They left and I feel....

Why is it that some employers can be so disingenuous when it comes to their people moving on to a new opportunity?  Can they not appreciate the fact that this person is obviously moving on to an opportunity that is in some way different and better then what they were able to offer, otherwise they would not be leaving.  Why is it that I hear time and again that it is OK that this person left, that they are better off or that they have to go.  If that is the case, why did they not get rid of that person before they resigned?  Why does the negativity come out only after that person resigns and leaves?  Does it not make the company look petty to say those things?  Is this done out of spite to try and damage this persons' reputation?  I think that this is distressing and think that the employer would be better served to be gracious and reasonable and wish the parting employee well in their future endeavors.  Bridges can be burned in both directions.

Donor Appreciation Event

Dr. Betty Siegel is pictured with Dan Hydrick, CEO of Hygun Group, Inc. at the first annual Donor Appreciation Reception for Reconnecting Families.  The event was held to thank and honor the numerous volunteers for their countless hours and donors for their continued monetary support to Reconnecting Families.  Guests had the privilege of listening and meeting the guest speaker, Dr. Betty Siegel, President Emeritus and Endowed Chair Leadership, Ethics & Character Kennesaw State University.  Hygun Group, Inc., www.hygun.com is a supporter of Reconnecting Families and the Cobb County community.

Computer Donation

Hygun Group, Inc. was very instrumental in partnering with Pickron Orthodontics to donate over 30 computers to Reconnecting Families.  Reconnecting Families is a non-profit organization that partners with the Cobb County community, court system and academic sector to provide prevention programs and treatment to offset the impact of drug addiction on the lives of children, teens and families.  The goal for Reconnecting Families is to assist families in living safe and sober lives by providing educational opportunities, prevention services, in-home therapy, and parenting programs to enhance family unity.  The computers will provide a positive impact for some of these families as it will assist them in continuing their education for their future successes.  

 

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Hygun Group Receives Community Service Award

Hygun Group, Inc. was awarded the 2010 Business Community Service Award for Outstanding Service for the Cobb Community.  The award was presented by Cobb County Chamber of Commerce and GeorgiaTrends magazine.  Pictured with Dan Hydrick, CEO, of Hygun Group, Inc. is Attorney and Board Chairman for Reconnecting Families, Justin O'Dell.  Also, pictured is Ms. Brin Black, Executive Director of Reconnecting Families and former Executive Director Jennifer Farmer.  Ms. Farmer has now taken on the role of Executive Director & Coach for A.C.T. Women's Self Defense.  Hygun Group, Inc. is honored and will continue to serve Cobb County & it's surrounding communities in various ways.

 

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Send a Soldier a Holiday Message

Being a company that is Veteran owned, our very own CEO often wondered if people back home remembered those serving or even thought about them especially around the holidays. Did people know they were lonely, did they know they could use a "lift"? Did they know they were thinking about them? Well we don't want our soldiers to wonder that this year!  We are supporting XEROX with their Lets Say Thanks campaign.  XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING AMAZING for our Soldiers for FREE!  This "hook up" is a simple way of telling someone you don't know that you are thinking about them. It does not take long and trust us it will be greatly appreciated at this time of year.  Let them know you care.  Soldiers serve and they serve proudly! Send a card today, it is the least we can do for those who serve in the name of this great Nation.   Just go to www.LetsSayThanks.com and thank you for taking the time to support our military!

 

Horn Foundation

Hygun Group's Director of Search Execution, Ryan Goodman, attended the Horn Foundation Fundraiser.  The Horn Foundation hosted the event in hopes of raising additional funds in order to purchase a digital mammography machine for the hospital.  Ryan and his guest attended the event with retired Iowa Supreme Court Judge Bruce Snell and his wife Ann, Jim and Judy Andresen who are very supportive of this Foundation along with many others.  The evenings fundraising event was a big success for the hospital.

2010 Atlanta 3-Day for the Cure

Much love and support was given to our Administration Manager, Dana Morelly.  She took on the incredible challenge of walking 60 miles in the 2010 Susan G. Komen Atlanta 3 Day for the Cure against breast cancer.     Her journey began at Lake Lanier Islands where she traveled thru Buford & Sugar Hill on Day One.  Day Two took her and her teammates & thousands of other men and woman thru the streets of Downtown Duluth & Norcross area.  She began her final day of walking under beautiful skies & warm temps.  Making stops along the way at Oglethorpe campus, meeting many supporters cheer the walkers on down Peachtree Street with a quick bite for lunch at Georgia Tech campus.  Her 3Day adventure finally came to an end with Closing Ceremonies at Turner Field with her friends and family.
The Atlanta 3Day event raised more than $6.1 million dollars and the money we raised will help Susan G. Komen for the Cure® save lives against this dreadful disease.  We are proud of her and support her every step!  Bring on 2011!

