HR oddity – You couldn’t make it up!
What smells worse at work – a colleague or the atmosphere?
We spend a third of our lives at work, yet no one has prepared us for it. This book is not a textbook, but a guide to reality. It's full of real stories from people who have experienced it first-hand. You will learn how to ask for more money, what to do when your boss is breathing down your neck, and how to nail a job interview. Everything is presented with humour, in an understandable way, and through real-life stories that will both entertain and educate you. The author is behind the popular Tips4work profile and focuses on authentic work-life situations that you couldn't make up in your wildest dreams. This isn't HR for companies, but for people.
Lucie Štáfová
Lucie Štáfová is a career advisor and the founder of the Tips4work project. She has been working in HR and recruitment since 2013. She gained professional experience in corporate environments and smaller companies, including IBM. Gradually, she began to notice that many situations people considered normal at work were not normal at all, and she decided to start talking about them openly. It was from this need that the Tips4work project was born. Since 2023, she has dedicated herself to it full-time, helping people better navigate the world of work, succeed in interviews, and write better CVs. At the same time, she shows companies how to create an environment where people enjoy working.
When she started talking openly on social media about workplace absurdities, bad interviews, toxic bosses, and situations that employees often keep to themselves, people began to follow her in large numbers. Today, tens of thousands of people watch her humorous and educational videos on serious work-related topics. Her videos gradually evolved into the HR Bizár series and stories labelled "this really happened". People started sending her their own work experiences – some funny, others absurd, painful, or hard to believe. Often, these were not just short anecdotes but long, unfolding stories with emotions and outcomes. It is from these that this book was created.
Some of her videos have become part of university courses. She has been a guest on the Seznam.cz podcast, participated in a round table discussion in the Parliament of the Czech Republic on the topic of young people in the labour market, and has been invited by the European Union to conferences focused on employment, social rights, and the future of work, such as the European Employment and Social Rights Forum in Brussels. In addition to individual consultations, she leads workshops and training for individuals, companies, and universities. In the book HR Bizár, you will find laughter, tears, workplace absurdity, and practical tips and tricks on how not to go mad at work. Some stories will amuse you, others will surprise you, and some may even anger you. But they all remind you of one important thing: if you ever think, "This can't be normal," you are probably not alone.
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