortable.. Is this a valid reason to go back to my Director and HR??? (I don’t want to look like a narc, but this is pretty personal.) Please I need urgent advice. Please help, what would you do and who should I talk to?? I want to be as professional as I can be. Thank you all for your time!
One other thing, the arrest record is public record in the state of Florida. So is this still a violation of some kind because this happened in the work place??

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It would depend on the size of the company
the years of experience
the geogrphical area you are located in
I am in hr, I know managers that make 35,000 and some making up to 100,000
Those in union companies tend to make more but larger size companies also may more
Good career to be in, lots of jobs

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I had a job interview in April that went quite well, and I was called back for a 2nd interview with two of the managers. That 2nd interview wasn’t perfect, but went all right. That was 2 weeks ago, and at the time they said they’d finished interviewing all candidates and they’d probably decide within a few days. I didn’t hear anything after 1 week, so I called the HR director, and she apologized that things were moving slowly, but said no decision had been made yet. She also said the position had NOT been filled and she had NOT been asked to seek out any more candidates, which I took as a good sign. I thanked her and said I’d wait to hear back. I then sent a polite letter to the 2 managers to let them know I was still very interested in the position.
That was one week ago, and I still haven’t heard anything. Should I wait, or check in again?
P.S. They told me that only a small handful of people would make it to the 2nd interview, that’s why I figured they could decide quickly.

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