Archive

2023

Jan 29

5 Tips to Prep for a Technical Interview

2020

Aug 21

What is the Right Type of Plan to Advance an Employee?

Aug 12

A Promotion Gone Wrong

2019

Dec 29

Personal and Work Devices Are Now One

2018

May 05

Community Engagement IRL

Jan 07

Bizarre Endings and Beginnings Made Better by Airtable

2017

Sep 23

Bitmoji Your Desk

Sep 17

Trying to Learn to Love the iPhone

Jun 20

Handwriting Rehab

Jun 19

Posting Your Resume Won’t Get You a Job

Apr 03

LinkedIn Turns On Pop Up Messaging

Mar 26

10 Steps to an Annual Dinner to Celebrate You

Mar 22

Oh, I Do That Too…

Mar 19

Conference Format in a Digital Society

Feb 26

Hometown Healthcare Rallies for ACA

Feb 25

Feb 19

It’s All in the News

Feb 12

Are Politics Impacting Your Performance?

Feb 09

Everything is New Again

Jan 22

The Times Are Changing

2016

Nov 29

Today is Not Just Another Day in the Nonprofit World

Nov 14

The Myths and Realities of the Manufacturing Skills Gap

Sep 05

5 reasons it could seem like I’m procrastinating

Aug 12

Let’s get nerdy at NEPA BlogCon

Aug 03

My Summer Staycation

Jun 22

Boot Loop an Open Letter to Verizon and LG

May 30

Today America Pauses for the 148th Time

May 20

More Time or More Money?

May 19

@ing me to death and #ing it out

Feb 24

Keeping Fit at Work

2015

Sep 20

Women Are Not Carnival Side Shows

Sep 15

Happy 4th Work Anniversary to Me!

Sep 14

Engagement and Change Through Vision, Passion and Commitment

Aug 24

Lessons from Camp

Aug 23

Out of Office Message Etiquette

Jul 05

Is Your Destination Attractive to the New Workforce?

Jun 15

What is Today’s Promise to Youth?

Mar 15

Motivational Quotes vs Reality

Mar 08

A Corporate Culture Refreshingly Void of Negativity

Mar 06

A Reason to Celebrate!

Feb 16

This is what it looks like to love your job

2014

Dec 30

Letting Go of 2014

Dec 22

Living Wages Through Fair Trade

Nov 24

It’s time to Talk About Neurodiversity in the Workplace

Nov 22

The Double Standard in Recruiting

Nov 21

Follow Job Ad Instructions if You Want to be Considered

Nov 20

NEPA WordPress Blogging Meet Up Success

Oct 10

You Don’t Need an HR Manager You Need a CEO

Sep 28

The Next Challenge in Employment

Sep 01

NEPA BlogCon Back Fresh Again in 2014

Aug 09

Does liking a page on Facebook equal endorsing it?

Aug 02

Recognizing the diverse talents of employees

Jun 29

Who does sub-minimum wage really benefit?

Jun 15

The Challenge of Promoting from Within

May 26

Regional Future Planning in NEPA

Apr 29

Talent Talk Radio Show Interview

Apr 27

Good News and a Special Request

Apr 26

This Week in Cool

Mar 26

Thinking About Thinking

Feb 13

10 Reasons Volunteering is a Great Career Move

Jan 05

10 Steps to an improved job search strategy

2013

Dec 31

Workplace Greetings or Not!

