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HOW DOES THAT WORK? by Nan S. Russell - Sep, 2011 How would you respond to this question: "Are you one of the top 10% of performers in your company?" This question posed in a Business Week survey found that overall 90% of surveyed executives, middle managers, and employees from both large and small companies thought they were, indeed, in the top 10% of performers. I'm not a math major, but how does that work exactly? In my twenty years in management that wasn't my experien... |
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10 Big Differences Between the Job Search of Today and Yesterday by Joshua Waldman - Sep, 2011 1. Google Has Replaced the Résumé Recruiters are now using Google and LinkedIn searches to find talent, instead of paying for job-board or talent databases, like they used to do. In fact, many companies are even mandating that every new application go through a Google screening process. So that means the first page of your Google results matter much more than they ever did before. The problem is that what Google delivers o... |
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Managing Your Internal PR by Joan Runnheim Olson - Sep, 2011 It’s important to manage your own PR within your organization. Consider conducting a quarterly review of the real players that influence your career. If you don’t have a list of those players, take a few minutes to generate one. Then every three months review this list which will most likely include your bosses, peers, subordinates and clients. “Bosses” are those people at a higher level who can influence your career, i.e., yo... |
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The Dangers of Social Media – How Employers Can avoid the Pitfalls of Social Networks by Lisa Harpe - Aug, 2011 Millions of people are actively engaging in social media. A survey conducted by Jobvite suggested that nearly 83% of Recruiters and Human Resource professionals surveyed were planning to use social media for recruiting job seekers in 2011. Dr. Lisa Harpe -- an Industrial Psychologist and Principal Consultant at Peoplefluent -- and Ms. Christy Kiely -- an attorney at Hunton & Williams – discussed the legal implications of using... |
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They Will Look At Your Resume by Diana Corso - Aug, 2011 Reason #1: You have given him/her what they want by reading the job description completely. Know why you are sending your resume to the recruiter/hiring manager? Do you have what it takes? Are you qualified? Reason #2: Your resume is clean and concise! No 2-toned colors! No Pictures! No frames around your text! Use the BOLD to highlight your old company's name, what industry they are in and what you did. No Rambling! Get to... |
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Who’s an Internet Applicant? Recruiters Should Be Ready to Answer by Lisa Harpe - Aug, 2011 On October 7, 2005, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released its final rule regarding the definition of an Internet applicant. As mentioned in a November 2005 article by Dr. Michael Harris, the final rule presents four criteria for a job seeker to be considered an applicant, as follows: 1.The individual submits an expression of interest in employment through the Internet or related electronic data... |
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Thriving Through Job Loss: Creating and Sustaining Our Safety Nets by Kevin Nourse - Aug, 2011 You’ve recently lost your management job and are frustrated with your apparent lack of progress in finding new work despite your best efforts to spend hours in front of your computer submitting resumes and applications to potential employers. Further, you are losing energy in the process and feeling less and less motivated to take action. Consider the fact that maybe you may be missing one key ingredient to the process: social... |
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3 Simple Ways to Get More Feedback by Lindsey Pollak - Aug, 2011 When I run training programs for companies on how to better manage their Generation Y talent, there is a certain complaint I hear over and over again: This generation wants too much feedback! According to many managers, Gen Y employees want feedback “on-demand”—they want to know how they’re doing after virtually every meeting, presentation, report, project or any other demonstration of their skills. Most Gen Ys don’t ... |
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Executive Wisdom for True Leadership - Finding Wisdom by Dr. Maynard Brusman - Aug, 2011 I was recently working with one of my San Francisco Bay Area executive coaching clients – the president of a professional services firm. We talked about wisdom’s role in true leadership. My executive coaching client and I discussed how both knowledge and experience have influenced his ability to make wise decisions. I am coaching my client to tap into his wisdom in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity. Finding Wisdom Fort... |
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ALJ RULES ON OFCCP'S DESK AUDIT SCREEN OF ITEM 11 by David Cohen - Aug, 2011 A recent ruling by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) regarding Item 11 requests has some important implications for both contractors and the OFCCP. The case, OFCCP v. United Space Alliance LLC, DOL, OALJ, No. 2011-OFC-00002, 2/28/11, can be found here. Before discussing the case, it might be useful to briefly explain the process by which a federal agency obtains approval to request information from employers. When a federa... |
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