Month: February 2016

Being Fired Is Like a Divorce . . .

Being fired is like a divorce and based on today’s statistics, that doesn’t sound good. So many articles cover the fact that 50% of all marriages in America end in divorce. Interestingly enough, other articles say 50% of all hires

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Are PMOs maximizing their return on investment?

I have been contemplating how the Project Management practice, especially in a Project/Program Management Office (PMO), is progressing in the 21stCentury. I hear about organizations investing a good amount of capital and resources in building a PMO, then disbanding it

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Google Blogger: For Websites?

Blogger is Google’s free web tool for creating blog sites. That’s the traditional intent of the product. While it is a great tool for blogging, Blogger is also a terrific tool to create very cost effective and fairly robust professional websites. Such websites

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Monthly Meeting

The Breakfast Club NJ Presents : “Common Traps That Trip Up Job Seekers”Presented by John Hadley Saturday March 12th at 8:00am ET Synopsis: Saturday March 12th at 8:00am Please share this with other groups you may be in. Join us

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Bill LaChance Blog

Introduction One of the most perplexing issues that arise when in transition is financial planning. If you have a Finance background, maybe this does not apply to you. But for most of us, financial considerations, run neck and neck stress-wise,

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Bad Hires Are Expensive

Bad hires are expensive based on an interesting survey performed by CareerBuilder revealed that 41 percent of companies estimate that a bad hire costs more than $25,000; 25 percent of companies said a bad hire costs more than $50,000. And

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Manage Your Professional Network

You’ve heard this before: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Of course it helps to know things. But, it’s more important to know people who can get you in the position to demonstrate what you know. Those

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