Spring break is coming up and soon students all over will be looking for that perfect job. Or, not. Most simply find a job close by, or that pays enough, or is easy to get. If, on the other hand, you want a summer job that is fun, exciting and interesting, here are five things [...]
Archive for February, 2007
5 Things to Do Now to Get the Summer Job You Really, Really Want
Posted in February 23rd, 2007
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Let’s All Wish Dick Bolles (“What Color is Your Parachute?”) Happy 80th
Posted in February 22nd, 2007
Dick Bolles is about to turn 80 in late March. If you want to send Dick note, jot one down and mail to me at JobDig, 5051 Highway 7, