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I am a big fan of the site: Get Rich Slowly. The other day they ventured into career territory with a post from April Dykman (I like her bio): Five Career Moves with Exponential Returns. If you earn and spend money you should be reading GRS. It has helped put me and my wife (and [...]

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Just read an interesting piece in the latest edition of Money – Does Your Resume Make You Look Old? Lots of good solid resume tips here but there is one stand out for me. #8 – Delving Too Deep Into the Past. The author, Elaine Pofeldt quotes Wendy Enelow (trainer/author) who says you should only [...]

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I took my brother to Career Sherpa’s Employment Club meeting last night. She walked through her presentation on Using Social Media in Your Job Search. This made me feel guilty, because I was working on an update for this same subject. So – here it is. This goes into a lot more detail this time [...]

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I love when science validates my (several forms of) crazy. As many of you know, I seem to have some kind of mild fixation on shaking hands. I tend to rant about it. I talked to my 9 year old daughter about it yesterday as a matter of fact. (She gave someone a limp handshake. [...]

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The Keys To Unlocking Your Most Successful Career by Joann S. Lublin from the July 6, 2010 WSJ online is possibly the best article I have read all year about managing your career. Great, great stuff. Five simple lessons. 1. Network effectively. I already love Lublin. You’ve seen me rant about this before. She recommends [...]

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I started writing “a” blog on this day in 2004. I cannot believe it has been six years. I’ve been through a lot in that time.  I was running a telemarketing operation at the time. Then I had back surgery. I tried to launch an outsourcing business with some partners. That failed. I went to [...]

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We’re coming up on the sixth year anniversary of writing this blog. It has come in a few different looks. I started it as “Diligentia” which is just laughable now. I really can’t remember why i thought that was a good idea. BUT – I did start off with a tagline of “a blog about [...]

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I have been chewing on a few ideas for awhile now. Earlier this week I attended a Meetup for readers of Seth Godin’s “Linchpin”. The event helped me solidify some ideas. I liked the event. There were less than 20 people there. There was opportunities for “networking”. Welcome networking. Not 100 people in a room [...]

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Caught a post on Personal Branding Blog re: the essential skills we need to have in order to succeed in this “new world”. Very critical, very forward thinking. Here’s the list (hit the link to see the post in full): Social media and web 2.0 know how. (Aren’t we past 2.0 yet?) The ability to [...]

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I finished Seth Godin’s Linchpin a couple of weeks ago. I loved it. It is a very compelling read. It certainly makes you think. It is provoking. It is meant as a challenge. Artists think along the edges of the box, because that’s where things get done. Godin disputes thinking “outside the box” – and [...]

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