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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My college roommate and I have known each other for over three decades – which is an astounding fact because neither of us has aged one minute. And we pretty much have nothing in common. Except for two things: We love to tell each other amazing stories about other people’s bad behavior (especially around customer [...]

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Them:   So, tell me about yourself.
You:       What do you want to know?
Them:   You know, a little bit about your background.
You:       Well…I started out as a child…
Them:   Zzzzzzz….
Well, maybe not actually snoring.  But I did once doze off while listening to a client back in the days when I was a [...]

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My friend Patricia Varley is probably the only person I would call a natural networker. Her worldly possessions have been in storage for most of the last 10 years as she goes where her heart tells her to (always beautiful places: Hawaii; Aspen; Naples, FL;  San Diego; hey! Why not?). Jobs and projects fall into [...]

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It’s hard to be choosy these days, isn’t it? It’s hard to hold onto hope and high standards for what kind of job you’d like to ultimately land when you’re surrounded by messages that the job market world is coming to an end. Buy into the terrible headlines that people are losing jobs right [...]

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