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Your Job Search and Future Prospects Will Be Determined by the Company You Keep
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 CommentsThe Power of Gratitude in Your Job Search
Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude. –Wallace Wattles After years of counseling attorneys in their searches for new employment, I’ve realized most attorneys do not appreciate...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 7 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...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 9 CommentsSelf Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion
Through his book, Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion, Emile Coué talks about the force of incalculable power within us, which if we direct in a conscious and wise manner, gives us the mastery of ourselves. This force teaches us to escape and...
Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 2 CommentsAsk Yourself Empowering Questions
The power of the questions we ask ourselves determines the power we have in our lives. It’s estimated that approximately 60,000 thoughts cross our minds daily. It’s what we do with these thoughts that determines our level of happiness, success, and...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, Goal Setting, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 10 CommentsConcentrate on the Process, Not the Results
Some time ago, I was listening to a seminar about a company that was in the furniture business. This company decided that because it was doing so well, it should expand into the piano business, and also sell pianos. They went out and purchased a Steinway...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 8 CommentsHow to Choose a Recruiter Based on Recruiting Style
Every recruiter’s individual style has certain merits. However, there are recruiters who are truly exceptional at what they do. Choosing an exceptional recruiter is even more important in a bad market because the methods he or she uses determines if...
Filed under Job Market 9 CommentsYou Need Connections to Make the Most of Your Career
Several years ago I went to a seminar on public speaking and publishing held at a hotel near the Los Angeles Airport. From what I remember, there were two ticket levels for the seminar—a ”standard” level and a ”VIP” level. ...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed 1 CommentNow Is the Best Opportunity You Will Ever Have
Take a moment and look over your shoulder. What do you see? If you look closer, you will realize there is something quite sinister looming there: your own mortality. You are going to die. You might die today, next week, a year from now, or 75 years from...
Filed under How to Succeed 2 CommentsA long time ago, more than a decade back, I found myself standing on the side of the road, on a turnpike, somewhere on the East Coast of the United States. I had been dropped off on the side of this strange highway by a woman I was with, who, in a fit...
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