Lessons from Hollywood for corporate life

Lessons from Hollywood for corporate life Lessons from Hollywood I love movies. Movies are an escape from my day-to-day. No one yells at me in the movie theater, no one wants a decision out of me and most of all, no one is complaining to me. The biggest decision I make is regular or extra butter on my popcorn and do I pee before the movie starts or can I hold it for the next 2 hours. #FirstWorldProblems for sure. I often assign employees homework in the form of movies. This way we both have something in common we can discuss when it comes to learning a lesson about corporate life. In this weeks post I provide a  few HR lessons from Hollywood and hopefully, this will give you ideas to build common ground when sharing lessons in your corporate life. I know I missed a few, so please share your favorite movies in the comments below.   Just so we establish a baseline, my scale for movie approval is below: HRNastys  rating scale (similar to how I review candidates)   Thumbs up Thumbs Down The Finger from my dominant hand The Finger from both hands At a more sophisticated level: Don’t bother Rental See it in a movie theater but only at matinée prices See it in a movie theater because of the soundtrack or special effects Must see in THX, IMAX, or iPic. This movie deserves your full attention, the full effect and will be worth the extra money paid. Money is no object I do not judge a movie by how much it cost to make. For me, don’t care if it cost 2 million or 100 million to produce. Mrs. Nasty and I are  only paying 28.00 to watch this movie. What do I care what the movie cost to make? Below are a few examples that combine two of  my favorite two things (HR and Movies) as they relate to  movie lessons for  corporate life. Ed Harris has a great line I love when talking about failure. Failure is not an option. Apollo 13 Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Kevin Bacon 1998 “Houston, we have a problem”. The true story of the Apollo mission where the capsule  was damaged while in space endangering the lives of those aboard. The movie shows how Houston and the crew of the Apollo worked together to come up with a solution to bring  the team in space back safely to earth. There is a classic scene where the team in Houston is in a conference room and a guy comes in with a box and dumps the contents of the table in front of a number of engineers. It looks like a box of junk but these are the same parts available on the Apollo spacecraft. From this box of parts, the crews both on earth and in space figure out what they can construct to get the team safely back home. If you have an individual or a team who is always saying “Impossible” or “we can’t do that”, assign this movie. Matt Damon putting in the work to figure it out. The Martian Matt Damon 2015 Two thumbs up. See this on in THX, IMAX or iPic. Yes, this movie is worth the extra money. I LOVED THIS MOVIE! A modern fictional version of Apollo 13 and a great flick. I just assigned the watching of this movie as homework for a recent new hire. This new hire is a millennial and I didn’t think that they would relate to Apollo 13. The premise is that Matt Damon is stranded on Mars. This guy does three things that everyone in corporate American can take a cue from. Even though things look hopeless  keeps a sense of humor against incredible odds Damon does NOT blame anyone and he goes out of his way to make sure the rest of the team doesn’t feel like they were at fault. He doesn’t give up. He keeps coming up with and trying new ideas. Reverence If you have anyone at work that doesn’t think it can be done or is always losing their cool, this is the movie for them. On the flip side, my fishing partner said I would LOVE the Reverence with Leonardo DiCaprio. He thought I would appreciate this movie because it is all about living in the outdoors. Well, I liked the story, but DAMM this was depressing. One set back after another. This guy can’t catch a break. If I live hardship from 9 â€" 5, I don’t need to pay another 28.00 and an afternoon on my weekend for the privilege of living vicariously through Titanic Boy. I like the outdoors, but I like also like my Jet-Boil, Gor-tex, and Leatherman gadgets. I don’t want to test my man strength against a bear, death or eating raw buffalo. Oh yeah, spoiler alert: not a great ending either. Sean Combs with a classic rant on a passion for your clients products. Get em to the Greek Russel Brand, Sean Combs, and Jonah Hill 2010 This movie is hilarious. I love Russell Brand in this movie. No matter how stupid you think the cover on the DVD looks, you really owe it to yourself to check this one out. How does it relate to HR and your career? Sean Combs has a classic scene where he explains to Jonah Hill how he needs to be passionate about Russell Brand new song. I blogged about his rant here.   If you are a manager who has a newb that doesn’t believe in your brand, your product or your service, they need to take a cue from Mr. Combs. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 1970 Gene Wilder If there ever was an interview loop, it was Willy Wonka’s tour of the chocolate factory. Wonka had a job he was trying to fill because he wanted to retire and assumed that anyone that landed a ticket was a targeted candidate. Wonka had a targeted job posting (Golden Tickets in chocolate bars). If you aren’t interested in chocolate you are probably not going to apply, or in this case,  buy a chocolate bar. He gave them a tour knowing that just like most job interview loops, most of the candidates would take themselves out of the process because of the mistakes they make based on their personalities. Just like in real interview loops, the candidates don’t know when they are making mistakes and their true personalities come out either solidifying their candidacy or cutting them. Charlie Bucket fails the test as well, but after the grandfather yells at Charlie to sell out, Charlie apologizes and returns the candy he stole. With that gesture, Wonka found a candidate worthy of the job. Hill utilizing statistics to field a winning team. Moneyball 2011 Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman If there ever was a recruiting movie this has got to be it. Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill are perfect together. A true story that shows how the Oakland A’s used player statistics and one of the lowest payrolls of in the league to field a winning a Major League Baseball team. There is a scene where the old school coaches are debating players based on the fact that they “look” like baseball players. There is a lot of truth in interviewers using first impressions as the presentation layers as a metric for decision-making. In contrast, Pitt and Hill use innovative statistical strategies to put together a winning team with non-traditional skill sets and go against all baseball tradition. 