45 Things

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Sometimes I really feel for my kids. As a career columnist, I've been full of advice -- from how to behave at work to how to choose the right career -- since they were about 3-years-old. That's why I hope this column I wrote for Gannett/USA Today will provide some insight for parents and their children. Those graduating from college soon may have only one request of Santa this year: Bring me a job.

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Human Resource Info4All

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Now when Functional/Technical competency dictionaries are finalized, it is time to assess the competencies and analyze the lead or lag that exists between the present level of competencies and required level of competencies. To analyze this, an assessment form has been designed which is user friendly and anyone can use it. Its easy to understand. The assessment form is a part of my earlier post where I mentioned the Methodology to assess competencies. There are fields or labels where data can be entered and final lead/lag may be calculated. Functional/Technical Competency assessment form.

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David Zinger

DECEMBER 23, 2010

What’s Up for 2011? From leading thinkers to a  Zinger. I was inspired to write this based on the recent work by the Harvard Business Review asking leading thinkers what they planned to work on in 2011. trust this will also inspire you to declare what you intend to work on in 2011 and feel free to write your intention in the comment section. Snippets: Herminia Ibarra 2011. Thomas H. Educate.

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Working Girl

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The 2011 Carnival of HR schedule is up at Carnival of HR and Working Girl will be your host on January 5th. In honor of the new year, the Carnival topic is ''Reflections and Resolutions'' - and feel free to throw in some predictions while you''re at it. Let''s lay 2010 honorably to rest and start getting ready for 2011! carnivals

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David Zinger

DECEMBER 22, 2010

What’s Up? The Harvard Business review just published a piece on what is on the 2011 agenda for some of the leading managment, leadership, and workplace thinkers. Click on the names below to read what such people as Dan Pink, Edgar H. Schein, and Bob Sutton are planning for 2011. encourage you to watch the short 3 minute video introduction to the project outlined by Julia Kirby. Dan Ariely.

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Working Girl

DECEMBER 21, 2010

In celebration of that special time of year, check out the Compensation Cafe Holiday Medley podcast - a lively thirty minute turn through a number of seasonal reward topics: Cash versus Recognition. Salaries have been in a suppressed state due to the tough economy, salary freezes/cutbacks and record low salary increase levels. Can we make recognition succeed in this environment? If so, how?

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Monster HR

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Career experts are unanimous on the importance of customizing our resumes for each new job we apply for. But for many of us, when it comes to revising our resumes, the first question is "How?". It's easy to get stuck in rut when you're working with material you know so well. So here are some ways to take a fresh look at revising your resume. 1. Analyze the job post's wording. widget:1029]. 2.

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HRCP

DECEMBER 23, 2010

We’ve just moved into our new digs! We’ve been working on an update to our hrcp.com website for months. It’s a lovely Christmas present for us to have the new site finally active. We’re really excited about the new site. It integrates a number of different processes and provides a better overall experience for visitors to our site. The shopping cart system is redesigned for a more efficient check-out process. And in the new “My HRCP” section, customers have immediate access to the online resources they have purchased. Drop by for a visit!

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APQC

DECEMBER 21, 2010

In this APQC interview with Pamela Gordon, a business sustainability consultant, she discusses the factors that make up a green supply chain in the electronics industry. Gordon explore the details of of how a green supply chain impacts: governmental compliance, supplier collaboration, and. product development. Compliance Environmental New Product Development Supply Chain Planning Procurement Product Design Logistics External Relationships Supply Chain Management Articles and White Papers 2.0 Develop and Manage Products and Services 4.1.5.6 Manage collaborative replenishment planning 4.1.1

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Evil HR Lady

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Azure! Azure was chosen by the random number generator on Random.org which generates random numbers, should you ever need one. Azure, send me your contact information ([email protected]) and I'll connect you with the Shabby Apple People. Thank you everybody for entering. This generated a seriously awesome list of bad advice. I'm glad I said the winner would be chosen randomly because I couldn't possibly have chosen the best (worst?) bad advice. This will probably be my last post here for a couple of weeks, as we're off to Oman and Dubai to be warm at Christmas.

