On The Job

MAY 26, 2008

When signing up to serve our country, new recruits often are told how their military career will lead to good jobs when they one day re-enter the civilian world. Caulfield calls it the “military service penalty,” which he says comes about because too many civilians who do the hiring are personally unfamiliar with the military.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

No impressive titles or big names to rock the world of a recruiter looking through thousands of resumes. That's the stuff that makes any resume sing and a hiring manager sit up and take notice. Let's consider another reason to jump onto a sinking ship: The address would look good on the resume. Lijit Search.

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On The Job

JANUARY 22, 2008

Procurement, IT and accounting positions are also on the "most wanted" job list, and that's just one example of why private and government groups are banding together to try and recruit baby boomers for these jobs. Tags: interview questions business buzzwords baby boomer jobs. Does delayering make you look thinner? del.icio.us.

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On The Job

JANUARY 18, 2008

In other words, desperation makes employers and recruiters avoid you like the plague. Wouldn't your eagerness to have a job mean that you would be a more enthusiastic and committed worker for anyone who hired you? Tags: recession proof your job downsizings layoffs. How is that fair? Be on the cutting edge. del.icio.us.

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On The Job

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Many GenY workers have gone to work for companies that also then hire their friends -- GenY employees say they'd rather work with people they like and often will jump ship to join buddies at another company. . I had a very frustrating Monday as I tried to post to this blog. It finally posted sometime after 10 p.m.

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Career Advancement

APRIL 1, 2019

In fact, 57% of recruiters are less likely to interview candidates who don’t have an online presence, a CareerBuilder survey found. In fact, 57% of recruiters are less likely to interview candidates who don’t have an online presence, a CareerBuilder survey found. The key is to increase your visibilit y wisely.

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Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 23, 2020

With the lack of proper measures to examine the performance, the productivity deteriorates and the employees too feel demotivated and disconnected with the organisation goals. Performance management systems allows the managers to assign objectives and goals to the teams, keeping in alignment the organisational goals. Visit Website. Ease of Use.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 23, 2010

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog We're nearing the end of email, maybe Posted to: Networking | Self-management April 23rd, 2010 Del.icio.us At first I didn’t believe it. So, I have been thinking for a while that I need to stop using email, but I was never sure my hunch was right.

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Penelope Trunk

AUGUST 30, 2010

Women do better at work if they are feminine at work instead of trying to be like the guys. But there is very little advice on HOW to be yourself. Don’t be boring. On the way to our board meeting today, it was me, and Ryan Paugh, and Ryan Healy, in a car, running late. Then I said, “I think I’ll pop a Xanax.” And no one said anything.

IT 110

IT Pharmaceutical Career Management 110

Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have written before that for me, the biggest problem at work stems from my own sensory integration dysfunction – something that typically tags along with an Asperger's diagnosis. So, based on my own experience , here are some concrete rules for doing better at work if you have Asperger’s, and maybe if you don’t. Then leave.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

To give you a sense of how much I can’t deal with it, I almost did not graduate college because I had too many library fines. I graduated only because my grandma made some calls. I have to fill in my age on the form, but there are numbers all over the form and all over the room and I can’t remember if I’m 41 or 42. At least not right now.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 18, 2009

So everyone can just shut up about how no one can write anymore. Newsflash: No one could write in the Middle Ages, when the good writers wrote in Latin and everyone else spoke colloquial languages like French and English, which priests told them were too lame for real writing. They don’t want ideas to change.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 22, 2009

So I told myself that it’s okay to be with someone who has commitment issues, as long as I am having fun. But my kids grew to love the farm, and the farmer, almost as quickly as I did. This makes sense. So my kids were constantly asking to go to the farm, and constantly trying to figure out, what is the farmer? And then he said, “Okay.

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