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Added a Resources Page
I added a resources page (https://www.jimsrules.com/resources/) to help collect some of the books, blogs, websites, and podcasts that either were instrumental in my own education (formal or self-guided). I’m also including the list in this post so you can look at it here or there. Both will have the same content.
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Becoming a Manager Part 3 - Reviewing resumes
Photo by Bram Naus (https://unsplash.com/@bramnaus) on Unsplash. Last time I threw a few thoughts out there about creating a job posting. In this month’s post, I share some notes on the next stage: reviewing those resumes you got in response to your job posting.
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Becoming a Manager Part 2 - Job Postings
Photo by Bram Naus (https://unsplash.com/@bramnaus) on Unsplash. Do you think about hiring when you think about being a manager? What comes to mind? Do you first think about crafting job postings? I am going out on a limb and guessing the answer is “no.” It is underrated and underappreciated and it is hard. No one ever taught me how to create a job posting! In this article, I share a few thoughts on that important first impression you make on your applicant by taking a “what not to do” approach. As a bonus, I also coin a new term: “bureaucroware”. Warning! Opinions ahead!
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Will I Be a Good Manager? Part 1
Photo by Sigmund (https://unsplash.com/@sigmund) on Unsplash. Drawing some inspiration from a few posts I have seen elsewhere recently, today I am sharing a few thoughts on preparing to be a manager. This will be a multi-part series with additional posts following at least through May of this year. Through this series, I will explore why empathy is one of the key traits for a manager, and sometimes for less than obvious reasons.
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Overlapping
Photo by Annie Spratt (https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt) on Unsplash. In your career, should you specialize or be a generalist? Phrases like “jack of all trades and master of none” tend to make it sound like we should specialize and certainly the tendency in most organizations is to favor specialization. I do not think the question specialization versus generalization is the right question. What we should be asking is “how much we should overlap with the people around us?” The answer? A lot.
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