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Hints for HR: Keeping and Maximizing the Talent You Have Now
The following article is based on a panel presentation at the HR Network Breakfast on September 17, 2010, at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. The HR Network is sponsored by the Five O’Clock Club and is a vendor-free venue for HR… Read more
Hedging Your Bet for the Future
I first learned of the 100 women in hedge funds professional association when researching speaking opportunities on career development within the financial services industry. After several attempts to get on their fall 2012 or 2013 schedule I… Read more
How to Build a Strong Resume: Start with the Summary Statement
Feel stuck in your present position? Peel off your old label, slap on a new one, and position yourself for something different. Build a strong resume that positions you for the job you want. Whether you’re an accountant who wants to go into… Read more
Some New Thoughts on Employee Engagement and Retention
by John Fitzgerald, Associate Editor, The Five O’Clock News For Employers / HR Development As usual, the panelists provided extensive handouts so the attendees could conduct seminars back in their own workplaces The following article is… Read more
Good Cover Letter Examples
Examples of Good Cover Letters to Use in Your Job Search As part of our 25 years of research, we have developed a formula that will help you create good cover letters to use throughout your search, whether you are writing to a search firm,… Read more
Keep Your Long-Term Goal in Mind While You Earn Income to Keep Body and Soul Together
We all need to earn money. You may have to take work that is not ideal, but never lose sight of your goal. When things settle down—and they will—you will already have your foot in the door and be able to move your career along. Those people… Read more
Helping Organizations Optimize and Retain Top Talent (Part I)
Five O’Clock Club Coaches at Work in the Workplace: Helping Organizations Optimize and Retain Top Talent (Part I) by David Madison, Ph.D., Director, The National Guild of Five O’Clock Club Career Coaches This is the first in a series of three… Read more
Workplace Politics; Reflections on Personal and Corporate Survival
by David Madison, Ph.D., Director of the National Guild of Five O’Clock Club Career Coaches The Art of Getting Things Done Most of us would probably admit a distaste for politics, especially when we think of how government operates. We… Read more
One-on-One Career Coaching -The Five O’Clock Club Way (why, when, and how)
By: David Madison, PhD, Guild Director Y ou may think of the Five O’Clock Club as a source of help for getting a new job—and you’re right about that—but you should also think of the Club as a “research lab.” Our methodology works so… Read more
Getting FEEDBACK From Others
The most important finding my study yielded was: The men who were introspective, who valued their logic and intuition, were happier and more self-confident than their less introspective counterparts and better able to deal with the stresses of… Read more
Five O’Clock Clubbers talk about Good (work) Habits for the 00s
The flipping of all four digits on the calendar seems to have put most of us in a mood to look both backward and forward. Accordingly, it seemed appropriate for this issue of The Five O’Clock News to chat with a few highly successful Club members… Read more
Improve Your Performance in Your PRESENT Position
by Kate Wendleton A man’s work is in danger of deteriorating when he thinks he has found the one best formula for doing it. If he thinks that, he is likely to feel that all he needs is merely to go on repeating himself . . .so long as a person is… Read more
It’s Your ‘Marketability’ Silly: That’s How You Take Control of Your Career
In the past, when a successful job hunter reported at the Club, he or she used to be relieved at simply landing a job. Today, members’ reports are more strategic, like this: “The Seven Stories Exercise and the Forty-Year Vision helped me figure out… Read more
Five O’Clock Clubbers tell you about Staying Marketable
by Mary Harmon The days of commitment to one job for life are long gone. For Five O’Clock Clubbers those days have been replaced with a life-long commitment to keeping themselves marketable-in the employment arena as well as within their companies…. Read more
Will You Actually Get Promoted– Or Are You Simply “Promotable?” When Is It Time to Move On?
by Kate Wendleton Half of the people who come to the Five O’Clock Club are employed–and have decided it’s time to move on. How long should someone stay in a job? The key question is: Are you learning new skills that increase your… Read more
New Work Realities and the Mature Worker: How Job Seekers Over 50 Can Compete for Today’s Jobs
by Anita Lands Corporate downsizing. The reduction of middle management. Retrenched industries. The widespread use of contingency workers, consultants and part-timers. All have combined to create new realities in the marketplace. These changes have… Read more
New Shapes in Careers: How to Repackage the Work You Want To Do
by Betsy Jaffe, Ph.D. Who can forget that line inspired by the movie Jaws?. . . “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water . . . ?” Just when you’d figured out how to survive in the workplace, the rules change . . . again. There’s… Read more
Managing Your Career in a Changing Labor Market
by Harriet Greisser Ironically, with the globalization of business, the re-engineering of company structures, shifts in the industrial landscape, the disappearance of many jobs, and the increasing impact of fast-changing technology, change has… Read more