Alumni Associations offer support for unemployed

If you are engaged in a job search, it is important to ensure you are taking advantage of every search resource at your disposal. For example, I recently received an email update from my local chapter of the…

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A lot of people don’t like their job



Shocking news from the Conference Board and MSNBC today folks! Americans are unhappy at work!



We can’t get no job satisfaction.



Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with their jobs, according to a new survey that found only 45 percent of Americans are satisfied with their… Continue

Are you ready?



It is coming soon. Maybe tomorrow, maybe sometime in 2010, but it is definitely coming to your office.



No, I’m not talking about Halloween, or Christmas. I’m not even talking about the end of open enrollment.



I am talking about the day in your HR career when you are confronted by the need to make a strategic recommendation about social media.



Most HR professionals won’t be ready!



If you will just invest a little… Continue

Message and Medium Matter



One of the more irritating things about living in an apartment complex are the constant attempts at outreach by… Continue

Bi-polar Functionality



Recently I have been working on an idea inspired by my attendance at the… Continue

Bi-polar Functionality



Recently I have been working all week on a thought inspired by my attendance at the ERE Expo last week. I had been thinking… Continue

Building your firewall





You work in corporate HR and IT.



You put put up the latest advances in firewall protection and keystroke monitoring technology.



You block MySpace, Facebook, and numerous other sites with “dubious/unsavory” ratings.



You broadcast well drafted policies on the use of social media, the use of company computers for unauthorized or illegal purposes.



You are… Continue

One of the things we were exposed to at the Disney Institute was a presentation on People Management in the Magic Kingdom. We were told all kinds of general facts, including that:



At Disney, all employees are referred to as Cast Members

Disney has over 2200 job titles with specific position descriptions.

Disney promotes largely from within. Phil Holmes, VP of the Magic Kingdom started his Disney career as a part time 3rd shift cast member zeroing out cash… Continue

How to interview like you are in show business!



My wife Kyle recently attended a writer’s workshop in Portland, Oregon where she got the opportunity… Continue

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Monster.com and Just for Men (the hair coloring guys) have come out with a…

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This article started life as a comment on a blog.



I then posted "7 tips for 50+ workers" on my… Continue

Work is a not exactly a sport. Some people seem to think it is a game. Quite often, I write about places to identify career opportunities or assist with a job search. Let's take a different look today.



Let's look at some strategies regarding work that you might not want to copy.

Not to oversimplify a highly valuable skill, but one of the basic keys to hiring someone is knowing the skills and personality traits you are looking for in a candidate.



Some people are born… Continue

Resumes must die



It is time to revisit this idea again.



You need to kill your resume!



It is especially time for me to kill my resume.

For a lot of reasons.





Me, circa 2007





I dug up an old resume from Careerbuilder that I put out there a long time ago, like in somewhere around 2007.



It looks like this:



Experienced Human Resources… Continue

Intellectual property takes new forms

An interesting question has been developing lately: If you work

with social media tools in a corporate… Continue

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Prepare for a Shock



These seven appointments by President Barack Obama are going to have a huge impact on practitioners in HR in 2009 and… Continue