I am currently reading the book, “The Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business of Life” by Alice Schroeder. It is an interesting biography on Warren Buffet’s life starting as a small child. Some of the more interesting parts highlig…
Category Archive for ‘Job Search Preparation’ 
Why Your Skills & Experience Don’t Matter To Recruiters
The title is true. It just isn’t true all of the time.
I can’t count the number of times I have heard from candidates, “I have done all of the things for your position.” or how many times I get a cover letter that goes into a le…
101 Job Search Tactics to Find a Job NOW!
I’m boiling mad!
I’m offended.
Brad and I put in an effort that exceeds most experts in the job search space. Do we deserve grief and abuse for it?
A recent commenter on my last blog posting inferred that Brad and I publish “fluff” and DO NOT p…
Is Your Job Search Stuck in High School Time Warp?
Is Your Job Search an Extension of High School?
One of my favorite bloggers, writers, speakers – Seth Godin, published a blog titled “On Self-determination”. After reading the article, I realized, there was a frightening metaphor for most job see…
Are You Competing at an Olympic Level in Your Job Search?
Many job search bloggers (and almost everyone else in the blogosphere) have been making Olympic metaphors for the past two weeks.
So why can’t I try my metaphor? Here goes:
Is your job search like Olympic Competition?
I touched on this subject on o…
Do You Have What it Takes to Succeed?
In over 1000 presentations in the last decade to CEOs, Company Presidents, and Senior Executives, we have heard the vast majority indicate that the number one behavior they have seen lead to success is initiative and self-motivation.
Brad and I have pe…
It’s play-off time for your job search – what do you have to lose?
Here comes another basketball metaphor about your job search.
A few nights ago, my Varsity HS Girls Basketball Team played in the first round of the State Playoffs. In our section we were ranked 6th out of 32 teams. We played a team ranked 24 and almos…
What Will YOU Do Different In Your Job Search?
Let’s start with Benjamin Franklin’s timeless definition of insanity: “You keep doing the same thing over and over hoping for different results”.
Do you really believe that wishing and keeping your fingers crossed will make a difference?
Why?
E…
Job Search is Taking Longer – Duh!
Does it feel like you keep falling back in your job search to square 1?
In a front page article in New York Times today, the point was made that the average timeframe for conducting a job search is now 6 months. Executive and Senior Management Job Sear…
What are Job Search Best Practices?
Do you know the core best practices of conducting a job search?
Could you rattle these off the tip of your tongue right now?
Here’s the killer question – are you executing flawlessly against these best practices in your current job search?
If eithe…
