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Workplace Issues

10 words + phrases I don’t want to hear in 2010

December 26, 2009

It’s been quite a year. I think 2009 has been a year that we won’t soon forget for a large number of reasons. Most of them not so great…though I think that the many unfortunate events of this year have inspired and spawned a lot of excellent ideas and movements. I won’t lie. I’ll be [...]

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A very special international edition of Dream Job Radio! | HR Roundtable 12.16.09 #punkATL

December 19, 2009

As a part of a most special day on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, I could not have been more honored to host an international roundtable of HR rock stars on such a special edition of Dream Job Radio. Featured guests were Miriam Salpeter of Keppie Careers, Geoff Webb + Maha Akiki representing RecruitingBlogs, Laurie Ruettimann [...]

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Unemployed? Consider contract work.

December 15, 2009

I know that many people who are seeking work focus on permanent positions without ever considering contract or freelance work. Guess what? While they don’t take taxes out of your paycheck and they typically do not provide you with benefits – THEY PAY YOU! ACTUAL MONEY! That you can like, BUY STUFF WITH!! If I [...]

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How to not be rude to your co-workers

December 4, 2009

If one more person asks me “How’s your love life?” I’m going to punch them in the face. Fortunately I learned a long time ago how to shut someone up really fast when they say that after I figured out that it’s always married men who ask single people such a rude and stupid question. [...]

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Looking back at 2009 | How this year has changed the workplace

November 24, 2009

As a member of the SmartBrief on Workforce Advisory Board, Editor Mary Ellen Slayter asked us to share our thoughts on what’s happened over the past year from an HR / labor / work issues perspective. It’s been quite a year. According to the U.S. Department of Labor it now takes an average of 27.2 [...]

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Working for a bully? What you can do about it right. now.

November 20, 2009

There is a Workplace Bullying Institute! WHO KNEW? And their tagline is, “Work shouldn’t hurt.” Ok. I am in love with this organization and their mission! I just wish I’d known about them when I worked for was being tortured by Evil Boss Lady. If you’ve got a bullying boss, following are some things that [...]

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Expose’| It’s a hard-knocks life

November 20, 2009

From the time I was in my mid-twenties to my early thirties I had a pretty fantabulous (yes I just made that word up and I love it so SHUT UP) job doing – essentially – corporate recruiting – for a major U.S. life insurance company. I say essentially because in six years I was [...]

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Jane Goldner and Beth Farrar talk Boomers + Gen Y in the workplace on Dream Job Radio!

November 20, 2009

We had a great show with Jane Golder and Beth Farrar, including a very interesting conversation on Baby Boomers and Gen Y in the workplace. Click here to listen to the show! Jane Goldner, Ph.D., president and founder of The Goldner Group, is one of the nation’s leading authorities on talent retention and trusted advisor [...]

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