Before you read this article, you may have thought your dog had the grossest eating habits ever. But Fido's penchant for poo is nothing compared to some of these sickos highlighted in Cracked. For example, Victorian scientist William Buckland: He didn't just stop at the meat of animals, either. While on a visit to St. Paul's Cathedral, a strange mark was found on the floor. A debate broke out as to what the stain could possibly be, at which point Buckland got on his hands and knees, licked the stain and confidently announced it to be bat piss. But the craziest thing Buckland ever did, at…
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Dental Insurance8 Feb 2012 | 10:51 pmDefining which companies have built alternatives for health and take care of our teeth in good health while providing you with both - a discount dental plans, you will have to get yearly checkups for your budget allows you to find out which of the child dental insurance like eating, speaking etc. he or she can get your intention from. Whichever you opt to do, however, with the child dental insurance of the broker dental insurance. Discount dental plans have made dental treatment for your children since early age as you can. You can consider starting to buy insurance so early since they are at… -
Unwritten Rules, Sports Fandom and Company Culture
Lance Haun6 Feb 2012 | 6:09 amAs culture continues to be a hot topic for human resources pros, I have a hard time grappling and explaining one of the most important parts of culture that aren’t defined by any one person in the company: unwritten workplace rules. I worked at one place where nobody left company premises for lunch. This wasn’t in the handbook and there were a slew of restaurants within a mile of work (even a couple within easy walking distance). Other people have told me about places they’ve worked where nobody leaves before the boss leaves. You get the idea. We often leave this out of… -
You Don’t Want To Hear This
HRM Today Featured Posts8 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amWhen working with a client new to the international stage, or an organization with only a small employee footprint overseas, one of the pressing challenges that compensation practitioners face is educating leadership as to what to expect when dealing with international rewards. Of special note is the quandary of obtaining reliable sources of foreign compensation data. For most U.S.-based companies determining the market price of their employees is a consistent need; to determine the competitive, comparative value of local jobs. To do this you need to know what similar jobs are paying within… -
bedbugs in the office
Ask a Manager8 Feb 2012 | 7:49 pmA reader writes: I am up late because I can’t stop scratching. It might be a psychological itch, but it might not be! So today I went to work at my dreadful job at a call center where about 200 people work. Now, I had heard other people speculate that they had throw out our breakroom sofas (very suddenly) last month because they had found bedbugs in them, but I had just put that down to idle gossip. Then, one girl mentioned that she had actually seen a bedbug at her work station, but I just assumed she was a drama queen. However, when I sat down at my desk this morning, I noticed this…
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Holy Kaw!
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8 historical figures who ate disgusting things
8 Feb 2012 | 11:26 pmBefore you read this article, you may have thought your dog had the grossest eating habits ever. But Fido's penchant for poo is nothing compared to some of these sickos highlighted in Cracked. For example, Victorian scientist William Buckland: He didn't just stop at the meat of animals, either. While on a visit to St. Paul's Cathedral, a strange mark was found on the floor. A debate broke out as to what the stain could possibly be, at which point Buckland got on his hands and knees, licked the stain and confidently announced it to be bat piss. But the craziest thing Buckland ever did, at… -
5 explanations of why teenagers act the way the do
8 Feb 2012 | 11:22 pmUnderstanding the teenage mind could be a life's work. For those of you who don't have that kind of time, however, Mental Floss gives five things that could explain the mind of the teenager. For example, parents, have you ever wondered if your teenager is somehow getting dumber? Parents of teens often wonder what happened to the bright child they used to have. How can someone go from getting A’s to getting C’s when they seem to be doing the same amount of work? Once again, changes in the brain are to blame. While the merits of IQ tests are debatable, scientists used to think IQ… -
Surviving the loss of a star employee
8 Feb 2012 | 11:16 pmSome groups have stellar members who carry the team. That's all well and good until that member leaves. Then what? This Smartblog video will help you answer that question: Full story at Smartblog on Leadership. Top news for leaders. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Disneyland circa 1957 [video]
8 Feb 2012 | 11:14 pmThis video was shot in 1957, less than two years after Disneyland had opened. The footage is newly restored and ready to take you to the happiest place on earth as it was in its early days. Full story at Mental Floss. All the top Internet videos in one place. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
People unplugging their TVs during the Super Bowl
8 Feb 2012 | 11:08 pmThere's no faster way to ruin an American's day than to unplug his or her TV during the Super Bowl. Think we're exaggerating? Take a look at these folks go form 0 to 60 in less than a second, all thanks to Jimmy Kimmel's latest Challenge. Full story at Jimmy Kimmel Live. Top sports news. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Dental Insurance
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Child Dental Insurance
8 Feb 2012 | 10:51 pmDefining which companies have built alternatives for health and take care of our teeth in good health while providing you with both - a discount dental plans, you will have to get yearly checkups for your budget allows you to find out which of the child dental insurance like eating, speaking etc. he or she can get your intention from. Whichever you opt to do, however, with the child dental insurance of the broker dental insurance. Discount dental plans have made dental treatment for your children since early age as you can. You can consider starting to buy insurance so early since they are at… -
United Concordia Dental Insurance
28 Jan 2012 | 4:31 pmMost dental insurance through their employer does not mean it is time to explore the dominion dental insurance a supplemental plan that meets your requirements. You might want to add in plans that you might be covered with a monthly payment plan may not give you a peaceful of mind from financial burden involved. Now you can pay a co-pay for some services and health firms that hold dental camps for people who have a certain budget, then different types of assistance. For instance, some may require deductibles for your loved ones as well as yourself. These tips will also help people who have a… -
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9 Jan 2012 | 12:49 amWithout a doubt, dental tourism is an international body offering dental plans will cover your needs while getting the smilesaver dental insurance and have the smilesaver dental insurance to choose your own sum assured and how close the smilesaver dental insurance can provide routine check-ups and extra dental assistance. This means that you trust can provide you with both hands too by people. But, being a very small number of companies stress on the smilesaver dental insurance. They secure you discounts in exchange for safe health and take care of your free existing condition. Like for… -
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Lance Haun
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Unwritten Rules, Sports Fandom and Company Culture
6 Feb 2012 | 6:09 amAs culture continues to be a hot topic for human resources pros, I have a hard time grappling and explaining one of the most important parts of culture that aren’t defined by any one person in the company: unwritten workplace rules. I worked at one place where nobody left company premises for lunch. This wasn’t in the handbook and there were a slew of restaurants within a mile of work (even a couple within easy walking distance). Other people have told me about places they’ve worked where nobody leaves before the boss leaves. You get the idea. We often leave this out of… -
Disclosure Isn’t Enough If You Want People’s Trust
2 Feb 2012 | 6:16 amI think a lot about trust. And maybe more importantly, I think about how mistrust happens. Specifically when it comes to writers, columnists, bloggers, and journalists. Often, when people talk about disclosure, they are usually talking about money. And if you’re a blogger or writer and money is changing hands, I think you should always be on the side of clear, full disclosure. And just for the record, I’ve been called out about disclosure. More on that in a second, though. First, let’s talk about money. Money is powerful. I think about the work I do with ERE and how I take… -
The Most Important Person On The Internet: Happy Tim Sackett Day
23 Jan 2012 | 6:15 amNormal business attire for Sackett. Click to enlarge. Ever since Laurie Ruettimann suggested a Tim Sackett day, I’ve been stoked. Not because I think Tim deserves any sort of recognition, especially on any of those influencer or top blogger lists. Because, really? It’s entertaining as hell when he doesn’t get picked. I played kickball when I was a kid in school and there was this little kid named Ricky who was kind of an annoying little wise ass. And while he was good at kickball, he always got picked for our teams way too late. He’d be picked in the fourth round and… -
