Power Words for Your Resume

Developed. Negotiated. Revitalized. | Bolstered. Conceptualized. Fortified. | Induced. Launched. Prompted.

Ever need just the right power word for your resume? Here’s a complete list of English power words from eMurse that you can use to “bolster,” “fashion,” and “modernize” your curriculum vitae.

How to Have Great Meetings

Can you imagine a workplace without meetings? Most people can’t. There are over 11 million meetings a day in the U.S. alone.

Since we started our company over three years ago, we’ve come pretty close to our goal of no meetings. Sure, we talk. We get things done. And every once in a while we even have a “meeting.” We like them to zip along, though. Start fast, end faster, get to work. This week I stumbled across three very interesting articles about how to have effective meetings, each of which start with an admonition about avoiding meetings.

Five Weeeeird Tips for Great Meetings. Alexander, the Chief Happiness Officer, makes me smile every day. He offers some fun tips for effective meetings. One idea: Lose the table and meet standing up.

7 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings. Ben at Institgator Blog subtitled this one “Meeting don’t have to suck.”

The 7 Sins of Deadly Meetings. This Fast Company article says, “Meeting are too long. They should do twice as much in half the time.”

Although professionals in American business are said to waste over 30 hours in meetings monthly, there is a better way. Way back when I started working I used to attend group meetings that were quick…and on time. The big boss used to lock the conference room door at the exact time the meeting was to begin. And inevitably someone who was late would tug on the door. They only did that once.

Daylight Savings 2007 Checklist for HR

Daylight savings is coming a month early this year. And HR has to be on notice — it’s not just the fact that Daylight Savings is going to start on March 11 in the United States, it’s that there’s some real Y2K-like buzz about it. Are you ready?

HR Readiness Checklist for Daylight Savings 2007

  1. Prepare all-employee communication for delivery on Friday, March 9.
  2. Meet with IT about online calendars. (Microsoft calendars are not programmed to spring ahead early.)
  3. Check those Blackberries. We wouldn’t want to miss an hour’s worth of e-mail.
  4. Make sure payroll isn’t running near midnight. People like their paychecks ontime.
  5. Be prepared to tell your international colleagues about the change.

HR’s Little Helper: The Crackberry

Crackberry

Crackberry was voted the word of the year in 2006 by Webster’s New World Dictionary. What self-respecting HR pro is without one these days, especially during the annual process? The phrase “Crackberry prayer,” the hunched over posture that Crackberry addicts assume while they rapidly reply to their mail within 30 seconds of receipt, just cracked me up.

Photo source: DiscoverBlackberry; Photoshop by KnowHR

Cisco’s TelePresence is Amazing

TelePresence

Cisco’s TelePresence HD video conferencing system is amazing. “Just because meetings are boring doesn’t mean they have to be low-res as well” is how they describe it on Engaget. Robert Scoble has video of how it works. Truly amazing. The HD screens make it look like people are really sitting there in a meeting. Intro price for special tables, screens, and hardware, is to be about $300K according to Engaget.

And think about how much money can be saved by keeping your employees closer to home and not wasting time in airports thinking about which six ounces of liquids they can take in a clear bag in the carry-on luggage.

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