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Time To Get The Job You Love!: Getting a job you love is much more than just a dream. With focus, you can personally take action to achieve the job you love rather than living a workplace nightmare. For most people, those who are motivated to action, getting the job they love is not out of reach....; Tags: Job, Workplace, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2008-01-01
A Sales Rep Deployed to Iraq: A reader writes: I have been in my sales job job now for about 3 months. I have just found out that I am going to be deploying. I am still at work and will continue to work until I have to leave for active...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Geoffrey James, e-mail; Blog posts 2008-07-16
4 Ways to Improve Your Workplace Relations: Former White House spokesman Tony SnowÂ succumbed last weekend to colon cancer, but his legacy of effective interpersonal interactions lives on, says Kris Dunn. Dunn says Snow inspired four lessons that can help people improve their professional approaches. 1. Be willing to put your...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-07-15
Desk Rage Spoils Workplace For Many Americans: By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Get out of the way, road rage. Here comes desk rage. Anger in the workplace -- employees and employers who are grumpy, insulting, short-tempered or worse -- is shockingly common and likely growing as Americans cope...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, workplace, violence, absenteeism, worker, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., job, income, leader, supplier, industry; News items 2008-07-10
Can A Nose Job Lift Your Leadership Skills?: The newest trend in cosmetic surgery, apparently, is nipping and tucking for your job. Not content to Botox their brows into submission merely for personal primping, workplace go-getters men as well as women are turning to appearance enhancement for career advancement. No lesser an authority than His...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Professional development, CC Holland, workplace, BOTOX, job; Blog posts 2008-06-16

How to Win at Office Politics: Like it or not, every workplace is a political environment. But operating effectively within it doesn’t have to mean sucking up, lying, or slinging dirt. In its purest form, office politics is simply about getting from here to there: securing a promotion, seeing an idea come to fruition, or gaining...; Tags: Professional development, Kelly Pate Dwyer, office politics, career, workplace, game, Human Resources, e-mail, environment; Articles 2007-07-02
Pay Attention to Your Body Own Language: Much is made of using body language to project strength and competence in the workplace, but as any FBI profiler will tell you, nonverbal cues are an indicator of larger underlying truths that shouldn't be swept under the rug. On BNET's Useful Commute on Monday, Kinsey Consulting...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Jeff Palfini, job; Blog posts 2008-03-05
Techniques of the Office Politics Masters: How five of the country's top CEOs maneuvered to reach the top and stay there. Steve Jobs CEO, Apple Political Style: The charismatic visionary Passion is Jobs’ greatest asset in motivating employees, negotiating deals, and cultivating a...; Tags: Kelly Pate Dwyer, PepsiCo, Steve Jobs, office politics, stock option, staffing, CEO, Apple Inc., asset, acquisition, worker, career, technique, stock, job; Articles 2007-07-20
Top Seven Workplace Plays and Maneuvers: All office politicking relies upon a simple concept: the biggest help and the biggest hindrance to reaching your goals is other people. What’s the right way to win friends and influence people? The most effective moves build alliances, sell your ideas, and solve problems. They also involve risk — so...; Tags: Team management, Strategy, Kelly Pate Dwyer, coworker, office politics, consultant, team, workplace, alliance, Human Resources, vision, software, environment, e-mail; Articles 2007-07-02
Tales from the Trenches: The Ups and Downs of Parental Leave: Cranky bosses, inflexible schedules, going into labor at work. These five parents navigated the tricky waters of when to take parental leave — and when to come back. Anne San Diego, CA Job at time of parental leave: Instructor at a major university...; Tags: Vertical industries, Professional development, C.C. Holland, leave, pregnancy, disability, supervisor, Computer Associates International Inc., career advancement, health care, Human Resources, job, bond, bank, career; Articles 2007-05-29
