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Tag: Career Advice

  • Download a Free Career Book

    A few months ago I had the opportunity to participate in a group eBook project run by my good friend Chris Ferdinandi. It was a really great experience and I love sharing the eBook with others. Anyway, I was asked by my buddy Rich from Corn on the Job to participate in another guide with…

  • Carnival of HR: What it is and why you need it

    Every two weeks there is a meeting of the minds. There is an event that occurs that, while relatively unknown, has long-term implications for the profession that I love. It affects the HR community, and it often draws a crowd of participants and spectators from around the globe. It’s the HR Carnival. What it is The…

  • Problem: Job Seekers Use Social Media, HR Does Not (Video)

    AKA Who’s Driving This Freaking Thing? (Subscribers may need to click through for the video. The transcript is below if you’re the reading type!) I see articles every single day teaching job seekers how to use social media to get a job. On the other hand, I also see a lot of legal types doing…

  • Video: How to Move up in HR

    AKA How to Move Beyond a Crappy Job A lot of us get frustrated when we want to do work on a level of 10 (while we’re stuck doing work at a level of 1).  In this video I give you a suggestion I’ve learned from experience about how to make that level 1 work…

  • Advanced human resources education

    One of my friends emailed me recently with a question, and I know it’s a question that a lot of people ask. Even if you haven’t asked me, my opinion’s on its way. Enjoy! I got my bachelor’s degree in HR in 2008. I have not worked in the field before, and I’m still looking…

  • How to be brilliant: find someone smarter than you

    So. You want to be brilliant, huh? I have a tip to help make that come true. Want to hear? Find someone smarter than you Now, let me just start by saying that I\’m by no means brilliant. I am painfully aware of that fact. However, I\’m working to change that by paying attention to…

  • Detour

    Okay, so I usually don’t do this, but today I’m sending you elsewhere to get your weekly RocketHR fix. Please check out this post titled “The HR Capitalist Challenge.” But please don’t just read the post and walk away. There are three very important questions in there regarding how you make yourself a better HR…