Archive for March, 2007

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No Impact Man and an HR Project

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Some of My Best Friends Recycle
We recycle at our house. We talk about reducing our carbon footprint. We talk about global warming. And we drive an SUV. We buy bottled water. Food from far away. Small items in large plastic clamshell packaging. I can’t say that I’m proud of that. Which made me pay attention [...]

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Some Great Presentation Advice

Friday, March 30th, 2007

The YouBlog has a post called Death by Memorization. It’s one of the best and most succinct pieces of advice I’ve read in a while about presenting to an audience. (BTW: Earlier this week I saw one of the best presentations I’ve ever seen. Prepared. Clear. Practiced. Extemporaneous. Wow.)

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Sex Sells, but Not in Your Proxy Statement

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

News Corp. is in the media business, and in that business, sex sells. But not in their proxy statement. CNN reports:
News Corp. shareholders were in for an unexpected surprise if they called the proxy agent’s number listed on its latest filing.
The number listed for solicitation agent Georgeson Inc. was answered by an automated woman’s voice [...]

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Bloopers from Job Interviews

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

I thought there were some pretty funny examples of bloopers from job interviewers in this piece by Diane Stafford.

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Twitter and HR

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Are you a Twit. Ever been Tweeted? If not, what are you doing?
“What are you doing?” is the question that Twitter, the latest social media rage, asks its users. If you’re not Twittering, your employees certainly are.
With Twitter, you can write about what you’re doing in 140 characters or less. You can track [...]