Dec 08

10 Thoughts on Living a Good Life

Oct 27

Diversity & Inclusion in Employment in PA – PADES

Oct 20

10 HR Reasons to be Invisible

Oct 19

In my head I’m Anne Bonny sailing the Caribbean

Oct 17

How to attract, hire & retain veterans

Oct 14

Don’t put the cart before the horse in the interview

Oct 09

Playing with dolls at work

Oct 08

A Blogging Anniversary Made Special

Oct 06

How to Achieve Two Thumbs Up in Collaborative Work

Sep 29

A Creative Strategy for Local Candidate Generation

Sep 26

Developing College Students Through Community Projects

Sep 10

Disability Employment and Empowerment in PA

Sep 07

Q & A on Blogging & Social Media

Aug 30

Employer Branding for Small to Mid-sized Companies

Aug 15

NEPA BlogCon 2013

Jul 10

Don’t be a Laptop Hobo

Jun 28

RIM: Resuscitation Is Measurable

Jun 07

Make the Hiring Manager Happy

May 27

Why Bullying in Business is Such a Problem

May 15

BlackBerry Z10 – Fast and Fabulous

May 07

Motivation Versus Job Fit

Apr 20

Supporting Recovery in Boston and West

Apr 19

Rants and Job Seekers

Apr 02

Job Seeker Beware

Mar 23

The Match That Lit Donglegate

Mar 20

Are Women Doing it Right?

Feb 27

Work – Maybe You’re Just Not Doing It Right

Feb 24

Innovation Gone Wrong

Feb 14

Re-shored Jobs Come with a Bonus

Feb 06

Same major less compensation for recent female grads

Feb 01

The 5 Minute Skinny on My Work

Jan 28

An open letter to Principal Thomas Smith Mahanoy Area HS

Jan 17

How to Downsize Yourself

Jan 13

US Jobs Onshored for Minimum Wage in China

Jan 04

LinkedIn Endorsements – Professional Bacon or Meh?

2012

Dec 31

12 Sites and web based tools that shined in 2012

Dec 31

10 Thoughts on Inappropriate Sexual Behavior at Conferences

Dec 02

11 Tips for Military Transition to Civilian HR

Nov 11

Veterans Day 2012 Get Your Civilian Job On!

Nov 10

The We the People Panel Interview

Oct 25

Don’t fall flat on your face in your email introduction

Oct 20

13 No Strings Attached NEPABlogCon Sessions Online

Oct 13

Feedback on Hospital Healthcare Policies and Workforce

Oct 11

No cost PM and event planning tools for HR and everyone

Oct 07

To have or not to have a conference code of conduct policy

Oct 07

It takes a couple of hits to create the Right Path

Oct 02

The best career development tool is FREE

Sep 04

Putting your spouse in the middle of your job

Sep 03

Learning to Work

Sep 02

The College Internship 360

Aug 20

Full-time Poverty

Aug 19

NEPA BlogCon the blogging and social media event for everyone

Aug 18

Three Quarter Time

Jul 29

Job Search Experiences and Preferences of Healthcare Professionals Survey

Jul 19

Jul 18

10 tips to market your professional self via your blog

Jul 09

When a Company Comes to Town

Jul 02

Conference and Online Comportment for Adults

Jun 24

Challenges for Minorities in Healthcare

Jun 08

I need to interview for my own job – help!

Jun 07

The Wisdom of the Ys: How Millennials Make the Job Market work for them

Jun 03

NEPA Digerati in Action

May 26

How do you tote your Gigabytes?

May 22

10 Quotes About Work and the Takeaways

May 08

10 Tips for Success on LinkedIn

Apr 16

A shortage of skilled workers is keeping companies up at night

Apr 15

Using a Personal Profile as a Business Profile – It’s a big no-no OK?

Apr 13

Creating a culture of Empowerment & Accountability is an evolution not a revolution

Apr 08

Brutally Honest Job Candidate Feedback – Can you Take It?

Apr 07

A Conversation on Religion in the Workplace

Apr 06

The New Employee Satisfaction Barometer someecards.com

Apr 04

Having the willingness to do what it takes to get what you want

Apr 02

NEPA Bloggers Call to Action

Mar 26

The result of a culture of ethical leadership – The Hotel Hershey

Mar 13

10 Reasons for Unemployment

Mar 06

LinkedIn Groups – BFF to Recruiters & Job Seekers

Feb 28

Is your LinkedIn Public Profile customized or mumbo jumbo?

Feb 16

5 Tips for Good LinkedIn Group Citizenship

Feb 06

Birth control and your boss

Feb 04

A tale about social media, drinking pics and workers comp

Jan 27

Do you know who is in your LinkedIn Group?

