Let me tell you a story . . .

by Chuck Csizmar - May 15, 2010

When you're trying to grab the attention of Senior Management, remember this; they like a good story, especially one with pictures.

If you're addressing your company's single largest expense, the employee pay programs, the pictures become charts & graphs that illustrate the points being made.

Don't Lie on your Resume

by Dr. Wayne Ripley - Mar 19, 2010

Now I’m not telling you to lie, if it says you need this certification and you don’t have that certification, then you can’t put it on. But there are lots of words that they use that could be the same as the words you’re using, only you’re using different terminology for the same thing. They’ve got to be able to look at your resume and instantly know that you’re the person within 30 sec. That you’re the person they’re looking for. But if you don’t even talk the same language, how are they gonna know that you’re the person they’re looking for?

HR: The Wannabe Business Partner

by Chuck Csizmar - Mar 15, 2010

Over the years the Human Resources Department has transitioned through any number of "latest thinking" management concepts and corresponding "buzz phrases" - from "matrix management" to "broadbanding" to "onboarding" and "headwinds". Each new approach seemed the brainchild of management consultants seeking to encourage what they called creative thinking and the latest strategies to improve the human factor.