This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.             Why Networking Doesn’t Work – 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… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.6
I think I always knew that the Boy Scout motto was “Be Prepared.†I only recently learned that this is also the official Girl Scout motto as well, not “Do you want to buy cookies†as most of us non-scouts thought. Well boys and girls, regardless of gender, age or ability you grew up and forgot all about the “Be Prepared†thing. Every week I hear those looking for jobs trying to figure it all… Read More »Job Seekers: The Importance of a Balanced Search
In college I was extremely fortunate to have friends… brothers in both a spiritual and fraternal meaning of the word… who had a unique way of educating each other on reality vs. fiction in life. It was a tough-love type of message that could only be communicated by people who were close enough to get the message when outsiders might have been offended. What was that message? When one of us would get a little… Read More »When is Enough Enough?
I never knew my grandfather. I wish I could have learned about courage from him as he died while trying to save another man’s life. As a proxy my father was not too shabby in passing on that message. As a boy suddenly thrust into the unimaginable situation where he and three siblings were left to be raised by a widowed mother, they clung together as a family and worked ceaselessly to endure the hard… Read More »Labor Day is a Holiday That Means Nothing … or Everything
My intellectual and emotional maturity came about through reluctantly paying dues that someone else imposed as a standard. I was and still am a rebel. Paying dues is a concept that has different meanings to different people, but the dominant context is that no one can reach a level of excellence in their careers without following exactly in the footprints of those who went before them. Hogwash! Rebels with a cause can produce miraculous results… Read More »The Controversy Over Paying Dues