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• Qualities of Good Presidents and Good Employees

  I love this post from Michael McKinney at Leading Blog . It’s based on a new book from Alvin Felzenberg, The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didn't): Rethinking the Presidential Rating Game . Felzenberg devised six criteria to best describe various Read More... Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Management, Personal Development, Professionalism

• 5 Ways to Make HR Love You

  Admittedly, staying on HR’s good side is probably not at the top of your list of managerial priorities, but HR has the power to make your life easier…or very difficult. Over at HR Capitalist , Kris Dunn has five great tips for how managers can make HR Read More... Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, HR Issues, Management

• Surviving the Interview – On No Experience

  In his book How to Win Friends and Influence People , author and motivational guru Dale Carnegie says that the person who can speak acceptably is usually considered to possess greater ability than he actually has. In my experience, this is true. If you Read More... Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Best Practices, Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing

• The Replacement Politics of Leaving a Job

  A WCW reader writes: “Dear Alexandra, I’ve read your advice about the right way to leave your job, and I think it’s good. Only trouble is, the people I work with aren’t exactly helping me out. I gave them six weeks notice so that I could find and train Read More... Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Office Politics, Professionalism, Troubleshooting

• Fine-Tuning Your Personal Brand

  Since we often talk about differentiating yourself in a crowded market around here, I thought you might like to know that twenty-something branding phenom Dan Schawbel recently launched a new magazine, Personal Branding . As you might guess, the magazine Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing

• The Secret of My Success

  Here’s a disclaimer before you start reading this post. I’m not writing it to brag or leave you thinking that I’m the greatest colleague or employee of all time. I’m trying to make a point, so I hope you will look at it in that light. Now that said, I’ve Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, People Skills, Productivity, Professionalism, Work

• How to Crack the Recruiter Code

  On Chris Russell’s Secrets of the Job Hunt blog, Phil Rosenberg offers some smart info on getting what you need from recruiters. Phil suggests that in order to develop successful relationships with recruiters you must adopt the attitude that you work Read More... Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• Are You Sloppy and Incoherent?

  And no, I’m not talking about your mental state early last Sunday morning when you stumbled into your apartment after a late-night jaunt downtown. I’m talking about your writing. I’m amazed by how many typos I see everywhere, on everything, lately. Typos Read More... Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Personal Marketing, Project Management, Professionalism

• If You’re Leaving, Should You Still Get Your Bonus?

  A reader e-mailed the following question: I recently gave my company a month’s notice as I planned to move to a new city and pursue a new career. A few weeks later, the company gave out the second installment of our bi-annual bonuses, and I did not receive Read More... Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Office Politics, People Skills, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Work

• More on Resumes: Some Good Things in Life Are Still Free

  Maybe because we’re still at the beginning of a new year, or maybe because we’re on the edge of a recession, resume writing has become an even hotter topic lately. On the heels of the great response on last week’s Razume post , I thought I’d share some Read More... Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing

• 3 Tips to “Recession Proof” Your Life

  I discovered a great new blog, TwentySet, this week. It’s about personal and professional growth for Millennials, and is written by Monica O’Brien, who has been blogging since the ancient year of 1998. I especially liked Monica’s post about how twenty-somethings Read More... Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Compensation, Current Affairs, Plans, Hopes, Goals

• Recruitment Spotlight: Can Candidates Find Your Jobs?

  In the coming months, I’m going to be focusing some of Water Cooler Wisdom’s content around employee recruitment and retention techniques. Let’s start with the obvious: the e-advertisements that you, as a manager or HR rep, might be perennially posting Read More... Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Job Hunting, Technology

• Innovation is Nothing Without Execution

  Touche, Scot Herrick. Over at Cube Rules , Scot suggests that innovation may be overrated, and that innovation means very little without the ability to execute on great ideas. Innovation is important, says Scot, because we all need to be adapting to the Read More... Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Creativity & Innovation, Business, Management, Productivity, Project Management

• "Think Twice" Before Making a Wrong Move

  In their 2008 Investor’s Guide, Fortune Magazine offered ten tips to help us prevent the heat of the moment from melting our better judgment. The tips form an acronym – Think Twice – and are worth keeping in mind no matter what you’re thinking about or Read More... Posted Sunday, December 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Ethics, Business, Management, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity

• New Episode: 30/20 Vision Radio Show

  Just a heads up that a new episode of the 30/20 Vision Radio Show will air live tomorrow at BlogTalkRadio at 3PM ET. As I reminder, I host this monthly radio show with my fellow authors Christine Hassler (20-Something, 20-Everything) and Lindsey Pollak Read More... Posted Monday, December 17, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Best Practices, Current Affairs, Handy Resources, Life Balance, Daily Life, Work, Plans, Hopes, Goals