I must admit I have never heard of employers asking for a salary history. I was asked once about my current salary in a job interview and just gave them...

I definitely agree with being nice to the secretaries/admin assistants, mail room people etc. I have been there and know that it can make your job much more pleasant if...

I have been a software development consultant and the skill of being able to walk around and talk non-geek speak with others was highly prized by management. It means that...

I agree with others here. Using my birth date the only one that gave me the correct answer was the second one and my birthday is 7 months away.

I want...

Hi Steve,

I must say that I am a bit of a lurker. I enjoy your editorials and often read articles and do research here. I have found this community to...

Happy anniversary to you both!

The move to 64-bit may cause some companies and individuals problems. I know the company I work for won't like having to upgrade the servers, PCs...

Thank you Steve for caring! A lot of men think equality means not having to help a woman who is in an uncomfortable or even dangerous situation. I have been...

Merry Christmas and happy new year to everyone. I am taking annual leave for the days between Christmas and New Year and plan to do as little as possible. In...

Wonderful! Manners just don't seem to be important to many people anymore. I am glad that I am not the only one who thinks manners and kindness are important regardless...

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I would definitely agree that 2 monitors are better than one. I use a large screen laptop and an LCD monitor at work. I find it very useful when I...

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I am working a little more, about 2 hours more a week, but the company that I work for now is very flexible about when those hours are worked and...

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There is a SP difference. This was due to Access 2000 being released over a year before SQL Server 2000 consequently, Access 2000 (no service packs) does not support all...

Hi Paul,

The easiest way to do this is to add a field (I've called it Unpaid) to the query supplying the data to the report. Then put something like this...