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Tom Bolt

You Did Not Grow Up In Lake Wobegon

The fictional location claimed by Garrison Keillor to be his boyhood home in books and on his classic radio show Prairie Home Companion is Lake Wobegon, Minnesota…where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” While it may be a non-existent location, we meet people every day who seem to have arrived at their current status in life with a firm belief that they are above… Read More »You Did Not Grow Up In Lake Wobegon

It’s Sunday – Happy New Year!

July 1st is perhaps the beginning of a fiscal year for some businesses. There are reasons for a company’s fiscal year to differ from the calendar year, but most outside of financial circles would be hard pressed to explain the reason. Last Friday began with news pundits predicting what would happen in the financial markets to close out the 2nd Quarter of 2012 and ended the day reporting on how their keen predictions came true.… Read More »It’s Sunday – Happy New Year!

Are You Missing Out On Your Rainbows?

Advice is cheap and often borrowed, refined and repeated. It has been said that plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery and I am a master flatterer. I have had several occasions over the past month to use the term “negaholics” in discussing how some people can only see the negative in everything. I can’t take credit for the term because I first heard it in the book Negaholics: How to Overcome Negativity and Turn… Read More »Are You Missing Out On Your Rainbows?

Corporate Compensation Guide for the Job Seeker

A popular topic of discussion among job seekers is how to negotiate salary when the day comes that an offer is forthcoming. It is also a popular topic on websites, blog posts, Twitter chats and around Starbucks…just about anywhere that is a forum for such a conversation. Family and friends will help with advice along with the professionals, but the result is a confusing array of conflicting ideas. Some advice is just blatantly bad. A… Read More »Corporate Compensation Guide for the Job Seeker

The True Meaning of Passion

I wrote an article last week where I mentioned that one of The Three Essential Key Elements for a Great Hire was passion. I fully expected to get some push back on that and I’m sure that some of my fellow recruiters read that part, did a double take and then just rolled their eyes. On my more cynical days I am capable of an eye roll as well when I hear comments like that… Read More »The True Meaning of Passion