Posts Tagged ‘job search advice’
Anger Won’t Get You Anywhere
A few weeks ago, Duncan and I published an article called “How to Network Without Sounding Phony, Lame or Desperate” on the AOL/Careerbuilder site. At last count, there were 73 responses, most of them angry, resentful, hopeless and raging. One commentator simply wrote, “Blah, blah, blah, blah.” How’s that for effectively moving the conversation forward [...]
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Another Broken Promise. Were They Lying?
The nerve of them. You ask a simple favor. Send your resume to one of their contacts. Forward to you the name and number or at least the email address of their friend, or colleague, or somebody they thought could use your skills or talent. It was even their idea and they promised they would [...]
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Should You Take a Job With a Company That’s Laying People Off?
I was poking around a few of my favorite job sites this morning, and discovered that a particular company was announcing that it was hiring. Great! So what’s the problem? One of my dear friends had just been laid off from that very company not one month ago. Oh. Ouch. Chances are excellent that candidates [...]
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