Better Job Search: Lessons from Contractors
I’ve worked with a lot of contractors over the years, and have always come to a conclusion that if a contractor wants to get a job, they simply need to …
Joe Job Seeker
The Rip Tide and Your Job Search
A couple of years ago I was in Hawaii with my family. The perfect series of events lined up so we could afford to go, and we had an added …
COVID Got You Down? Had Me Down!
Whelp. It’s been a while since you heard from me… almost a month. Sorry about that. I am pretty sure I had Covid. I self-quarantined and did some traditional and …
Fear and Overwhelm
I got laid off in January of 2006. The writing had been on the wall for a while but you know, until it finally happened I figured I’d be hopeful …
Should You Have a Portfolio: Regrets of a Single Tweet
Welp. Apparently I tweeted something yesterday that caused a small brushfire on Twitter. Since Twitter has a limit of character you can write, I wanted to take what i’ve learned …
Of Camping and Careers
Two weekends ago all the girls at my house left for a girls weekend, so I grabbed my youngest son and we went camping. It was an epic weekend of …
Internet Job Search Do's and Don'ts
Back in the 1900’s you found a job with the help of a newspaper. I lost my job in 2006 and guess what I did? I went to look for …
Step Away from Your Job Search
I recently wrote a tweet about “stepping away.” This is based on a project I was working on, and getting stuck. I could stare at the screen for minutes… er, …
You Have to Start Somewhere
Years ago (in 2006) I started this crazy entrepreneurial journey. Somehow I caught wind of blogging, and realized it would be a significant part of getting my story out so …
Job Satisfaction and the Job Search
Tuesday I wrote Some Careers Don’t Go As Planned and said it contains one of my more important messages. I wanted to pick up from the last line: Find joy, happiness …