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I did my first blog/radio show yesterday. The recruiting animal invited me to come chat about my blog, my thoughts on women in management, assessment testing and fraternizing with powerful people……that is putting it very simply. You can listen to it here: Peggy McKee chats with the Recruiting Animal. It was a very fast hour. [...]

December 10th, 3:35 pm (early and convenient timing - I’d point out)
As you know, if you have read or listened to me much, I am a strong advocate of telling people what you need or how they can help. I know that if I understand what I can do for you (and it’s [...]

This question was posted on my LinkedIn page, along with these comments:
Person with question says:
My company is a perfect example of a large scale device organization with few women. Only 1 woman in an executive career opportunity and none in upper management. I have spoken with some women who say they were discouraged from pursuing management [...]

Here’s a great article for you to see:  Military Are Getting Short-Changed On the Job Front, Too, by Teena Rose.  I met Teena on Twitter.  She is the head of Resume to Referral, which provides resume-writing and career services for mid-level career to executive professionals.  In her article, she negotiations about her husband’s career transition [...]

The Dark Every single day (Clinical Medical and Pathology News/Trends), which I read frequently, recently reported a study of the 10 Germiest Jobs In America, by “Dr. Germ,” AKA Charles P. Gerba, Ph.D., a microbiologist at the University of Arizona in Tuscon.   Here’s the list:
1) Teacher, day care workers
2) Cashier, bank employee
3) Tech support, computer repair.
4) Doctor or nurse
5) Pathology [...]

Fierce Pharma outlines how 20,000 pharma folks were laid off from 5 companies in 2008. I hate to point this out, but if major pharmaceutical can let all of these folks go without major issues continuing to do business, then those employees were not adding value (or very much of it). As one marketeer put [...]

I discovered a great source of science headlines in one handy spot for everyone in medical sales, clinical diagnostics sales, clinical revenue, medical supplies revenue, surgical supplies revenue, DNA products sales, cellular/molecular products sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, histology revenue, biotech sales, or clinical laboratory sales:  it’s Sciencebase!  It’s got a science blog, articles, links…it will help [...]

Hiring Manager Alert:  If you’ve a problem with candidates taking other jobs during your interview and hiring process, it’s likely that you’ve gotten your candidates from job boards, newspaper ads, and so on…which means that it’s also likely that you’ve contacted them late in the position search cycle.    
To avoid this problem, the solution is [...]

I discovered a great movie on YouTube by Susan Ireland, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Resume.  In this video, Susan discusses why you need an objective on the big of your resume.  I agree that it’s important for you to have a fine one (see my post 7 Tips For a [...]

I discovered a great clip on YouTube by Susan Ireland, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Resume.  In this clip, Susan discusses why you need an objective on the top of your CV.  I agree that it’s important for you to have a nice one (see my post 7 Tips For a [...]