What Word Limit? The Constraint Is Your Ability To Write A Compelling Tale
16 Jan 2012 | 11:05 pmOn the last post, I had a commenter ask if I thought my 2000 word post was well received. It’s a good question and one question I often get is about the length of blog posts. Some people say 400 words should be your goal. Some people say no more than 600 to 800 words. Supposedly, nobody reads anything over 800 words online. Generally speaking, I keep my posts on TLNT below 800 words. I’ve dipped into 1,200 word territory on occasion but that’s pretty rare. Now, I would be interested in doing a long form series for TLNT but what has been better for online publications, at… -
Finding Your Writing Voice: One Tip From A Non-Expert
12 Jan 2012 | 5:44 amLast week, I wrote a blog post that was almost 2,000 words long. That’s not that exceptional. What’s surprising is that I sat down and wrote the entire piece in about 90 minutes. The fact of the matter is, I spent a ton of time on that post. Reading (and re-reading) material about the subject, thinking about it, thinking about my approach and then thinking about the key points I wanted to cover. I’m not the quickest thinker in the world. It means I’m not the greatest conversationalist in the world, nor am I prone to amaze you in a casual conversation. And please,…
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HRM Today Featured Posts
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You Don’t Want To Hear This
8 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amWhen working with a client new to the international stage, or an organization with only a small employee footprint overseas, one of the pressing challenges that compensation practitioners face is educating leadership as to what to expect when dealing with international rewards. Of special note is the quandary of obtaining reliable sources of foreign compensation data. For most U.S.-based companies determining the market price of their employees is a consistent need; to determine the competitive, comparative value of local jobs. To do this you need to know what similar jobs are paying within… -
Pushing The Right Button
24 Jan 2012 | 10:00 amNot every employee is capable of selling products or services to potential customers. The selling process requires an employee to possess a particular set of interactive and persuasion skills, as well as a compatible personality profile (garrulous, self-confident, unafraid of rejection, etc.). While some employees enjoy the challenge, most want no part of it and only a minority are neutral about the idea. For those tasked with a selling job, it’s typically a reflection of individual personality that would generate success or struggle. For compensation practitioners, having the right person… -
Women 100 years away from boardroom parity
18 Jan 2012 | 10:00 amEarlier this year the Chartered Management Institute released research revealing that gender pay equality among managers could be 98 years away. The 7th annual UC Davis Study of California Women Business Leaders paints a similarly bleak picture. It reveals that less than 10% of the 400 largest public companies based in California has a female chief executive. Despite efforts to improve gender equality, this rate has improved by just 0.2% in the last year. In addition, the study shows that over a third of the biggest companies in California have no women on their board of directors. This is a… -
Stuck In HR!
11 Jan 2012 | 10:00 amSo you wanted to be in HR ever since college and now you’ve finally landed your dream job in some well reputed organization. But now that you’re into it, you find that your daily tasks are performed in the same manner as they‘ve been done for ages. Your personal role is limited and, sometimes, you feel that HR doesn’t have a considerable role in the company’s main agendas. If they prioritize, HR Issues always come second when it boils down to deciding the future strategy for the company. In these situations most HR professionals look to other – mostly senior people or those who… -
To Err is Human; Making up for it in a way that strengthens your brand, divine.
14 Dec 2011 | 9:00 amBusinesses spend millions of dollars every year to create bigger, louder, and more unique and memorable marketing experiences to attract new clients. They work to carefully and painstakingly plan out touchpoints and client journeys, engagements and events, with the goal of hitting just the right note at just the right time when they’re trying to win you over to their brand. But while that’s all fine and good – for us and for them – it’s only half of the equation. The other half is how your brand responds after a messed up a client interaction. A significant part of your brand’s…
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Ask a Manager
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bedbugs in the office
8 Feb 2012 | 7:49 pmA reader writes: I am up late because I can’t stop scratching. It might be a psychological itch, but it might not be! So today I went to work at my dreadful job at a call center where about 200 people work. Now, I had heard other people speculate that they had throw out our breakroom sofas (very suddenly) last month because they had found bedbugs in them, but I had just put that down to idle gossip. Then, one girl mentioned that she had actually seen a bedbug at her work station, but I just assumed she was a drama queen. However, when I sat down at my desk this morning, I noticed this… -
can difficult employees change their ways?
8 Feb 2012 | 1:10 pmA reader writes: I would be interested in your opinion on how/if employees can improve and change their ways personality-wise. My colleague is very difficult to say the least, regularly throws tantrums, and believes that the world revolves around her. She seems to be convinced that she is the best thing to happen to this workplace. Our boss says that this is just the way she is and that we will have to live with it. I don’t agree with this, I think this is just a cheap way to park the discussion. In my opinion, the manager has a responsibility to try to resolve issues that create a… -
how to ruin your job interview
8 Feb 2012 | 9:13 amThinking about ruining your job interview? Luckily for you, I can tell you exactly how to do it … from sounding bitter to sharing inappropriately to not giving specific examples in response to questions, and much more. Read the full list over at U.S. News & World Report here. -
are you The Annoying Guy at work?
7 Feb 2012 | 11:32 amGiven how many annoyances people have with their coworkers, have you ever wondered if you might be The Annoying One in your office? Over at the Intuit QuickBase blog today, I run down the warning signs that you might be driving your coworkers crazy. You can read it here. -
tiny answer Tuesday: 7 short answers to 7 short questions
7 Feb 2012 | 6:30 amIt’s tiny answer Tuesday — seven short answers to seven short questions. We’ve got the value of being bilingual, employers who ask for a sense of humor, a nail-clipper in the next cube, and more. Here we go… 1. When you don’t click with an interviewer I’ve been on interviews where after interviewing with one person, another one comes right after and continues the process. I realize that this is to see that I can “fit in,” but how do I deal with the one interviewer with whom I’m not going to “click”? I can feel when I’m not making a good impression…
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Compensation Force
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Viral Pay and the Proactive Employer
3 Feb 2012 | 7:32 amAs the concept of viral pay continues to generate buzz in the airways and interwebs, I had the chance to join my Compensation Cafe colleague Stephanie Thomas on her weekly Proactive Employer podcast to talk about this particular reward approach. What is it and how does it work? What might the requirements for success be? Is it an idea with legs or one that will likely see its 15 minutes of fame come and go in relatively short order? The podcast recording is embedded below for your convenience ... or go directly to the Proactive Employer podcast site where you can listen to this or… -
Transform
2 Feb 2012 | 12:10 pmA conference all about how HR pros can positively impact their organizations' bottom lines? That's an idea I can get excited about! And so, I'm pumped to be one of the speakers at Transform 2012, to be held February 27-28 in Austin, Texas. A quick plug: Headlined by Billy Beane (the man behind Moneyball), who will talk about his own visionary approach to talent management, and featuring a full slate of awesome speakers, Transform is design to be forward looking, positioning HR leaders and pros for the challenges and changes we will be facing tomorrow ... and beyond. Learn… -
Executive Perk Prevalence Continues to Tumble
31 Jan 2012 | 6:47 amIn information collected via their most recent Executive Compensation Report, CompData Surveys shares some data on CEO perks that showcases the continued drop in prevalence of these "extra bennies" - a sign of the times. According to CompData, whose study reflects the practices of more than 4,500 U.S. organizations, the proportion of companies who "do not offer perquisites for the position of CEO" has more than tripled between 2009 and 2011, going from 10.2% of respondents in 2009 to 38.5% of them in 2011. And the perk-by-perk analysis presented below shows that the tumble… -
Why Do We Survey and Report Salary Ranges?
30 Jan 2012 | 6:32 amA debate with a would-be client last week reminded me of a particular pet peeve, so I thought I'd trot it out here for discussion. (The would-be client is probably moving on to find herself a less combative consultant, but that's a story for another post...) Many salary surveys routinely collect and report salary range minimums, midpoints and maximums. My question is: How is this information useful? Even if you know how representative those ranges are of the overall set of pay practices (some surveys tell you the number/percent of companies reporting ranges, many don't),… -
Is Your Profit Sharing Plan a BINO (Bonus in Name Only)?
20 Jan 2012 | 7:31 amJack Stack - founder/CEO of SRC Holdings, author of The Great Game of Business and considered by many to be the father of open-book management - has this to say about discretionary profit sharing plans (from the Inc. article The Problem with Profit Sharing) (bold emphasis mine): By profit sharing, I mean the practice of taking a percentage of a company's profits, putting it into a pool, and disbursing it to the company's employees, usually sometime after the close of the year. Understand, I'm not saying that this is a bad thing to do, just that the benefits of doing it are…
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Evil HR Lady
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Should I rat out my boss?
8 Feb 2012 | 6:30 amDear Evil HR Lady, My manager, who is a bruiser as a personality type, has drawn the ire of managers of his rank in other departments for refusing to work on their programs or undermining the work when he does allow members of our department to participate in it. (We are a specialty department with a mission to provide our expertise within and across the organization.) He also tends to treat employees in our department as though they are more support than professional staff. His behavior includes: micro-management of start of day/end of day, including for top performers; obsessive monitoring… -
Should HR Dictate Bathroom Behavior?
6 Feb 2012 | 1:43 pmA head of human resources issued a memo outlining how employees should use the rest room. Is that what HR thinks is important? To read more click here: Should HR dictate bathroom behavior? -
Fired For Skipping Lunch Podcast
31 Jan 2012 | 11:30 pmLast week I wrote about a woman who was fired for working through lunch. Phil Bowermaster at Transparency Revolution thought that was ridiculous until he learned a little bit about labor law. It’s still ridiculous, but logical. Listen to Phil and I talk about the problems and consequences of 1930s law in a 2012 world. -
Worst Co-workers Ever
30 Jan 2012 | 9:17 amAren’t you glad that you don’t work with these people? Well, not most of you anyway. These are stories taken from last week’s contest. Worst Co-workers Ever -
5 ways to shake up your new team’s culture
27 Jan 2012 | 8:19 amDear Evil HR Lady, I just read your article, 5 Reasons employees aren’t sharing their ideas, and I’ve recently joined an organization as a manager where your list of reasons were the norm under my predecessor. I’m getting a lot of the ‘That’s not how we’ve always done it’ response, and nil creativity. The open and inclusive, asking for ideas style is drawing blank looks, confusion and well, fear I think. Bear in mind, these people have worked for ten years in this repressive culture and are having a hard time letting it go. How can I demonstrate I…
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Fistful of Talent
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GOD is DOG Spelled Backward
8 Feb 2012 | 6:40 amThis is a “what if” blog post. For the next 600 words/4 minutes, we’re going to suspend reality and imagine a different world, a different workplace and a different HR leadership environment. In particular, we’re going to imagine a world where religion was NOT taboo at work. Be it in the hiring practices, promotion pathways, terminating offenses, etc. Blank slate… we evolved differently through the years whereas work and religion are totally cool with one another. For the sake of this post, I’m broadening the definition of religion to include all organized… -
Kris Dunn says Having People Hate What You Do Means… You’re Getting at Least Part of it Right.
8 Feb 2012 | 6:04 amWe did a webinar over at Fistful of Talent on Facebook recruiting last week. By all accounts, it was a big success, with positive feedback flowing to the primaries that were involved from FOT – KD and Tim Sackett presenting and Holland Dombeck running the technical side. But there’s one thing that would cause a lot of people to blink. For every 10 people who took the time to comment that they loved it, there were at least two that didn’t care for the style at all. Read the whole post over at Kris Dunn’s The HR Capitalist (an FOT contributor blog) -
Gettin’ Amish With ‘Em
7 Feb 2012 | 7:33 amDid you hear about Jake Reilly? He’s a 24-year old college student who did the impossible. He cut himself off from all social media and his cell phone for 90 days and chronicled his experience. The “Amish Project” went from a hassle to changing how he viewed his life and relationships. I know I’ve said many times I’m not sure what I’d do without my iPhone…the reality is I used to live and work without a smartphone, email, Facebook, etc…because I’m OLD. As I read about Jake’s experience I remembered how much I used to write… -
1.00 FTE: Decor is not your issue.
7 Feb 2012 | 5:32 amFOT’s Kris Dunn wrote a post last week, titled “Face it: We Build Cool Space Because We Don’t Know How to Build Great Manager’s…“, which sparked the inspiration for this illustration: “Decor is Not Your Issue,” from Stuart, at onefte.com. We’d like to give a special FOT shout out to Stuart, for taking the time to riff on KD’s post. Check out the strip and subscribe to 1.00 FTE to receive other hilarious impressions of corporate life, daily. Do it. -
An Adult Film Star Wants to Work Here
6 Feb 2012 | 7:25 amIt’s funny that this is really happening to me right now, especially since I have been asked this question before. Would I ever hire an adult film star? I have always told people I would never hire someone from that industry. And now, here we are. An adult film star wants to work here. A very attractive and intelligent woman came in for an interview. She aced it. I would totally buy a car from this woman. I was ready to make her an offer when a Salesman stopped by my office to talk to me. Meredith, is her dad a lawyer or something in town? Yes, he actually sent me her resume.
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Lisa Rosendahl
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The Right Way to Transition to a New Career
7 Feb 2012 | 4:00 amIs there a right way to transition to a new career? No, there is not. Oh, everyone will have an opinion on what you should do and how you should do it but the only "right" way is the way that works for you and your family. Here's how the husband is going about it . . . He is exercising more, reconnecting with family and friends on Facebook, planning a mid-week winter fishing trip and preparing to return the favor of care he received during his heart surgery as a volunteer with Mended Hearts. But, it's not all fun and games. He's writing resumes, reaching out to references and tweaking… -
{Labor} Relations and this HR Pro
10 Jan 2012 | 4:00 amAs an HR professional and leader, I have touched just about all there is to touch in day-to-day organizational HR and after being in this game for over 18 years, I have come to the conclusion that I {suck} at labor relations. Actually, I am pretty good but you have got to know that the very nature of the labor-management relationship can stress the people pleaser in me. Collaboration, mediation, hold your line, give an inch, negotiation, agendas, partnership, and positions . . . labor relations can be a running reel of contradictions. When faced with contradictions in your HR… -
A Corporate Culture Resource Guide
3 Jan 2012 | 4:00 amDo you know Ben Eubanks? One thing you'll quickly realize about Ben is that he never sits still. After the success of his HR certification guide, Ben has turned his sights to workplace culture. "I am a firm believer that having a strong culture at work is a way for companies of all sizes to increase engagement, decrease turnover, and build a sustainable business." With that, Ben put together a guide to help you Rock Your Corporate Culture. With the main guide, worksheets, videos, and other bonus items that cover "hands on" applications of culture, readers will learn how to inject… -
Dress Codes, Distractions and Olivia Newton-John
13 Dec 2011 | 4:00 amNailing down collective support for appropriate business dress is like herding cats. What I see as an appropriate "wish I knew how to dress like that" outfit can be another's dress code violation. When it comes to personal choices, we'll simply never all agree as human resource professionals, business professional or as individuals. That's the beauty of choice. One thing we all can agree on is dress-as-a-distraction whether you are in a meeting, on stage presenting, or simply making your way across your company campus. Ponytails may be cute on some women <myself excluded> but add in a… -
Cell Phones and Parental Controls: A Day In The Life Sunday
11 Dec 2011 | 6:00 amA few weeks ago, week the kid was pining for a cell phone. Actually, it's been a few months now but she kicked her efforts up a few notches recently with Christmas and her 11th birthday in sight. Today, she has a metallic blue phone of her very own - fully personalized the way she likes it. What gives? No, it wasn't slide show she put together on "Why I Need a Cell Phone" <although it was a nice touch> that changed our minds. We started swaying that way after I lost the kid and just last week, it became the right time for us. She's swimming 3 nights a week at a local high school pool…
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the HR Maven
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the dreaded application
8 Feb 2012 | 4:25 pmI received an email from a reader asking for some information on completing applications. She said, “the applications want so much. Are there rules for what to include or not?” We use applications at my employer. We ask you to complete the information including basic demographic information, work history, education, and the standard work eligibility stuff.I have seem some pretty lousy applications in my life. And some really well done applications. A couple of do's and don’ts. Demographic dataAddress is confidential and will be supplied upon hire. -
Things that make me say NO
28 Jan 2012 | 6:10 amI am an HR practitioner. Sounds like an introduction in a self-help group. But I work every day with people, and stuff, and resumes, and questions. The resume thing, it's a tricky, sticky wicket. I am not a professional resume writer. And I am usually pretty tolerant of styles and formats given that there are no ISO standards for resumes. I give applicants the benefit - and latitude - when reviewing them but I have to say, there are some immediate turnoffs. Let me share.1. Odd, peculiar fonts. Differing sizes. Hard to read stuff. Keep it clean. -
Birthdays
25 Jan 2012 | 5:43 pmIt's been ten days since I have written anything. I have been busy with birthday celebrations, reading advanced copies of amazing books, celebrating with friends, and buying Apple products. That's a pretty full agenda. Before my current employer, I never appreciated the workplace culture of "pretending" about birthdays. Everyone pretending that no one knows that someone has a birthday, stealthly circulating a card to be signed, smuggling in treats or something to share, then everyone acting surprised when the birthday wishes fly.Yuck.So at my current job, we do it… -
Post conference - Title IX
15 Jan 2012 | 2:28 pmI am back from the Title IX conference. It was sobering. It was profoundly sobering. At times, I was simply stunned. I need you to read this letter - the Dear Colleague letter written by Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights. You can download it here.PLEASE READ THIS LETTER. Sexual assault and sexual harassment occur on our college campuses at alarming rates.20%, 1 in 5 women will be the victims of an attempted or completed sexual assault while in college. 6% of men be the victims of an attempted or completed sexual assault while in… -
Conferences
9 Jan 2012 | 2:00 amThere are two types of conferences that I have observed in my professional career. Conference type 1 is comprised of good stuff and good people, usually in good places. Or at least warm places. Conference type 2 is interesting content. That's about it. I am attending conference type 2. For the next several days, I will be sitting in a classroom in, wait for this, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I will be filling my brain with all kinds of details on investigations. Let's review. My benefit colleagues travel to warm places in the dead of winter…
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Inflexion Point
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5 Career Lessons From The Road
12 Jan 2012 | 10:02 amDuring a flight last week I overheard a tearful conversation between a husband and wife. Both were shocked by news received just prior to their departure, namely that the wife’s position had been eliminated and her severance, although generous, would not support them for long. The husband had lost his manufacturing job eighteen months prior and had been taking care of the children while his wife worked. Now, as they left for a short anniversary trip, they really weren’t sure where they were headed or what they should do. After over an hour of difficult conversation, the husband… -
Are You A Corporate Hoarder?
30 Nov 2011 | 5:55 pmA close friend recently transitioned from an extremely large organization to a small, fast-paced and entrepreneurial startup. We met shortly after he completed his first all-hands meeting, during which the CEO said something that got his (and my) attention. Namely, that the difference between the new firm and their much larger competition was based on one absolutely critical and innovative tenet – “There will be no corporate hoarding.“ What Is Corporate Hoarding? Information and knowledge still represent power and this is truer in today’s economy than ever before. -
Getting HR Practitioners To The Podium
15 Nov 2011 | 10:11 amIn December of 2009 I made an HR New Year’s resolution to listen more and speak less, stating that: “I believe that there is an answer to every question our HR industry faces. It’s out there. It already exists. That’s not to say that innovation is dead, but instead that HR has done a historically lousy job of seeking answers from within.“ In the two years since that declaration I’ve spoken at over thirty HR conferences and industry events. Two obvious conclusions can be drawn from these facts – 1) I’m pretty awful at keeping New Year’s… -
Two Easy (And Legal) Ways to Gather Competitive Intel
1 Nov 2011 | 2:28 pmAccording to a February, 2011 Financial Times article, US intelligence sources estimate that industrial espionage will cost American businesses between $100-250 billion dollars annually. Increased global competition, pressure to rapidly and persistently innovate and pure profiteering are oft-cited motives for both physical and electronic means of securing proprietary information. Even the seemingly benign HR industry isn’t immune from these concerns with the settlement between Halogen and SuccessFactors reading like a SP(HR)y novel – creation of a bogus company, the duping of… -
6 Tips for Stress Free Business Travel
17 Oct 2011 | 7:38 amErin Palmer wrote me in the midst of some of the most horrific business travel I’ve experienced in my career. Cancelled flights. Broken luggage. Stinky rental cars. Overbooked hotels. Terrible food. In other words, I needed some advice. So when she pitched me on the idea of tips for stress free business travel, I jumped at the opportunity to gain from her wisdom. Now if you’re asking yourself, “Why does an HR blog feature a piece on business travel?“, let me explain. The Global Business Travel Association projects 2011 business travel spend of over $250B –…
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CASE STUDY: Rite Aid Creates the Right Candidate Experience
7 Feb 2012 | 2:30 am(Today’s post is sponsored by iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business solutions. This case study highlights iCIMS unique “back to the basics” corporate philosophy that creates client value by turning less-necessary system functionality into configurable options and flexible platforms. Enjoy!) We often talk in human resources about the candidate experience. That is, making sure that individuals who apply for a job with our company are treated well, given all the information they need about the job and the organization, and receive timely, accurate… -
The Best Color To Wear For a Job Interview
