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Patti Becker, Human Resources Manager at Eaton Corporation in Lincoln, Illinois, spoke to one of my classes about employment communication (resumes, cover letters, interviewing) this week. Eaton is a global corporation with 79,000 employees worldwide. Patti has been involved with human resources at the 650-employee Lincoln plant for 20 years and brought [...]
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I’ve just finished reading Then We Came to the End, a first novel by Joshua Ferris (no relation to Tim Ferriss). This book is original and compelling on so many levels, which I’ll get to in a moment. First, though, here’s the gist:
Start with "The Office" but replace Michael Scott with a competent but intimidating [...]
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Students seeking a summer internship should check out One Day, One Internship. The site features a new internship opportunity every day so subscribing to the RSS feed makes good sense. And these are good internships–recent postings have featured jobs with American Express, United States Golf Association, and Harry & David (whose pears are [...]
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Yesterday we looked at a common error in internship cover letters, namely, seeing the internship as an opportunity to benefit the student while neglecting to show what the employer will gain. Today we’ll write a better cover letter.
The three parts of a cover letter
As I mentioned last week, a cover letter (and resume) [...]
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I’ve been reading a lot of internship resumes and cover letters lately, and I’m seeing a trend: students are asking for internships as though the potential employer were doing them a favor.
This approach is misguided. In this post I’ll explain why and then discuss what a proper cover letter should do. Part [...]
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Amazing! Never be late again!
Google has introduced its new "Custom Time" feature for Gmail today, which allows you to backdate up to 10 messages per year. This could truly be useful for office workers who need to get critical information to a supervisor before 5:00, or freelancers who need to deliver past-due projects [...]
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The work we do is a reflection of who we are. If we’re sloppy at it, it’s because we’re sloppy inside. If we’re late at it, it’s because we’re late inside. If we’re bored by it, it’s because we’re bored inside, with ourselves, not with the work. The most menial [...]
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