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Edition Thirteen: On referrals
To give a recommendation for a potential hire, which is essentially backing someone with your words, is a big deal. It’s me saying, “I promise that giving you this name means that I believe this person fits this role and will succeed at it.” Too often, when we recommend someone it’s because “I like this…
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Edition Twelve: Here we are, standing in the muck
I was going to write this week about the precarious situation of recommendations, but then my brain got on a different tangent. You see, last week I had one of those weeks where I direly missed writing stories and working on things that moved much, much faster than culture change or new strategy building. This…
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Edition Eleven: Read this book
Before I started this newsletter, I was desperately trying to find a book to help me be better at work, as a young, creative female leader. I am a book nerd, which means I turn to the written word to escape, live better and work better. Here’s what I’ve read so far, and a tweet-length…
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Textio: Write better job descriptions
Textio is an interesting tool that helps write job listings that are more effective. Textio is the augmented writing platform for creating highly effective job listings. By analyzing the hiring outcomes of more than 10 million job posts a month, Textio predicts the performance of your listing and gives you real-time guidance on how to improve it.
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Edition Ten: Hold on, I need to write this down.
We learn better when we write things down. That is what the studies say when I started this job, I said I would finally spend the time to do a better job organizing my day. I make my own planner pages because I have always had weird jobs where GTD or other to-do systems didn’t work.…
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Newly syndicated!
The Lioness, a magazine for female entrepreneurs, is now syndicating The Middles! You can see a recent syndicated column here.
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Hire better, please
I read this and saw my own experience mirrored. It is really not that hard to hire well, and thoughtfully, but few places do it. I’ve had editors neglect to call, or neglect to contact me after an interview. I had one person (who I thought i knew well) just ghost after three interviews and…
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An interesting resume template
Remember, resumes should always be at the ready, who knows when your dream job might call. Money on what your resume should look like.
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Edition Ten: Planning with planners
We learn better when we write things down. That is what the studies say when I started this job, I said I would finally spend the time to do a better job organizing my day. I make my own planner pages because I have always had weird jobs where GTD or other to-do systems didn’t work.…
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A good equity calculator
Working at a startup means that you may be offered equity. What is that even worth? Here’s a handy calculator to help you determine you offer. By the way, remember equity isn’t real money. It’s funny money until the company is sold or goes public. In the vast majority of cases, you may never get…