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Tag: Career Advice

  • How to Read a Resume for Culture Fit

    Have you ever wondered how to read a resume to get the best understanding of the candidate’s fit for the job? What’s the most important part to focus on? Is it the objective? Is it where you went to school? Maybe it’s your last employer? Google’s staffing director discusses how to read a resume It’s…

  • Corporate Culture-Values, Beliefs, and… Job Applications?

    When you’re trying to learn about an organization’s corporate culture, values, and  beliefs, you need to pay attention to the available information to get a good feel for it. One of my friends is looking at applying to a local private Christian school, and I went to their website to print the application for him…

  • Five years ago (HR Carnival)

    This week’s HR carnival is going to be going up at EvilHRLady on Wednesday. The theme is “What were you doing five years ago?”, so I thought I would throw in a post to that effect. Nothing enlightening or exciting today, just a chance for me (and you) to reflect back on the amount of changes…

  • Do Resumes Go Into a Black Hole? 3 Ways to Get Noticed

    The Top 3 Ways to Get Your Resume Noticed in an Applicant Tracking System In today\’s competitive marketplace, applying for a job can be an exercise in frustration.  The endless resume submission process can feel like a black hole when you don\’t receive a response. What can you do to get your resume past the…

  • Getting a job in HR (Q&A)

    I love getting questions about what it’s like getting a job in HR. Today I’m giving C a hand with her questions (answering a little late, but better than never!). As a generalist, what exactly is your job like? What kind of projects do you work on, etc? Every day is fairly different in my…

  • Job shadowing questions

    I\’ve been working with my local SHRM chapter to set a student program for job shadowing. Questions and ideas are bouncing around in my head, and it\’s going to be a great experience for both the students and the people who volunteer to help. I can still remember what it was like when I was…

  • 2%-What\’s it to you?

    I wrote this piece for our company newsletter recently. I’m a big believer in educating our employees on the importance of saving for retirement, and when I heard about a new tax change this year, I just knew I had to write on it. If you are interested in using it for your own company,…