5 Feb 2012 | 4:09 amOne of the best things about LinkedIn are the groups. You can become a part of groups based upon your profession, industry affiliations or interests. I belong to several and it’s fascinating to see the conversations people are engaged in. For example, there was a huge conversation on one of my groups about the best color to wear on a job interview. It’s based upon this article by Angela Harris. It reminded me of a workshop I went to years ago about professional attire. A bunch of us went to hear tips and tricks to look more business-like. The one big takeaway from the workshop was… -
Friday Distraction: Super Bowl XLVI
3 Feb 2012 | 2:10 amOn Sunday all eyes will be glued to their TVs watching the Super Bowl showdown between the New England Patriots and New York Giants. It’s sure to be a great game. Did you know that Super Bowl Sunday is also considered the second largest day of food consumption in the United States? Yep, and not surprisingly, Thanksgiving is the first. How much food you ask? Well, it’s estimated that Americans will eat 90 million pounds of chicken wings, 14,500 tons of chips and 4,000 tons of popcorn. That doesn’t even include the number of pizzas that are delivered. This year, Mr. Bartender… -
Recommended: Never Say Never
2 Feb 2012 | 2:30 amThis year marks the 10 year anniversary of my start in consulting. I’ve been reminiscing lately about when I started. I remember getting one of two reactions when I first told people I was becoming a consultant: First was the “look” that silently said “oh, you mean you’re going to consult until a great job comes along”. For those people, I found it took about a year for them to realize that consulting was my profession. Not a part-time hobby. The other was “oh, it must be great to never work for a company again.” My answer for the second one was (and still is)…never… -
The Customer Experience: A Tale of Three Steakhouses
31 Jan 2012 | 2:30 amOver the past few months, Mr. Bartender and I have visited three steakhouses. One for my birthday, one for his and another because neither of us wanted to cook. I wanted to share my experiences with you because, in looking back, I was reminded of a few lessons along the way. The first was a chain steakhouse (and I won’t divulge which one, mates.) It was the least expensive of the three. We had no reservation and didn’t wait at all. The food was tasty, service was very friendly. One complaint – the kitchen forgot Mr. B’s fries. Our server immediately took care of the issue by…
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Leadership Development Carnival – Super Bowl Pre-game Edition
5 Feb 2012 | 9:44 amFor many in the US (and for some around the world as well), today will be occupied by watching the culminating clash of titans for this NFL season. If not that, it will be for the commercials (if they haven’t already been seen on the internet – so it goes with our “always on” society.) It’s easy to be cynical about these contests what with all the spectacle, commercials, and money that is being poured out onto televisions in households and sports bars across the country. In a culture replete with excess, this event is often held up as a classic example. However,… -
Customers and Employees: Two Sides of the Same Coin
14 Jan 2012 | 9:24 pmDo you treat your employees the way you treat your customers? You may need some serious thinking before you answer this question. Customers are your key to business survival. Initial few customers are very important and critical for your business to sustain. Over the period your customer base increases and when you have many customers, you start giving more attention to some over the others as they add more value to your business. To manage your customers properly, you divide them in groups based on the value they bring to your business. Some customers are always special to you and you will… -
Why trust requires accountability and consequences
13 Jan 2012 | 9:47 amAs a leader it is your job to build an organization that trusts each other. Trust is the glue that keeps everyone together and opens up the opportunity for great things to happen. In order to have trust, your must have accountability — it is not possible to get trust by edict. Without accountability, trust is damaged, and repairing trust becomes a management time sink. Accountability comes when there is alignment with both rewards and consequences. We talk a lot about rewards and high performance, but we probably don’t talk enough about consequences. There must be a shared… -
Some Great Books from 2011
12 Jan 2012 | 4:56 pmHere are some great books from last year that helped me think about Social Business, Business Strategy, Leadership, and how the way we think affects our ability to succeed with them. If you haven’t read them yet, you might want to check them out. Strategy The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy by Paul Leinwand and Cesare R. Mainardi I read this early in the year after reading the authors’ Strategy+Business article, “Do You Have the Right to Win?” (registration required.) This main point of the book is that unless your business strategy, portfolio of… -
Don’t just connect the dots — keep them connected
11 Jan 2012 | 6:30 pmPatty has a fantastic blog post about how you need to connect the dots for your team. I love how she makes it so clear, that our job is to help people understand how their work matters. Since we know that purpose is a key to motivation doing so not only protects the results, it also increases the satisfaction of the results. A perpetual cycle of goodness, if you will… but, connecting the dots is not really a one time concern. As a leader, you need to build systems to identify places where people and processes are missing the connection. You need to be looking out for any evidence…
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101 Creative Writing Exercises: Now Available on Amazon
9 Feb 2012 | 1:00 amAre you ready for an adventure? 101 Creative Writing Exercises takes you on an exciting journey through the world of creative writing. You’ll explore different forms and genres by experimenting with fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. You’ll discover effective writing tools and techniques. And you’ll create projects that you can submit and publish. Ideal for new and experienced writers alike, this book will enlighten and inspire you with fresh ideas. 101 Creative Writing Exercises You’ll learn a lot by simply reading these exercises, which impart writing… -
How Critiques Help You Improve Your Writing
7 Feb 2012 | 4:00 amCritiques help you improve your writing. There are two schools of thoughts about whether critiques of your work can improve your writing. One school of thought says that art is subjective. Therefore, a critique is nothing more than someone else’s opinion. This school of thought also argues that critiques might harm the artistic integrity of your work by injecting someone else’s ideas and visions into it. The other school of thought says that art may be subjective, but other people’s opinions matter and can actually be helpful. This school of thought believes that writers may… -
How to Defeat Writer’s Block
2 Feb 2012 | 1:00 amLet's diagnose and defeat writer's block! Wikipedia defines writer’s block as “a condition, primarily associated with writing as a profession, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work.” However, I have come to believe that in most cases, writer’s block is a symptom, not a condition. Before we can cure writer’s block, we have to diagnose it. Writer’s block is almost always presented as some mysterious disease. A writer sits down to work and nothing happens. The ideas are gone. The words don’t come. It must be writer’s… -
Tips for Developing Story Writing Ideas
31 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amTips for developing story writing ideas. Short stories, flash fiction, novels, and novellas: there are countless stories floating around out there — and those are just the fictional works. It’s no wonder writers get frustrated trying to come up with a simple concept for a story. One look at the market tells you that everything has been done. But what makes a story special is your voice and the unique way that you put different elements together. Sure, there might be something reminiscent of Tolkien in your work, but so what? Echos of Lord of the Rings can be found in some of the… -
Final Sneak Peek at 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Body Language
26 Jan 2012 | 1:00 amFinal sneak peek at forthcoming book, 101 Creative Writing Exercises. 101 Creative Writing Exercises is slated for publication in early February. This book of creative writing exercises will take writers on a journey through different forms and genres while providing writing techniques, practical experience, and inspiration. Each exercise teaches a specific concept and each chapter focuses on a different subject or form in writing: journaling, storytelling, fiction, poetry, article writing, and more. Every exercise is designed to be practical. In other words, you can use these exercises to…
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The Dos and Don’ts of Visiting Fort McHenry, Maryland
9 Feb 2012 | 1:18 amI am not a history buff. In school I passed, but I guess I’m just not that much into learning from books compared to when I’m traveling with my kids. I love being put into the books, living out the story, and connecting the lessons of my youth. Seeing my kids learn and experience is an added bonus. Here are 5 tips for a mom to enjoy and experience Fort McHenry. History buff or not, this is a must stop in Maryland. 1. Do: Spring the 8 dollars to see the movie about the place that inspired the National Anthem. The movie is filled with facts and special effects and even has a… -
A Dream Family Vacation for Less with @HomeAway
7 Feb 2012 | 5:54 amBrought to you by Most families dream of taking a vacation full of fun bonding that won’t break the bank. When I was growing up, my parents made sure that we always had a week together each summer. We would get a condo or house at the beach, sometimes with other families, and it would be a magical week of sun, swimming, and no worries. Now that I have my own family, we’ve continued the tradition of an annual family vacation. I’m always searching for destinations and lodging that offers a good value without compromising all our needs. One of our favorite destinations is the Northwest… -
Romantic Destinations for Valentines
