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These posts offer thoughts and ideas on an array of related Human Resources and Career Transition topics

The Unexpected and Positive Surprises of the COVID-19 Pandemic- Lessons to Apply to Your Job Search

This past weekend, I spent a lot of time remembering my youth- mostly my undergraduate and graduate college days at SUNY/Buffalo. The reason? One of my dear friends at the time ( a freshman suitemate) and I spent an hour on the phone trying to summarize our lives after 20+ years of no-communication. The last time we saw each other was in 1994- 26 years ago. She had to remind me that her second child had just been born. We lost touch. It happens. Always remembered her- great memories of our undergraduate days in snowy/windy Buffalo!

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How to practice “Interpersonal Communication” when we have to be physically and socially distant from each other.

Given the current COVID-19 crisis, how do both leaders and employees still try to make the effort to be interpersonal, be present and show we care when we can’t be face- to face- and have to rely on email/texts and phone and video chats? Read this article for some interesting epiphanies and ideas to connect creatively and remotely with your staff when you can’t be face-to-face.

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How to Try and be Sane and Healthy During the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis

As an HR/Change Management Professional and a Leadership and Career Coach, I feel I need to be setting a positive example and exhibiting good role model behaviors for my clients, friends and family. I have often been called a cheerleader by my clients and admittedly, I inherited somewhat, not totally, of a “Pollyanna” attitude – from my wonderful mother, Dorothy.

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