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Where Will We Find Tomorrow’s Leaders? Video

An Interview with Linda A. Hill, Professor, Harvard Business School. Hill suggests we won’t find new global leaders by looking in conventional places for people who act in conventional take-charge ways. Instead, look for people who can lead from behind to promote the collective genius of their teams. I am seeing more and more in

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Q Stands for Quantity vs. Quality: 5 Things to Consider When Hiring a New Employee

Over the last two months, my daughter has been dedicated to applying for jobs.  In this tough economy, I believe she has completed 65 job applications and has had approximately ten phone interviews and two face to face interviews.  It’s tough out there. It has been interesting to look at the types of information people

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Y Talk Interview with Alexandra Levitt, author of How’d You Score That Gig?

Alexandra Levit has authored several books, including the popular business world survival guide They Don’t Teach Corporate in College, How’d You Score That Gig?, and Success for Hire. Alexandra’s career advice is featured monthly in the Huffington Post, and has been showcased in more than 800 media outlets including ABC News, the Associated Press, USA

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10 Ways Generation Y Will Change the Workplace by Ryan Healy

I have been out over the last week, and I am just catching up on all of the juicy Gen Y stuff.  10 Ways Generation Y Will Change the Workplace by Ryan Healy over at EmployeeEvolution is really great.

6 Ways to Get Respect Quickly, Despite Your Youth by Chuck Westbrook

Chuck Westbrook has a great post on Employee Evolution back from August 6 (but is still relevant) on how Gen Y’s can get respect in the workplace, despite their youth. I had an interview last month with Jacci Schiff, and we were talking about this very point. We discussed how many Gen Y’s just simply

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Helicopter Parents: Are You Hovering Over the Workplace?

It’s that time of year. College seniors from around the world are graduating, and they are hitting the career world looking for a job. And the interesting thing is that most are not doing it alone. Many parents are by their Gen Y’s side and not just for support and to be a sounding board.

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Generation Y by the Numbers and Other Great Stuff from BNET

BNET Editorial gathered some great information by Robert Half International and PayScale to find out what Millennials are looking for in career. Great stuff. A few other fun things on BNET: Recruiting Gen Y: Four Killer Tactics Workforce Millennials: A Field Guide Three Strategies for Managing Millennials

Give Your Company a Boost During a Down Economy: Hire a Gen Y!

During an economic downturn, many employers respond with a knee-jerk reaction to cut bottom line expenses by laying off some of its most critical talent. Yet the goal during a down economy is to build a visual bridge between what is going on today and where you want your company to go in the future.

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Secrets From Ten Top Generation Y Business Leaders

The folks over at Brazen Careerist invited us to share a few ideas with them.  Check out our blog post Secrets From Ten Top Generation Y Business Leaders.  And…while you are there, spend some time on their site.   In my opinion, it is the top career site on the internet.

Business Week’s Top Generation Y Tech Entrepreneurs

Business Week recently came out with their top Twentysomething Entrepreneurs from the tech industry.  Truly amazing!

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