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• Recruitment Spotlight: Don’t Hire Anyone without Doing This First

  Continuing our summer focus on recruitment and HR issues , how many times has your group tried to hire someone, only to end up arguing over candidates because you don’t all agree about what the new person is there to do? Hiring smart means doing some Read More... Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, HR Issues, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills

• Fight Back Against Out of Sight, Out of Mind

  Out of sight, out of mind is one of my least favorite qualities of human nature. I can’t tell you the number of relationships, which I thought were real and lasting, that went bust because I used to see the person every day at school or work and then Read More... Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Networking, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills, Troubleshooting, Work

• Branding Isn't Everything

  In the blogosphere, we love to throw the term “branding” around. Well, I’ve had almost ten years of marketing communications experience, and branding – what it means and how to do it – has been burned into my brain from a young age. I have been very careful Read More... Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• If You Don’t Mean It, Don’t Offer

  Have you noticed that if you send an e-mail to a Web site address labeled “Info” (for example, info@company.com ), you will never, ever hear back from a real person? It seems that this “Info” address is akin to a black hole, and it’s particularly upsetting Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Business, Ownership & Initiative, Productivity, Work

• New Job? Don’t Be a Bulldozer

  During recent talks I’ve given about young people entering the workplace, a new issue has been cropping up. “These twenty-somethings come in and expect to take over the company right away,” older managers complain. Whether you’re twenty-two or sixty-two, Read More... Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Communication, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills, Professionalism

• Lemons, Lemonade and a Radio Show

  A few days ago, I was scheduled to be on a local NPR radio show with one of my biggest and longstanding influencers, Bruce Tulgan . For those of you who might not know, Bruce is internationally recognized as a leading expert on young people in the workplace Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Attitude & Motivation, Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Business, Mentoring, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Troubleshooting

• On the Lookout for “Groupthink”

  Continuing my investigation into I/O Psychology, this week I’m reporting on Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis in the 1970s. Groupthink occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because of group pressures. Groups affected by Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Business, Office Politics, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing

• Authenticity at Work

  Rebecca Thorman over at Modite has a great post on prioritizing your authenticity . Says Rebecca: “ I get miffed when others claim to be environmentally concerned, and are blatantly not. Like the people who shop at Whole Foods, and think that gets them Read More... Posted Saturday, September 08, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Discovering Your Passion, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Marketing

• 5 Ways to Get Respect Despite Your Youth

  One of my favorite new blogs is Employee Evolution (check out my recent guest post over there!), and this week, contributor Chuck Westbrook (who has just started his own blog, I Hate Your Job ) has a great post on ways to get respect quickly despite your Read More... Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Communication, Ownership & Initiative, Personal Development, Productivity, Work

• You Don't Always Owe the World Your Two Cents

  Twice or three times this week, I’ve heard or read the same advice: “you don’t always have to put in your two cents.” I decided to take the multiple reminders as a sign that I should blog about it. It’s true that I’m always saying that you should do everything Read More... Posted Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills, Daily Life, Work

• A Lesson in Visibility

  A few weeks ago, I read a post on how to generate a following for your blog. I would love to give credit to the author, but I can’t remember where I saw it. In any case, one of the post’s recommendations was to include the blog’s URL in your e-mail signature. Read More... Posted Friday, January 12, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Business, Ownership & Initiative, Work

• Opportunity Calling

  In a post on her blog Job Jungle last week, career expert Liz Ryan discussed a recent Business Week article she wrote about about interview follow-up. Ryan said that of course you should send an e-mail follow-up to everyone who interviews you - and a Read More... Posted Monday, June 19, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Job Hunting, Ownership & Initiative, Professionalism