Jan 25

What does diversity look like where you work?

Jan 21

Are your senior managers psychopaths?

Jan 16

Dear Work Diary

Jan 14

The Annual Performance Review and You

Jan 03

Don’t Try to Fool Yourself

2011

Dec 19

2012 and 50 are just around the corner

Dec 16

Why Girls Need Post Secondary Education Today More Than Ever

Dec 06

The 10 Step Strategic Job Search Plan

Dec 03

Should more conditions be tied to jobless benefits?

Dec 01

How do you seize the moment?

Nov 24

The Drop Down Technique for LinkedIn

Nov 18

Eau de Narcissism

Nov 17

Hands on NEPA workshops on building and leveraging social networks

Nov 14

Turning Interns Into Employees

Nov 13

Tools for Veterans Transitioning from M2C

Nov 12

Veterans Day DOL Gold Card Shenanigans

Nov 05

FMLA – It’s not the Fix My Life Act

Oct 23

The Business Card Liberation Front

Oct 15

Dewey Bozella IS attitude

Oct 14

10 reasons you are an email PIA

Oct 09

Why you need to own your own career and 10 ways to start now

Oct 05

‘Here’s My Resume and The Finger’

Oct 02

The People of the United States of America as Employer

Sep 28

Next Stop for Talent: Mobile

Sep 22

A Quickie Doesn’t Count

Sep 18

Corporate Kamikaze on the Rocks

Sep 12

Sep 04

To My Nation on Labor Day 2011

Sep 04

Whats Personal Branding Got to Do with Job Search?

Aug 29

ROWE ROWE ROWE your boat

Aug 19

Lessons learned on the way out

Aug 13

Do you have a pitch in your pocket?

Jul 31

The opportunity to earn a living should not be political

Jul 30

Ruminations on Google+ as the new positive G force

Jul 29

I heard you can apply for jobs on the Internet, is that true?

Jul 28

Experiential learning and networking through internships

Jul 27

Would you be happy with 10 candidates? The LinkedIn Guarantee

Jul 09

It’s Payback Time!

Jun 26

Let’s make ‘professional networking’ a game with BeKnown

Jun 25

X = green has different answers

Jun 22

Fruit Flavored Sugar

Jun 19

Old Man I’m a lot like you were

Jun 12

How Local Employment Dynamics Can Help You

Jun 11

Job Ads and Candi ‘dates’

May 23

Do you live to work or work to live?

May 20

Today and Every Day

May 16

Job search frustration hit my inbox today big time

May 15

Acknowledging Family Patterns in the Workplace

Apr 25

BlackBerry PlayBook – What’s not to love?

Apr 20

Survival Guide Tips for Job Seekers

Mar 31

Commencement Address to Spring Class ’11

Mar 01

Top 10 Free Resources for the Career Confused

Feb 20

Feb 18

What They Don’t Tell You About Job Interviews

Feb 13

Visually Depict Your Elevator Pitch

Feb 06

Why You Should Turn Your Rsum into a Tag Rsum

Feb 04

Recruiters Will Love Honestly.com SocialLink

Feb 02

WTF are they smoking over at TheLadders?

Jan 27

The New Veteran in the Workplace

Jan 23

What are the preferred job search web sites/resources?

