About Lori Sassoon
Lori Sassoon is the Deputy City Manager for Administrative Services, City of Rancho Cucamonga, California and also serves as Vice-Chair of Women leading Government.
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Posts by LoriS:
Successful Interview Strategies for Local Government
Sometimes the interview goes well, and sometimes it just doesn’t. Having been involved in several interview panels recently, here is a recap of the most memorable moments, both good and bad: The candidate who threw her current City Manager under the proverbial bus:...
Tech Relevance in Government
In the early 90’s, the PC was making its way into city halls, replacing our IBM Selectrics and impossible-to-understand DOS systems with this big color screen and the mighty mouse. Like most Gen X’ers I was pretty excited to jump in and figure out how to use Word,...
Avoiding the Serial Applicant Syndrome
Step 1: Don’t apply for the job. Step 2: Repeat, as needed. Sometimes your job search can feel like a numbers game – the more applications you send in, the better the odds that you’ll land that dream position, right? Well, what may have worked when you were in...
Networking: Love it or Leave it
Am I the only one that hates the idea of networking? You know, putting yourself out there to the professional world in a match.com sort of way? Something about networking, the verb, has always seemed a bit contrived and artificial to me. And when I read the reams of...
Are performance reviews as painful as seeing the dentist?
Performance evaluations are an uncomfortable experience even in the best of circumstances, but an evaluation that brings “room for improvement” or the news that you are “not meeting expectations” can suck the oxygen out of the room, and leave you mentally reviewing...