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Upcoming Events

  • September 10, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing
    Location: Thermopylae Sciences & Technology

  • September 22, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Conducting Effective Performance Appraisal Discussions
    Location: National Gallery of Art

  • Nov. 10, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Performance Appraisals
    Location: Center for Nonprofit Advancement

  • November 16, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Performance Appraisals
    Location: American Health Care Association

  • December 3, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavorial Interviewing
    Location: City of Alexandria

  • December 9, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Amrstrong
    Topic: Fundamentals of Management: Supervising Up & Down
    Location: Farmington Country Club

Past Events

  • August 19, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Career Transition Skills
    Location: University of Maryland

  • July 30, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Career Transition Skills
    Location: Alexandria City Public Schools

  • July 14
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing and Salary Negotiation
    Location: USAID

  • June 17, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Performance Appraisals; Behavioral Interviewing
    Location: Catholic University of America

  • May 28, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstron
    Topic: Resume Writing
    Location: Orphan Foundation of America

  • May 19, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Resume Writing
    Location: Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area

  • May 6, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Successful Interviewing
    Location: University of Maryland

  • April 6, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: We Need to Talk: Having Difficult Conversations with Your Employees
    Location: University of Maryland

  • March 24, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing
    Location: National Gallery of Art

  • March 2, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Career Transition
    Location: University of Maryland

  • February 24, 2010
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing
    Location: City of Alexandria

  • December 8
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Motivation
    Location: University of Maryland

  • December 3, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Career Transition
    Location: University of Maryland

  • December 2
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Interviewing Techniques
    Location: Australian Embassy

  • October 29
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Performance Management; Planning, Organizing, and Delegation
    Location: Leadership Development Institute, University of Maryland

  • September 17
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Performance Discussions
    Location: National Gallery of Art

  • August 21
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Job Search
    Location: NPC Job Seekers Group

  • August 18
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Delegation
    Location: University of Maryland

  • July 16
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Effective Feedback
    Location: HR Brown Bag Group

  • June 24, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing and Salary Negotiation
    Location: USAID

  • June 15 – 17
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing
    Location: Special Libraries Association Annual Conference

  • June 4
    Frederick County Society for Human Resource Management
    Topic: The Essential HR Handbook — What you need to know

  • May 29
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Resume Writing
    Location: Orphan Foundation of America

  • May 14, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Resume Writing and Interviewing Tips
    Location: Human Resources Association of the National Capital Area

  • April 20-22, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing
    Location: The International Society for Performance Improvement Annual Conference

  • April 19-23, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Interviewing
    Location: The International Society for Performance Improvement Annual Conference

  • April 13, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Interviewing: Your Time to Shine
    Location: 40 Plus of Washington, DC

  • April 2, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Performance Management
    Location: Leadership Development Institute, University of Maryland

  • March 26, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Interviewing
    Location: Women in International Trade

  • March 24, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing
    Location: The International Society for Performance Improvement

  • March 5, 2009
    Speaker: Sharon Armstrong
    Topic: Behavioral Interviewing
    Location: National Gallery of Art

IN THE NEWS: "Blog Business World" reviews The Essential Performance Review Handbook

August 27, 2010, Blog Business World — After Blogger Wayne Hurlbert conducted an in-depth Q&A with HR expert Sharon Armstrong, and published the interview on his popular Blog Business World, the article got picked up by dozens of other bloggers this week. “It’s amazing to see the power of the Internet when it comes to spreading the word,” says Armstrong, the author of “The Essential Performance Review Handbook,” which is available on Amazon.com for about $10. Read the entire article on Blog Business World.

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Speaking Engagements

September 9, 2010
Office of Inspector General/OPM: Performance Appraisals: Blunders, Bloopers & Brilliance: 10 Strategies for Success

September 15, 2010
HRA-NCA, Washington, DC: The Essential Performance Review Handbook

September 21, 2010
IPMA-HR Eastern Region Training and Development Conference: Performance Appraisals: Blunders, Bloopers & Brilliance: 10 Strategies for Success

November 11, 2010
Project SAME: Performance Appraisals: Blunders, Bloopers & Brilliance: 10 Strategies for Success

December 2, 2010
Dulles, VA SHRM: The Essential Performance Review Handbook

April 12, 2011
Leesburg, VA SHRM: The Essential Performance Review Handbook

Workshops

September 10, 2010
Thermopylae Sciences & Technology: Behavioral Interviewing

September 22, 2010
National Gallery of Art: Conducting Effective Performance Appraisal Discussions

November 10, 2010
Center for Nonprofit Advancement: Performance Appraisals

November 16, 2010
American Health Care Association: Performance Appraisals

December 3, 2010
City of Alexandria: Behavorial Interviewing

December 9, 2010
Farmington Country Club: Fundamentals of Management: Supervising Up & Down

HR Consultants to the Rescue

ANDRIA CORSO: September Consultant of the Month

ANDRIA CORSO has 16 years experience as a Human Resources leader who works with clients to develop leadership skills and talent strategies that that align with business strategy and drive results. She is an organizational and leadership development coach and Strategic HR consultant with areas of expertise in career and leadership development, talent and succession management, and executive coaching.

If you need quick and competent HR Consultants, OD Specialists, Trainers, Coaches, or Keynote Speakers, let us help.

Advice from Barbara & Sharon

Career Corner: What is the best way to explain a gap in your resume?

by Sharon Armstrong
owner, Sharon Armstrong and Associates
author, The Essential HR Handbook
January 2010

In the last issue of Career Corner, I asked for feedback from readers who had questions about any question they had regarding looking for a new job. Among them was “How should one effectively use social media in a job search?”

Here are a few more questions that intrigued me, and hopefully will provide some great insight for job seekers. Please keep them coming!

And this just in: My questions are being published on a new online magazine for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs called Be Inkandescent. Check it out! Who knows — your next question just might be posted on it. Send any career-related to me at Sharon@SharonArmstrongAndAssociates.com.

Question: What is the best way to explain a gap in your resume – meaning if you have been out of work for a period of time, due to whatever reason, how best to illustrate that?