There are more women in top jobs than there used to be, and the relatively high 20% of engineers at Google are more than usual, according to Marissa Mayer at Google in this Newsweek story, she recounts how Larry Page and Sergey Brin said to her “…we know that organizations work better when there is [...]
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Ask a Manager and Evil HR Lady Blogs. The Department of Labor G.Neil is a one-stop HR supply shop for your small business. Monster.com is considered one of the top (if not the top) job board SmartBrief publishes several B2B electronic newsletters for business owners The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Your Local Chamber [...]
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Image via Wikipedia How have you been feeling about the green economy lately? Hopeful? Apprehensive? Excited? Skeptical? Curious? Wary? Motivated? Disillusioned? There are more and more signs from the Obama Administration that we are moving into a new era where climate change, green jobs, and renewable resources are front and center in discussions, negotiations, and [...]
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On a recent survey, I asked what obstacles job seekers are experiencing in their search for a green career. I wasn’t surprised to see responses centered around these themes: Not enough green job openings in my local area. Not sure how to translate my skills into a green career. Lack of experience. Figuring out how [...]
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Recruiters don’t throw away your vacancies There are so many factors that can influence your response and overall results, a well structured advert that has been written to be search engine friendly will perform better than an advert that has been thrown together or simply pasted in from the clients job spec without any consideration [...]
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No question about it; the job market looks dismal for the foreseeable future. Driven by the for the prospect of more regulations and higher taxes employers are reluctant to hire permanent employees. There are two ways to work in this situations. One, some will treat the temporary job as a short term, stop-gap proposition. They [...]
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The first few minutes of a job interview are critically important for creating a good first impression. In fact, the first 30 seconds can make you or break you. Interviewers gather clues about you based on the way you look, how you shake hands, the eye contact you make and the first words that come [...]
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The news headlines predict new jobs ahead. How and when is up for grabs. The good news is that there will be new jobs available in the near future. The bad news is that the numbers are large and the competition for the same jobs will continue to be fierce. What can you do to [...]
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The 20 Types of Executives (part 2) How to Improve Your Performance No Matter What Type You Are In our first article on this subject, we looked at the types of Executive personalities. Now, we’ll continue with our overview, so you can be better aware of your own type of personality and see how executive [...]
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Green Lobbyist Entrepreneur There are lobby and special interest groups for nearly everything in Washington, D.C., trying to get bills passed that are beneficial to their own needs and blocking bills that would stop or hamper those needs in any way. Becoming a green lobbyist is not as easy as announcing that you are only [...]
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