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	<description>Yvonne LaRose, Organizational Development Consultant and Career Coach</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Stand-up Guy</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/a-stand-up-guy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Recruiting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA["Craig Silverman"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, some interesting mail came to The Desk. It was a request for a recommendation to be published on LinkedIn. That is a fantastic place to have your recommendations and testimonials published. They&#8217;re in a tabbed section so that they&#8217;re segregated and easy to find. But they&#8217;re also part of your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I Stay or Should I Go</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 04:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Workplace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alternatives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting at my little desk at Starbucks and looking at three cards. These cards hold a great deal of significance in regard to identifying the woman who owns them. Without these cards, she is the same person. With them, she has some fleeting credibility that is pushed to the edge each day.
I look upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Career Option - Environmentalism</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/next-career-option-environmentalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Job Search]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bordeaux Energy Colloquium]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy tradeshow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly Samaha]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Green and the many aspects it presents may be the direction in which we will find fertile grounds for careers and talent shortages.
The many aspects of creating energy, renewable sources of energy, cost-effective and efficient uses, and many other creative dimensions of the Green Movement remind us that resources are limited.  The more we can focus on creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best of eLearning Awards and Online Universities Announced</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/best-of-elearning-awards-and-online-universities-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/best-of-elearning-awards-and-online-universities-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[online training]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[universities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re here to help you get ahead. Part of the formula is making informed choices. So here&#8217;s some information you climbers should know. It&#8217;s also useful information for those who screen the ones being considered for that notch position.
Elearning Readers&#8217; Choice Awards Nominees
Finalists in the Elearning [Readers' Choice] Awards were announced in December 2007 by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is It Important to the Job Seeker?</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/why-is-it-important-to-the-job-seeker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Job Search]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[candidate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[efficiency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[optimization]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thedesk.wordpress.com/?p=36</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was probably the 23rd or 24th of March and I was having another bout of apathy in regard to interminable waits for unreliable buses that take me on two-hour rides to the next destination. On that day, I was contemplating the mania job seekers have about having the perfect resume. It was astounding how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of Failure</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/fear-of-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[failure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mastery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[practice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[skill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t try to do it because I&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;ll fail,&#8221; admitted Sam (a fictitious name of a friend) as we sipped our beverages. That was also the reason he&#8217;d not taken his licensing examination, nor learned and taken over duties on one of the more responsible pieces of equipment at his job, nor many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Matches in a New Way</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/making-matches-in-a-new-way/</link>
		<comments>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/making-matches-in-a-new-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Recruiting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[compatibility]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lasting relationships]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[matchmaking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[profile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Circulating among the recruiting sites these days has become a tad boring. Always the same topics. Always the same answers. Always the same voices shouting down the others. And everyone in search of the better mousetrap to find the best talent for the job in the shortest amount of time.
There are all sorts of assessments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pushing for Excellence</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/pushing-for-excellence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Era]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[civil rights mural]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Prize]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[qualified talent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was during a period between the end of April to early May 2007 when the incident occurred. Enroute to a destination that was not performing the duties for which it was established, I stopped at a Burger King for breakfast fare and rest. This particular Burger King is located at Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Said Another Way</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/said-another-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Job Search]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[advertisements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recruiting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[terminology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the past three to four years it seems our vocabulary (especially as it relates to recruiting, job titles, and job descriptions) is becoming increasingly complicated. Yet the work that&#8217;s being accomplished is basically still the same. The only thing about the work is that it has a new name.
Let&#8217;s look at a few examples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in the Hand</title>
		<link>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2007/12/26/whats-in-the-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://thedesk.wordpress.com/2007/12/26/whats-in-the-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yvonne LaRose</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[client needs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[client retention]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clients]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[loss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[setback]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some people complain about the losses they suffer. They see opportunities that were right under their noses that seem to slip off the edge of the Earth, never to be seen again. Of course this is a vexing situation! How many times must we watch as Opportunity slips away as our fingertips yearn to be [...]]]></description>
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