All Entries in the "Jobs and Careers" Category
Don’t Hire Certificates
You are certain to run in to trouble if you are only relying on resumes, endorsements, certificates, degrees or social media to help you with your vetting of potential hiring candidates. An enormous amount of money, much of it wasted, is being spent on HR outsourcing research and recruiting of candidates. Funds are being spent also on [...]
What Happened to Human Potential?
For over two or more decades, large corporations have taken the concept of Human Potential and filtered it through the sometimes impersonal process called Human Resources. What has survived in the corporate world is the rhetoric of change, the managing of legal issues, and making differences for the organization good with all too often none of the substance [...]
Positively Healthier – Something to Think About
One of the ironies of the hunger in the United States, unlike some other countries, there is no shortage of food, just an abundance of waste. Good food (our interpretation) is overpriced, food that is said to be not good for us, foods loaded with salts, sugar and fats, are under priced. So an inquisitive person might extrapolate from all of this, let’s get healthier/nourishing food to the people who need it
Having High Hopes – The Alternative of Fear
In Monday’s New York Times there was an article which basically stated that nothing was working, specifically the retraining and re-hiring of the nations workforce and that having hope might turn out to be a wasted gesture. While there may be a ton of truth in this description of the state of the economy, however [...]
Considering Using Distance Learning Degrees For Distance Learning Courses With Self Improvement Courses As A Foundation
This is where the focus on self improvement courses comes into play as as we look to better ourselves by getting a distance learning degrees by making use of distance learning degrees services then we really cannot help but become better people from a totally overall perspective and that; is something which is a good thing for all involved.
Learn To Speak Chinese For Any Reason
According to the US State Department’s ranking of language difficulty, Mandarin is one of the toughest languages in the world for an English speaker to master. (At the top of the Exceptionally Difficult Languages list are Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, and Arabic.)
The fact that the Chinese language employs characters rather than an alphabet to portray [...]
Learning German Language: Basic Tips
German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language and one of the world’s major languages. German is related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by approximately 100 million native speakers and also by about 80 million non-native speakers. German is the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European [...]
International consultant Betty Pichon speaks and teaches!
Recently I had the privilege of being coached by Betty Pichon. I learned from her that it was to my advantage to prepare an introductory paragraph or two to provide those who introduce me with the words I want my audience to hear, to create a “tickle file” to remind and prompt me about activities [...]
Women,Business and Careers
Many women are discouraged early on from pursuing high-tech careers because of entrenched cultural stereotypes that say that women aren’t as good at math or science. Although the stereotypes are not true, they still hold some power over many young women and girls, keeping them away from scientific careers that might be better for them.Even so, there is reason for hope.
Performance Reviews – Yes or No?
I read an interesting article online from the Wall Street Journal about performance reviews. I find performance reviews useful when used as part of a total program including immediate behaviorally based feedback and positive reinforcement. I don’t believe reviews are the end all be all when used alone. Like a friend of mine in OD [...]
