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| PUBLISHED ARTICLES |
| HUMAN RESOURCE EXECUTIVE ONLINE, March 2008 -- This story accompanies Eager To Help, a feature about how recruiters are starting to tout their volunteer opportunities to attract a more community-conscious Gen Y workforce. By Carol Patton. Source: Mary Abbajay, Careerstone Group, Washington |
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WASHINGTON SMART CEO, January 2008 -- How to avoid emplyee dress code disasters. When dress code disasters strike, CEOs must be prepared to stitch up the problems. Dress code experts troubleshoot some common employee attire issues.
Mary Abbajay & Karen Bedell give advice on how to help younger workers dress appropriately... |
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| TALENT MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE, December 2007 -- Generational Diversity: Mastering the Boomer-X-Y Divide, by Karen Bedell, Succession planning — the development of successors for top leadership and management roles — is critical for any company. The smooth transition of power and leadership, of management and institutional knowledge is vitally important to an organization's long-term success... |
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| RADIO & TV |
| THE WORKING LIFE, Ongoing / Clear Channel Radio -- Mary Abbajay is the host expert on Clear Channel radio's public affairs program, "The Working Life" broadcast in the Washington DC and Baltimore metro areas. The Working Life tackles real life working issues for real life people! |
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College Graduate to Working
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Interview Skills for Success -- Interviewing can be really scary and nerve wracking. In this Working Life segment, Mary Abbajay outlines the skills necessary to ace a job interview. |
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College Graduate to Working
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Creating a Professional Persona -- Projecting a professional image is essential to career success in every field. Mary discusses the key elements of how young adults can present themselves with professionalism and confidence. |
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College Graduate to Working
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Workplace Success -- The skills needed for success in the workplace are very different from the skills needed for success in school. In this segment of the Working Life, Mary Abbajay highlights some of the key skills young adults need to master in order to find success at work. |
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| Workplace Gossip |
Mary Abbajay discusses the dangers of workplace gossip run amok and discusses strategies to help alleviate its negative side effects. |
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| Holding Grudges |
Feelings of revenge, spite, and loathing can be destructive in the workplace. Mary Abbajay discusses how to turn these negative experiences into positive motivators. |
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| Workplace Mentoring |
More and more businesses are embracing the concept of mentoring as a professional development and knowledge management tool. Learn what it takes to create an effective mentoring program or relationship. |
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Changing Jobs Within Your
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Is it time to move up or around in your organization? Learn how to navigate an internal job change. |
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Generations in the
Workplace |
Today's workplace has to accommodate 4 very different generations with different values and expectations. Increasing your generational intelligence will increase your organizational effectiveness. |
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| Health on the Job |
Staying healthy on the job requires paying attention to your workplace habits and learning how to make healthier choices. |
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| Getting Fired |
How to handle getting fired with dignity and effectiveness. |
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| Authenticity |
Authenticity is one of the cornerstones of success in business. Get real to get ahead. |
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| THE DAILY CAFE, Aug 2007 / Retirement Living TV -- As an expert guest on The Daily Cafe, Mary Abbajay discusses the challenges of 4 Generations in the Workplace. |
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| SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS |
| BOARD OF TRADE, March 2008 -- Business Leaders Examine Generational Differences. On March 19, 2008, the Board of Trade hosted Workforce Issues in Greater Washington: Recruiting and Retaining Across Generations to discuss new trends in recruiting and retaining qualified employees. Keynote speaker Neil Howe, author and founder of LifeCourse Associates, discussed the characteristics of the four generations in today’s workforce. Stan Smith, National Director of Next Generation Initiatives at Deloitte, and Mary Abbajay, Founder & Partner at Careerstone, focused on effectively managing employees across these four generations. |
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| WHITE PAPERS |
White Papers by Mary Abbajay and/or Karen Bedell.
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Young at Work:
Combating The First
Job Blues |
Your first job. How exciting! How nerve wracking. How disappointing. Your first job out of college or grad school can be all of those. Many people head into new jobs only to find that they aren’t too thrilled with the reality of their career. They often run into what I call the first job blues, and it’s very common. Luckily, the blues can be cured with a little insight, a little attitude adjustment and some very concrete tips. |
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Young at Work:
The Value of the Menial |
A major cause of frustration with new professionals is that they enter the workplace with unrealistic expectations. We often enter new situations with high hopes and even higher expectations. The road from entry level employee to CEO is a long one. Your first year or two at work may look very different than you had thought they would and that many aspects of the working life will be quite different than what you expected (or wanted). |
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The Danger of Workplace
Gossip |
It seems so harmless. The little chitchat at the water cooler about so and so. The debate over someone’s relationship with someone else. The speculation about so and so. Is it chitchat or is it gossip? How can you tell the difference? And who cares? There is a very big difference, and it is an important one, because gossip run amok can be dangerous and destructive in the workplace. |
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The Working Life:
The Importance of
Workplace Mentors |
Most adults can identify a person who had a significant and positive impact on them. Whether it was a teacher, a coach, a boss, a scoutmaster or a parent, chances are that someone, somewhere along the line acted as a mentor to you. Today, more and more businesses are embracing the concept of mentoring as a professional development tool. Through mentoring, organizations are seeing dramatic improvements in efficiency, productivity and, of course, the passing of institutional knowledge and leadership skills from one generation to the next. |
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| PRESS RELEASES |
| WASHINGTON, 2007 / PRNewswire/ -- The Careerstone Group founders Mary Abbajay and Karen Bedell are redefining the way business organizations and Generation Y connect for a successful future. The newly formed professional development company is taking a creative approach to helping mentor and prepare young people for thriving careers... |
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