3 interns including the diversity candidate DeNiro The Intern Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway 2015 No special effects here, but it is worth a big screen showing. I loved this movie for a number of reasons: One: it is an online tech company and goes out of its way to show that non-traditional workplaces can not only great places to work but successful. Two: DeNiro is hired as a diverse candidate. He is not only over 40, he is coming out of retirement and shows that old school can be successful in new school. All the while he stays true to himself. Three: DeNiro is the kind of guy I want to be in the workplace and as an HR practitioner. DeNiro  enables his colleagues to become better and they don’t realize the effect he is having on them. He doesn’t need to take the credit for any of the folks success. This guy  wants to see everyone experience success. He is the epitome of servant-leadership from a position of servant. NightShift 1982 Directed by Ron Howard, with Henry Winkler, Shelly Long and Michael Keaton This is an oldie, but I knew when I saw this movie, I wanted to be Henry Winkler. Here is a guy that is straight and arrow and he ends up working, caring and taking care of a bunch of employees in a very non-traditional business. The employees are call girls with a pimp played by Michael Keaton. Henry Winkler was start-up HR/accounting back in the early 80’s. He used his entrepreneurial savvy to run a tight ship for a less traditional business. The call girls were all taken care of with 401K’s, benefit plans, and all of the other perks that are included when HR is given the freedom to take care of the employees and leverage the culture. And yes, the employees in this business loved the HR guy. Tucci playing mentor and helping Hathaway fit in Devil Wears Prada Yes, we have all worked with an evil boss. What I loved about this movie is the mentorship aspect played by Stanley Tucci. Tucci takes Anne Hathaway under his wing and not only shows her the fashion world but loans her clothes so she can fit in with this very select and clique industry. He is the ultimate mentor with style and grace. Coffee is for closers Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 This list would not be complete without this movie making the list. This is probably the most quoted movie of sales professionals out there. The original tagline of this blog was “we’re all out of steak knives” and its inspiration came from this movie. There is a classic motivational sales speech where Baldwin explains the rules of the sales contest to the 3 real estate agents. You are all fired as of right now and you have one week to win your jobs back.  First place gets a Cadillac. Second place gets a set of steak knives.  Third place is fired. My thinking with the use of the tagline was that when it comes to interviews and promotions, there is only first place. There is only 1 job you and many others are interviewing for. There is only one VP or Director position that you and your peers are vying for. When it comes to job interviews, there is no silver medal. There is only the gold. Second place is really the first place loser. Must see for Millennias and Salespeople In the classic scene linked below, Alec Baldwin comes in from “downtown” to a small branch office to motivate agents in a small real estate office. Baldwin’s speech is an HR nightmare, a hostile work environment to the n’th degree but there is a lot of truth in the delivery. Folks may not like the way the message is presented, but “coffee is for closers”. If you are a millennial in any sales related industry and your VP is over 40, this is a must-see. This movie or lines from this movie will come up and you need to know about the meaning. This is a must-see for sales professionals just so you are not ridiculed by your peers. Yeah, you are welcome. I know I have missed a number of great lessons from movies. Share the movie and the lesson you have learned from your favorite movie in the comments below. See you at the after party, HRNasty nasty: an unreal maneuver of incredible technique, something that is ridiculously good, tricky and manipulative but with a result that can’t help but be admired, a phrase used to describe someone who is good at something. “He has a nasty forkball. 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Happiness at work leads to success - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Satisfaction at work prompts achievement - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog For what reason is bliss grinding away critical to you and me? I simply completed the section on that in the glad at work book, and in that part I reference an examination that demonstrates that cheerful individuals are bound to be effective. Heres some more data on that review: a great deal of research has pointed toward another path, fighting that satisfaction is the aftereffect of a ton of things ? accomplishment at work, a decent marriage, a fit body, a fat financial balance. In any case, as indicated by therapists at three colleges, that is in reverse. Individuals arent upbeat since they are fruitful, they close. Theyre fruitful on the grounds that they are cheerful. The specialists searched through 225 examinations including 275,000 individuals and found that most scientists put the famous truck before the pony. Most examiners, they finished up, accept that achievement fulfills individuals. They infer that upbeat individuals are simpler to work with, all the more profoundly energetic and all the more ready to handle a troublesome venture. Along these lines, they are bound to be effective. That fits perfectly with an examination completed quite a long while prior that finished up the fundamental explanation individuals get terminated isnt inadequacy or shakiness or lateness or any of different things that recognize a portion of our collaborators from ourselves. Its that they cannot coexist with their partners. Peruse progressively about the examination here, or read the section concerning why joy at work issues for individuals. So not exclusively is being upbeat grinding away progressively fun, it will likewise make you increasingly fruitful. I think Southwest Airlines understood this quite a while back, and that its the motivation behind why they generally employ individuals dependent on character, refering to the proverb Hire for mentality, train for expertise. A debt of gratitude is in order for visiting my blog. In case you're new here, you should look at this rundown of my 10 most mainstream articles. Furthermore, in the event that you need increasingly extraordinary tips and thoughts you should look at our bulletin about joy at work. It's incredible and it's free :- )Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related