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Veterans ~ We Thank You

All of us at Hygun Group would like to express our gratitude to all those who have served and to all those still serving.  It is an honor to know so many of you and we are grateful for your undying commitment to protect and serve our Country.

Hygun Group CEO & Mayor Kip Holden of Baton Rouge, LA

Hygun Group CEO, Dan Hydrick, and Mayor of Baton Rouge, LA, Kip Holden, along with many others, joined Shaw Chairman and CEO, Jim Bernhard,  Jr., in a tremendously successful fund raiser for "Every Kid a King" in Baton Rouge.  The fundraising event raised almost $2 million dollars to support the children. Outstanding job, Mr. Bernhard!

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We seem to be Stuck

Can you believe the indecisiveness on the part of everybody. Yes we need to, but no we shouldn't. Trouble waters or nervous Nellie's!  http://enr.construction.com/yb/enr/article.aspx?story_id=151338285&elq=8cc6c186b37e43ddb8651cdb2716dc16

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Sidelines Marietta Donates 47 TV

Sidelines Marietta Donates 47 TVs to Needy Families and Reconnecting Families 

 

October 7, 2010 (Marietta, GA)  Sidelines Marietta made a donation of 47 TVs to Reconnecting Families, a Cobb County organization that provides prevention programs and treatment to families and individuals impacted by drugs.  The TVs will then be distributed to deserving families in Marietta through Mothers Making Change and the Sheppard’s Home.

 

The donation is a result of Sidelines Marietta recent renovations and TV upgrade.  The bar and grill now features 23 plasma TVs, interior upgrades and a new menu.  

 

“Giving back to the community and being involved in charity is important to me and the recent improvements of Sidelines have given the perfect opportunity to do just that,” stated Joe Ahn, owner of Sidelines Marietta. 

 

Jennifer Farmer, director of Reconnecting Families and Dan Hydrick, CEO of Hygun Group,  www.hygun.com

 helped coordinate the donation. 

 

About Sidelines

In operation for over 14 years, Sidelines Marietta provides guests with a unique dining experience offering a made from scratch menu, full liquor bar, billiards, volleyball court and variety gaming entertainment.  Sidelines Marietta is also home to The Local, Marietta’s #1 music venue.  For more information about Sidelines Marietta visit www.sidelinesmarietta.com.

 

Reconnecting Families partners with families in Cobb County community, court system and academic sector to provide prevention programs and treatment to offset the impact of drug addition on the lives of children, teens and families.  For more information visitwww.reconnectingfamilies.org. 

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Cecil Balmond Leaves Arup to Start His Own Firm

October 11, 2010

After more than 40 years with Arup, the famed structural engineer Cecil Balmond is launching his own practice.

By Tim McKeough

Renowned structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond is leaving Arup, the UK-based engineering firm where he has worked for more than 40 years.

“I’m stepping out to set up my own practice,” says Balmond, who is credited with making possible some of the most audacious structures in recent decades, including the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and the Centre Pompidou in Metz, France, by Shigeru Ban.

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Renowned structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond is leaving Arup, the UK-based engineering firm where he has worked for more than 40 years.

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“I want to have more time to make some of the big art installations I’ve been doing for the past four or five years, and I want to do prototypes for the ideas I have.” His new firm, Balmond Studio, will be based in London, although he says “I’ll spend a little more time in America,” than he does already. (He’s a professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.)

Balmond became deputy chairman of Arup Group in 2003. He stepped down from that position last year, yet continued to head the firm’s Advanced Geometry Unit (AGU), which he founded in 2000. He quietly resigned in July, but remains an advisor on the London Olympic Orbit project (a collaboration with Anish Kapoor) until the end of 2010. “I’m gradually easing myself out,” Balmond says. He will remain an Arup Fellow, a trustee of the firm, and a consultant.

Free to pursue his own desires, Balmond expects his career will become more multidisciplinary. “Of course, there’ll be some bridge design, and some other prime design,” he says. “There’s also some product design that’s been growing at the AGU. I want to design some products, maybe. I’m really open—it’s not a predetermined thing.”

Balmond, who was born in Sri Lanka, started working at Arup in 1968, after earning his Bachelor of Science at the University of Southampton in 1965. He completed his Master of Science at Imperial College in London in 1970.

Balmond has won numerous accolades, including an honorary Architectural Association diploma in 1992 and a Charles Jencks Award for Theory in Practice in 2003. The Royal Institute of British Architects named Balmond an honorary fellow in 1998.

Notable projects he has worked on include the Seattle Central Library (with OMA), England’s Imperial War Museum North (with Daniel Libeskind), and the Serpentine Pavilion annual program in London. “Cecil has had an enormous impact on Arup, and on me personally,” says Philip Dilley, chairman of Arup Group. “Cecil embodies much of what Arup is about: design and technical excellence, quality, and collaboration.”

