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Get Rich Slowly linked to a post on How to Nail an Interview recently.There are some great tips here and I know some of you are out there hustling to find a new opportunity. Check it out. I like the authors methodology. Real world research. Not miscellaneous thoughts from people that did some hiring 20 [...]

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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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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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I’m fairly sure I have written about Rick Houcek before…I met him while I was a member of a TEC group. I love his passion. He gets fired up about stuff. In his latest email, he talks about changing up the types of questions he asks during an interview. He did this to change things [...]

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Back on 8/18, Tom Peters posed the question in his “Ways to Succeed” category asking: “Are there enough people on your payroll lacking common sense?” TP then urges us to think about it. I have been pondering it for a week now. I think he needs to phrase it a bit better. I think there [...]

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Through the magic of LinkedIn, I became privy to a personal branding nightmare. I had a friend and colleague contact me the other day regarding someone with whom I currently work. My friend (we’ll call him “X”) asked me to ask a current colleague, a former hiring manager (HM) from a MAJOR company here in [...]

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From Career Journal comes an article that is relevant to some of my friends that are currently out searching. The series is the “How I Got Here” which looks at the paths executives take to get to their current high-powered spots that they love. The subject of the post, Avid Modjtabai who is Executive Vice [...]

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My friend Harry over at MarketingHeadhunter.com posts a great story that runs counter to yesterday’s post. In yesterday’s post, I referenced a thought from Seth Godin that if you are truly the bees knees, you don’t need a resume. If you’re great, great opportunities will find you. Low and behold, Harry writes of a friend [...]

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Lifehacker beat me to it. Over the last week or so there have been two very interesting posts by Seth Godin and Penelope Trunk around personal branding and resumes. Lifehacker posts an article that ties the two together. Seth, always a practitioner of tough love says that if you are TRULY a rockstar then you [...]

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Yesterday, Lifehacker posted a link to a post from The Art of Manliness, on making a first impression. First impressions are a key element to building your personal brand. AoM recommends you focus on these key areas: Dress to impress. Look fit. Get an impressive handshake. (I am a nut about handshakes). Focus on speaking. [...]

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