30 Jan 2012 | 5:35 pmI’m a romantic at heart and love to hear stories of couples stealing away for a few days of romance. In fact, my travel writing career began by writing about romantic destinations and honeymoons. One thing many couples forget as they become parents, is that one day their kids will grow up and its just the two of them again. Just because you are parents doesn’t mean romance should go flying out the window. There are a few elements that make a place romantic in my book. There has to be a touch of luxury, with plush bedding, a big bathtub, a shower for two. There has to be Champagne… -
Why Now is the Best Time to Take a Cruise
24 Jan 2012 | 6:34 amTravelingMamas.com sends thoughts and prayers to the crew and passengers involved in the Costa Concordia accident. For recent updates from Costa Cruises, visit the official site. I was looking at the itinerary for the Carnival Breeze, set to launch in June of this year, when I saw the news about the Costa Concordia. Any time tragedy occurs, especially in the travel industry, consumers and the experts begin to criticize safety, and they analyze what could have or should have been done in the circumstances. One thing I’ve noticed about these types of events is that safety and security… -
Clearly, a good deal in Florida
21 Jan 2012 | 8:09 amBeat the winter blahs with a tranquil trip to sunny Florida. Travelers booking a flight plus hotel vacation package for four or more nights to St. Petersburg or Clearwater beaches can save $100 per reservation. Use code SUN100 when booking a flight and hotel on Southwest Airlines Vacations. Choose a participating hotel and receive one night free. Save as much as $120 per person roundtrip with the Bags Fly Free–even golf bags. Vacations must be booked between now and February 9, 2012, (6 pm CST). Trip must be taken between January 14 and May 25, 2012. Black out dates apply and one day…
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Weekly Deals for Feb 8
8 Feb 2012 | 12:00 amFeatured Family Travel Deal Darya enjoys an Après-ski cookie at the Four Seasons Ski Concierge in Whistler The Four Seasons Whistler is offering a Family Ski Package that includes your room, lift passes, breakfast and more. My family visited last winter, here's my review of the Four Seasons Whistler The Hyatt Grand in Seattle is offering an American Girl Doll Package. Darya and I are going to check it out ourselves later this month... wish us luck on our very girly mom & daughter slumber party. Aulani, Disney's new resort in Hawaii is offering a sixth night free offer that includes a daily… -
Whistler With Kids: Peak 2 Peak Gondola
7 Feb 2012 | 12:00 amThis is a memory from last year's Family Trip to Whistler Everest was done. Just through. He'd tried skiing for two days, and he hadn't quite gotten into a groove. To make things worse, his baby sister had surpassed him, speeding down the mountain on her first green run while he was still struggling with turns and snowplow stops. Everest is more cerebral than is sister, he needs time to think and reflect, and sports don't come easily to him. With two days of skiing under his belt, I felt that Everest had given the sport a fair try. We'd loop back around later, but at this point, adding a… -
Shhhh. Secret Giveaway: 3 Traveling Toddler Car Seat Travel Accessories
6 Feb 2012 | 4:33 pmAs a fun way to reward my regular readers, I'm giving away three Traveling Toddler Car Seat Travel Accessories (one per winner). This product lets you attach a carseat to your rolling bag so that you can cart it through the airport. You can even use it as a stroller with your child sitting in the seat. (One thing to be aware of, you'll need to disassemble it to put everything through the x-ray at airport security.) I'll publicize this giveaway just on Facebook and here, so your odds of winning one of the three accessories is great. To enter, just fill out the form below by Feb 8, 2012 at… -
Photo Friday: Seattle Library Escalator
2 Feb 2012 | 2:12 pmYellow escalator at the downtown branch of the Seattle Public Library People look at me like I'm a little nutty when I recommend the Rem Koolhaas designed Seattle Public Library as one of the best places to check out when you're visiting Seattle with a toddler. Afterall modern architecture is hardly a mainstay toddler interest. But really, what two year old wouldn't want to ride on that escalator? Related Links Seattle With Kids City Guide What is Photo Friday? Post a travel photo on your site. It can be about any topic, as long as it is G-rated. The focus of the post should be on your photo. -
Weekly Deals for Feb 1
1 Feb 2012 | 8:37 pmFeatured Family Travel Deal The Metropolitan Hotel in Vancouver, Canada is offering a buy two nights get the third free package. I've stayed at this hotel (on my own dime) in the past, and it is well located and welcoming with marble bathrooms, down duvets, generally comforting and warmly decorated rooms. The hotel also was a very generous host to our Passports with Purpose Cupcake Party last summer. Featured Travel Gear Deal The Britax B-Ready Stroller is on sale for $319, that's a whopping $180 off of the retail price Eagle Creek's No Matter What Duffel Bag, Black, Medium is on sale for…
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Infographic: Best Places in Europe to Ski on a Budget - 559
4 Feb 2012 | 9:17 amAs this winter’s ski season continues, Expedia came out with a fun infographic on the best places in Europe to ski on a budget. The infographic covers popular destinations in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain, Andorra, Bulgaria, France, and Slovenia, even including the best value après ski activities (including beer prices!). Have a look and let us know what you think. Are they spot on, or are there any great places missed that are your favorites? (Infographic courtesy Expedia.co.uk. Click for a larger image.) -
Flats, football, fannies and double-fisting: Speaking American vs. English
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Beat the Travel Funk with Travalo!
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Come on, Irene: Hurricane Irene expected to affect travel plans - 558
26 Aug 2011 | 7:33 amHurricane Irene makes landfall on the East Coast. Image courtesy of National Weather ServiceAs 600-mile wide Hurricane Irene begins making its way upwards to the East Coast, travelers should be ready to make plans. The storm has already hit the Bahamas and is expected to reach the US as early as Saturday. According to CNN, American Airlines has already canceled 126 flights, with other carrier following suit. Many travelers Caribbean travelers can change their flights without incurring fees: Major airlines — including US Airways, American Airlines, United Airlines, Continental Airlines,… -
Room with an Orbital View - 557
22 Aug 2011 | 6:48 amRussia’s Soyuz spacecraft on its way to launch. Photo by spatlanHere at Galavanting, we’ve made no secret about our obsession with space travel (alright, my obsession). And, surprise, surprise, here’s some more news about touring the final frontier. According to Reuters, several Russian companies unveiled plans to develop that country’s space tourism industry. One such company, Orbital Technologies, hopes to build an orbiting hotel by 2016. The hotel will accommodate seven guests for five days at $1 million a pop. Orbiting at 217 miles above the Earth, “the hotel…
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"It's only time, it will go by"
8 Feb 2012 | 3:46 pmI've currently got a chunk of panic in my throat, but I can see the end of the day over there. Listen to this with me. by dooce in Daily© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as "It's only time, it will go by". This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Chuck, the bad influence
8 Feb 2012 | 12:13 pm"Want you tie them round MY neck." click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Chuck© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as Chuck, the bad influence. This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Compass
8 Feb 2012 | 8:23 amThe scenery in Salt Lake is spectacular, yes, but it's also a built in navigation system. You always know which way is north because of your position next to the mountains. If that still confuses you, I will gladly never be a passenger in your car. click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Photo© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as Compass. This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Classy
8 Feb 2012 | 7:54 amThis may be my favorite Cami ever. Sun-drenched perfection. Fur collar jacket: vintage (I REPEAT: VINTAGE) Dress & boots & necklace & sunglasses: thrifted Belt: H&M Purse: vintage Dooney & Bourke (You can find Cami here. Photos by Billy Concha.) click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Style© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originally published by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as Classy. This post cannot be republished without express written permission. -
Hair, day thirty
7 Feb 2012 | 2:35 pm"Do you see a light at the end of the tunnel?" That's the question almost everyone keeps asking me, and so far it's the one thing that doesn't make me cringe or want to cry or run outside and punch my fist in the ground. It's an innocent, heartfelt question that doesn't make any assumptions about what happened or is happening or who is to blame. Sometimes people send me advice and it is so colored by their own pain, pain that I honor and regard with reverence, but it wants to believe so much that isn't true about this. This thing that I'm living through. This thing that is full of details and…
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N.Y. Caterer and Ex-Workers Fight Over Kosher Compliance
7 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmA Long Island kosher caterer has been accused of preparing nonkosher food in kosher kitchens, and he responds that the claims are part of an extortion plot. -
Calendar: Events on Long Island
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Editorial: Albany’s Cynical Mapmakers
2 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmGov. Andrew Cuomo should veto the terrible maps proposed for New York’s legislative districts. It is the best chance to get fairer elections. -
Long Island Dining | Mineola: Vinoco, a Tiny Tapas Restaurant in Mineola — Review
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Arts | Long Island: At Adelphi University, Art Pieces From a Kiln That Inspires
2 Feb 2012 | 9:00 pmCeramic artists at Adelphi University find that the unpredictability of the wood-fired anagama kiln yields beautiful pieces, which will be on display there through Feb. 20.
