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Author: jim stedt
Company: The Business SoftSkills Company
Website: businesssoftskills.com
Author Comment / Biography:
Mr. Jim Stedt founded Hartley & Associates in 1984 and is One of the founders and partner of the Business SoftSkills Company Mr. Stedt has authored the following Books: “Talent Balancing - Staffing Your Company for Long Term Success” published by ABC-CLIO /Praeger (Available in both English and Polish), “Re:Organize - Managing Your Computer" (Textbook), “The Micro Computer Dictionary” (Textbook), “Jokes, Quips and Ponderables - 28,027,000 bytes of humor for the technically touched." In addition, Author of scripts for Career Enhancement, Military Edition of Career Enhancement and Train-The-Trainer. Creator of 14 Apple business apps and columnist for Micro Times Magazine. Written articles for numerous business, computer and technology publications Mr. Stedt serves on the following Boards and Committees: Business Education Statewide Advisory Committee for the State of California, California Community Colleges Professional Development Advisory Committee Computer Information Science Advisory Board for Irvine Valley College, Business Program Advisor for Westwood College. He has degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Technology.
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51. Who Is Responsible For Teaching Job Readiness / Soft Skills?
April 24, 2014
The results of a recent poll revealed that 42% of businesses feel it is not their responsibility to teach their employees about soft skills. At the same time, academia also does not feel that soft skills are important enough to be added to an already crammed curriculum. I have been involved in the ...
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52. Interviewing Candidates For Soft Skills
April 22, 2014
In a recent Harris Poll, paid for by CareerBuilder, (http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=25606) 77% of employers say that so-called “soft skills”… are just as important as hard skills. Based on this, are your hiring managers interviewing candidates for soft skills? In this ar...
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53. Five Tips To Help Hiring Managers Hire (Quickly)
April 17, 2014
The average hiring manager has a lot of responsibilities and not a lot of time to get them done. One responsibility is recruiting and this is a major activity that is added to an already full workload. So how can a hiring manager hire skilled worker quickly? In this article we are going to discus...
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54. Should You Eliminate The Human Resources Department?
April 15, 2014
A recent wall street journal article discussed a number of companies that are experimenting with eliminating their entire human resources (HR) department. Their reason for this action is that they are trying to reduce overhead in the organization and save money. So is this a good idea or not? Let’...
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55. Soft Skills For Job Seeking Veterans
April 03, 2014
A recent survey stated that 83% of military personnel are worried about how to enter the civilian workforce. Many of them have never had a civilian job before and a number of them don’t know what to expect. Here are five key soft skills that every veteran should know before going into the civilian...
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56. How Millennials Can Improve Their Job Security
April 02, 2014
A Pew Research Center survey (http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/10/business/la-fi-mo-survey-millennials-job-security-20131210) found that “40% of Millennials (ages 18 to 32) said job security was "extremely important" to them, compared with 38% of Gen Xers (33 to 48) and 31% of baby boomers. (49 ...
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57. What Is Job Readiness And Is It Necessary?
March 27, 2014
What is job readiness? The Internet defines Job Readiness, also known as Work Readiness as: “the point at which an individual is prepared for employment based upon possession of necessary work skills, social competence, job seeking and interview skills, etc. Conceptually, job readiness fits with a ...
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58. 7 Ways to survive Downsizing
March 25, 2014
At some point in every career you will face being downsized. The best thing you can do is not panic, then follow these 7 rules to surviving downsizing. The first step is to determine alternatives with your current employer. Approach them with the possibility of either working part time or doin...
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59. Just Pick Up The Phone! Solving Communication Problems Of The 21st Century
March 20, 2014
Everyone is using tweeting, texting and emailing as their major form of communications today. But is it an effective form of communications? It is a known fact that poor communication in a business can create relationship conflicts and problems which can lead to poor productivity and low morale. ...
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60. Secrets To Workplace Relationships
March 18, 2014
If you are a graduate or transitioning military and just entering the workplace, you need to know about workplace relationships and how to act in the workplace. This article will reveal the secrets to workplace relationships and the importance of these soft skills.
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