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Several years ago, we were launching a newsletter for law schools. One of our employees, who was working on the project, decided that the title of the newsletter should be, “The Signal.” He was very enthusiastic about this particular title....
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, Job Market, Life Lessons 4 CommentsWhen I was in college I remember going for an interview with the investment bank JP Morgan. I had no idea how I had gotten the interview but it was for something dealing with finance and statistical studies of Asian securities markets. I had gone to...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 6 CommentsSeveral years ago I was working with a distinguished law firm partner who had been given a few months to find a new job by his existing firm. The partner had not looked for a job in probably twenty-five-plus years and I think his confidence was ...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World Leave a CommentYou Need to Stop Competing and Seeing Differences Between You and Others
If you are looking for a job, trying to improve in your current job, or simply wish to experience a better life, there’s one thing you need to do: You need to be friends with everyone you meet in business, and stop competing and seeing differences....
Filed under Advancement, Featured 1 CommentThe Importance of Endorsements, References and Getting Others to Cheer for You
As a legal recruiter, one of the things I spent a lot of time doing was writing long, in-depth letters on behalf of my candidates. In many cases these letters would be over 10 pages long. The letters would contain discussions of the candidate’s...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job 2 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 CommentsMike Tyson, Distractions, Your Career and Life
I saw the most interesting documentary on Mike Tyson recently, James Toback’s Tyson. A review of the film in Time magazine relates: At first he was a variation on the proverbial 97-pound weakling: an overweight street kid from the Bedford-Stuyvesant...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed Leave a CommentOne of the most important things you can do in your career, business, and life is pay attention to details. With very few exceptions, the most successful people I have met always have an extraordinary ability to pay attention to even the smallest details....
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 1 CommentDucks, Semi Trucks, Upscale Doctors’ Offices, and Your Destiny
I have been keeping ducks as pets for some time now. I purchased the ducks when they were full grown, from a woman who raised them with chickens, and I migrated them into the little collection of farm animals that I have. These ducks were born and raised...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 2 CommentsThe Holidays Are the Best Time to Search for a Job
If you are serious about finding a job, it is entirely possible that your search may extend into the holiday season. To many people, conducting a job search during the holidays may seem like a bad idea. After all, employers have other things on their...
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