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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

Mutual Mentorship

I recently wrote a 5-part series of on the topic of mentoring and that horse was sufficiently beaten to death before I was finished. It was a labor of love because I have always been a strong proponent of training in the workplace. I have not modified any of my thoughts since that time, but there is always something new or a different slant on a topic. Last week I read an excellent blog post… Read More »Mutual Mentorship

You Can’t Fake Optimism

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. ~ Vaclav Havel If you search online for inspirational quotes about optimism, you will find a bunch of crap proclaiming that without an optimistic viewpoint a person’s world will stop turning. Optimism is one of those misunderstood concepts that in and of… Read More »You Can’t Fake Optimism

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – From the Inspirational To the Practical

I’m not sure if this is a permanent trend, but this week also began with an article that is intended to be somewhat motivational on Monday and evolved into an analogy of personal characteristics in an organization on Tuesday. Another recurring topic is on diversity and this week we take a look into exclusion as well as inclusion. Finally, job search advice is given in a general sense to anyone looking to find work and… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – From the Inspirational To the Practical

Diversity and Occlusion

No, that is not a typographical or grammatical error. The word occlusion could be seen as one of the results of inclusion because occluding indicates a shutting off, obstructing or blocking something in favor of something else. Diversity indicates an organizational condition that is composed of a population of different individuals with the objective of recognizing the value of each individual. Inclusion is an individual characteristic that represents being valued and respected. For some reason… Read More »Diversity and Occlusion