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What They Don’t Want You to Know

We have all seen the infomercial lead-in for a miracle snake oil cure-all in which a white coated actor declares, “This is the secret formula that they don’t want you to know about!” Feeding the flames of paranoia and distrust of just about everything, the staged talk show format allows a contrived dialog that opens the way to believing that there is a magic elixir that only Dr. Whitecoat can deliver. Whether it is to… Read More »What They Don’t Want You to Know

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – The People Interface

This was not exactly “Theme Week” on Make HR Happen, but as always there was a core concept of analyzing interpersonal relationships that make us do what we do. Human resources is probably the most difficult to manage of all the assets that a company has in its inventory. This eclectic set of articles follows various aspects of managing people, understanding their motivations, and giving appropriate responses. First we started with dealing with problem people,… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – The People Interface

What Job Seekers Really Want

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This is the article that shouldn’t be written. At least the timing is absolutely wrong for so many reasons, but the frustration of “paying it forward” when nobody cares eventually grinds the true caring person inside of me to a halt. I spent last weekend reading Harvey Mackay’s book Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty because it is one of those classic networking books that I have quoted without having read the book from cover… Read More »What Job Seekers Really Want

Considering a Contingent Career

About the time that the current boomer generation came into existence in the mid-1940’s, William Kelly placed his first “Kelly Girl” office temps with a client. How times have changed. By 1990 this had grown to the proportion of 1 in 13 new jobs categorized as temps and Manpower, Inc. became larger than General Electric. In 2005 the U.S. Department of Labor released a special study providing a definitive analysis of the contingent workforce and… Read More »Considering a Contingent Career

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – The Intertwining of HR and Job Search

The articles published this week spoke of optimism, learning, networking, advising and intervening. While there is a specific target audience to each of these, there is a thread running through them all that should pique interest from anyone associated with those looking for employment as well as Recruiting or Human Resources personnel. There must always be a mutual understanding from the other person’s perspective to be successful in these endeavors. What do you think? Mar… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – The Intertwining of HR and Job Search