Jan 22

Jan 16

10 Ways HR Special Agents Use QR Codes

Jan 08

Achieve a Social Media Trifecta

Jan 01

Achieving and Supporting the Goals of Women

2010

Dec 31

Meet the Future of Work

Dec 27

New End of Year Policy

Dec 21

I’m Dreaming of Economic Recovery

Dec 15

Crazy Check Out Line Career Advice

Dec 13

10 LinkedIn Tips for 2011 Job Seekers

Dec 05

WorkLeaks Have Fallout

Dec 04

Jobless Aid Held Hostage

Nov 21

A Little TSA Workforce Analysis

Nov 20

Nov 16

Job Seeker Tales from the Mauve Comfy Chair

Nov 07

Improve Your Recruitment Strategy

Oct 27

Equality and Prejudice on the Big Screen

Oct 26

Hey Yeah, You’re Entitled

Oct 18

The Case For A Candidate Service Level Agreement

Oct 14

The Best Jobs in America

Oct 10

I Survived the Crash of 2010

Oct 05

Conquering Obstacles

Oct 02

Professional Reputations Take a Hit

Oct 01

Hero of the Day – The Customer

Oct 01

10 Steps to Avoid Running an HR Dungeon of Doom

Sep 29

Wilkes U Social Media for Students Today

Sep 26

Interview Edge: The 90 Day Plan

Sep 25

The Mixology of Job Loyalty

Sep 20

Off Work Conduct Unbecoming of an Employee?

Sep 19

The Pope as CEO is an HR Nightmare

Sep 14

Workplace Fashionistas

Sep 12

A Riddle Solved Through the Eyes of Babes

Sep 08

Comp Q & A with Karla in Trying Times

Aug 31

A Call to All Rational Thinkers

Aug 29

How to Shake a Bokor – A Zombie Job Seeker’s Guide

Aug 28

My Q3 Update Thanks to Alex Blom

Aug 18

Mother Teresa Didn’t Work in HR

Aug 17

When They Search You Who & What Will They Find?

Jul 25

Evolution of the American Dream

Jul 17

Farmville is Better Than Hate Spam

Jul 16

The Power of Recommendation

Jul 11

NEPA It’s Time to Scramble!

Jul 05

The Mega Gap Between Industry and the Workforce

Jul 04

Do You Want Your Employees to be Happy or Satisfied?

Jul 03

A Personal Day of Independence

Jul 01

You’re Invited to a Historic Recruiter Networking Event in NEPA!

Jun 29

How to Raise and Educate the Workforce of the Next Decade

Jun 28

How Not to Attract Opportunity

Jun 22

Everything I Ever Needed to Know I learned from Selling Timeshare

Jun 20

Customer Service and the Candidate Experience

Jun 18

Workplace Attire for Productivity

Jun 12

Friends and Hackers

Jun 11

I’m Hesitant to Follow Friday

Jun 07

A 1099 Workforce is Emerging

Jun 02

Focus On Retention Not Dropout Re-engagement

May 31

Thoughts on Memorial Day

May 30

Do I look Like A Search Engine?

May 25

Marketing & Employee Engagement Joined at the Hip

May 23

Is This Job a Match?

May 19

My Challenge to You

May 15

Blogthings is the New Psychometric Assessment Tool

May 13

Recreate Wendy and Then Show the World

May 06

10 Job Seeker Steps to LinkedIn-Ability

May 02

FREE Job Board Model Rules

May 01

Poor Customer Service is Bad Biz

Apr 30

Solutions – Pathways to Employment in a Tough Economy

Apr 28

Prezi on Attracting & Retaining Talent

Apr 21

How Do You Self Identify?

Apr 19

You Were Hired Because You’re a Special Agent

Apr 18

No More Excuses – Get A Life Not A Job

Apr 17

The Job Fair and the Loch Ness Monster

Apr 15

LinkMe Up Scotty

Apr 15

How Can HR Help Drive Up Employee Engagement?

Apr 11

Why is Social Justice a Topic for Debate?

Apr 04

A job as a Relationship – Is it a Fit?

Mar 27

How to Work the Job Fair

Mar 26

Job Search Success

Mar 21

Candidates Question the Value of Social Media

Mar 17

THE Conference to Attend in 2010

Mar 14

Happiness is Not a Useful Word Anymore

Mar 11

A Question From New Orleans

Feb 28

How to Turn Me On Not Off

Feb 26

Hello, My Name is Karla and I’m an INTP

Feb 25

Job Boards and Pizza Sauce

Feb 23

Commitment to Veterans with Blake Cannon

Feb 19

Why Are You in Human Resources?

Feb 15

Milwaukee JobCamp Heats Up

Feb 14

Do Temps Get the Shaft?

Feb 13

The Evolution of Homo Digitaus

Feb 10

Buzz.. It’s a Social Networking Smrgsbord

Feb 07

Your Inner Entrepreneur

Feb 01

Why Don’t I get a Call Back?

Jan 24

We Can Haz Equal Pay

Jan 23

Thanks to gwabbit My Outlook is Brighter

Jan 22

Why Social Media Scares L

Jan 17

Job Seeker Takeaways

Jan 13

The Dangers of Mass E-mailing Job Applications

Jan 12

You Be The Judge

Jan 12

Do Amazing Things

Jan 10

The Ex-Recruiter Goes Prime-Time

Jan 09

Monthly HR Forum Report January ’10

Jan 04

A Fly on the Man’s Wall

Jan 03

3 Things HR Can Do to Make a Difference

Jan 01

Is Perception Always Reality?

2009

Dec 28

2010 Is All About You!

Dec 18

HR Holiday Havoc

Dec 18

Just Get Over It

Dec 08

Top 10 Scary Questions Job Candidates Ask

Dec 05

Bully Bosses Are So Yesterday

Nov 26

Realistic Expectations for Candidates

Nov 25

Help for New Grads Pursuing Their Career Dreams

Nov 24

Yes Virginia, You Can Get a Job During the Holidays

Nov 17

I’m About Done With “Un”

Nov 07

Nov 07

Who’s Gonna Hire Me?

Nov 04

Did You Ever Overdo It?

Oct 30

When the Student Becomes the Teacher

Oct 24

HR Policy – Power Naps Rule

Oct 24

The Greatest Internship on Earth

Oct 17

The Wisdom of Sex in the Workplace

Oct 14

The Ex-Recruiter

Oct 12

Poof You’ve Been Promoted, Now What?

Oct 11

By the Way, Hire Me

Oct 06

Confessions from the Supply Closet

Oct 03

What Gruzzles You?

Oct 01

Sep 25

The Future of Recruiting

Sep 20

An Interview with Steven Rothberg

Sep 19

The Vulcan Recruiter

Sep 14

Get Out Your Value Proposition

Sep 13

Sep 07

The Social Media Compensation Mystery

Sep 06

Onboarding Now Prepare for Take Off

Sep 05

Talent as a Commodity

Sep 02

Dad, Cool it with the Twitter Updates

Aug 30

I’ll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours

Aug 30

Cyber-Vetting Digital Natives

Aug 29

Twitter Follow Friday Luv

Aug 27

I’ll Never Get a Reference from @ToryJohnson

Aug 25

The “New” Job Fair

Aug 23

I’m Recruiting You!

Aug 22

Top 10 Ways to Be a Crme de la Crme Candidate

Aug 21

Fancy Shmancy Recruiter Titles

Aug 19

The Right Kind of Happy for the Right Fit

Aug 16

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Aug 15

A Social Media Intervention

Aug 14

Ex-Offender Vick = Eagles = Whatever

Aug 09

Love the One You’re With

Aug 08

DSL — The New Professional Credential

Aug 06

Austin Has Powers

Aug 04

Are You a Social Media Kamikaze Biotch™?

Aug 02

Don’t Give Up on Us Baby!

Aug 02

Standing Out in the Crowd

Aug 01

Workin’ on Gilligan’s Island

Jul 25

The World is Full of Ballerinas

Jul 22

I’m OK, You’re OK

Jul 18

50 is the New 30

Jul 14

My Band of Brothers & Sisters

Jul 12

Meetings by Walking Around?

Jul 11

So, Why are there 2.6 Million Jobs Available in the US?

Jul 10

The Art of Baking

Jul 04

What’s Cultural Fit Got To Do With It?

Jul 03

It’s All About the People – Really?

Jun 27

The Dysfunctional Village

Jun 22

Jun 21

Workplace en Vogue

Jun 14

Social Media – Why Aren’t They Using it?