Tales from the Firing Line: Letting an employee go can make your feel like the angel of death. Here's how three managers cope with the realities of bearing bad news. James Wright Position: Partner at IT staffing firm Bridge Technical Solutions. Experience: In the 1990s,...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, Jennifer Alsever, layoff, job, strategy, firing, team, termination, workplace, dot-com, career, Human Resources, marketing, information technology; Articles 2007-03-20
Should Foreign Languages Be Banned from US Workplaces?: It can be frustrating for an English-speaking customer to deal with an employee who struggles with the language. However, companies generally see the value in having bilingual employees on-staff to address the many consumers who haven't mastered English. But what does any of that have to do with conversations between...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Recruitment & Selection, Lori Deschene, English-only, Salvation Army, workplace; Blog posts 2007-12-11
Staying in the Loop When Telecommuting: Telecommuting allows you to have full-time employment and a steady paycheck while experiencing the independence enjoyed by the self-employed. You can dress comfortably and avoid the hassles of commuting, saving substantially on gas and parking or public transportation. You also have a quiet workspace to yourself, making it easy to...; Tags: BNET Editorial, telecommuting, coworker, workspace, career, public transportation, downsizing, supervisor, phone line, Microsoft Office, team, phone, workplace, environment, marketing, photograph, network, performance, e-mail, job; Articles 2007-10-31
How to Take Parental Leave: Taking time off from work to care for a new child may be a federal right for many American workers, but doing it without mapping out a sound strategy can derail your career. Know Your Rights Goal: Determine exactly how...; Tags: Financial accounting, C.C. Holland, leave, Human Resources, financial planning, U.S., bond, job, career, health care, financial, strategy, tool; Articles 2007-05-29
Managing Work and Personal Life: Regardless of what your personal life entails, you need to know how to balance your work and life demands. Everyone who works is subject to pressure from the workplace that can impinge on personal time. In an always-on world, people can easily become more attentive to their jobs than the...; Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, BNET Editorial, career, workplace, job, budgeting, benefit, payment, Human Resources; Articles 2007-10-23
Looking For a New Job: The Pros and Cons: Do you dread Monday mornings, cringing at the prospect of returning to a job you hate, feeling tired, stressed, and unmotivated just thinking about it? If you don’t find joy or satisfaction in your work, it may be time to quit—after thinking it through. Even if you’re tempted to hand...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, BNET Editorial, job, supervisor, career, workplace, Human Resources, talent, industry; Articles 2007-10-17
Decision-making under Pressure: When an important decision must be made in a high-pressure situation, it is natural to worry about making a “bad” or “wrong” decision. Most people prefer to have sufficient time to analyze a situation and consider the alternatives. In a high-pressure situation, however, time is often a luxury they cannot...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, BNET Editorial, instinct, decision-making, decision tree, technique, analysis, workplace, motivation, accounting, job, tool; Articles 2007-10-12
Getting to the Root of a Problem: Organizations often respond to financial and market imperatives by resolving problems with short-term solutions. Often, there are procedures in place to guide people’s actions so that they spend minimal time on original thinking and then focus on the immediate requirements of the job. However, constantly relying on quick fixes requires...; Tags: BNET Editorial, analysis, workplace, financial, benefit, environment, job, industry; Articles 2007-10-11
Building Your Leadership Skills: There are many myths about leaders, one being that “leaders are born and not made.”The truth is, several factors contribute to the development of a leader. Obviously, the leader’s personal qualities are important, but also critical are the needs of the people being led and the objective they are pursuing....; Tags: BNET Editorial, leadership, leader, environment, workplace, motivation, vision, team, acquisition, knowledge, job; Articles 2007-10-04
Making Sound Hiring Decisions: Recruitment appears simple: a vacancy arises, the role is advertised, a pool of qualified candidates is interviewed and otherwise assessed, the successful candidate selected and the position offered. It rarely goes as smoothly at that, however. By final interview stages, so much information about the candidates has been gathered, that...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, BNET Editorial, recruit, workplace, job, hiring, small business, knowledge, phone; Articles 2007-10-03