Vacancies by Region University of Manchester Careers Blog

Vacancies by Region Since graduating some of you may have stayed in Manchester, move backed to your home town or relocated somewhere entirely different in the UK or abroad. Wherever you call home you can use Careerslink to find vacancies. I’ve spent a bit of time this week looking at regional and worldwide full-time vacancies currently being advertised on the system. As it stands at the moment there area 630 full-time vacancies you can apply to. UK 518 of the full-time vacancies listed are based in the UK. England There are regional variations in the number of jobs and types of jobs advertised. Ive picked out a few areas of interest. Northwest A total of 218 full-time vacancies are currently being advertised in the region. Popular sectors in the area include: Information Technology Advertising , Marketing and PR, Engineering,   Manufacturing Processing Health and Social Care Finance London 142 opportunities in the capital are being advertised on Careerslink Popular sectors in the area include:  Finance Human Resources Recruitment Information Technology Management Consultancy Retail, Sales and Buying South East- (Excluding London) Careerslink is currently advertising 59 vacancies in this region. The majority of these vacancies were in these sectors Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing,  Education, Finance Information Technology Yorkshire Humber 25 vacancies are currently live on the system. This region is looking for people to work in Information Technology, Advertising Marketing PR Engineering, Manufacturing Processing Other Home Nations Vacancies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are also advertised on Careerslink. In total there are currently 13 being advertised. A number of these vacancies are IT related. Various Regions 198 of the UK jobs advertised on Careerslink have positions available in a number of different regions. Multi-region vacancies tend to   be in these sectors ; Civil Engineering, Construction Property Finance Education Management consultancy Other Universities and institutions around the UK sometimes offer extra assistance regardless of where you originally studied. Check out our Schemes and Help Nationwide page for more information. Worldwide In total 59 international vacancies are currently being advertised on Careerslink across Europe, Asia, Middle East, North America and South Central America. Opportunities in these countries are varied. If you are looking for work overseas you can use Going Global (accessible through Careerslink) to access a range of country profiles as well as job postings for over 55 countries. You may also find our country pages useful. All Graduate international jobs jobs

