Career

Michigan Senate OKs ban on local rules for job interviews

The Republican-led state Senate voted along party lines Thursday to prohibit municipalities from regulating what information employers must request, require or exclude during job interviews — a backlash against some bans on salary history questions in other parts of the country.

Should You Add a Photo to Your Resume?

Recently, I've started regularly receiving a question I hadn't heard much before: "Should I put my photo on my resume?"It's a great question!

3 Steps to Evaluating Your Employees' Values

Performance reviews are meant to show the progress of employees toward their goals, but this isn't the only facet of employee performance you should consider when evaluating employees.

Hiring for Curiosity, the Overlooked Key to Business Innovation

As curiosity becomes increasingly important to business success, employers must grapple with a difficult question: How do you recruit for and create a team of highly curious individuals?Many environmental factors inside an organization can nurture or suppress an individual's curiosity, but very little has been done to help hiring managers identify curious candidates.

Adjusting the Definition of 'Creatives' : Artist Adam J. Kurtz on His New Book

Artist, author, and designer Adam J. Kurtz made a name for himself thanks to a unique sensibility that blends mordant wit, candid vulnerability, and warped optimism, all expressed through playful visual objects like the "I'm sorry I'm such an a**hole" balloon (NSFW, of course) and the interactive book, Pick Me Up.Today marks the release of Kurtz's third book, Things Are What You Make of Them: Life Advice for Creatives. A colorful book whose perforated pages are meant to be torn out and taped up wherever you need them most, Things Are What You Make of Them collects some of Kurtz's Design*Sponge columns on topics ranging from "What to Do When You Fail" to "How to Be Yourself."Kurtz was kind enough to answer a few questions for us via email.

How to Evaluate a Job Ad

When searching for a job, you should never haphazardly apply to every opening that bears the same job title you're looking for.