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For HR and the Rest of Us: Social Media in the Workplace: Risks and Rewards
The panelists were: Steven Z. Ehrlich, Global VP, Client Development at TMP Worldwide Advertising and Communications; James P. Flynn, Partner, Litigation and Labor and Employment practices of the Newark offices of EpsteinBeckerGreen; and… Read more
Technology Etiquette for Job Hunters
by Kate Wendleton Our coaches recently exchanged their thoughts about the use of technology in a job search, largely in response to inquiries about how to use all of the gadgets and formats appropriately. After all, the abuse of technology can… Read more
Your Boss and Your Career
by Dwight Clarke, Five O’Clock Club Career Coach, with David Madison What kind of grade will you give to your career on the day you get the gold watch? Of course, nobody actually gets a gold watch anymore—it’s become a metaphor and a cliché… Read more
Developing Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Can You Do Your Job if People Don’t Like You? -by Wendy Alfus Rothman of The Employment Roundtable Let’s suppose that the morning of a big presentation you have an argument with your spouse. Not a big argument—maybe just one of those… Read more
How to Handle the Telephone: A Life Skill
During the course of a normal business day, you probably talk by phone to most of the people you talk to at all. And you are probably not conscious of the number of times you have called people you are trying to contact. If they’re not in, you try… Read more
Increase Your Visibility: Headhunters Will Call You
When you are in an intensive search, and search firms call you? There are several reasons you may want to have search firms calling you: Headhunters have access to many positions that are not advertised. Headhunters can give you a tremendous… Read more
Electronic Etiquette: Keeping the Human Element in Communication
by Ronna Archbold It is the era of enhanced communication. Electronic gadgets are everywhere. Ringing golf bags and attache cases. Car phones that chirp. Facsimile machines that beep and spew forth reams of paper. Digitization that brings instant… Read more
The 8-Word Message: Make Sure Your Bosses Know How Good You Are
by Kate Wendleton You can use an Eight-Word Message to make sure that those more senior than you know what you want them to know about you. It will help you keep your career on track, and improve your chances of getting ahead. Here are a few… Read more
10 Ways to Become More Charismatic
by John Leonard In the foreword to his book Top Performance, Zig Ziglar cites research done by the Stanford Research Institute, Harvard University, and the Carnegie Foundation which finds that 85 percent of the reason you get a job, keep that job,… Read more
No One Is Doomed to Be Shy
Margaret DiCanio, Ph.D. Shy people are typically so paralyzed by fear that they show little interest in others. As a consequence, they fail to hold up their end of conversations, leading those with whom they interact to assume they are stuck-up or… Read more