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Letter: Argentina’s Position on the Falklands
9 Feb 2012 | 12:07 amThe Argentine ambassador dismisses the idea that his country would again use force to try to seize the Falklands. -
Letter: When Colleges Recruit Abroad
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Op-Docs: ‘The Island President Deposed’
9 Feb 2012 | 12:07 amThe filmmaker Jon Shenk presents a portrait of Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically-elected president of the Maldives and an environmental activist, who was deposed on Feb. 7. -
Op-Ed Contributor: Impunity in Port-au-Prince
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Editorial: Greek Tragedy
8 Feb 2012 | 9:20 pmIn order to survive, Athens has no choice but to accept Europe’s conditions of harsher fiscal austerity.
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Inside Yahoo: Less Show, More Sell
9 Feb 2012 | 2:25 amYahoo's new CEO Scott Thompson aims to turn around the Internet company at least in part by making it less dependent on its core online-ad business. -
Diamond Ousts Top Executives
9 Feb 2012 | 1:55 amDiamond removed two top executives and said it would restate two years worth of financial results, after an internal probe found it had wrongly accounted for payments to walnut growers. -
Yahoo Shakes Up Board
9 Feb 2012 | 1:14 amYahoo said Chairman Roy Bostock and three other directors have volunteered not to stand for re-election to the company's board. The company named two new outside directors. -
Facebook Details Bonuses for Top Executives
8 Feb 2012 | 10:22 pmMark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's top two executives, are in line for target bonuses of 45% of their salary plus other base wages, according to a federal filing. -
UBS to Claw Back Bonuses
8 Feb 2012 | 7:18 pmUBS notified employees it will take back part of the bonuses due to its best-paid investment bankers this year because of the trading scandal last year that put the unit into the red for 2011.
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WSJ.com: Careers
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Speaking Up Is Hard to Do: Researchers Explain Why
7 Feb 2012 | 11:34 amHave you ever clammed up in a meeting for fear of saying something stupid? Scientists offer an explanation of why many people become, in effect, less intelligent in small group settings. -
U.K. Sets Up Leadership School for Civil Servants
7 Feb 2012 | 1:39 amThe U.K. government is setting up an academy to hone the leadership skills of its top civil servants to make sure they deliver state infrastructure projects on time and on budget. -
News & Trends in Management
6 Feb 2012 | 5:55 pmMean bosses would be nicer if they exercised more, a new study says. Plus, M.B.A. applications rise sharply at Penn State, and more. -
Newark Schools Standoff
3 Feb 2012 | 8:27 pmNewark's new schools superintendent, Cami Anderson, outlined a broad plan on Friday to reshape the state's largest school system, including closing poorly performing schools and lifting standards for charters. -
Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs
3 Feb 2012 | 10:29 amStand-up meetings are part of a fast-moving tech culture in which sitting has become synonymous with sloth.
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WSJ.com: News &Trends
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Your Résumé vs. Oblivion
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M.B.A.s Seek to Occupy Wall Street
21 Oct 2011 | 9:06 amFinancial-services industry hiring at the big Master of Business Administration programs hit a post financial-crisis high this year. -
Law Schools Get Practical
11 Jul 2011 | 6:56 amLooking to attract employers' attention, some law schools are throwing out decades of tradition, replacing textbook courses with classes that teach more practical skills. -
Brazil's Boom Needs Talent
3 Jul 2011 | 9:24 amMultinational companies are taking extra measures to secure qualified employees in Brazil's booming economy—beefing up internship programs and relocating workers from flat or declining markets. -
Make a Temp Job Last
25 Jun 2011 | 6:29 pmWhen times are prosperous, companies are more likely to use temporary jobs as a low-risk way to vet full-time candidates. Temps should do what they can to stand out in some way to improve their chances of getting hired full time.
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Google Chrome Update Brings Faster Browsing
9 Feb 2012 | 1:12 amThe new stable release of Google’s web browser Chrome brings several improvements, most importantly faster browsing and more protection from malicious downloads. From now on, when you start typing in Chrome’s address box (or omnibox, as Google calls it), as soon as Chrome autocompletes the URL you’re likely to visit, it will prerender the page, making your overall browsing experience faster. As far as security goes, Chrome now does checks on executable files you’ve downloaded from the net. It matches the executables against a whitelist – a list of programs known… -
‘Bachelor’ Contestant Courtney Gets Auto-Tuned [VIDEO]
8 Feb 2012 | 9:19 pmFans of The Bachelor are all too familiar with this season’s over-the-top contestant Courtney, who makes snide comments at the camera and likes to take off her bikini top. Now, a video has popped up on YouTube that has turned some of her signature phrases — from “Winning!” to “I do modeling” — into a catchy Auto-Tune clip. The contestants are vying for a rose from winemaker Ben, and Courtney has rubbed many of them the wrong way, and this video shows why. This is not the first time YouTube users have turned pop culture moments into Auto-Tuned videos. -
Facebook Talks About Social Games and Mobile Apps for 2012
8 Feb 2012 | 9:09 pmFacebook revealed its roadmap for social games and mobile apps for the rest of the year at the Inside Social Apps 2012 conference on Wednesday in San Francisco — and it’s good news for app developers. Want to create an app for Facebook’s Open Graph? The mobile space presents a huge opportunity to create cross-platform social games, said Carl Sjogreen, director of product management at Facebook, who spoke to a packed conference center filled with IT insiders about Facebook’s projections for the mobile social gaming and app space for this year. “You sort of had to… -
What Digital Non-Profits Can Learn From Companies Like Google
8 Feb 2012 | 8:46 pmDaniel Atwood works with organizations in the social sector to craft meaningful experiences for customers and constituents, and to find innovative product, campaign and messaging ideas in unexpected places. We live in a world where new digital products are solving problems daily — from managing our finances to remembering the groceries. Often, they’re solving problems we didn’t know we had, like the need to connect several times a day in 140 characters or less. Occasionally, they’re creating new problems (but that’s a topic for another conversation). What… -
Comment and Highlight on Websites with commentto
8 Feb 2012 | 8:30 pmThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: commentto Quick Pitch: Comment anywhere. Genius Idea: Commentto is a browser add-on service that allows users to highlight, bookmark, comment, save and share bookmarks and excerpts on websites. Do you ever want to add extra knowledge to a news story or other content on the web? Well, browser add-on commentto lets you comment on anything you want. Commentto allows users to highlight…
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How to Succinctly Report a Blog Issue to Tech Support
8 Feb 2012 | 6:07 amThis guest post is by Matthew Setter of Malt Blue. How often do you find it happening to you? You discover an issue with your site, or one of your community members emails you to tell you about it, and soon you start to see tweets about it too. Maybe it’s as simple as an error message that detracts from the professional appearance of your site. Perhaps the contact form doesn’t send messages to your contact email address. Or is it that the whole site just displays as a blank page, otherwise known as the white page of death? You’re not a programmer, a software engineer or a seasoned… -
Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger: Part 2
