If you are still using a paper version of your resume, you might be missing the boat. Times have changed and there’s a new way to present yourself to potential employers. Gone are the days when you could just mail out or post your resume and wait for the phone to ring. Candidates today introduce…… Continue Reading
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Generational Differences Not A Great Divide – Lessons Learned While Traveling
I love the younger generation. They see life through a different lens than someone of my generation. It is not often that I have the opportunity to connect one on one with a twenty something person, so I was overjoyed to find myself sitting next to not one but three different young people on three…… Continue Reading
Using Twitter to Find Your Next Job – Learn how to find the Decision Makers Quickly
I recently attended a face to face networking event with a group from LinkedIn in Chicago and was surprised when some attendees told me they were “old school” and weren’t interested in sites like Twitter.
They had joined LinkedIn because it is known as a professional social network but viewed Facebook and Twitter as time wasters. Many of them are job seekers and I hope they see this post as it will help them to realize the power of Twitter as well.… Continue Reading
Using Video Resume is a Generational Difference in Personal Marketing
One recruiting manager informs me that his staff has gone from receiving 2000 resumes a day to 40,000 per day. It is difficult to keep up with the high volume of people seeking employement and using the internet to post their resumes for open positions. It is no wonder then that job hunters have found a novel way to find a job, the YouTube video. … Continue Reading
Generational Differences in the Church Causes Conflict
I say, follow the action of the Pope. On January 23, 2010 Pope Benedict XVI gave a new commandment to priests struggling to get their message across: Go forth and blog.
As a matter of fact the Pope has several blogs and many are right here on blogger. A really good blog by the pope allows the visitor to choose the language that works for them.
Just Google pope: blog and you might be surprised at the quantity of blogs out there.… Continue Reading
Moving from Generation ME to Generation WE
Admittedly, there were some positive aspects of creating videos for fun, but meanness, bullying and showing off was off the charts this decade. The decade was filled with incidents where the good Samaritans were scarce. If they helped at all, they did so *after* they took a video of the incident.… Continue Reading
The Greatest Generation of Texters and Networkers
During my seminars, I often recommend that those who text should get one in before we start. I realize they are unable to help themselves. It’s an addiction and they will do it anyway. Sometimes during my Generational Diversity programs attendees are incredulous that Gen Y and Gen M won’t attend meetings or respond to…… Continue Reading
I Hate Conflict but … I Want Coaching
Gen Y hates conflict and will do anything to avoid it. Listen as a Gen Y manager tries to get the point across.… Continue Reading
Face to Face Communication is So Outdated
The world is a big place and I want to talk to everyone. I don’t understand why we have to meet face to face. What a complete waste of time. Yeah I get it, to you getting the eyeballs means looking into my eyes. You need to understand that to me eyeballs mean who’s reading…… Continue Reading