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		<title>There Are Policies For That!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[policies and procedures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marco, a brilliant graphic designer has worked for the same advertising agency for nearly ten years and received a number of awards for his artwork.  But recently, there were some issues at work that nearly cost him his job.  If Marco had been familiar with his employer’s policies and procedures, he could have saved himself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exit Strategy</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=238</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interviewing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[transitions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the day, workers spent a lot more years with a single employer than they do today.  We once thought we’d spend our entire careers with a single employer, but this is no longer the case.  In fact, it’s becoming increasingly rare for employees to spend more than 5 years with a single employer.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Holiday at the Inn!</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=234</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Was recently discussing customer service issues and experiences when the question came up:  Would you feel guilty if an employee was fired because of the poor customer service you experienced?  Obviously, the answer depends on the circumstances of the employee’s errors; the punishment should fit the crime.  Customer service is the lifeblood of so many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Privacy Is At Stake!</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=229</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hiring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent story in the Wall Street Journal (links below) started a firestorm of reactions across the country from both employers and job seekers, as well as from legal corners and privacy rights groups.  There is a growing trend by employers to demand that applicants provide their logins and security passwords to their Facebook and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like Vs. Respect</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=227</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me know if any of this sounds familiar:  You’ve been in contact with someone you’ve known for a long time, someone you know well who works in your chosen profession.  You feel there is a genuine rapport, and honestly believe you like each other and trust each other.  You also believe the other person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone’s A Comedian.  Not!</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=225</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob went for his interview at a major market radio station excited and grateful that he was being considered to fill a rare and much coveted on-air news position.  He felt prepared to meet the station’s news director, and had done a lot of research about this station, its lengthy ratings dominance, its audience and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting Gears</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=220</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the issues I get to frequently talk to job seekers about is how to transition from one career to another.  For many shifting gears and their career focus, there is an almost natural progression that might emanate from the development of new skills or successfully tackling a progression of more difficult responsibilities.  For others, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The More Things Change &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=218</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clarity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’ve probably heard the expression, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.”  Well, when it comes to job search, and the self-promotion required to successfully obtain work, we’ve seen a tremendous evolution in the ways we apply for employment.  Newspaper classifieds have given way to the online job boards, industry-specific sites and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Right Message In The Right Time</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=216</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clarity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Job Search Preparation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quantify]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last time out I wrote about the importance of clarity in work communication and its effects on job survival.  While at the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this month, I was continuously reminded of the importance of clarity in brevity, particularly when it comes to what we often refer to as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survival = Clarity</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=212</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clarity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Regardless of the kind of work you do, or where ever you are located, if you have or want a job, you will interact with other people! (Well &#8220;Duh!&#8221; That’s obvious!) Bear with me! The basic give-and-take of what is sometimes simple communication, is how we get through our day. Sometimes the information being passed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Job Seeker Resolutions For 2012</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=210</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cover letters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah yes, the end of the year.  Now is the time year when almost anyone with an audience looks back on the past twelve months to reflect on the best of this, and most important of that.  Brief perspectives such as the “top ten list” can be very handy in providing a close-up view of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Fatigue</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=208</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cover letters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was reviewing resumes, cover letters and doing some interview preparation for job seekers at a job fair.  Although the age of the participants skewed a bit older than most of these events, the employment hopefuls were as diversified in their skills, experience and positions of interest, as would be expected. But one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Goes A Long Way</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=206</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brainstorming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that you’ve made it through the Thanksgiving Weekend with or without a tryptophan induced hangover, and with or without bruises from the Black Friday melee, maybe you’re at work not quite feeling the gratitude the holiday name suggests. Understandable!  Due to our sustained economic doldrums, many employers are cutting down on office celebrations, bonuses, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prospecting</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=203</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time not too long ago when job seekers routinely sent out their job search documents to unknown recipients. More times than not job announcements instructed job seekers to send their resumes and cover letters to blind addresses &#8211; Post Office boxes or routing numbers in care of the newspaper that ran the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deliberately Insecure</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=201</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous blog entry I tried to illustrate the diversity of unseen and unsung talent required to put on a live production.  Many of the people who work in these positions are freelancers and independent contractors, as opposed to regular employees, who know a thing or two about looking for work and self promotion.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unsung &#8211; Unseen!</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=199</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many people, I enjoy going to theater performances, concerts, festivals, and other live-entertainment events, and I’m lucky enough to attend a variety of shows throughout the year.  There’s a tremendous amount of work that goes into the production and presentation of every performance, from some very talented behind-the-scenes, unsung and unseen heroes, who rarely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Shame and No Justice</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=197</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job Search Preparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outplacement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you’re devoid of any feelings, one of the toughest things to hear from someone is that they lost their job.  This is a hard thing to hear from anyone, particularly if you know the person well, and know that they have committed themselves for a long time to that gig.  And even if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Plugged In</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=195</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 10-15 years there have been a lot of changes in the way we look for work.  Some of these changes have been subtle, while others have been more dramatic.  But at the core of a search job seekers must still get their work histories and skills in front of decision makers.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Look at OJT</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=192</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Labor Day to all!  Here it is September again, the year is ¾’s over and students are returning to their classrooms.  While colleges and universities struggle to maintain standards because of their rising costs, curricula continue to evolve.  Instruction of business and entrepreneurial coursework is on the rise, and many programs are focusing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prying Eyes</title>
		<link>http://hanklondon.com/blog2/?p=189</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guy next to me during a recent flight didn’t seem much like talking so we never introduced ourselves, but we’ll call him Bob.  After the in-flight crew made the announcement that it was “ok to use your electronic devices,” Bob pulled out his laptop. Whether he was going to be productive or merely pass [...]]]></description>
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