By Shawn Kahle on September 23rd, 2008
Making career choices is never easy! Sometimes people accept jobs only to realize, they made a huge mistake. My advice always is “Admit your error and fix it.”
Key to this philosophy is a well-worded resignation letter that explains your decision, shows gratitude, and respect. Following is an example you can easily adapt to meet your future career needs.
Dear Senator McCain:
It is with respect and appreciation that I write to you today to withdraw my name from the ticket as your vice presidential running mate. While I realize the timing of this decision is inconvenient, I think it may help you in the polls, and do what’s best for the country we love.
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By Molli Megasko on September 22nd, 2008
A spin spotter? Come on. First of all it’s one thing to push blame of spin on PR people but how lazy do we think newspapers are that they need spinoculars?
Apparently, there is a new program for journalists to download and it catches any bias or spin in their pieces. As Katherine asks the question herself “do you think this product is performing a task that editors and newspapers should be doing themselves?” Continue Reading »
By Gini Dietrich on September 18th, 2008
What a shame that Lehman Brothers employees found out the bankruptcy protection filing through the media. The New York Times earlier this week reported that, while Dick Fuld tried to the very last minute to save the company, he ended up issuing a news release at 12:30 on Monday morning announcing the filing.
Where is his PR team? Do they not have a seat at the table? Is the internal communication run by their HR department? Where is their senior HR person? Not at the table?
The Times reported, “Some Lehman employees wondered whether Fuld, who many inside the bank now view with deep anger, would address workers and explain what they could expect.”
In today’s age, how is it that employees still receive devastating news via the media? I thought the days of going to work and finding the doors padlocked or receiving a voicemail at work saying the company was bankrupt were over. Am I being naive to think they know better? I don’t get how a 158-year-old company doesn’t talk to 25,000 employees AT ALL.
By Morgan Smith on September 18th, 2008
In the past few months, U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel has come under scrutiny for a variety of ethical dilemmas. He rented multiple rent-stabilized apartments, even using one as a fundraising office, used congressional letterhead to solicit funds, and most recently, has been discovered to have not been paying taxes on a home in the Dominican Republic.
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