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Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Watching People Everywhere

If there is a line between stalking and people watching, I probably test those boundaries from time to time. There is a library of characters in my brain, probably for that unwritten great American novel, that grows with every day. This week began with observing how people see different generations. If ageism is alive and well it is probably partially due to how people are perceived by another age group. Next we transitioned into a… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Watching People Everywhere

A Job Search Requires More Than One Lens

All of us are people-watchers at one time or another. We can find amusement in watching people perform in their own one-act unrehearsed and unplanned play as they stumble through life unaware that anyone is watching. When it becomes necessary, we consciously, or maybe unconsciously, focus our observation on others in order to learn acceptable behaviors and successful patterns of actions. For a job seeker, there are many lessons to be learned about changing the… Read More »A Job Search Requires More Than One Lens

Always Question Everything… Sometimes

A people watcher is a collector of observed behaviors. When I was a child, I remember watching my parents and wanting to say and do everything I observed. How quickly we forget. Fast forward to a quick road trip lunch stop at a nasty McDonalds in Maryland where now I am the daddy that is being observed by a toddler sitting in the restaurant-supplied high chair. Imagine my surprise when I heard that cherubic little… Read More »Always Question Everything… Sometimes

Witnessing Generations from 20/20 Hindsight

I love people watching. I am also a story teller. An exercise in creative writing for me is to people-watch on a train or in a waiting room and cast them in a miniseries in my mind. My grandmother started me on this path when I was only a child. When we would visit her, she and I would take long walks together and talk… and make up stories. One memorable day we found a… Read More »Witnessing Generations from 20/20 Hindsight

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Thinking Outside of the Network

Making a stab at covering all aspects of networking led to a five part series on the topic. Although each article was banging on the gate to be let out into the wild, I tamed them into showing up on five consecutive days… not an easy task. Did I miss anything? My network will probably let me know. I also hope that I unintentionally stole ideas from other people because that proves the point that… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Thinking Outside of the Network