Dilley says there are no plans to replace Balmond but adds that there will be “an evolution of leadership and talent” within the firm. As for potentially losing prime clients due to Balmond’s departure, he notes that Balmond “has been generous in ensuring that his architect friends and other collaborators are well-anchored into Arup at several levels.”

Indeed, Balmond emphasizes that he is not severing his times with his longtime employer. “With contacts like Koolhaas, Ito, Kapoor, and the people I’ve worked with in the past, if they want engineering from Arup, that work will go to Arup, and I’ll just be a consultant who facilitates the whole process.” He adds: “I’ve been there for a long time, so it’s time to move on. But we’re close. Arup is family.”

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Mr. Balmond: We at Hygun Group wish you tremendous success on the road ahead. I know ARUP will miss you.

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Interviewing: Shopping or Buying?

Hygun Group's Coaching consultant once asked a group of executives a question when they spoke about the 'interviewing' process. "Are you shopping or buying"? she asked. I thought it an unusual question until she explained. You see if we leave our homes to go "SHOPPING" we truly mean we are just going out to browse, compare, try on or test out whatever it is that we are looking to "BUY". But when you are going out to buy, you have done your homework, made up your mind, set your eyes on the target and you are prepared to close the deal. You are seriously going to BUY!

When you go into a store and the clerk says, "May I help you?", most of you say "No, I'm just LOOKING". Right? This is an honest question and you should give yourself and honest answer. So, what are you doing? Are you prepared to "BUY" when opportunity avails itself or are you really just "SHOPPING"? It matters, to everyone.

Have you ever heard the phrase from an employer after the interview, "Well we are looking at several candidates and we will get back to you" or a candidate says "Do you mind if I think it over or talk to my significant other and get back to you?" What did you just hear? Shopping! Yep, not prepared to buy!

Back to that store clerk, he or she knows you came in for something; i.e. to "shop" or to "buy". So, why did you come in the first place? As a candidate or employer, do your homework, there are many tools available to you to "shop", however, when it comes to moment of truth, be respectful and kind. The questions you have asked in preparation is called "shopping" and when you have realized your goal and you are ready to make a decision, that's called "buying".

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Turning the Corner

2010 sure feels good. With the downturn in the economy, spending and profits down businesses as a whole had a difficult go of it. Thankfully, my partners, support staff and our clients understood that hiring quality leadership is necessary in any economy. Things seem to be shifting upwards in the engineering industries. Companies are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel and the proactive ones are really being aggressive in upgrading their leadership team. We are hearing the needs for Infrastructure management, Transportation is promising and companies are preparing for a turn in water. Unfortunately, Land Development still seems to be in the tank. But Energy and Power along with Buildings and Facilities is getting everyone's attention.

So, if you are looking for that next step in your career or your company is in need of top quality leaders, visit our website http://www.hygun.com/ and contact us for further assistance.

Safe answer for Job Rejection ”Overqualified"

Everyone should be prepared for the "overqualified" question or assumption, during an interview when you feel that is where the interviewer is going or just comes out and says it. Keep this in mind. First, you were chosen out of a stack of resumes, or your relentless networking got you in the door. Great Job so far. Now you're in the interview when the hint of being "overqualified" comes up. FIRST of all, realize that if you are then evaluate the opportunity realistically. You know if you are way out of range or not. Don’t punish the interviewer. However, if the opportunity is RIGHT for you and it is what you are looking for then help the interviewer out and yourself as well.

Now is the time to “Think” about the questions you are about to “ask, not answer”. “I am curious sir/madam, what drew you to my resume or to me in the first place? DO NOT STOP, this is a rhetorical question, YOU ANSWER IT FIRST. It is the infamous Zig Ziglar’s tool that now comes to play; the, “IS IT" technique of closing. As in, IS IT my years of leadership responsibilities, IS IT the amount of design work, IS IT my ability to obtain success through hard work and dedication, etc etc etc. Ending with; "these are much needed skills acquired over time that I believe this opportunity would need and I am excited about bringing them to the table. Don’t’ you agree? Oh yea, ABC...Always Be Closing. Good luck.

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If you think the “over qualified” statement comes from your age, well here’s a thought; don’t speak "old", don't act "old", don't be old. Bring the energy and the life with you. Age discrimination is what it is, illegal, and the laws are made to protect us from that. BUT you must address it as a part of your presentation. Overqualified is OK, as I said earlier, the IS IT close can be used anywhere any time. Your year of experience is how you are. Sell it! Just think of the IS IT’s that you can use to get others to think about YOU.

Again my long time sage and mentor had this to say about effort: (and I believe Mr. Ziglar has seen a few sun rises).

This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward. Zig Ziglar