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Ways to Make the First Day at Work Successful

HR Digest

Almost everyone has memories of the first day at a job, especially if you are starting afresh in the job market. All this is achievable if you plan ahead and do due diligence on what not to do and what to expect. There is a heightened pressure to impress, not put a wrong foot forward, and appear to have things well in hand.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week - A Look Ahead at 2011

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. Tim Tolan, Fistful of Talent : 2011: Implementing the NO IDIOT RULE Krista Ogburn Francis, Alive HR : To Resolve or Not to Resolve Ben Eubanks, UpstartHR : Put up or Shut up.

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Walking Away from the Big Bucks in the Pursuit of True Balance.

Women on Business

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). After much thoughtful consideration, conversations with my husband and confidantes, moving forward on the path of my dreams was the only choice.

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

business units and functional groups like marketing or human resources set out “challenges” that they’d like employees to work on. Skunkworks often need to be protected from the business units, so that they have the freedom and resources that their ideas need to get out into the market.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

At the time, though, we were just in search of a new approach to building a sustainable business in that critical but often difficult market. In fact, you could say (and many did) that our previous attempts had failed, in that we hadn’t established a sustained market position. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

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The Right Way for an Established Firm to Do an Innovation Pilot with a Startup

Harvard Business Review

With due diligence and decent design, these partnerships can go beyond good results and energize organizations that have become too comfortable or complacent with everyday routines. Instead of doing another pilot with an even more sophisticated API, the legacy and startup agreed to market the initial API throughout the firm.

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How to Ask for the Job Title You Deserve

Harvard Business Review

” For instance, if you ask for the title of “Chief Motivational Officer,” your business card might spell out that you’re also “EVP, Human Resource Planning.” Case Study #1: Do your due diligence and align the title change with your boss’s priorities. ” Think holistically.

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