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My business career started at Ameren/Union Electric back in the 1980s. I landed a role with an outstanding company right out of graduate school during a horrible recession.  Inflation was running at eight to ten percent annually and the unemployment rate was about the same. Ameren was part of a large group of electric utilities[...] Read More

  When working in the assessment and selection world, I often hear this from hiring managers: “We have two candidates we are considering for our open position; one is very experienced and can probably perform the job from day one. The second candidate has less experience but may have more long-term potential. Who should we[...] Read More

Guest Post by Allison Burrus, Ph.D. In Part 1 of this series, I discussed what aloofness is and elaborated on personality in general. I challenged you at the end to discuss your personality with others to get insight into how you are perceived. Humans are an interesting bunch; we are all a little bit different[...] Read More