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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!

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 Candidate Experience – Part 2: People Interacting with People

This is the final installment in a three part series on the candidate experience. It began with the ending: The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee because in order to plan any journey the destination has to be clearly in sight. Backing up to the beginning of the process, the second in the series was The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase because laying the foundation is… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 2: People Interacting with People

The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase

In case you missed the first installment in this series (No, Part 1 is NOT the first installment) then you need to understand the logic of presenting the candidate experience in this manner. Using my Star Wars damaged brain I started the story with the final episode in The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee where we looked at the stakeholder involvement and influence during the final stages of hiring a new employee.… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase