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Top 10 networking tips for the January bubble
Some job-seekers have gotten discouraged with networking as their activities have not resulted in job leads or interviews. Those who feel this way are shooting themselves in the foot. Here […]
Top 10 ways for the jobless to de-stress the holidays
The holidays have once more hit us like the proverbial Mac Truck. If you’re unemployed over this holiday season, you’re probably feeling stressed and under pressure. Here are 10 ways to […]
Top 10 ways to get ready for January hiring
We are coming up on the January hiring bubble. It is likely to be very short and highly competitive this year. Here are some things you can and should do […]
Nine reasons to be grateful this Thanksgiving
It is once again the time of year when our minds and hearts turn toward the things for which we are grateful. In this continuing recessionary period (whether official or […]
Welcome aboard – 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 […]
Sexual harassment: 20 years after
This October marked the 20-year anniversary of the Clarence Thomas hearings, where Anita Hill came forward to report that she had been consistently sexually harassed by Thomas, who now sits […]
Seven symptoms of “Executive Think”
Netflix’s stock is rapidly becoming almost worthless, thanks to the failures of its executive team. Todd Ordal recently wrote a great article called “Netflix’s CEO: Traitor or Hero.” While I […]
Nine innovative job-search tactics
As I promised last week, here are a few innovative job search and networking tactics for you to revitalize your job search. 1). Use ColoradoBiz magazine. ColoradoBiz is a treasure-trove of […]
Eight ways to revitalize your job search
I am seeing a very disturbing trend in the ranks of the unemployed, especially those who are “long-term” unemployed (eight months or more). That trend is the tendency to give […]
Nine tips to help newbies build business cred
Congratulations. You’ve beat the odds and your freshly minted college or grad school degree has helped you land a great job with a good company. Unfortunately, institutions of higher learning […]
Top 10 deadly networking mistakes
Everyone probably knows that the only effective way to find employment in this market is to network. But too many networkers make deadly networking errors that can actually hurt them, […]
The President’s jobs plan: too little, too late?
Last Thursday, we heard a rousing speech from President Obama on the way to turn around the critical level of unemployment in our country and get people back to work. […]