7 Feb 2012 | 12:05 pmThis guest post is by Devesh of WP Kube. A few months ago, I wrote a guest post here called How to Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger. Today, I’ll go into some more detailed advice to help you speed up your site even more. If you’re a blogger, you already know about the importance of blog loading speed, and the role it plays in search engine rank and marketing your blog. But if this is new territory for you, here are three quick reasons why you need to speed up your blog: Google includes website loading speed as an important metric in their ranking algorithm. If you want… -
How I Beat my Best Month Ever by Doing Something Good, Better [Case Study]
7 Feb 2012 | 6:04 amMid-December 2010: on my photography site, we launched a new campaign—our first ever 12 Days of Christmas promotion. The result was my biggest month of earnings ever up to that point. The idea was simple: offer discounts on 12 products over the 12 days leading up to Christmas. I used a mix of my own ebooks and products from other photography sites with affiliate commissions. The result was massive. Not only did we see some great revenue generated, it created some lovely buzz on the site. Due to the success of the 2010 campaign, in mid-December 2011 we launched our second 12 Days of… -
Six Steps to Make Sure Your Site Is Ready to Go Viral
6 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amThis guest post is by Nancy Sathre-Vogel of Family on Bikes. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Surely Google Analytics was confusing my site with another, way more popular site. There was no way my visitor numbers could be so high! And yet they were. One of my posts had taken off and was spreading like wildfire. Those viral post phenomena that happen to others were now happening to me. The first day, 17,000 visitors came to my website. The next day we topped out at 56,000. Readers were coming in droves. It was exciting. It was exhilarating. My site, viral! Wow! And then I took a… -
How to Handle Criticism: a Practical Guide
5 Feb 2012 | 12:03 pmImage by Stuart RichardsAs bloggers, each of us has to deal with criticism. Blogging is a very public activity—almost all of us has the goal of gaining readers to our blogs—and the more people you reach, the more likely it is that you’ll hear criticisms. “You’re wrong…” “How can you say that? You don’t know what you’re talking about.” “I couldn’t disagree more…” “This is the last time I read this blog!” These are just some of the criticisms bloggers regularly face—I’ve received versions of…
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Throw Away the Maps
6 Feb 2012 | 1:30 amPeople judge us by the path they’ve seen us walk before. They can’t anticipate our future steps. We, ourselves, look to how things have been, what seems to be the lay of the land, without realizing that the maps are not the territory. Want to succeed at work? Then don’t try to do your job. Instead, work towards something larger, more meaningful, and something that blends your convictions internally with your best ability to help others externally. Want to create something new? Then throw away the old, or maybe join two disparate old things together into something new. The… -
The Next Social Networks
5 Feb 2012 | 1:30 amThe rage in social networks right now is Pinterest, partly because it’s probably the first social network that has a much higher adoption rate by females than males, and partly because it’s an interesting concept: somewhere between visual social bookmarking and scrapbooking. What also might not be immediately obvious is that it’s just “easier” to interact there. In that way, Pinterest has something in common with Instagram, which is community around photos. What I’m interested in, though, is Gentlemint, which I keep calling “Pinterest for… -
Learn From Adele – Build Your Platform
3 Feb 2012 | 1:30 amJacq and I just watched Adele Live At The Royal Albert Hall (amazon affiliate link), and though every song was just wonderfully done, I found myself fascinated by what Adele was doing in between each song. Because even though most people would be interested in hearing her belt out her amazing repertoire of hits, what I took away from the performance was Adele’s real magical ability: the ability to resonate with her audience. What Adele Could Teach You About Impact I’m writing something about this right now for my upcoming book with Julien Smith, but I had to share some of the… -
Rob Gokee is a Musical Wizard
2 Feb 2012 | 8:05 amI had such a great experience working with award winning musical composer Rob Gokee. We did some musical work together, and the process was so amazing. Rob helped me create my theme song for Shhh! The Secret Show. So anyhow, he and I sat down to do an interview, and it’s a bit long, but it’s totally worth it. We talk about what collaboration feels like at a distance, what it takes to get music like this made for your own show, and a lot more. Rob’s a hero to me, and has been part of the community for a while. I was so fortunate to have worked with him. Can’t see the… -
Build Your Platform – Start
30 Jan 2012 | 1:30 amThe following is part ONE of a series called Build Your Platform. If you find it interesting, please consider subscribing for free to get the rest of the series. This post is long. You might want to bookmark it for later. The age of social media oversaturation is upon us. People are declaring Twitter bankruptcy to go along with their email bankruptcy. They cite not wanting to start on yet another social network as their reason for not getting more involved with Google+. And just as soon as you start getting into Pinterest, you hear about Path, but wait: there’s Gentlemint, which is…
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Time for Social HR and Enterprise 2.0
8 Feb 2012 | 11:33 pmMy latest posts on the Social Business News site is whether the time is right for Social HR? What do you think, folks? On the Social Samosa site I deconstruct that thing called Enterprise Social Software (aka Enterprise 2.0) Happy reading, folks and feel free to share, like, tweet and +1 the posts :D Would love your comments too, either here or there :) Related articles Enterprise Social Software Will be Pervasive by 2016 - Perhaps (billives.typepad.com) Best Practices, Enterprise 2.0 and Social IT - with Passion (raesmaa.wordpress.com) What is Enterprise 2.0 - by AIIM… -
Speaking at the World HRD Congress 2012, Mumbai on Feb 17
5 Feb 2012 | 9:09 pmImage via Wikipedia I'll be speaking at the World HRD Congress at Mumbai on 17th February on "Social Media and Recruitment". The venue is Taj Lands End, Bandra. And I'll be there the whole duration of the conference from 16th to 18th. If you're there, do connect and say Hi :-) Even if you're not at the conference, but are based in Mumbai and want to meet, let me know! Looking forward to listen and meet (for the first time) Dave Mendoza. And to reconnect with people like Ester Martinez, NS Rajan, SV Nathan, Judhajit Das and to meet lots of new people. If you want to talk to me about a… -
Talent is King
4 Feb 2012 | 6:48 pmThis is a video of the talk that Lucian Tarnowski (CEO of BraveNewTalent) gave at the DLD Conference in January 2012, covering the skills gap and the role for organizations to leverage online communities to bridge that gap. Hope you enjoy the video :) If you want to talk to me about a story or a speaking engagement, contact me on gautam@gautamblogs.com or call me at +91-97422-39954 | Twitter | BraveNewTalent | Facebook Page -
Communities of Practice and Social Recruiting
2 Feb 2012 | 1:49 amImage via Wikipedia Last year I blogged about how I believe Talent Communities are online spaces where people connect around a shared skill/practice areas to learn. Last week my employer BraveNewTalent launched new features that enable creation of skill communities. So now not only do Companies get people to follow them and their updates (and communicate directly with them) they can also enable their experts to engage in these skill communities and share their knowledge with community members. The skills communities are of different types - from technical skills like PHP to softer skills like… -
Social Media and Recruitment
1 Feb 2012 | 10:08 pmI recently presented to an executive search firm (one of the biggest in the world) on how Social Media is impacting the Recruiting process So here's the presentation for your use too - feel free to download it and share it with friends and colleagues :) How to leverage Social media for Recruitment - the BraveNewTalent way View more presentations from Gautam Ghosh If you want to talk to me about a story or a speaking engagement, contact me on gautam@gautamblogs.com or call me at +91-97422-39954 | Twitter | BraveNewTalent | Facebook Page
