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A graceful exit

Thursday, 24 March 2011 14:23 Julie Desmond

Jordynne caught her supervisor walking down the hall after lunch last week. She asked, “Do you have a minute to talk?” As they headed toward an open conference room, he said, “This is a bad news walk, isn’t it?” Jordynne tried to talk, but just nodded instead. Then she explained that she had been wanting to try a different kind of work, and had found something that felt like the right next step. It was a tough decision, she said, and it was going to be hard to leave the place she’d worked happily and successfully for two years.

Supervisor makes you want to shout?

Thursday, 31 March 2011 14:06 Julie Desmond

A reader writes: My boss yells about everything. I’m good at my job, but after he rages at me, it takes a while to get over it. I feel like Cinderella. Just when things start going well, he steps ...

No one reads the cover letter (and other HR secrets)

Thursday, 07 April 2011 14:34 Julie Desmond

HR Secret #1: People who hire people for a living are practical. They will eventually get around to scrutinizing your application, but at first they will glance over the cover letter, open the resum...

Get lost: Working passion into your workday

Thursday, 14 April 2011 13:03 Julie Desmond

You know the look: Einsteinlike hair, wild eyes that light up like Zelda. Passion. You know the feeling: a deep and irrational drive to participate or perform for the sake of participating or perfo...

A good stretch after a long nap

Thursday, 21 April 2011 14:45 Julie Desmond

Getting anywhere in life and in work requires movement. Sometimes we walk, sometimes we run, sometimes we’re pushed in a new direction by people or circumstances. Occasionally, we stretch.

Stretch. ...

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