Human Resources

The Providence School Board has appointed a new executive director of human resources and labor relations. Craig Bickley will oversee about 24 staffers who serve more than 3,200 people working for the Providence Public School District. Bickley has more than 20 years of experience in human resources. He directed human resources departments for school systems in Sandusky and Columbus, Ohio. The school system says Bickley holds a graduate degree in industrial relations and an undergraduate degree in human resources.

Selectmen have voted to approve Martin McNamara of Clinton as Boylston's new town administrator. McNamara currently is the director of human resources in Stoughton. McNamara replaces Nancy Colbert Puff, who departed from the post over the winter. Matt Gunderson

Julie Celanocq has been named vice president of Human Resources at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Faulkner Hospital. She replaces Lisa Ponton, who left the post in December 2010, and the most recent interim, Arthur Mombourquettecq. Celano will oversee the needs of the hospitals' 16,663 combined employees. She begins May 1. She most recently held the same position at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. She previously worked for ACE INA Holdings, Inc., a global property and casualty insurance firm, Penn Mutual Life Insurance, and St. Francis Medical...

Officials have released the names of three finalists for the town administrator position, on the heels of Nancy Colbert Puff's resignation from the post in February, said Interim Town Administrator Lori Esposito. The three candidates are Martin McNamara, the director of human resources in Stoughton; Anita Scheipers, the assistant town administrator in Lincoln; and Andrew Sheehan, the Townsend town administrator. - Matt Gunderson

What happens to your resume after you click the "send" button? For most job seekers, the process is a mystery: Faceless human resources staffers poring over piles of CVs, deciding which applicants get an interview, and which get a generic "Thanks for your interest" e-mail. I spent last week talking to chief executives and human resources executives about how resume-sifting works at Massachusetts companies, from accounting firms to makers of organic crackers. Here are the 13 most surprising things I learned, and most useful pieces of advice I heard.

A woman who was caught up in a cheating scandal in the Atlanta school system has been dismissed from a consulting job in Bridgeport. Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas tells the Connecticut Post that he made the decision because he does not want any controversy. Millicent Few was the human resources director for the Atlanta system before resigning in July amid a standardized-test cheating scandal that reportedly involved 178 teachers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported that Few has denied tampering with documents or ordering anyone else to do...

Selectmen have voted to approve Martin McNamara of Clinton as Boylston's new town administrator. McNamara currently is the director of human resources in Stoughton. McNamara replaces Nancy Colbert Puff, who departed from the post over the winter. Matt Gunderson

Officials have released the names of three finalists for the town administrator position, on the heels of Nancy Colbert Puff's resignation from the post in February, said Interim Town Administrator Lori Esposito. The three candidates are Martin McNamara, the director of human resources in Stoughton; Anita Scheipers, the assistant town administrator in Lincoln; and Andrew Sheehan, the Townsend town administrator. - Matt Gunderson

The Nashoba Regional School District needs substitute nurses this winter to serve on an "as-needed basis" in schools across the three-town system, according to an announcement by district officials. A current registered nurse license is required for the positions. Contact the district's human resources department at 978-779-0539, ext. 3033, for more information. - Matt Gunderso n

PICK OF THE DAY Piano man We took a stroll down memory lane and watched a YouTube clip of a younger Josh Groban singing ‘‘You're Still You" on ‘‘Ally McBeal. " Next, the more recent ‘‘Higher Window" music video shows the singer-songwriter crooning at a piano, helping move a huge piano, and playing an upright piano on the back of a pickup truck. Tonight he's live and will deliver a collection of album faves. 7:30 p.m. $65, $95. TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston.

Julie Celanocq has been named vice president of Human Resources at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Faulkner Hospital. She replaces Lisa Ponton, who left the post in December 2010, and the most recent interim, Arthur Mombourquettecq. Celano will oversee the needs of the hospitals' 16,663 combined employees. She begins May 1. She most recently held the same position at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. She previously worked for ACE INA Holdings, Inc., a global property and casualty insurance firm, Penn Mutual Life Insurance, and St. Francis Medical...

The Nashoba Regional School District needs substitute nurses this winter to serve on an "as-needed basis" in schools across the three-town system, according to an announcement by district officials. A current registered nurse license is required for the positions. Contact the district's human resources department at 978-779-0539, ext. 3033, for more information. - Matt Gunderso n

A woman who was caught up in a cheating scandal in the Atlanta school system has been dismissed from a consulting job in Bridgeport. Bridgeport Schools Superintendent Paul Vallas tells the Connecticut Post that he made the decision because he does not want any controversy. Millicent Few was the human resources director for the Atlanta system before resigning in July amid a standardized-test cheating scandal that reportedly involved 178 teachers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported that Few has denied tampering with documents or ordering anyone else to do so. Vallas...

One of the most important responsibilities assigned to school committees in Massachusetts is the hiring of a superintendent. When Superintendent Joseph Casey announced his retirement in October 2011, the Melrose School Committee began a process to find and hire an individual who is a superb fit for our community and who will bring our students to the next level of academic achievement. According to the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, about 40 districts in our state are looking for superintendents this year.

What happens to your resume after you click the "send" button? For most job seekers, the process is a mystery: Faceless human resources staffers poring over piles of CVs, deciding which applicants get an interview, and which get a generic "Thanks for your interest" e-mail. I spent last week talking to chief executives and human resources executives about how resume-sifting works at Massachusetts companies, from accounting firms to makers of organic crackers. Here are the 13 most surprising things I learned, and most useful pieces of advice I heard.

The Providence School Board has appointed a new executive director of human resources and labor relations. Craig Bickley will oversee about 24 staffers who serve more than 3,200 people working for the Providence Public School District. Bickley has more than 20 years of experience in human resources. He directed human resources departments for school systems in Sandusky and Columbus, Ohio. The school system says Bickley holds a graduate degree in industrial relations and an undergraduate degree in human resources.

One of the most important responsibilities assigned to school committees in Massachusetts is the hiring of a superintendent. When Superintendent Joseph Casey announced his retirement in October 2011, the Melrose School Committee began a process to find and hire an individual who is a superb fit for our community and who will bring our students to the next level of academic achievement. According to the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, about 40 districts in our state are looking for superintendents this year.

A Woman in Jerusalem By A. B. YehoshuaTranslated, from the Hebrew, by Hillel Halkin Harcourt, 237 pp., $25 The great Israeli novelists Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua have long spoken to the notion of the evil inherent in a good: the blindness toward the Palestinians that went with the lucid vision of a Jewish homeland. By now such painful twofold sight, with its faint (always faint) hope of painful cure, is a crossroads left tragically behind. History, it's true, has a way of circling back to regret if not to resurrect its missed choices.

PICK OF THE DAY Piano man We took a stroll down memory lane and watched a YouTube clip of a younger Josh Groban singing ‘‘You're Still You" on ‘‘Ally McBeal. " Next, the more recent ‘‘Higher Window" music video shows the singer-songwriter crooning at a piano, helping move a huge piano, and playing an upright piano on the back of a pickup truck. Tonight he's live and will deliver a collection of album faves. 7:30 p.m. $65, $95. TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston.

A Woman in Jerusalem By A. B. YehoshuaTranslated, from the Hebrew, by Hillel Halkin Harcourt, 237 pp., $25 The great Israeli novelists Amos Oz and A. B. Yehoshua have long spoken to the notion of the evil inherent in a good: the blindness toward the Palestinians that went with the lucid vision of a Jewish homeland. By now such painful twofold sight, with its faint (always faint) hope of painful cure, is a crossroads left tragically behind. History, it's true, has a way of circling back to regret if not to resurrect its missed choices.