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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Career Advice: How Are You Doing On Your Job?
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via the " Official Investigator." Ever wonder if your boss thinks you are doing a good job...or a bad job? Or how about if you are ready to go in and ask for raise...and get it. I was once told that I would be taking over another person's 40 hour a week job in addition to my job duties that I currently had...I asked for a raise...I was told by my boss that I was a "black mailer." People are too funny. Any who, feedback on the job is hard to get and here is an excerpt from a blog post about getting it. Five Career Tips For Effective Feedback: -
The manager and the employee discuss and agree on specific duties and expectations (i.e., goals).
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Both parties agree on how achievements will be measured and rewarded. This step includes an understanding as to when and how the measurements will be taken.
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The manager provides mid-course checkups and corrections on a regular basis.
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At the end of a predetermined period, performance is appraised against the agreed-upon standards of measurements. Both positive and negative results are discussed candidly.
Career rewards are given according to achievements of agreed upon goals. If there are problems with performance, the employee should be advised of improvements that must be made, within a given time frame, along with an explanation of what will happen if corrections are not made.
Here is the full article. Labels: Career Strategy
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
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To Link, or Not to Link: The Etiquette of Social Networking
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By Proper PaigeAs I continue to build out my shared network on linkedin.com, I highly recommend you build out yours too. Although I don't promote Amway in any way or sort, they did come up with the 5 Rule. If you introduce yourself to 5 new people each day of your life, you can't help but build out a strong network. Even if you are not building your own pyramid scheme, this will help your career path...no doubt. Here is a link to a nice blog post where some basic questions get answered about social networking. - What if you don't want to connect with someone who wants to connect with you?
- But what if something completely different bothers you about social networking? What if you don't like sharing so much information online?
- Once I have started, is it okay to stop?
Proper Paige ends it with a "shout out" to face to face connections, which I agree is better when push comes to shove. However, when building out a "career network," you have to plant a lot of seeds because much of career progression is about timing. So..the more the merrier in my book. Labels: Networking
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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21 Management Lessons from Successful Politicians
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By Michale Wade
- Call people by name.
- Find out what they want.
- Give them your time.
- Go to all parts of your community.
- Listen carefully.
- Don't try to do too much.
- Keep in touch.
- Simplify your message.
- Maintain key principles.
- Think several steps ahead.
- Recognize your supporters.
- Listen to your opponents.
- Adjust your strategies so they correspond to, or reshape, reality.
- Marshal your resources.
- Consider new perspectives.
- Develop your skills.
- Pay attention to those who may feel excluded.
- Understate your case.
- Avoid convoluted explanations.
- Don't accord too much weight to your greatest fans and critics.
- Lead and serve.
Michael Wade writes Execupundit.com, an eclectic combination of management advice, observations, and links. A partner with the Phoenix firm of Sanders Wade Rodarte Consulting Inc., he has advised private and public-sector organizations for more than 30 years.Labels: Career Strategy
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Reinventing Human Resource Management: Challenges and New Directions
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Posted by Sean Rehder |
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By Ronald Burke (Author) "The world of work and organization has become increasingly demanding and turbulent (Burke and Cooper, 2004)..."
Editorial Reviews
"The authors in this text review the most current thinking on HR initiatives associated with current organizational performance and investigate how the field will need to mobilize in new ways to meet the demand of this period of time. With contributions from key thinkers, this is one of the most important books on HRM available.
The human resources (HR) field is in a time of format and self-reflection. This field-leading text directly addresses the reasons that human resources management has not received its due. What can be done about this? Why is it critical to continued organizational performance and innovation? What are its benefits?"
Link.Labels: Book Review, Careers
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Monday, July 21, 2008
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GTD Time Management
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Posted by Sean Rehder |
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Getting Things Done (GTD) is a time management theory/practice made popular by David Allen and his book Getting Things Done, I have a copy and am constantly pulling it out looking through it like a hypo-chrondiac goes through their medicine cabinet. I'm going to start blogging a little bit on how I am trying to incorporate GTD concepts and methods into corporate recruiting processes.