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David Zinger

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Creating Employee Engagement Buzz Through Community. Guide bees. Can we use honey bees and beehives as guidelines on how to create change through community? neophytes experience. Last summer I did some work with bees in co-creating office art. This summer I hope to place  a few networked computers into the hive to create parallel play with honey bees. Yet I know that 50% of the time I am wrong.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Great Quotes: Gems from Subroto Bagchi on Leadership. have always enjoyed reading thoughts of Subroto Bagchi, one of India's most well known and respected leaders from the IT industry who operates as a “Gardener” and Vice Chairman at

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Monster HR

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Like the old saying, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life," it's never a bad time to start moving your career in a better direction. Here are 10 New Year's resolutions to help. Pay Attention in Class. Treat every workday like a school day. Be sure you learn something and use it to make yourself more productive. It doesn't have to relate to your skills set. Take mental notes. Be Ethical.

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Strategic HCM

DECEMBER 23, 2010

A regular reader of Strategic HCM? friend / contact of mine? Want to do something for me? Here’s my Chirstmas present list for you: Like this blog! You do, don’t you – so give me a thumbs up using the Facebook Like symbol at the bottom of the post! (I’ve only got three ‘likes’ so far, which can’t be right, can it?) Those of you in, or who can get into London, can win a prize as well.

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David Zinger

DECEMBER 18, 2010

Jack does not see Jill. Jill is not invisibile. Jack just never looks. Employee Engagement

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APQC

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The benefits of learning from mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are huge. They include: read more. Mergers and Acquisitions Human Capital Management Presentations 6.0 Develop and Manage Human Capital Print

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Can you hear the collective groan when you launch that new compliance course? Do you get complaints both public and private from trainees about the uselessness of the training courses you've launched? Is there anything that can be done about it?

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SuccessFactors

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Last week I had the opportunity (and honor) to emcee the SuccessFactors Workforce Planning Summit in London. Firstly, a note of thanks to all of our speakers who braved the inclement weather to make the event such a success – a room full of attendees spent the day furiously jotting down notes on how to […]. Strategic HR best practices HR 2.0 social networking Strategy Execution SuccessFactors workforce planning

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Strategic HCM

DECEMBER 22, 2010

If you didn’t receive it from me, the second edition of the Strategic HCM newsletter is available here. The main focus this time around is innovation – including in HR 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 – and the capability and measurement approaches required to support this. Visit here if you’d like to subscribe to future editions of the newsletter. Strategic Dynamics

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Evil HR Lady

DECEMBER 20, 2010

When I wrote about wealthy and famous people who had spectacular career comebacks , several people asked, “But what about us normal humans? Those of us who don’t have millions of dollars to help us through?” Well, I asked my readers and got numerous fabulous responses. Here are the stories of people who had neither fame nor fortune, but were able to overcome great odds. Here are normal people with spectacular career comebacks

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APQC

DECEMBER 21, 2010

IBM and APQC recently surveyed 300 organizations worldwide on the state of ERM. The results revealed that organizations lack the advanced risk management skills to determine risk management and risk appetite. Robert Torok, executive consultant, IBM Global Business Services, discusses how organizations can best improve these skills. Continuous Improvement Measurement Analytics Performance Measurement Risk Management Finance and Accounting Articles and White Papers 10.2 Manage business resiliency 7.3 Develop and implement security, privacy, and data protection controls 8.0

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QAspire

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Conversations are at the core of good leadership and how/what a leader communicates reveals the personality of the leader. A few years back, I was facilitating a discussion between the project leaders. The goal was to identify the

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Strategic HCM

DECEMBER 19, 2010

A reminder that my 2011 Predictions survey is open for another couple of weeks (until 8th January). Internal HR practitioners can win a free ticket to the Economist’s Talent Management Summit in London on 9th June next Summer. Blogging People management strategy

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Evil HR Lady

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Azure! Azure was chosen by the random number generator on Random.org which generates random numbers, should you ever need one. Azure, send me your contact information ([email protected]) and I'll connect you with the Shabby Apple People. Thank you everybody for entering. This generated a seriously awesome list of bad advice. I'm glad I said the winner would be chosen randomly because I couldn't possibly have chosen the best (worst?) bad advice. This will probably be my last post here for a couple of weeks, as we're off to Oman and Dubai to be warm at Christmas.

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Evil HR Lady

DECEMBER 20, 2010

When I wrote about wealthy and famous people who had spectacular career comebacks , several people asked, “But what about us normal humans? Those of us who don’t have millions of dollars to help us through?” Well, I asked my readers and got numerous fabulous responses. Here are the stories of people who had neither fame nor fortune, but were able to overcome great odds. Here are normal people with spectacular career comebacks

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