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Top 10 ways to network through the holidays
The winter holidays are almost upon us! It is a fact that the job market slows down a bit over the holidays, and that people are a bit harder to […]
Top 10 ways to avoid a job-search scam
“How do I know if a career service is a scam or will help me?” This is the question I have gotten over the last year from a couple of […]
Eight great ways to ace an interview
Succeeding at the executive interview Let’s say that all of your hard work in networking pays off, and you actually get an executive interview. You want to be very careful […]
Eight ways to end the fear of fear itself
Some of you are afraid that you’re never going to work again. You’re afraid that you’re not going to be able to pay your mortgage, send your kids to college […]
Top 10 ways to recover from an office faux pas
We all do it (including yours truly). We all put our big feet in our big mouths from time to time, or display behavior that is inconsistent with the professional […]
Six reasons to bag the elevator speech
If you’re looking for an executive position, you, doubtless have been told that you need a “good elevator speech.” Like most pieces of conventional wisdom by the ivory tower theorists […]
Jobless? My nine-step plan
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed are solely those of John Heckers. CNN recently did a series of print and TV articles on a new and alarming phenomena in America. Many […]
Avoid the double whammy: layoff and divorce
Far too many of our executive clients come to us both in the middle of a career transition and in middle of a divorce. They rarely start the divorce proceedings. […]
The do’s and don’ts of networking: part 2
In my last article on networking, I gave eight cardinal no-no’s of networking. Here are a few more things that you should and shouldn’t do in your business and job-search […]
Top 10 ways to survive and thrive without a job
My last article on why it is counterproductive to extend unemployment benefits got comments that questioned my parentage and whether I had a heart — both of which I took as […]
Why NOT to extend unemployment benefits
(Editor’s note: The opinions expressed are solely those of John Heckers.) Congress has voted, once again, to extend unemployment benefits. Currently, one can receive unemployment benefits for up to 99 […]
Should you be the boss of you?
As jobs are more scarce in today’s economy, many executives decide to take the road of being self-employed, or forming a corporation with other unemployed executives. Sometimes, this is the […]
