Job Search 25 Years Ago: Is This You Now?
I landed my first corporate, aka “real”, job out of college in early 1985. The company, Moore Business Forms the largest printing-forms provider in the world, was just finishing a hiring push for sales and business development talent. Please read this article; I have a question I would like you to ask yourself at the end of the piece. Here are some facts about my job search. State of Technology In 1985 there was no Internet, no...
Read MoreJob Seekers Strategy: Make the Hiring Manager Happy
Silicon Valley star Guy Kawasaki did not intend for his chapter “The Art of Driving Your Competition Crazy” in Reality Check to be job seeker’s advice; yet the main theme is vital for any job seeker’s success. The chapter outlines 8 steps to drive your competition crazy aimed at helping entrepreneurs and corporations understand how to win at the art of business.The most valuable theme and step is “Focus on the...
Read More10 New Year’s Career Resolutions For Job Seekers
The Web 2.0 Revolution, blogging, and social media tools like Linkedin and Twitter allow all of us to become our own marketing machine, brand identity, and valuable resource. The following are 10 New Year’s Resolutions and steps any job seeker can take to begin to differentiate themselves and stand apart from the rest of their competition. 10 New Year’s Career Resolutions for Job Seekers 1. Direction: You can not begin a job...
Read MoreJob Seeker’s #1 Mistake in Finding a Job: Ignoring Step 1
What do you want to be when you grow up? That is a question that I asked myself many times–in my adulthood. Throughout my adult worklife, I held onto the notion that I understood the focus and direction in my business development career. I thought I understood my sales career path, I thought I was following the correct course of action, and yet I felt unsettled. What was wrong with me? Nothing was wrong with me but something was...
Read More5 Key Benefits of Web 2.0 Networking
Dean and I spoke yesterday at Silicon Valley employment group, CSIX Connect, on the topic of Web 2.0 Networking. While most of the participants embraced our Twitter and Linkedin tips with great enthusiasm, there were a few skeptics among the crowd of sixty. Despite the success stories we brought forth in our presentation, “Who’s really using these sites?”, was a question initiated by one man at my lunch table. As I got...
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