Focus on the positive in your job search

Focus on the positive in your jobsearch Much of what I read about the employment market is negative. Here are some not-so positive quotes from the web: More Americans than ever before are not working with 92 MILLION people out of the workforce. Job-seekers are taught...

Focus on the positive in your jobsearch

Much of what I read about the employment market is negative. Here are some not-so positive quotes from the web: More Americans than ever before are not working with 92 MILLION people out of the workforce. Job-seekers are taught to grovel and beg for a job. How to deal...

Follow up

Follow up I am amazed at how few people follow-up after an interview.  Call me old-fashioned but it is nice for someone to take the time (it doesn’t take much) to write a quick email. For some hiring managers or recruiters this may just be feeding their ego but there...

Follow up

I am amazed at how few people follow-up after an interview.  Call me old-fashioned but it is nice for someone to take the time (it doesn’t take much) to write a quick email. For some hiring managers or recruiters this may just be feeding their ego but there is a...

What do we owe others?

What do we owe others? I just listened to the latest episode of the Freakanomics podcast which asks “Should kids payback their parents for raising them?” This is an interesting question in an of its self but what about the people who have helped shape you...