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October 27, 2014

Test Your Cover Letter Acumen

Taunee Besson, career transitions expert and President and Principal Consultant at Dallas-based Career Dimensions has many years of experience coaching hopeful hires in the job search process.  So when she offers guidance into how to be more effective in using the primary tools associated with finding jobs (resumes, cover letters, networking), we…
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October 24, 2014

What Happens When a Talent Pool Dries Up?

By: Maurice Gilbert It used to be that past performance was the best predictor of future success.  Perhaps not so anymore. Executive search firm Egon Zehnder partnered with Harvard Business School to survey sizable organizations across diverse industries and locales and found that we are entering a new era of…
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October 23, 2014

Change Management Made Simple

There's nothing certain in life but death and taxes.  And change, of course.  We can count on change as sure as we can count on the sun rising in the morning.  As Sam Cooke sang it years ago, "a change is gonna come."  This is doubly true for businesses, where…
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October 22, 2014

5 Questions About Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA

While the ADA has been in effect for nearly 25 years, many employers still have questions about what qualifies as a disability and what reasonable accommodations must be made for affected employees.  For instance, where does FMLA end and ADA begin?  This can confound even experienced HR professionals.  Fortunately we…
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October 21, 2014

Sick? Keep it at Home!

By: Maurice Gilbert Sickness – and preventing it – is top of mind these days.  You can hardly turn on the radio or TV without hearing mention of Ebola.  This may be even truer here in Dallas, where to date we’ve had one person succumb to Ebola, two more contract…
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October 20, 2014

Answers to Career Questions, Part 1

Moving up in one's career almost necessarily means taking a risk here and there.  Today's post is by Taunee Besson, career transitions expert and President and Principal Consultant at Dallas-based Career Dimensions, who is here to answer common questions from clients facing major career choices. — Maurice Gilbert Finding new challenges, interview…
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October 16, 2014

Candidates’ Most Wanted Qualities

What are you most eager to see in potential candidates?  Experience?  Drive?  A collaborative approach or an independent streak?  Entrepreneur magazine recently conducted a poll of thought leaders and professionals across multiple industries to determine what employers want from their talent. Surprisingly, personality won out over skills; 78 percent of…
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October 15, 2014

Finding the Right Person to Serve as CRO

Today's post is written by Jim DeLoach, Managing Director at Protiviti and a leading expert on reducing risk at the organizational level.  In this article, Jim explores factors to consider when selecting a new Chief Risk Officer.  Where his or her experience and expertise lies is certainly top of mind,…
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October 14, 2014

Managing Gen Y Workers Requires a Paradigm Shift

By: Maurice Gilbert Members of Generation Y (or Millennials) have for the past decade or so been entering the working world in force, and the next several years will usher still more into their careers.  This group, defined loosely as young adults born from the early 1980s to the early…
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October 13, 2014

What Do I Do When I am Bored With My Job?

It sometimes happens, particularly with high performers: boredom sets in.  When it does, you can either find new projects in the professional realm or you can look outside of work for your next Everest.  Taunee Besson, career transitions expert and President and Principal Consultant at Dallas-based Career Dimensions offers a number of…
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