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30 Lessons Learned at Management Workshops
Tweet Share on Facebook February 26, 2010 Comment (3)I have no doubt that these 30 things were mentioned at various management workshops throughout the United States this week:
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Could Your Blog Ruin Your Shot at a Job?
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2010 Comment (8)I have blogged for a few years now. It started as a great way to stay in touch with friends and former coworkers that I had moved away from. Over the years I have had occasion to vent about my work situation. I never name names and I never name the company. I am looking to move back to where I came from but think I will be judged on having blogged about work issues. I am in HR and have never broken any confidential issues on the blog--if I mention work it is only about how I don't get along with certain co-workers. The main focus of the blog is my rather mundane life. Any thoughts? I really want to move back 'home' but am afraid my blogging may have cost me a job that I haven't even applied for.
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'The Drew Brees Job Hunting Guide: It’s Just Like Being Quarterback'
Tweet Share on Facebook February 23, 2010 Comment (2)I know, it's ridiculous. There's no way Drew would try to write a job seekers’ book. He just doesn’t have that kind of experience.
But that is not keeping some real charlatans from writing books for recession-weary job seekers.
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10 Career Regrets You May Have Too Late
Tweet Share on Facebook February 19, 2010 Comment (2)There are some regrets that arrive early enough to be fixed, but others strike us later as we gain a clearer picture of what could have been done. Here are a few to avoid:
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Why You Must Challenge Yourself
Tweet Share on Facebook February 18, 2010 Comment (2)If you want to make the most out of your career, weave these two words into the fabric of your approach to life: “Challenge yourself.”
You will never fulfill even a fraction of your potential by sticking to the safe and comfortable. Why? Because the safe and comfortable never forces you to rise to the occasion. It never offers the resistance that strengthens muscles you didn't know you had.
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When Punishment Backfires at Work
Tweet Share on Facebook February 18, 2010 Comment (2)I recently read about new government regulations that fine airlines $27,500 per passenger for long delays on the tarmac. Nobody likes to be delayed. I once spent six hours sitting on a runway in Texas, and, in order to appease the passengers, the flight attendants handed out free alcohol. Need I even mention how many people took them up on their offer? Or that the wait became even less pleasant, because not only were we stuck a plane, but we were now stuck on a plane with drunken college students?
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How to Keep Your Thank-You Note Out of the Trash
Tweet Share on Facebook February 17, 2010 Comment (9)You’ve heard it a million times: Always send a thank-you letter after a job interview. So it may surprise you to learn that some hiring managers don’t like receiving these letters. It’s a waste of their time, they say.
Sounds a little curmudgeonly, doesn’t it? But maybe it’s because so many thank-you letters are a waste of time--theirs, and ultimately, yours, too. Are you using your letters just to say “thanks for the interview”? Then you are throwing away a golden opportunity to strengthen your chances of getting hired.
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Tag You're It, Gen Y
Tweet Share on Facebook February 16, 2010 Comment (4)“Not Everyone Gets a Trophy.” That's the title of Bruce Tulgan’s new book and I think it summarizes perfectly a point I would like to make to younger job seekers today.
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An Edict for Every Manager: Go See
Tweet Share on Facebook February 12, 2010 Comment (1)The mechanic explained that the revealing pin-up photos of young women were on the inside door of his locker--so what’s the big deal? The investigator pictured a classic high school locker room and thought, “Small lockers. Male-only environment. How could the female coworkers even see the photos?”
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Should Bosses Care How Employees Use Paid Time Off?
Tweet Share on Facebook February 11, 2010 Comment (13)I have a small business with two employees. One of my employees decided she can add [paid time off] hours to her pay periods when she cannot do 80 hours (which is often). As an example, she worked 76 hours last period then decided to slap four extra PTO hours on top of that to make 80, so her paycheck registers 80 hours.
