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Tom Bolt

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – A Blogging Smorgasbord

When I orchestrate a theme week and publish a series of related blogs, it is easy to summarize in a weekend update. This week has been full of distractions and it shows. On the professional side there have been a number of developments that are promising and others that are disappointing. On the personal side, things are also mixed. One online friend was finally successful in her job search and I was thrilled. Another close… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – A Blogging Smorgasbord

Why Networking Doesn’t Work (Reprise)

History has given modern society the concept that all humans are equal. This is a political truism that has spawned governments and has civilized our culture. It is at the center of our belief system that there is a right and a wrong, a good and a bad in almost everything. Equality is at the very core of who we are. We cringe when some nut-job tries to prove scientifically that one race or gender… Read More »Why Networking Doesn’t Work (Reprise)

Covering Cover Letters and Five Things They Say

There is so much conflicting information on the topic of cover letters that it is proof positive of the theory that it is common for experts to disagree on just about everything. If you talk to a career counselor or job coach you will no doubt be told that it can make or break your application. The operative word in that sentence is “can” and the idea that this is a deal killer is somewhat… Read More »Covering Cover Letters and Five Things They Say

The Post-Conference Trip Home from Euphoria

Musicians call it dynamics. Most of the conferences that I have attended contained accented notes, a few well placed rests, and heightened emotional crescendos followed by equally moving decrescendos. Dynamics! After any concert when the musicians stop playing those who were immersed in the moment will carry that experience away and relive it for a while afterward. Without the external accompaniment to sustain the emotion life’s volume and tempo can begin to drown out even… Read More »The Post-Conference Trip Home from Euphoria

Always Look For These Ten Hidden Agenda Items

In an era of so-called political correctness we often assume that the words spilling over someone else’s filters represent the true person they are. Our society condemns a slip of the tongue often without any investigation. It is ironic that we become so intolerant of perceived intolerance. When it is our own filters we are embarrassed and apologetic even if we were provoked. There is no delete key for the spoken word. We can only… Read More »Always Look For These Ten Hidden Agenda Items