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Lead the Band – Self Leadership – Part 2 of 2 (video)

January 7th, 2012

 

Second in a 2-part series featuring Rosa Payes, PHR presenting “Lead the Band – Self-Leadership”

Rosa is a Human Resources Professional with over eight years’ experience in the educational and government sectors. As a human resources professional, Rosa led the human resources functions of a growing primary and middle school. She brought to these tasks and responsibilities both strategic thinking and planning, and the day to day management of a hands on operational supervisor, in an 11 million dollar organization. Technically, she is on top of and ahead of the curve, in updating, automating and making effective the human resources systems. Rosa is truly a consummate professional, a true business partner with great people skills in excess and abundant human resources technical proficiency. She is affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management Association, the Greater Merrimack Valley Human Resource Association, and the Project Management Institute. She is a Certified Human Resource Professional and holds a Bachelor of Science in Management of Human Resources from Bellevue University in NE.

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November 24th, 2011

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Resumes: How To Avoid Making Yourself Look “Too Old” For The Job

August 18th, 2011

 

By Phil Rosenberg

Are you too old to find a job? Of course not!

Do you make yourself seem older than you are? Is that a roadblock to getting a job today? Possibly …

Many 40+ candidates make their job search more difficult than it need be … because they unintentionally give cues that draw negative attention to their age. Sometimes, it’s as simple as avoiding the reminiscent language we fall into with old friends … because an interview isn’t a high school reunion.

The Evil HR Lady points out many of these in “Are You To Old To Get Hired”. You’ll see that I agree with most but not all of the points she makes.

Here’s what I’d revise of TEHL’s advice:

  1. Include all your full time career jobs: You don’t have to include detail of jobs from 15 years ago, but at least list them, with dates. It shows you weren’t in jail. Feel free to exclude part-time jobs, non-career (waitressing, bartending) jobs, jobs you held while you were working your way » Read more: Resumes: How To Avoid Making Yourself Look “Too Old” For The Job

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