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Hannah was on TV last night talking about resumes. Give her some love and check her out! Link. I had trouble with audio in Firefox.

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Tom Peters goes old school. Well…not that old…but he digs out 3 books he did in the 90′s. The Project 50: Fifty Ways to Transform Every “Task” into a Project That Matters! The Brand You 50 : Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an “Employee” into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion! The [...]

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Hey! That’s me! Sarah Needleman wrote a very good article on Dec. 9 in the WSJ: Explaining Your Layoff to a Job Recruiter. She provides a few excellent pieces of advice. 1 – don’t be too focused on a geographic area. “cast a wide net”, Needleman recommends. Don’t rule out ANYTHING. All industries, sizes of [...]

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LOVE this post from Seth Godin. It is valuable and relevant coaching on how to interview. Seth advocates putting on a show. Driving. Taking control. Not being passive. If you put on a show and drive the interview process you increase your chances of getting to do stuff that YOU want to do the WAY [...]

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On Nov. 12, I posted about an article from the HBR by Marshall Goldsmith. Goldsmith provided 4 helpful tips on what to do now that we are apparently in the End Times. Hannah, my long time friend and mentor, made a comment wondering why it takes a crisis of such magnitude to do the things [...]

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According to Marshall Goldsmith in his regular column for the HBR, “we’re not going to unplug the sun and live in the dark.” I love it. Goldsmith responds to his 20-something children this time around about their fears regarding their jobs. He provides 4 solid pieces of advice: 1. Cowboy up. Steel your mind. It [...]

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Dana Mattioli writes an article in the WSJ online edition detailing the trials of people attending job fairs. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? are you attending job fairs. Mattioli’s first subject spent an hour and 45 minutes on the bus, 45 minutes WAITING IN LINE, and then another 30 minutes actually inside the event to [...]

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And again, he’s right. Hannah asked me the other day about a book and TP wrote about it today! It is starting to freak me out a little. Following up on my post from the other day about being in the moment, TP calls us out on meeting apathy/anger. I admit….I suffer from this. And [...]

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I love one of Tom Peters’ latest post: Take it From Your Old Pappy for many reasons. First, he’s right. Of course. “the goal, as in the goal, is always, as in always, to make the absolute most of the moment—because, to state the obvious but often ignored truism, the moment-this moment is all we [...]

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Alina Tugend continued extended her article on how to use the web to find a job from the NYT. “When Job Hunting, Be Your Own Salesman” contains excellent, common sense advice to the thing we all dread most – “networking”. She collects a series of tips from various folks: Know the goal of the conversation [...]

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