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Preparing For a Job Interview When You Have ADD

November 21, 2011

Preparation for the interview Know where you are going: Review directions to the interview site the day before. Be clear as to how you’ll get there and how long it will take. Clearly write out the interviewer’s name, title, phone number and office location. Keep it easily accessible. (If you‘re not sure about this info, [...]

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The Most Efficient Way to Respond to Your Emails

February 2, 2011

Responding to Emails:                                                                                                               (By Harold R. Meyer and Susan K. Lasky) Read the email carefully.  Decide how much time you will need to reply, then set a timer to keep track of the amount of time you spent responding to this email. Highlight questions that require an answer (hit ‘Reply’ then you can highlight, underline or list them separately). Reply as [...]

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AD/HD Presentation to Human Resource Professionals

December 4, 2009

AD/HD:  THE WOKPLACE Preparation notes for presentation to Human Resource professionals by Harold R. Meyer and Anne Ford AD/HD is real. It is precisely the strengths of those with AD/HD that brought about the internet, today’s personal computers, airlines such as jetBlue, which began and flourished at a time when other airlines were failing left [...]

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Workplace Accommodations: Low Cost, High Impact

December 3, 2009

Workplace Accommodations: Low Cost, High Impact Annually Updated Research Findings Address the Costs and Benefits of Job Accommodations Updated: 09/01/09 Recent amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) refocused attention on workplace accommodations by broadening the definition of disability; more coverage means more employees will likely be entitled to workplace accommodations. This increased attention [...]

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Quality vs. Quackery: Identifying Reliable Health Information

November 14, 2009

The internet provides an incredible amount of information for people interested in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD).  You can find the latest medical research, behavior management techniques, info on seminars, classes and professionals, and so on.  Why, you can even find our website (addrc.org). This is wonderful, but also frightening.  Anyone can say anything with authority.  What [...]

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Take Control of Your Systems

October 12, 2009

Take Control of Your Time, Paper, Environment and Systems! Work with The ADD Resource Center’s dedicated professionals, who are trained and experienced in providing ideas, information, products, structure, assistance and systems to help people get organized. Our solutions will help you increase productivity and reduce stress.   Let us help you gain control over your time, [...]

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Bullying and Teasing

October 9, 2009

Written by Harold Robert Meyer, MBA, SCAC and Susan Karyn Lasky, MA, SCAC Bullying and teasing are found in just about any environment where there are children.  It frequently occurs with children who have ADD/ADHD.  They may get picked on for being “different,” or may pick on others due to frustration and/or difficulty reading social [...]

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10 Job Success Tips for the Unfocused by Wilma Fellman, M.Ed.

September 25, 2009

by Wilma Fellman, M.Ed., LPC The National Institute for Mental Health (NIHM) reports that more than 9 million US adults have difficulties focusing on the job. It also reports that while more than 4 percent of working adults are diagnosed with ADHD, vast numbers of undiagnosed adults struggle with being successful in the workplace. For [...]

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Office Messes by Lisa Belkin

July 14, 2004

by Lisa Belkin NYT Sunday Magazine.  Published: July 18, 2004 When Vivienne Sales finally broke her silence, she did so loudly, losing her temper in the hushed library where she worked. It was August 2003, and she had been hanging on to her job as a reference librarian by the most fragile of threads. For [...]

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