Guest post by Chad O’Connor, Adjunct Professor Emerson College In an earlier guest blog I mentioned some issues regarding uses and gratifications and selective exposure. To recap, we are constantly seeking ways when we communicate to get people to pay attention to us, and when they do pay attention to what we are saying they [...]
The resume looks great, the prescreening phone conversation went well and now it’s time to meet the candidate face to face. Often times, the interviewer has less than an hour to make their determination on a candidate, so the questions must be effective in getting the information necessary to make an educated decision about a [...]
You can’t escape social media and personal computer usage on the job – or can you? Many companies have implemented blogging and personal computer usage policies as part of their Employee Handbook and Information Technology Policy. The focus of such employee policies gives personal bloggers guidelines on how to reference their employer, their products and [...]
Guest post by Chad O’Connor, Adjunct Professor Emerson College One thing I truly enjoy about coaching people on how to be better communicators is that every so often I am reminded about how much simple psychology is involved in the whole process. I was recently contacted by a former student of mine for some professional [...]