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career development

What a Waste

March 31, 2010

There’s something that I see happen all the time: the waste of potential. You’d think with the recession that companies would have figured out the extra skill sets people have. Nope. It doesn’t even have to be employers. There are tons of people who could do amazing things…and they don’t. There are two major ways [...]

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Are We On the Road to Success?

September 21, 2009

Things aren’t exactly coming up roses right now. That’s a given. People don’t have jobs, and of those who do, many are feeling stuck. The excitement that comes with chaos has become stale. In speaking to a friend, he told me of how his wife is looking to find a job, any job, even if [...]

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Be Brazen!

August 25, 2009

Launch. Like a rocket. Or a ship. Or an inter-galactic missile. (Play Star Wars theme here) I come from a tradition where women were launched upon society through cotillions and coming out parties. Where ships had naming and launching rituals, including formal Change of Command ceremonies for the commanding officers. Where sorority recruitment seemed to [...]

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Get Your Own Case Studies

June 3, 2009

My college roommate was a Finance major, and often times she would tell me about all the case studies she had to work on for class. Case studies are great for learning because they provide you with examples. Theories are only good if people can understand them, and a few great examples can go a [...]

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Develop Talent Like Quentin Tarantino

April 10, 2009

Because I gave a buildup of this to HR Renegade Chris Ferdinandi, I hope this fits the movement… I’m sure you’re saying, “What!? How could I possibly apply talent development suggestions from Quentin Tarantino to my own people?” Well, you actually can. I’ll even do the leg work for you to tell you what I’m [...]

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It’s Career Development…on the cheap

March 9, 2009

Right now is a crazy time. People are losing their jobs, taking pay cuts, or going part-time. There are those who may still have a job, but it feels like they’re actually doing two jobs…or three. And the pay is the same or less. That’s usually the rub. You may work hard for the money, [...]

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