Recent Articles from John Heckers
Best of CoBiz: Eight slimy job scams
Unfortunately, there is a great deal of dishonesty in the job business these days. The dishonest ones make people wary of employing valuable and even necessary services. Don't let the con people con you. Know what you're signing and know with whom you're dealing before you spend a penny.
Best of CoBiz: Five ways to avoid blowing up your new job
The time from final interviews, negotiations and offer until the end of the first 90 - 120 days of the new job are times that are fraught with land mines. Here are a few of them and how to step around them gingerly. Kaboom! Your mouth. What and how much you say can doom your new job or, at the ver...
Best of CoBiz: The top three mistakes people make when it comes to work
As much as possible, ignore money. And, yes, I have taken this advice myself. Money isn't everything. While you have to pay your bills, maybe it's time to look at ways to reduce those bills to allow yourself to work at something that will bring you deep satisfaction. How much is your happiness wor...
Best of ColoradoBiz: Burn your resume!
Did you know that you have a less than 1 in 500 chance of getting a job through the sending of an unsolicited résumé? Did you know that your chances of getting employed through a job board are about the same or less? So why do people spend so much time and money on their résumés? Here are some rea...
Best of CoBiz: Six reasons why your networking isn’t working
So you think you're networking all of the time but you aren't getting the job leads you want? The likelihood is that you're networking in the wrong places or in the wrong way. You, honestly don't have time to do that. It is brutal out there! The longer you are unemployed the rougher things are goi...
Best of CoBiz: Top 10 tips for executive-level networking
Everyone at an executive level knows that almost the only way to find a great executive job is through a network, Job boards don't work, the internet is a joke and headhunters only have a few of the top jobs (though you should always take a headhunter's call). No, if you want a truly great job, yo...
Best of CoBiz: You gotta have game …
Looking for a job is like looking for a mate. You've gotta have game. Now, some people on their high horses will object to this reality. They're also probably the people who sat alone Saturday night after Saturday night. Your choices, whether in the dating realm or the employment realm, are to get...
Top 10 reasons Boomers aren’t getting hired
Is it age discrimination? While there certainly is some of that going on, there are many valid reasons why people 55 and older have a harder time getting employed. Here are 10 of them. 1). You’re way too expensive. An insistence on a high salary is the main reason Boomers are staying unemployed. There are […]
Walking a path with heart
It’s 6:00 a.m. The alarm goes off. What is your reaction? Well, if you’re a night owl, like me, the reaction is “Who the heck set that alarm wrong?” But, if you’re someone who gets up early for work, your reaction will either be one of anticipation or groaning because it is just another boring and […]
Welcome onboard – watch your step!
Many of you reading this are going to be getting employed soon – January at the latest. It is now time to think beyond the job search to the start of a new position. There are several things to be aware of with onboarding. Here are a few. 1). Watch your new boss. Regardless of […]
Eight great tips to get your phone calls returned
In a recent search for a new health insurance broker, I made what turned out to be a pretty major mistake: I posted a request for good brokers on LinkedIn in my groups. I was inundated with calls. Some of them got to give me their pitch, but many lost the opportunity for an immediate sale. Here a...
Top 10 ways social networking can kill your job search
If you’re on a job search, you’ve probably been either coerced into using social networking or it is your native element. Whichever, there are a few things that you need to watch to avoid social networking becoming the graveyard of your job search. 1). Don’t believe you have privacy. One of the most common errors […]