I just read articles on LinkedIn and again in the HR Executive magazine last week, stating that giving notice to an employer is becoming somewhat passé. Really, hmmm. Politeness is lacking enough in our society, and now employees are becoming so numb to simple courtesy that they can’t give a two-week notice. I can hear it now, but […]
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Now is the time we all make that New Year’s resolutions list. My question to you is how often list includes investing in your personal and professional development? I’m not talking about buying yourself a present or an espresso, losing weight, exercising more, or the myriad of typical resolutions. I mean true investment in your
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With the recent spate of executives merging, acquiring, downsizing and closing companies for their own financial benefit, and often under the guise of “cost savings synergies,” it’s quite apparent that ethical leadership training is more necessary than ever. Justifying their behavior because they think that “those lowly employees we have on staff” will find a job
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Nearly every job applicant has seen them. Nearly every HR Manager has written them. What are they? “They” are the dreaded “wants” job posting. From a better economy to a paradigm shift to non-traditional candidates, we have constant changes to our workforce, but not to our hiring approach. We seem to struggle in writing
“If you don’t know why you’d hire you, neither will they.” – Frank Sonnenberg “Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you
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Every year we set resolutions to achieve, and most of us are already done with them by the second week of January. Below, I have given you six tips to breakthrough your struggles and make your New Year’s Resolutions, or any goals you set, stick. These tips have worked for me personally, and will help you
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I found the above picture yesterday in a search for graphics, and it immediately struck me as perfect for my article. While everyone writing their resume is doing so in earnest and with the best information they have, often the person writing it may have received bad resume advice from friends and family, used poorly
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Recently MarTechExec contacted me about a Talent Management article they were preparing concerning development of leaders in an organization. Below you will find my answer for the article and a link to it as well with other experts chiming in on their thoughts. “The very first thing I tell client companies and executive coaching clientele
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I was delighted to participate in a colleague’s recent “experts article” as a career coach, on “how to discover your career passion.” I have included my part of the article and a link to the full article below: “First, have the job seeker go through an exercise that is very revealing and can detect patterns
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Every week I receive multiple calls as a career coach from people wanting to find their “dream career” or “what they are meant to do for the rest of their life.” While some people do have a career calling, most people actually have several potential careers that would give them great satisfaction, provide decent income,
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