Let’s talk about compensation…

Many people will tell you “the one who mentions compensation first loses.”  This assumes that pay is a zero sum game.  Personally, I think it is up to the company to mention pay first.  It may not mean that they tell you what the position pays first but...

Use your future memory in your job search

When I first heard the term “future memory” I as immediately attracted to it as it seems to be an oxymoron.  How can you remember the future?  Another term for this is “prospective memory” or “automacity.”  Many people might also...

What are you feeding your brain and your soul?

I feel that you can learn a lot about people by finding out what they listen to and read. The other night at a company dinner I overheard our CEO mention he listens to podcasts during his morning workout. I asked him what his favorite podcasts are. I have now added...

You need a kinetic job search

The word kinetic first came up in science class when talking about kinetic energy.  But then it came up again in news reports about battles in Afghanistan and Iraq as a “kinetic military action” or a “kinetic battle.”  It hit me… that is...

So what…

What is the right response to people when they tell you about a problem they are having or may have in the future?  There is an argument that “so what” may be the best response.  Not the demeaning “So What?!” that we have heard throughout our...

Break out of the Tick Tock of your job search

You keep doing the same think in your job search and yet you are surprised when you get the same results.  This is because we are stuck in the Tick Tock of the job search.  We do what we find comfortable, not what gets results.  Joseph De Sena in his book and podcast...