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I’m a businessperson. As a businessperson, I find I get a lot of phone calls from private equity companies and so forth throughout the day. I enjoy getting these phone calls, not necessarily because I’m looking for their investment, because it can...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 2 CommentsSuccess Requires Ignoring Group Norms
When I started legal recruiting, within a few months of starting the business, I met a man who was one of the founders of the dominant legal recruiters association. At one time, he had the largest legal recruiting firm in California. As I spent time getting...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 2 CommentsThe Best Way to Prepare for a Job Search and Interviews
Several years ago when looking for a position in Los Angeles, I interviewed with numerous law firms. In virtually every one of these interviews I ran across an attorney who knew not one, not two, not three—but numerous, numerous attorneys in my...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 6 CommentsThe Dangers of Getting Jobs Through Friends
Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure. “Oh, I already have a friend there. I’ll just contact him.” In the job market, it’s one of the more common things we hear...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, Job Market 4 CommentsYour Job Is a Game-Make Your Opponents External
After being in the workforce for many years, I’ve come to realize that all of our jobs are, quite simply, games. In every job you have ever had, you are part of a game. Your ability to play the game and be part of the team will determine your success...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job 10 Comments10 Powerful Lessons from a Turkish Rug Trader
Several years ago, I was staying at a beautiful hotel on the beach on a small Greek island. The hotel was full of young people in their mid-20’s who appeared to be having the time of their lives. I had chatted with the receptionist several times...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 4 CommentsPush Yourself Outside Your Comfort Zone
About ten years ago, an attorney who had been practicing about seven or eight years longer than me purchased his first house. I remember congratulating him on the purchase, and his response shocked me at the time: “I am very happy with the house. ...
Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 1 CommentThe Kick-Ass Marketing Secret of the Most Successful Job Applicants and Employees
I’ve been going to conferences for one thing or another at least a couple times a year for the past several years. I’ve spent thousands of dollars attending marketing-related conferences. If I go to one more conference...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, Finding a Job, Job Market 6 CommentsIn a bad job market, the most important thing you can do is to keep trying. Never give up. Life is a race and your career is also a race. The problem with most people is that they are often willing to give up at the first sign of...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 3 CommentsCriticism, Your Career, and Your Life
Throughout your career, you will encounter a series of so-called friends, confidants, and others who will come up to you and let you in on various things that “people are saying about you.” I am not talking about the sort of people who are...
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