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No one reads the cover letter (and other HR secrets)

Thursday, 07 April 2011 14:34 Julie Desmond

HR Secret #1: People who hire people for a living are practical. They will eventually get around to scrutinizing your application, but at first they will glance over the cover letter, open the resume, and never again will the two documents appear side by side. You will sweat over the details of your vast successes, but these are your words. As your resume is passed around, the people you want to work for will use it and your interviews to form their own impressions.

Get lost: Working passion into your workday

Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:03 Julie Desmond

You know the look: Einsteinlike hair, wild eyes that light up like Zelda. Passion. You know the feeling: a deep and irrational drive to participate or perform for the sake of participating or perfo...

A good stretch after a long nap

Thursday, 21 April 2011 14:45 Julie Desmond

Getting anywhere in life and in work requires movement. Sometimes we walk, sometimes we run, sometimes we’re pushed in a new direction by people or circumstances. Occasionally, we stretch.

Stretch. ...

Ask: Because you never know what you don’t know

Friday, 29 April 2011 13:43 Julie Desmond

It was just a report. A straightforward spreadsheet. A list of text and numbers lined up in long columns, a few formulas, some formatting and Voila! A report. Unfortunately, the recipient of the r...

Feeling groovy at work

Friday, 06 May 2011 13:12 Julie Desmond

Feelin’ Groovy is an old song; ask an old person and they just might remember the catchy tune and the words: Slow down, you’re moving too fast.

Lately, I have been required to ask competency-based ques...

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