I'll start with a post from 43folders.com, a blog I've been following since I first heard of GTD. Its blogger is Merlin Mann who is both very smart...and very funny... in sort of a Seinfeld kind of way. He's also an Apple fanatic and has been gracious enough to exchange some emails with me recently giving me some advice on purchasing the right Apple computer.
I grew up with Macs (my dad was in the public education system so I got to use his) and am finally making the move back in both the home use and professional use. I was recently at Genentech and noticed their employees with Macs and then I heard internal people at Salesforce.com were getting macs and I also made a visit to Apple and everyone had macs...and iPhones...of course. Its good to see common sense/personal productivity making its way back into corporate America.
Anyways... here is some of Merlin's post for the newly informed.
1) Reduce noise - We all have innumerable inboxes, interruptions, and distractions that are part of work and life — you can’t change that. What you can do is get more hard-nosed about the elective diversions that you invite into your world. Cancel a subscription for a magazine you never read or sign off an annoying mailing list. Needles get easier to find when you aren’t constantly adding new hay to the stack.
2) Write things down - Ever find a piece of paper in your office with seven digits on it? You know it’s a phone number, but whose? Get ruthless about jotting down ephemeral information if you’ll need to recall it later. Remember that your brain is a creative organ with limitless creative possibilities — but it makes a really crummy whiteboard.
3) Focus on action - My favorite productivity book, “Getting Things Done” highlights how anything you want to do in life eventually comes down to intentional physical activity — even if it’s something as mundane as “take out trash” and “call Mom.” Learn the habit of planning your world around action verbs rather than fuzzy nouns. “Implement Strategy” is not a task; it’s a project. “Call Jim about strategy” is a very do-able “next action” that keeps the ball in motion.
4) Get out of your inbox - Many of us are habituated to living out of our email inbox, voicemail, and the other “in baskets” of our lives. Instead, try to set aside regular, periodic times when you trawl for the new content in your life — then get back to work! Inboxes are delivery systems, not workspaces. The real work is happening in your brain and practically every other place that’s not an inbox. Stop allowing yourself to be brow-beaten by the latest, loudest, or most dramatic item that’s landed in your world.
5) Get pickier - You are the sole person in your life who gets to decide where your time and attention can go. Take that responsibility seriously by not wasting time on junk. You know in your heart what’s really important to you — does the current direction of your time and attention reflect that? Is “kid hugging” time where it should be in proportion to “Blackberry checking” time? Be mindful at the highest level about where you focus your energy, and always strive not to squander it on undeserving activities.
More to follow in the future.Labels: GTD, Productivity
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
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Podtech Video: Internet Strategist Bryan Rhoads
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Posted by Sean Rehder |
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Jeremiah Owyang interviews Bryan Rhoads, Intel's internet and marketing strategist. He's helping the company embrace social media, cultivate communities and use new conversational tools. This interview takes place at the Internet Strategy Forum Summit in Portland, in July 2007.
Learn how a large technology company adopts these new tools, improves from its lessons and embraces community. Robert Scoble chimes in with additional commentary and questions.Labels: Careers
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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10 Ways to Get a Grip On Your E-Mail
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By Anne Fisher, Fortune senior writer
"(Fortune) -- Here is a startling bit of arithmetic: If you get and send 100 e-mails a day, that adds up to 24,000 messages annually, on which you probably spend an average of 100 workdays. If you could manage to reduce the amount of e-mail you send and receive by 20%, you'd free up 20 workdays a year to use for other things, like thinking up new ideas that could help further your career or, heck, taking a longer vacation."
