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135 Powerful Resume Action Verbs for Creative Positions

HR Digest

It’s even worse if your expertise doesn’t line up cleanly with the position you’re applying for. A better approach is to be specific about your goal and how you intend to bring your skills and expertise to the position. How to Use Resume Action Verbs for Creative Positions. Resume Action Verbs List for Creative Positions.

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Saudi Arabia’s Labor Market Challenge

Harvard Business Review

One of the most overlooked aspects of this challenge is the makeup of the Kingdom’s talent pool, and other domestic labor market realities. Presenteeism in offices often is used as a critical measure of effort, and hence value to an organization, in place of output, qualification, or skill. It’s a tall order.

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Fight the Nine Symptoms of Corporate Decline

Harvard Business Review

People become self-absorbed and lose sight of the wider context — customers, constituencies, markets, or the world. You might not see absenteeism, but there is "presenteeism," which means the body is there but the mind is absent. Reinforce the positive by saying and demonstrating that change is possible. Silos harden.

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This Coalition of 20 Companies Thinks It Can Change U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Don’t just enhance your position; change the game. The selection of what to work on and the accompanying measures must be market relevant, standardized, and measured rapidly. Its 20 founding members should encourage others in their local markets to participate in their initiatives. That’s good.