I recently saw a question on LinkedIn that I had to share. It is the question that has plagued HR professionals and hiring managers every time they post an opportunity!
The Question
This is the question that has sparked a rather long discussion on LinkedIn: Hire employees with the skills or behaviors? There is some debate on [...]

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Retiring with a company after working there for 30 years? One income family? Pension? Those older and wiser have told of such experiences. Gen Xers and generations to follow will be hard pressed know such a life! While this may be perceived as a good or bad thing, that all depends on one’s outlook.
An Employee’s [...]

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Over the past few months, I’ve had many requests to teach people how to use social networking sites, Twitter being one of them. Armed with the new label “Twitter Tutor”, I have coached some folks on what Twitter is, why it’s so important. Now more than ever, my training sessions are being geared towards the job [...]

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With the economy in the state it’s in, we have more and more job seekers on the hunt for the next career opportunity. It’s officially become an employer’s market.

With competition being fierce for the available positions, job seekers need to be extra judicious on presenting the cleanest professional image possible. In turn, being in as [...]

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Job seekers beware! Many Human Resource (HR) professionals have jumped on the social networking bandwagon. As more and more potential employees join the various social networks out there (LinkedIn, Facebook, and Myspace just to name a few), the information one can ascertain from a simple Internet search is unreal. This definitely changes the meaning of [...]

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