Every recruiter, HR rep and hiring manager wants to know the answer to this question..."why did you leave your job?" Be prepared to answer it for each and every job on your resume. ...
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Doing vs. Really Doing
Nothing is harder or more exasperating than looking for a job. If you are like many job seekers, you've been attending workshops and reading about job search. You've tweaked your resume more ...
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Tom Peters says “The calendar never lies”!
When was the last time you reviewed your calendar from previous weeks? Gosh, I can tell you, personally, maybe once or twice in the last year. That's why I was so impressed by Tom's video. Tom says ...
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Summary Sunday
Here are some of the posts retweeted this week. I consider Twitter to be source of information for learning. If nothing else, by following great people in your industry you come across some great ...
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Coming Soon!
Hi and welcome to my new blog! Please excuse our digital dust while we are in the progress of rollout out our new WordPress blog.
In the meantime if you want to see my existing content - Please ...
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Reading Again…
Instead of selecting "beach novels", I've been busy reading "work" related books this summer. While on vacation, I got plenty of comments and a few dirty looks while reading a book that clearly wasn't ...
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Personal Brand…Do You Have One?
To have a personal brand is hot and hip right now.
All it really means is that you know how to package yourself. Do you have a personal brand? ...
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Interviews but no offers?
So you've had interviews but no offers yet. Here are some ways to audit your interviewing performance. ...
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Summary Sunday
This week's summary is truly a mixed bag of great posts from this week!
INTERVIEWING
Interview Regrets to Avoid from Tim's Strategy
3 Questions You Don't Know the Answer to After a Job Interview ...
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Who Do You Need To Know?
Networking doesn't have to be painful. Just ask yourself who you need to know if you want to be smarter, more successful or more productive. ...
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A Nation of Takers?
Have we become accustomed to hand outs? Do we feel entitled? Typically these are qualities associated with the younger generation, however, it may be cultural or societal.No one promised us employment ...
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Summary Sunday: Best job search post for June
There are just not enough hours in the day to write about everything a job seeker should know. Additionally, there is good advice then not so good advice. I love to find what I consider the best of ...
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Go Twitter
I love Twitter and I want you to also. Well, at least like it. OK, please at least try it. Twitter is an amazing tool for marketing (read ERE's post Twitter: Media or (Un)Social ...
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Summary Sunday
Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! I hope you enjoy your special day!Instead of just listing posts this week, I am sharing 5 of my favorite career blogs. Finding a blog is ...
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Assertive, Aggressive or Afraid
A friend called me the other day, excited and nervous because she had gotten an interview for a job she had recently applied for.
"What do I ask them", she asked me.
"What do you want to know" I ...
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Driving Change from the Bottom
Can change really happen from the bottom and move up the ladder? Do "grass-roots" efforts succeed? I attended the local meetup of "Linchpins are Everywhere Raise the ...
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Summary Sunday
Let's start this week's Summary with a Tom Peter's video! If you crave more, you are in luck, he has a host of them on his website here.
Now, we can move on to the regular posts!
The ...
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Seeking Training- Part 1
This week I mentioned the decrease in company training budgets in one of my posts. The result...WE need to pursue our own personal and professional development. So easily said. ...
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Personal Development Is Dying
What happens to the training budgets and staff when a company is in financial trouble? They are cut, right.What kind of budget does a small company (1-100 employees) have for training there ...
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Facing Your Biggest Fear Head On
Is it true that people don't change until they hit rock bottom?
I've met some truly incredible people along the way who've overcome pretty amazing odds. They've defied cancer, overcome the loss of ...
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Same Old Networking Events Getting Stale?
You and I have both attended them. Those networking events where all the same people show up and cluster together. I feel like I am in high school all over again. Yuck. The reason ...
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Leading A Team of One
We all lead a team of one (sometimes more). Being a leader doesn't mean that you are directing/managing/guiding others. It means having an awareness and practicing the competencies that make you the ...
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Happy Memorial Day
As you watch your hometown parade today, remember the sacrifices made for our country. As tough as things have been here over the past few years, we are still some of the most fortunate people ...
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Networking: How to ask for a favor
The other day I received an email asking me to do someone a favor. The request made me feel uncomfortable and I pondered for a day on how to respond. As an active networking job seeker, I am ...
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Social Media In Job Search
As a last minute sub, I presented this information on Social Media in Job Search yesterday. It was a great crowd and lots of good questions.
What amazed me most was the fact that most ...
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Find and Follow- New on LinkedIn
Well, based on changes at LinkedIn, this feature is no longer available...however, you can find instructions on how to follow your LinkedIn connections on Twitter by reading this post by Andy ...
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Going Up or Going Out
The cream always rises to the top, or so the saying goes. Today's organizations are becoming flatter and so is our world. This poses a problem for those career enthusiasts who wan to ...
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Summary Sunday
This is one of my favorite Summary Sundays so far. It is referencing some of the posts from this week I shared on Twitter. Actually, if you aren't on Twitter yet, there are some posts here to ...
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Monitoring Media: A Must for Career Management
I remember about 10 years ago, the only way to get press release, financial and other news about companies was to go to the library. You would sift through periodicals and perhaps even read articles ...
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I Think I Can
Do you remember the story of the "Little Engine That Could"? Imagine my surprise when my Star-Wars-loving, DS Nintendo-toting son, brought that book home with a gleam of excitement in ...
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