This week I have been stressing and fretting over all the items on my TO DO list. It is driving me crazy. Every felt that way? On the flight to conduct a workshop at HRSouthwest Conference in Fort Worth TX this week I read a timely book,
Losing your own job is tough. Lord knows I know the feeling. But it is so much worse when your spouse is impacted. You feel so helpless because there is little you can do to make him or her feel better. Here are a few things you can do to be supportive: Take a moment […]
I gave three workshops this week about LinkedIn from various perspective: small employers interested in using social media for recruiting and job seekers interested in making a better impression on social media or using social media for job search. I got a lot of resistance to the idea of having a large number of connections. […]
Social media is a way of life in the modern world. Some of you are thinking, duh. Of course it is. Some of you are getting dragged kicking and screaming into the social media world saying loudly, “that is stupid”. Be that as it may, social media is a fixture. We must all get used […]
Every experience is an opportunity to learn, otherwise why bother, right? Our life experiences build on one another until it seems we know instinctively how to respond to complicated situations. It is not instinct. It is experience! To teach is to learn twice. ~ Joseph Joubert Recently I had the opportunity to speak to students […]
Are strong references important to you in landing a great new job, linked to your accomplishments? Of course they are. And yet, I find (as a recruiter) that too many candidates assume that the co-worker or boss or subordinate or vendor with whom they had a good-to-great working relationship will ‘have their back’ when they […]
I was reminded recently of an email that came across my desk, “All Boats Leak” by Seth Godin. Intriguing. You see, I am on an extended boat trip, we are living on our boat fulltime now. “All Boats Leak” is not in our lexicon. All boats do not leak. Our boat does not leak. You […]
How do you know when ‘your story’ is working? If you intend to change jobs or find a new job in the near future, I’m sure you know that you need a story. Building a story takes some planning. To know if it is working well involves three ingredients. The first, frequency, is easy enough […]
Lately I find myself bunched up against the clock again. My poor head is spinning. I hate when that happens, there must be a better way! I just came out of a huge marketing effort with 4 big speeches and workshops coupled with our first ever conference booth plus a two day out of town […]
A client, David, asked recently why I thought it is a trap to answer how long you plan to stay at a particular company. Good question. A trap is a setup, a deception, possibly a ruse. It is a trap if you are not sure whether the answer you give will help you or hurt […]
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