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Archive | August, 2007

if you can’t get a cab

27. August 2007

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Imagine standing in mid-town Manhattan on a clear, blue sky day and not being able to get a cab because there aren’t enough cab drivers! That was my experience in June of 2005 as I waited over 40 minutes trying to get a cab to get to the other side of town for a [...]

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when i first met joel

26. August 2007

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I know that when you read the title of this post, you **immediately** drew to your mind YOUR first introduction to Joel – which is just one more sign of the impact Joel has on each of us, and the industry in which we all participate. Although I’ve been a fan for years, my first in-person [...]

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what women want

26. August 2007

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I haven’t yet had the pleasure of meeting Joel but, from talking to him on the phone, I can tell that he’s a very cool, accessible guy — although our initial conversation focused largely on professional development issues related to women (a topic that does not always engage everyone as much as it engages me!), [...]

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new menu item: xtra cheezhead

26. August 2007

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Early in the course of blogging, I realized two things: 1. I don’t know much about a lot of stuff. 2. There are many experts out there, too busy to blog regularly. That’s why I created and am so excited to introduce Xtra Cheezhead. You’ll notice a link to it from the main navigation in the header, as [...]

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talent

25. August 2007

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The talent composite of an organization is the current and potential capacity of the workforce to accomplish strategic business directives. If we assume there have also been intentional steps taken to map the potential capacity to the company’s long-range strategic plan then the attraction, acquisition and management of talent will more effectively support [...]

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how it feels to be Xtra Cheese – and note the capitalization, Please.

24. August 2007

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Its 3am and I’m in the family room of my overly pimped out seventies bi-level. How that came to pass is a long story, but a much *shorter* one would be how my three-month-old son came to be. He is wide-awake and ready to party right now, and his crooked smile is giving [...]

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jobster toning down ‘millions and kagillions’ rhetoric

24. August 2007

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I was tough on Jobster last week in regards to what I believed to be deceptive marketing. Exemplified by their latest round of “Notes,” which, by the way, “get a TON of positive feedback from users saying they love” them (yes folks, tons!), they’ve brought the chest-beating down a bit. Looks like your group is hiring. [...]

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