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Warren Buffett’s Rule of Thumb on Personal Integrity
On occasion, personal integrity and ethical conduct can be challenging. Greed, selfishness, distrust and other inclinations can result in misrepresentations, deliberate omission of facts to throw a positive spin on things, purposeful oversight, misuse of information and self-interested behavior. Warren … Continue reading
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Compilation of Job Interview Questions
A couple of years ago, I compiled a list of job interview questions and loosely categorized this list by personal attributes, career performance, communication skills, team skills, managerial skills, and leadership skills. I have since shared this list with recruiting … Continue reading
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[Ideas for Impact #39] Systems Thinking as a Trait for Career Success
In this Fast Company article, Gary Flake, Director of Live Labs at Microsoft identifies Systems Thinking as an important trait for career success. There are three traits that will serve anyone wanting any role at any company, not just ours: … Continue reading
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How to Write a Job Description for Your Present Position — Part 3
Preamble This article concludes a series of three articles that describes how to get clarity about your present role in your organization and write an effective job description. The first article established that writing a job description for your present … Continue reading
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How to Write a Job Description for Your Present Position — Part 2: Job Analysis
Preamble This article is the second in a series of three articles that describes how to get clarity about your present role in your organization and write an effective job description. Yesterday’s article established that writing a job description for … Continue reading
How to Write a Job Description for Your Present Position — Part 1: Why
Preamble This article is the first in a series of three articles that describes how to get clarity about your present role in your organization and write an effective job description. Jobs and Job Descriptions Jobs are the fundamental building … Continue reading
[Résumé Tips #6] Avoid Clichéd Superlatives and Proclamations
Self-Declarations on Résumés Consider the following assertions from résumés that I reviewed recently: “Ambitious, career oriented, uniquely qualified, results-driven professional with outstanding academic preparation and exceptional industrial experience in applied research and design.” “Extremely strong, aggressive, self-sufficient writer with excellent … Continue reading
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[Podcast #1] The Importance of Understanding Perspective
“Understand breadth, depth, and context. The most important thing I’ve learned since becoming CEO is context. It’s how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it.” * Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric … Continue reading
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[Managing Your Boss #3] Seeking Proactive Feedback from Your Manager
Feedback is a critical component of our work. We need to understand whether our performance is in line with what is expected of us. We need to learn what we are doing well, what we need to change and how … Continue reading
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Résumé Tips #5: Résumé or Curriculum Vitae?
The terms résumé or curriculum vitae (CV) are near-synonyms and often used interchangeably. The sense of these terms, however, may differ in certain geographies. Usage in North America In North America, there is a difference between the terms résumé and … Continue reading
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