Here they are (full details):
- Send less
- Quit boomeranging
- Stop - then send
- Be polite, up to a point
- Schedule live conversations
- Strengthen your subject lines
- Structure matters
- Save purposefully
- File smart
- Coach - or suffer
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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The Changing HR Profession
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Posted by Sean Rehder |
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"In the old days, companies had delivery boys who scooted around with packages," explains David Creelman, chief executive of Creelman Research, a Toronto-based HR consulting firm. "Today all those jobs have disappeared because of Federal Express. We're rapidly approaching the point where HR will be like that, where companies will use outside vendors for all but the strategic level of tasks."
Read more.Labels: Careers
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 Sean Rehder is a "workforce analyst and developer" that focuses on industries and companies, careers and employees, and how they can all work together. |
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 Sean Rehder is the shortest distance between a compelling vision and incredible software. His depth of understanding of a customer's problem, ability to articulate a solution, and then implement that solution in record time is nothing short of amazing. Add to this that Sean is a really nice guy, and I would have to say that he is the complete package. It is an honor to work with him." |
Jeff "JJ" Hunter
Director, Talent Strategy & Technology
Electronic Arts, Inc.
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 "Sean is one of the most brilliant and technical people I've ever worked with in this industry. Expertise in CRM systems is not the only reason I strongly recommend Sean to my clients. Its also because of his generosity, kindness of spirit, and willingness to break things down to a level anyone can understand. That makes him an incredible business partner. " |
Shally Steckerl
Leading Recruitment Speaker & Consultant
JobMachine.net
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 "I have had the pleasure of working with Sean in the last 6 months on a project that required his insight and expertise around a Talent Relationship Managment (TRM) solution. Sean is one of the few people I have met that can help tie in the complex elements of recruiting, sourcing, pipelining with a business and technical solution." |
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 "I have had the privilege of working with Sean for the past year+ designing, developing and implementing EA's global talent acquisition CRM solution. Sean is innovative, solutions focused, reliable with high integrity and has been a key in rolling out a cutting edge, scaleable tool. Sean is customer focused and an absolute pleasure to work with. If you ever have an opportunity to work with Sean I would jump at the chance and I recommend him without hesitation!" | |
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 "Sean Rehder is one of the most competent, bright and dedicated talent leaders I've met in the past three years since my return to the talent industry. Sean posseses an adept vision of where the market is headed. He understands and utilizes advanced technologies, advanced best processes and sound business savvy. His caring for his customers is extraordinary." |
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 "I was the founder of ABE Staffing Services and worked with Sean when we were growing our compliance company. As an added bit of information, our company was founded in 1994 with no clients and zero income. Sean came to us in 97. By 2001, we were at $100 million a year in revenue and employing 1500 payrolled individuals. This growth and the supporting infrastructure was largely built on Sean's initiatives. |
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 "Sean is the go to guy for designing and implementing next generation of recruiting technology solutions. He is smart, passionate and driven for success in all that he does. As a business partner, we rely heavily on him for his expertise and he never lets us down. I highly recommend Sean without reservation!" |
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 "Sean is a talented and knowledgeable Talent Consultant. He is responsive and thorough in his approach and contributes well to a team if needed. He is extremely up-to-date on most issues relevant to the talent management marketplace despite the ever changing demands placed on companies and individuals. I'd recommend Sean as a consultant or employee without hesitation." | |
 "Sean is absolutely a contingent workforce expert. He has valuable, practical knowledge with recrutiing, engaging and managing the complex issues surrounding contract talent. Sean is also a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend Sean." |
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 "Sean's wealth and breadth of knowledge and experience in the Contingent Staffing arena has made him an invaluable resource for me to tap into. There are so few individuals in this industry who truly understand this relatively new terrain of contingent professional staffing, and Sean is one of them." |
Terri Gallagher National Account Manager Taleo
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 "Sean has an excellent reputation in the field of contractor compliance. Sean built an on-line web based application to support our product that allowed us to provide our clients with timely service. Sean during his tenure at ABE was one of the most highly respected individuals within our company for his level of expertise." | |
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2007 Electronic Recruiters Exchange Award for "Most Innovative Use of Technology" 
Nomination: 2006 Salesforce.com Application Award for University Recruiting