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Memorial Day Message to HR – Hire the Military, Make a Difference.

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Memorial Day Message to HR Hire the Military, Make a Difference. May 28, 2013. When First Sgt. Matt Eversmann. Spoke at the inaugural HR Florida Leadership Summit held this month in Bonita Springs, he asked the group of senior Human Resources executives in the audience if they were ready for the strategic shock that is coming. Will we lead the way? Will we be courageous? This article posted last year showed veteran unemployment rates. So, if you are top of your class and researched areas you wanted to wo...

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When Life Hands You Lemons – Make Conversation.

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When Life Hands You Lemons – Make Conversation. July 1, 2014. Last week at this time I had just finished a morning walk/run around the Hard Rock Hotel property (which I loved and will visit again) and was getting ready to make my way to the convention center for the final day of exhibiting at SHRM14 in Orlando. Whatever will we DOOOOOOO”. Allow me to explain. You see – I am a reformed recruitment advertising. But instead of falling into the depths of despair, something wonderful happened. We had mean...

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Who Will You Impact the Most in 2013?

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Who Will You Impact the Most in 2013? January 3, 2013. It’s a new year and as most of you are probably doing right now, I’m reflecting back to 2012, what I could have done better and what I. To do (As Steve Browne says in his most recent great blog post. In my working life, I have the privilege of working with job seekers those whose jobs have been eliminated for one reason or another. So naturally I think about them – did I make an impact? Did I make a difference? Everyone has a story. Previous post: Go...

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HR Conference Attendees – don’t forget the “heart of the house”.

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HR Conference Attendees don’t forget the heart of the house . September 16, 2011. Last week at this time I was doing microphone duty in one of the final live feed sessions at the ERE conference which was down here in Hollywood, Florida at the Westin Diplomat. I won’t go into what I thought about the sessions (they were awesome) and to quote an HR friend of mine who had never attended ERE before wow the content here is very different! So allow me to move on and address something entirely different. I have...

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A Letter to my Younger Self.

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A Letter to my Younger Self. August 25, 2011. When my friend Sharlyn Lauby (the HR Bartender. Challenged several of us with the task of writing a blog post titled a letter to my younger self to be posted today, August 25. I thought this would be a GREAT idea. Sounded like fun even! Then reality hit. The story of my younger self could be the ideal script for a dramatic made-for-tv movie (or at the very least, a very. Sit-com). Not going to go there. Instead, the letter to my younger self reads like this:.

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Good-bye 2011 – Hello 2012!

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Good-bye 2011 – Hello 2012! January 2, 2012. It’s hard to believe that we are celebrating the 2nd day of the New Year already. 2011 flew by and every year it seems to go faster (insert a big sigh here). HmmmmI think I’m going to carry this with me throughout 2012 and beyond. So instead of making some lame resolutions. At this event (held during the Thanksgiving holiday), I met Bill Nye the Science Guy , astronauts and saw Will.i.am speak. Since I really didn’t know many of the attendees. I am looking...

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The “Non-Employee of the Month”.

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The “Non-Employee of the Month”. April 15, 2013. What drives someone to wear a t-shirt like this to a shuttle launch? Just lost his job? Wishes he could retire and play video games all day? Is he a rebel at work and proud of it? Or is it some inside joke and I’ll never know the answer. Who knows and I wasn’t going to ask him that question at 4am while waiting to get on a bus. He didn’t do it again, mission accomplished. So do we really need an Employee of the Month? Does it really accomplish anything?

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Winning Isn’t Everything.

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Winning Isn’t Everything. November 27, 2011. This post was originally submitted to (and published on). HR Mouth of the South. But I wanted to share it here on my blog as well. We’ll miss you Larry! Less than 2 years ago, Larry found out he had cancer. At first he wasn’t going to submit to any treatments because he didn’t want to be a burden to his family; maybe deep down inside, he knew this was one battle he wasn’t going to win. But Larry was one of us –. There is no doubt that it’s important that we st...

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SHRM Conference 2014 – Here I Come!

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SHRM Conference 2014 – Here I Come! June 20, 2014. The last time SHRM national conference was in Florida (Orlando) was 2003 – 11 years ago! This time around I will be in the exhibit hall with my outplacement and coaching hat on, representing the Florida team of Challenger, Gray and Christmas. She had been writing for her employer for years and was confident she could do it. WOW, it doesn’t get any better than that does it? It’s All About Reconnecting. Now if I will only take my own advice. Ouch. My name ...