Work-Life Balance Improving

Work-Life Balance Improving Work-Life Balance Improving WORK-LIFE BALANCE IMPROVING Chiefs Are Leading the Way Laborers were asked: How has your work-life balance changed, if by any means, from three years prior? Complete AGE 18-34 AGE 35-54 AGE 55+ Improved essentially 23% 35% 17% 10% Improved to some degree 29% 32% 29% 21% No change 37% 24% 43% 52% Compounded to some degree 10% 8% 9% 14% Compounded essentially 2% 2% 3% 3% How strong is your supervisor of your endeavors to accomplish work-life balance? Complete AGE 18-34 AGE 35-54 AGE 55+ Supportive 54% 62% 47% half To some degree strong 37% 34% 40% 34% Not in the slightest degree strong 10% 4% 13% 16% With regards to work-life balance, how might you portray the model set by your supervisor? All out AGE 18-34 AGE 35-54 AGE 55+ Incredible 31% 38% 26% 25% Great 43% 41% 45% 42% Reasonable 18% 16% 18% 22% Poor 9% 5% 12% 10% Source: Robert Half Management Resources study of more than 1,000 U.S. laborers; aggregates may not rise to 100 percent because of adjusting © 2017 Robert Half Management Resources. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans.

The Bizarre Secret of Fitness Resume

The Bizarre Secret of Fitness Resume The Upside to Fitness Resume Our resume developer makes it easy to make an elegantly composed resume shortly. In Sports and Fitness fields, picking an imaginative resume configuration is a superb method to put yourself beside the group. For example, an organization will require a specific number of customers to acquire a particular sum every month to get the entire sum wanted for a year. Need to Know More About Fitness Resume? Google will consequently record your resume to get remembered for its hunt result, permitting potential managers to find your data. Modifying your archive expands your likelihood of landing the position that you want. You can likewise have your individual site and your long range interpersonal communication accounts. In case you're utilizing cell phone, you can likewise use menu cabinet from program. Composing a wellness mentor continue isn't troublesome at all. The wellness business is continually advancing. Recollect that it is administration situated. Ideal wellness is a blend of way of life, nourishment and propensities, however by and by, it can't be reached without a reasonable level of physical wellness. An expert fitness coach resume can assist you with making sure about work in the dynamic individual exercise field. On the off chance that you might want to have a prosperous profession, you should be entirely learned in various aspects of wellbeing wellness. Contemplation reestablishes power and makes it conceivable to picture your prosperity. There are various exercise associations that offer confirmations. How to Get Started with Fitness Resume? People who record their objectives are to some degree bound to accomplish them. As you will see from our Personal Trainer continue test, you should experience all the way when it has to do with abilities and capabilities. Our Personal Trainer continue test will lead you on the most ideal approach to make one that is going to get the enthusiasm of the Training Manager. Your very own mentor continue abilities are basically the significant capacities you're capable at a specialist coach. You might want to underline that you wish to remain and develop with the organization for the long haul. In case you're a wellbeing proficient, you are needing a first rate health resume to gain occupations in your general vicinity. To be a flourishing activity applicant in any region, it can assist with having an extensive resume. Verify you have filled in each field. An all around made goal can assist with showing a coach's ability to appropriately satisfy the position. Our specialists composed reports for a wide assortment of positions. Likewise, you'll have to make reference to your subject matters. In case you're not sure what abilities should be put on your resume, our aptitudes area manage is an extraordinary asset to look at. A Secret Weapon for Fitness Resume You need to show managers that what you bring to the table is decisively what they're scanning for. For instance, you have to focus on your capabilities and work experience more than your instructive particulars. You should detail the length of your instructive, key jobs and obligations and the manner in which you affected the association. The way in to a flourishing request for employment is a heavenly resume that mirrors your qualities, experience and capabilities in identify with the activity you're applying. Before you present your resume to make an application for work, accept th e open door to analyze and revive your resume so it will give you the absolute best chance to have the meeting. In any event, when you have an occupation that you love, it's consistently fitting to keep your resume refreshed in the occasion you look for some kind of employment opening you can't help it. What you might want to do will figure out what kind of occupation you may get. Tell the business accurately what employment you're applying for and what you want to accomplish by applying. Make certain your announcement lines up with the work depiction. Genuine occupation titles go about as the establishment for every format. It's somewhat easy to dispose of an eye on the best way to make a modern resume in the latest arrangement on the off chance that you've been buckling down in 1 employment for various decades. You should utilize a sequential resume at whatever point you have broad work history that is with respect to the activity you're applying for. Our resume manufacturer gives you tips and models on the most ideal approach to create your resume outline. Resume profiles are an awesome method to uncover your capabilities, encounters and capacities in a decent, smaller bundle at the beginning of your resume. There are a few advantages of introducing a resume in a perfect organization in light of the fact that introducing one's resume in a perfect arrangement including all the vital abilities and capabilities, makes an incredible impression concerning the particular individual.

