Articles by Fernando Tarnogol

The guy in charge of this blog - husband, Psychologist, former Manager, Blogger, Job Coach, Recruiter and Information Junkie. Yes, I am all that.

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32 Hours ago, malicious code infected 2 of the blog’s subdomains and started blasting email and comment spam. As soon as this was detected, tech support took the site down to avoid spamming/infecting other websites and also prevent a ranking drop in search engines due to the outbound spam surge.
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Rising Together: The Importance of Employee Appreciation

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If JM Barrie was right, “The secret of happiness in not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.” In a perfect world everyone would have the perfect job, the perfect employer and be the perfect employee. And have a steady supply of nachos and Diet Coke. The reality is ...

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Guest Post on Organization Survival Playbook: Putting a Face on Distance Relationships in the Workplace

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One of the most palpable characteristics of the XXI century workpace is its reliance on outsourced services. As communication costs plummet, companies are resorting to covering their internal needs over different geographies to reduce costs or tap onto specific talent and know-how not available within their own borders.
With this decentralization ...

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The Organization Survival Playbook Launches on Friday

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I first met Charlee Hanna through Twitter. We started following each other half a year ago and ever since, we’ve established a very fluent communication and she’s become one of the top promoters of this blog.
A few weeks ago, I invited Charlee to guest post. She had to decline because ...

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2 Ingredients to Bake a Perfect Leader

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All of us can be a “boss”; not everyone can become a leader. After all, being a boss is very easy: you just need to be imbued with a little more power than those around you, which grants you the right to give orders and excert that differential of power ...

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IBM to Acquire Kenexa Corp. – Bye Bye Dear Culture

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IBM and Kenexa Corporation announced on August 27th they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Kenexa*, which happens to be the company I work for. So, hello new employer. Please don’t lay me off :)
As we entered the office on Monday morning, we were intercepted by managers, who broke the news to us before ...

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Study Claims that Mondays Are No Worse Than Any Other Weekday

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You thought you felt the crappiest and moodiest on Mondays? Think again, because according to research published by a team of psychologists at Stony Brook University Mondays are not “the worst” day of the week. Instead, the say that we should leave Mondays alone and that weekdays (as in Monday through ...

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The Rise of Gamification in the Corporate World

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Video Games have gone from being a geeky past time to a multibillion dollar mainstream industry with revenues that surpass Hollywood’s.
The term gamification was coined by Nick Pelling in March 2004 for his gamification consultancy startup Conundra Ltd.
Gamification is the use of game design techniques, game thinking and game mechanics to enhance non-game contexts. It encourages people ...

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Free Education Online From Top Notch Universities

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I just came across Coursera, a social entrepreneurship company that has partnered with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.
Say again?

Yes, courses from the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, etc… for FREE.
At this point I shouldn’t add anything else but I ...

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Crafting a Bilingual Resume That Speaks in Both Human and Computer Language

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A few days ago we discussed how Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) -the software that companies use to manage candidate information- work and how to apply for jobs in a smart way. Today we’ll focus on the other end of recruitment technology: job portals such as CareerBuilder, Indeed or Monster.
Companies not ...

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Make the Most of Your Job Application: How Applicant Tracking Systems Work

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Back in the day, if you wanted to apply for a job you either lined up outside of the store, handed your resume to a secretary or HR person or simply snail mailed it.
Enter the internet in the 90s. Email came into existence and applying for jobs got a lot ...

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Improve Enrollment and Engagement in Corporate Trainings: Crowdsource

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Unless the training courses you are designing are mandatory, you may struggle with what too many trainers struggle with: enrollment, engagement and satisfaction.
People are usually not thrilled about “another” company training, specially if they are facilitated as part of an e-learning curriculum, where the lack of a face to face ...

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What You Wish You Had Known Before Your Job Interview [Infographic]

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I just found a pretty nice infographic on Pinterest and I thought it was worth sharing. I don’t fully agree with all of the points but the infographic does make a good job at pinpointing things you need to keep an eye on before or during a job interview.
Take into account ...

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Blog Update: Restyling, Refocus, New Guest Posting Guidelines

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Every year, we assess our progress and define our goals looking forward to the next one.
In 2011, our focus was to increase three of our KPIs (Key Performance Indicators): content volume, reader engagement and inbound traffic. I’m glad to announce that we’ve succeeded in all three areas.
- Traffic increased 150% ...

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How Gossip Can Help You Earn Trust Among Your Coworkers – And The Relationship with Black Holes

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Gossip and Trust… those two don’t get along very well, do they?
Well… they could if you threw a black hole into the equation.
Let’s backtrack to less astrophysical situations.
It’s common wisdom that Gossip is Trust’s arch enemy. Essentially, there’s no possible Trust when Gossip is involved.
To make matters worse, Gossip – ...

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How (Not) to Write a Resume

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I know it sounds cool when you hear it on the radio or TV. I know it makes the person look important; but please, do not write your resume in 3rd person.
Your resume is basically you. It speaks about your professional -and sometimes personal- life.
Even if you hire a professional ...

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Gender Discrimination During the Recruitment Process: a True and Recent Story

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I don’t usually call companies out. I limit myself to exposing situations. In this case, I’ll make an exception for two reasons: first one, it touches me on a personal level and secondly, because the perpetrators of this type of unethical behavior need to be tagged and unearthed.
There are many ...