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Tag: Career Advice

  • Interview Tip: Be Able to Do the Job

    This year I’ve had to don my recruiting hat more and more often, and I am astounded by the number of people who apply with absolutely no experience in the specific job, despite a specific set of required skills. However, I think it’s even worse when I receive a resume that lists those skills and…

  • Getting into HR? This Carnival’s For You

    This HR Carnival is focused on those getting into HR. The HR Carnival is a great opportunity to harness the brains of multiple people for a common purpose. This one is no different. For this edition, I asked each person to contribute an article that touches on some of the key skills, insights, and abilities…

  • HR-Maybe You’re in the Wrong Job?

    One of the most amazing things about participating in an annual SHRM conference is the opportunity to talk with friends and discuss the core concepts of this profession. I hinted at a few of the ideas recently, but today I wanted to go in a different direction. It might be random and disjointed, but I…

  • Business Communication Writing Skills

    Business communication writing skills are incredibly powerful and effective, if used correctly. I’ve talked previously about my communication style at the office (Better Communication at Work). I think that only scratched the surface of my thoughts about the importance of written communication in the workplace, and I’d like to delve deeper into that today. Over…

  • Career Readiness Skills, Video Games, and ACT Scores

    Video games are not a substitute for career readiness skills. They teach us nothing about hard work. They are not a magic tool to prepare the next generation to take the reigns in workplace leadership roles. Recently an international speaker, Mike Walsh, came to Huntsville to give a presentation. I didn’t see the presentation, but…

  • Transitioning to an HR Career #nextchat

    Yesterday I joined the “transitioning to an HR career” #nextchat on Twitter. It’s basically a discussion held on Twitter where people talk about a specific topic, and yesterday i was all about how to prepare for and break into a career in HR. There was plenty of great discussion among the dozens of participants, but…

  • HR Job Qualifications-Are There Any?

    I’m pretty sure that passion isn’t one of the HR job qualifications that people look for, otherwise we wouldn’t have need for the other posts in this series. If you missed them, we talked about: how to get an entry level HR job set up to fail: how we are sabotaging the next generation So…