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Tips for Job Seekers: Find the Job Search Advocates All Around You

While most people view their audience as an adversary, ready to judge and eager to rip them if given the opportunity, you need to understand the opposite is generally true. Your audience almost always wants you to succeed!<< MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 9/15/2010 9:22 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Is Your Message SUPER URGENT?

When we find ways to work the system, to draw attention to our own priorities at the expense of others, we degrade the meaning of words like PRIORITY or URGENT. My challenge to you is this – pay attention to the use of the “High Priority” exclamation point in ... << MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 7/8/2010 9:21 AM | Add Comment

The Importance of Personal Connection

We like to believe that people make business decisions solely based on facts and dollar signs. But the reality is that your prospects are humans and have a basic need for personal connection even in a sales cycle. Why do sales people entertain clients? To make them feel special ... << MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 6/23/2010 8:25 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Do You Deserve Better Coaching?

The five-year-olds on the baseball field deserve better. At least that’s what I told myself as I walked off the field last night. The game ended in a tie, of course, as all games at this ...

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Posted by Chris Fleek at 6/16/2010 11:11 AM | Add Comment

What's the Score?

When someone asks “How is the big project going?” the answer should never be “pretty good” or “I think we’re on track”. Instead our answer should be quantifiable, specific and readily available to any stakeholders. We measure our sporting events down to the second, the yard and the exact score. Why wouldn’t we expect the same in our business?<< MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 5/25/2010 8:51 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Tale of Two Small Businesses

I’d like to think there are two things going on at Von Hanson’s that is making them consistently great. First, they are hiring the right young talent. There are plenty of young folks looking for work but they clearly have a knack for identifying and selecting new hires that ... << MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 5/4/2010 8:17 PM | Add Comment

The Art of Simplicity as Taught by a Random Pedestrian

Too often we fail to consider simplicity in the HR solutions we build. Instead we identify the problem and consider solutions but we do so without regard to the energy, effort, inconvenience or cost incurred to achieve the proposed fix. Instead there appears to be an unspoken mantra in Human Resources – make it big so people notice us. Our instinct is to flex our muscles just because we have the opportunity to do so.<< MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 4/20/2010 10:30 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Contrary Evidence in Interviewing

Conducting an interview is a lot like watching only the first baseball game of the season. If we don’t work hard to see the complete picture of a candidate, we can easily allow ourselves to jump to conclusions that are inaccurate at best, or unfair to candidates (and hiring ... << MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 4/9/2010 11:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Social Media - Go Wide or Go Deep?

“…instead of trying to go wider with what you do, go deeper. Be more uniquely yourself and know that the people you do reach, you’ll reach at a deeper level.”<< MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 4/7/2010 11:26 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Why blog?

When I first began to blog, I had visions of greatness in my head. I thought that the ‘Field of Dreams’ mantra “If you build it, they will come.” would hold true for my blog. << MORE >>
Posted by Chris Fleek at 3/2/2010 11:35 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment
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