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How networking helped me get a job

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By

“How networking helped me get a job,” a Poynter chat I was in on, is arch9ived at http://bit.ly/GQoUC Next one will be at 1 p.m. EDT, June 30 at poynter.org on getting employers to9 answer your letters and phone calls.



Office politics: The memo is the message

Jun 21st, 2009 | By

You have many arrows in your communication quiver, and choosing the right one is important, because choosing the wrong one can convey unintended messages.



Office politics: Going over the boss’ head

Jun 21st, 2009 | By

Tweet By JOE GRIMM One meaning for the expression “over my head” is that I didn’t understand something because it was a bit beyond my intellectual reach. To be “in over your head” means essentially the same thing, an allusion to drowning. In newsroom politics, “going over my head” means that somebody spoke to my
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Use focus, transitions to win at group interviews

Jun 17th, 2009 | By

A new book, “The Power of Small,” has a listening strategy from Bill Clinton that can help in group job interviews.
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12 signs a newsroom may be in trouble

Jun 17th, 2009 | By

Warning signs: The newsroom paper rack is coin operated … they give the mobile journalist a paper route …