Employment Do’s and Don’ts
View Count: 3423
I have had the most unusual series of interviews over the past few weeks. Yesterday I interviewed a woman who came in smelling like alcohol–to such an extent that my eyes were watering. I asked her about her record and she told me that she had...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 28 CommentsView Count: 4603
A few years ago, I had dinner with one of Google’s first employees. How he joined Google was a long and convoluted story that had more elements of luck than I can ever recount. He’d been working in a midsized town in relative obscurity and...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 9 CommentsView Count: 1452
A couple of years ago, I saw a bunch of articles in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and other publications about a guy named Joe Andes. Here is a portion of one profile of him from the May 2006 Vanity Fair: In the early 90s a man...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsView Count: 6235
The quality of our lives, in many respects, is determined by our working lives. Being able to enjoy our jobs and being able to get jobs is something that’s incredibly important. A job is not just about earning a living; it’s about forming...
Filed under Advancement, Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 3 CommentsView Count: 7051
1. Your Attitude Is Just as Important as the Quality of Your Work In most organizations, there are various people who have a negative impression of the organization or, for whatever reason, do not like the management. There are also people who may have...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 10 CommentsView Count: 773
Several years ago, I was on an airplane that sat on the tarmac for at least an hour due to a screaming rap star. Seated not far from me (in coach) was a very famous rap star, and he was furious. He was upset because he had been seated in coach and there...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 5 CommentsView Count: 3880
I know of so many people who fail to get jobs and, ultimately, do not have good careers because they keep their minds cluttered with things that have nothing to do with their job search. I have wanted to write for some time about how to harness the subconscious...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts 9 CommentsView Count: 4570
One of the worst things you can possibly do is run your career based on the opinions of others. Other people are always going to have differing ideas about where you should work, how much you should work, what salary you should make–and various...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 2 CommentsView Count: 7449
I am about to provide you some of the strangest job search and career advice you will ever receive from someone who’s in the recruiting industry. One thing you should know about me is that I’m a straight shooter. If I see a pattern repeat itself...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts 13 CommentsView Count: 9340
Many people’s careers and lives are often held back by one small thing. You might also be holding yourself back in your career, but if you can fix this one small thing, your career and life will change for the better. If you are not able to make...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured 7 Commentsshowing 1-10 of 32 NEXT »
recent posts