This 1 Tweet Nails Exactly Whats Wrong With What Happened at the U.S. Open

This 1 Tweet Nails Exactly What's Wrong With What Happened at the U.S. Open This year, the U.S. Open finished in tears.Serena Williams lost the last to 20-year-old Naomi Osaka subsequent to charging the matchs seat umpire, Carlos Ramos, of sexism.Ramos gave Williams three penalties.First, he gave her an admonition in the wake of blaming her mentor for wrongfully motioning to her. She clarified that her mentor offered her a go-ahead, and she could never undermine the court. Later in the game, Ramos gave her a point punishment for breaking her racket in disappointment. At that point, he gave her a game punishment for considering him a criminal and blaming him for treating her unjustifiably because of her sexual orientation. She contended ladies, and particularly dark ladies, are held to a better quality in the sport.There are men over here that do a ton more terrible, but since Im a lady, on the grounds that Im a lady, youre going to remove this from me? That isn't right, Williams said.But when Williams lost, she wasnt the one in particular who was moved by th e experience.Naomi Osaka cried and apologized on the platform while getting her title, a huge success for the youthful player.I realize that everybody was applauding her, and Im sorry it needed to end this way, she said.Fans booed Osaka in front of an audience before Williams requested that they calm down.Lets give everybody the credit where credits due and lets not boo any longer, she said. We simply would overcome this and leaves alone positive. So congrats, Naomi. No more booing!Naturally, Twitter had a solid response to Williams game.Shes one of the most adorned female competitors ever and was competing for her 24th significant singles win. This game was a tremendous deal.But numerous clients likewise accept this game impeccably represented the predisposition ladies of shading need to conquer ordinarily to do. fundamentally anything. Substantially less exceed expectations as seemingly the most compelling female competitor of our time.One Twitter client summarized it perfectly.So urce: TwitterSerena Williams is no more bizarre to controversy.Her way of life, body, and conduct are constantlypoliced by the tennis network (and society writ enormous) in a way male players (or even white female players) will never experience.This time, she was blamed for cheating as if she needs to cheat to dominate matches or she has a record. At that point, she was blamed for being excessively vocal, excessively noisy, too tough.This out of line predisposition and power over her body didnt simply hurt her. It removed Osakas sparkle as she turned into the primary Japanese lady to win the U.S. Open.When ladies are policed, it harms everybody. We ought to be urging each other to be vocal when we feel wronged. What's more, we should bolster each other the manner in which these tennis players did, regardless of the extraordinary pressure and open analysis both were encountering. Theyre both legends in my eyes.

Whatever They Told You About Resume Draft Is Dead Wrong...And Heres Why

<h1> Whatever They Told You About Resume Draft Is Dead Wrong...And Here's Why </h1> <h2> The Upside to Resume Draft </h2> <p>The test will advise you precisely what request the data ought to go in with the goal that it will be simple and simple for the business to decide the data about you that they should comprehend. A free resume format is a sort of essential example for a resume that an individual may need to create. At the point when you design your resume you should be sure your leave enough edge space to allow for printing. A layout will illuminate all of you regarding the significant information that you should make reference to in your CV, with specific reference to the kind of position you are searching for. </p> <p>You in all probability have questions. 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