Should You Pay To Have Lunch With Me (Part II)
I am amazed at the comments from yesteday’s post. If you get this in email or on RSS I encourage you to click over to the post and check out …
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Should You Have To Pay To Have Lunch With ME?
This post is going to sound overly arrogant. Significantly arrogant. After all, I’m “all about networking,” right? I talk about “nurturing the relationship,” right? <start arrogance here> Recently I got …
Do Your Goals Match The Hiring Company’s (or Hiring Manager’s) Goals
Recently I watched two organizations start a project that was very exciting. Both organizations were excited and dropped a lot of obligations to make this one project move forward quickly. …
Underemployment & Job Hopping
Friday I read an interesting article in local newspaper titled Should you look for a job even if you already have a good one? (disclaimer: I know both the reporter …
Why We Don’t Meet Our Goals (and, does it matter?)
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about not hitting my 2010 walking goal of 500 miles. One of the comments was really profound (read the post and …
Is Personal Branding Crap? (taglines)
In September I shared one of my favorite taglines I’ve ever heard in a post titled LinkedIn Professional Headline / Personal Tagline. Last week I got a skeptical comment from Christine, who …
Favorite Friday: The Job Seeker Scarlet Letter?
Do you feel, as a job seeker, you have a Scarlet Letter readily displayed? It talks about you as a loser, a failure, an untouchable? One of my favorite posts …
The Discreet Job Search, Part III
I didn’t realize this was going to become a series but I’m obviously fired up about it. Part I: How to do a Discreet Job Search Part II: Why Should …
Why Should We Have To Do A Discreet Job Search? Kim Mohiuddin’s Feedback…
Last year (well, two weeks ago) I answered a question from someone who asked how to perform a job search without anyone (like, your boss) knowing about it. It is …
2011 THEME: The Job Search Rabbit Hole
I’ve traveled near and far and met with thousands and thousands of professionals who are in pain. People who lost their jobs and their identity at the same time. People who are …