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Foxes And Hedgehogs: Which One Are You?

Lead Change Blog

In 2001, I accepted my first official leadership position as a human resources director with one audacious goal – to be and do all the things to serve all the people. I’d hear my coaching peers share what they were working on, and my ego would question why I wasn’t going after the same types of projects.

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The Rise In Portfolio Careers

The Horizons Tracker

Once upon a time the portfolio career was seen as pretty sexy and came to typify the “free agent nation” spoken about by Dan Pink way back in 2001. The post The Rise In Portfolio Careers first appeared on The Horizons Tracker. It provides loans of up to €100 billion to member states.

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Researchers Are Encouraged To Produce Quantity Rather Than Quality Research

The Horizons Tracker

Research activity As many academics face pressure from their institutions and grant bodies to demonstrate research activity, regular assessments such as REF are utilized to allocate funding and evaluate performance, which can have significant financial and career implications.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

Perhaps this was not the best initial career move. He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. This was from 3Q1996 to when I quit in 2001.

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How to “Manage” A Blue Lobster

Mills Scofield

Perhaps this was not the best initial career move. He never yelled at me again (though he did keep yelling at the rest of the team), and became one of three manager-mentors that shaped my career at Bell Labs and AT&T — and taught me to manage others and myself. This was from 3Q1996 to when I quit in 2001.

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On Disrupting Yourself

QAspire

During 2001 dot com bubble, one of my friends, a competent software developer, was laid off because of lack of business in the technology he worked in. He was smart enough to understand that the company needed people in a new project that was to be developed on a totally different technology.

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How to Explain That Gap in Your Resume

HR Digest

If you have taken a break in your career and are now looking to get back into the workforce, the question is how do you explain that absence in your resume or to potential recruiters. Many people take time off from work to explore the world, to study, go for professional up-skill courses, or try out a different career path.

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