Interview Awareness “These 8 Questions” via Fast Company
This could happen to you – and it could be interesting, fun, creative, or the thing that costs you a job you really want. In a recent Fast Company article called “These 8 Questions Reveal the Most About if You’ll [...]
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Modern Job Search Paperbacks – Looking Good!
The Kindle version came out about a month ago and sales have been good. Now the paperback is out and they look great! Obviously I’m biased since it is my book but I’m also pretty pleased. For those of you [...]
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Do You Feel Like You’re Being Watched?
Do you feel like you’re employer is keeping tabs on your private life? If so, do you think the benefit (for the company) outweighs the invasion of privacy (for the employees)? Does the possibility of your employer listening in on [...]
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Pay for Play? Feedback a New Money Maker!
Seriously, would you pay for “feedback” from an interview that didn’t result in an offer? This was the question Tim Sackett posted and answered in a recent piece on his blog, Fistful of Talent. I kind of think he’s joking [...]
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What Place does Work Occupy in Our Lives?
What place does work occupy in our lives? Do we work to buy time for our true interests? Or because we love it? This is a thought provoking article – Don’t Fool Yourself: There is No Work/Life Balance via Fast Company [...]
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The Best Defense is Offense!
The first thing that came to mind after reading this article (via Mashable) is that this person is spending a lot of time trying to figure out why they didn’t hear from a potential employer after an interview – instead of [...]
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Huff Post: “10 Reasons They Haven’t Contacted You After a Job Interview”
Huffington Post contributor Susan P. Joyce’s recent column “10 Reasons They Haven’t Contacted You After a Job Interview” is a good reminder of something I have to deal with myself and something I have to remind my candidates of regularly: [...]
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Half of Workers Haven’t Sought New Jobs in Five Years
According to a recent survey run by the temp worker and accounting staffing agency, Accountemps, 48% of the respondents said that they had not pursued a new job in 5 years and 30% said they hadn’t sought a new job [...]
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Huff Post: “Marooned in Middle Management…”
Sara Canaday’s recent article, “Marooned in Middle Management? Something is Missing” provides a lot of good tips for evaluating the impact of your job – especially if you’ve been there a while and feel stuck. She describes passed over “Perpetual [...]
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Ingratitude, Arrogance and Bad Karma
This is not a new story, most of it appeared to happen last summer (2013) but the fact that I found it suggests that it still resonates. As explained by Janet Cho from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Kelly Blazek, the [...]
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