[Podcast] NPR's On Point; CEO Sisters:
"Three women take the Nobel Peace Prize this week. Fifty-seven percent of all college students are female. In medicine and law, they’re crowding through the doors. But at the tip top of American business, women are still just a sliver of the power pie.
In the Fortune 500 biggest American corporations there are just 14 female CEOs. Today we talk with two top female CEOs. Big power. Big money. They happen to be sisters. We’ll ask them about life as a woman at the top – and about the Occupy Wall Street litany of grievance with corporate America."
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Conquering My Fear of Speaking in Public; New York Times, 10/1/11
Dominique Molina, New York Times; Conquering My Fear of Speaking in Public:
"I talked to my father about how the magic trick had bombed, and he suggested that I have him critique me. I gave the same speech to him, without the magic trick. He said that I seemed more nervous when I relied on my notes and that I should speak more from my heart. I’ve done that ever since, and it has helped.
To gain more experience, I still look for speaking opportunities. I speak before various associations, and I started appearing on television news and talk shows a little more than a year ago."
"I talked to my father about how the magic trick had bombed, and he suggested that I have him critique me. I gave the same speech to him, without the magic trick. He said that I seemed more nervous when I relied on my notes and that I should speak more from my heart. I’ve done that ever since, and it has helped.
To gain more experience, I still look for speaking opportunities. I speak before various associations, and I started appearing on television news and talk shows a little more than a year ago."
Interview with Pamela Fields, chief executive of Stetson; New York Times, 10/1/11
Adam Bryant, Corner Office, New York Times; Valuing Those Who Tell You the Bitter Truth: Interview with Pamela Fields, chief executive of Stetson, the hat and apparel company:
"Q. So let’s talk about hiring. What are you looking for?
A. I look for innate intelligence. You hear that by the way people talk, by the way they express themselves, by the level of sophistication of their answers. I ask them to send me a letter after the interview about what they thought about our conversation and what they thought was good, what left them uncomfortable, were there any areas that we didn’t discuss, is there something that they forgot to brag about? A lot of people can’t write anymore. I mean, they would be thrown out of eighth-grade class. In my house, my father learned English as a second language, and if I got an A on a paper and I spelled a word wrong, that’s what I heard about.
I ask them where they think they’ve displayed courage in a job. Where have they stood up and said, “I don’t agree with you”? Sometimes the courage is to recommend pursuing a business, or, “I’d like to go out on my own as a separate division.”
I ask them about momentum killers in their business and what they’ve done to try and fix them.
And some people you just connect with on a chemistry level. It’s an intangible. You have to judge that chemistry with the other chemistry in the group. And a lot of that is a feeling. Does the conversation flow? Is it easy? Do people think before they speak or do they blurt? Do they talk over you or do they listen to you finish?"
"Q. So let’s talk about hiring. What are you looking for?
A. I look for innate intelligence. You hear that by the way people talk, by the way they express themselves, by the level of sophistication of their answers. I ask them to send me a letter after the interview about what they thought about our conversation and what they thought was good, what left them uncomfortable, were there any areas that we didn’t discuss, is there something that they forgot to brag about? A lot of people can’t write anymore. I mean, they would be thrown out of eighth-grade class. In my house, my father learned English as a second language, and if I got an A on a paper and I spelled a word wrong, that’s what I heard about.
I ask them where they think they’ve displayed courage in a job. Where have they stood up and said, “I don’t agree with you”? Sometimes the courage is to recommend pursuing a business, or, “I’d like to go out on my own as a separate division.”
I ask them about momentum killers in their business and what they’ve done to try and fix them.
And some people you just connect with on a chemistry level. It’s an intangible. You have to judge that chemistry with the other chemistry in the group. And a lot of that is a feeling. Does the conversation flow? Is it easy? Do people think before they speak or do they blurt? Do they talk over you or do they listen to you finish?"
LLAMA Human Resources Section Presents a Free Webinar on How to Find a Job; Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), 9/15/11
Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA); LLAMA Human Resources Section Presents a Free Webinar on How to Find a Job:
"You have your MLS degree—but what’s next? Applying for and interviewing for a job can be fraught with anxiety and frustrations. But you can put yourself ahead of the herd with the right information. The Library Leadership and Management Association’s Human Resources Section (LLAMA-HRS) will present “Job Hunting for Today’s Libraries in Today’s Job Market,” Wednesday, October 19, 1:30 pm -3:00 pm CST. This free webinar is intended for library students or recent MLS graduates about to enter the workforce or start a job search.
Participants will: increase their confidence and raise their success rate; gain a comprehensive understanding of how libraries conduct searches and make hiring decisions; and learn what libraries are looking for through practical tips and insight from a seasoned recruiter.
Speaker: Brian Keith is Assistant Dean for Human and Financial Resources at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. He will share his insight and advice from years of experience recruiting librarians.
Register online at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/404003538
Space is limited."
"You have your MLS degree—but what’s next? Applying for and interviewing for a job can be fraught with anxiety and frustrations. But you can put yourself ahead of the herd with the right information. The Library Leadership and Management Association’s Human Resources Section (LLAMA-HRS) will present “Job Hunting for Today’s Libraries in Today’s Job Market,” Wednesday, October 19, 1:30 pm -3:00 pm CST. This free webinar is intended for library students or recent MLS graduates about to enter the workforce or start a job search.
Participants will: increase their confidence and raise their success rate; gain a comprehensive understanding of how libraries conduct searches and make hiring decisions; and learn what libraries are looking for through practical tips and insight from a seasoned recruiter.
Speaker: Brian Keith is Assistant Dean for Human and Financial Resources at the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. He will share his insight and advice from years of experience recruiting librarians.
Register online at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/404003538
Space is limited."
Why You Still Haven't Gotten a Job; Harvard Business Review, 9/28/11
Priscilla Claman, Harvard Business Review; Why You Still Haven't Gotten a Job:
"Last year, I was visited by one of these chronic resume-senders. Sheryl had sent out 1,000 resumes in ten months and didn't have one interview to show for it. She brought a copy of her resume with her, and we examined it. There, in the middle of the page, in bold, 14-point type, we read:
PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE"
"Last year, I was visited by one of these chronic resume-senders. Sheryl had sent out 1,000 resumes in ten months and didn't have one interview to show for it. She brought a copy of her resume with her, and we examined it. There, in the middle of the page, in bold, 14-point type, we read:
PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE"
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