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All the Right Networking in All the Wrong Places
It dawned on me while I was at a breakfast meeting for some Association of Whatever. It was the typical event with time set aside for networking before the program began. I don’t remember what the program was about but I do recall I wasn’t interested in the topic.
So why did I spend $35 to attend? I [...]
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“No Problem, Mon”: A Lesson in a Jamaican Job Search You Can Apply Today
I was at the boat yard last week and got an unexpected reminder on how to conduct a networking based job search from a Jamaican boat worker.
He was an older man with the rough weathered face of someone who has spent a lifetime working in the glare of the sun on the sea. He was repairing [...]
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Money Magazine: Age-Proof Your Career
The issue of age and the job search is a hot topic in the job search world lately. Age is one of those variables we have little control over and everyone will have the frustrating experience of being judge by age (too young or too old) as opposed to skill and capability. (And of course [...]
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Why Should they Care?
I am an introvert. No kidding. Personally, I don’t find networking to be very natural. As a result, I need to have a clearer sense of purpose and see better results in order to find it worthwhile.
Some great networkers believe the universe is working in their favor and they just need to put their “energy” out there and good things [...]
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The Illogical Game of Hide and Seek Jobs.
Why companies don’t advertise or post their job openings. It’s more comon than you think!
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Pick Up the That Outdated Old Phone & Get a Job
In the last couple of weeks I have had conversations with several twenty-somethings about professional communications and the job search. I was shocked but should not have been surprised when they told me how uncomfortable they are talking on the phone.
Why? Because this group rarely uses the phone to communicate verbally to one another. They [...]
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The Theory of Weak Ties
Kim Thomson wrote today in the SF Gate (The San Francisco Chronicle’s website) about a woman who had exhausted her primary network of friends in her job search. She decided it was time to turn to her “acquaintances” network and it was from one of these “weak tie” sources where she unexpectedly landed a job [...]
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When the “insider” has only an outside chance to get the job you want.
“I didn’t get the job because they promoted someone from within.”
I have heard this story before. It happens. Unfortunately, if you are a job seeker on the outside of the company you would LOVE to work for, it’s easy to conclude you have no chance hell of getting in the door unless it is on [...]
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Fake Engagement
Have you ever taken an employee survey where you are asked to respond to items like this?
“I have the opportunity to do my best each day.”
“I would recommend the company as a good place to work to my friends.”
“Even though I work as hard as a dog, have no personal life and have not seen [...]
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When Being Open Closes Doors
When the market is tight I often have job seekers tell me that they are very open to any kind of opportunity. Open to move for the right position, open to take a pay cut and open to ‘just about anything”.
The hope of course is that openness will help land a job more quickly on [...]
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