Passion Need Not Apply

Passion Need Not Apply

When providing an informational interview for a young professional recently I repeatedly heard her describe her “passion” to do this and her “passion” for that. What I did not hear, though, were any specific ways in which she could be useful to an organization. Any...

Information Governance Insights: It’s All About the Metrics

Information Governance Insights: It’s All About the Metrics

Organizations run on metrics. In the previous article we discussed measuring your Information Governance program against the ARMA International Generally Accepted Records Keeping Principles® using their NextLevel™ assessment tool. This gives you a baseline score of...

Red Flags at your Resume Critique

Red Flags at your Resume Critique

When you use the services of a career counselor, one of the first steps in your career plan will be developing your resume. Career counselors and resume writers can be found at your local American Job Centers, private companies, or outplacement agencies. Like any...

7 Things an Employer Must See in Your Resume

7 Things an Employer Must See in Your Resume

Yet another application submitted – and yet another rejection, followed by more disappointment. And not because of typos or resume formatting issues; not due to a lack of experience or education – but because the resume simply did not stand out from the hundred others...

Be More Than The Office Mom

Be More Than The Office Mom

Every year on the second Sunday in May we honor a very important group of people: mothers. Of course there are the traditional mothers and then there are the not so traditional mothers-those who did not personally give birth or adopt a child but still raises and cares...

Government Careers in Agriculture & Natural Resources

Government Careers in Agriculture & Natural Resources

It’s hard to imagine that there are many other fields where the employment outlook so favors the job seeker: There will be nearly 58,000 agriculture-related job openings annually over the next five years, according to a Purdue University report released in May. But...

The 5 Worst Career Tips

The 5 Worst Career Tips

Here’s the thing about advice – whether you’re talking about business ventures or personal relationships – it’s completely malleable to the situation you’re in. So while I’m writing about the following 5 pieces of advice as “bad,” that doesn’t mean that there aren’t...

3 Ways to Build Employee Engagement

3 Ways to Build Employee Engagement

You probably know that employee engagement is one of those proven, critical factors for supporting an organization’s immediate and long-term health. But according to a recent Gallup poll of approximately 100 million Americans who hold full-time jobs, only 30% of...

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