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Go to Arby’s instead

December 15, 2010

Cover of Nuclear Jellyfish: A Novel Don’t sweat the sauce-packet dynamics Time out from HR. If you have never heard of him, I’d like to introduce you to the King of comedy crime writers, Tim Dorsey.   According to his bio, Dorsey was a reporter and editor at the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and [...]

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Being an HR Superhero

September 18, 2010

Image by Esparta via Flickr HR Tampa Annual Event is next week What dos it take to be an HR Superhero?  It takes a lot more than super powers. It takes: a big heart a wise head an open mind the patience of Job professional knowledge some great partners and professional colleagues You can find [...]

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Talent Synch, Cheezhead, and Jobing Tampa Bay, ala Carte!

March 30, 2010

Working with Jobing I am going to be a panel member and leading a breakout session at the Tanpa Bay Jobing Recruitment Symposium tomorrow.   Before that, I will be having breakfast with keynote speaker Susan Burns of  Talent Synchronicity.   I will be doing some tweeting from the event.  You can use the hashtag #RSTB to [...]

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Would your company miss you if you took 6 weeks off for fun?

February 9, 2010

Social Fresh Wrap-up I volunteered to work at Social Fresh Tampa yesterday with a great bunch of volunteers.  It was a great conference covering a variety of topics including corporate blogging, WOMM marketing, and a number of other topics relevant and useful to businesses, as well as those working in social media.  The next event [...]

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Social Media and Marketing at Social Fresh Tampa

February 3, 2010

Social Fresh comes to Tampa From Drop Box I will be attending Social Fresh Tampa on Monday, February 8th at the Doubletree Hotel Tampa Westshore. Social Fresh is a social media conference for marketers. Social Fresh Tampa will be the second event of 2010 for the group.  Since Tampa is a marketing hot bed, this [...]

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Brash, Brilliant, Ballsy – Cougars and their Boy Toys

January 2, 2010

  Image by Getty Images via Daylife Heard on Sports Talk Radio I just got home from my Saturday  morning coffee run.   For the record, I got a 20 oz. coffee with cream at Hess Express for $1.92, rather than Starbucks.   While driving over to the store, I was listening to WDAE here in Tampa [...]

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Making an impression: That first 30 seconds can last a lifetime!

December 21, 2009

Image via Wikipedia A Bad Example Let me tell you about an experience that I had earlier this week.  Then let me tell me about the lessons from this experience that could be applied to your next job interview. I stop almost every morning at to buy coffee at a Hess station in Tampa.  Earlier [...]

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How effective is your message?

November 9, 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Think your plan through This morning I heard an advertisement on WDAE 620 am in Tampa.  It is a major sports talk station here in central Florida, and generates a lot of revenue for Clear Channel.   The sound spot I heard was for a local restaurant chain.  In the [...]

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Why I spend my weekends at the bar

September 26, 2009

Going to Barcamp TampaBay As part of my on-going personal development plan for keeping my skills up to date, I will be attending a local technology conference here in Tampa called Barcamp Tampa Bay.   I am attending as a human resources professional, business writer, and an amateur geek.  I highly recommend that all professionals do [...]

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Help the HR students of Tampa!

September 22, 2009

Image by Dshalock® the Libertarian Emperor of America via Flickr I need your help! I am speaking about social networking and blogging on Wednesday night to a diverse group of graduate students who are part of the HR Tampa Student Chapter.  I will be presenting at the Tampa offices of Bernard Hodes, thannks to the [...]

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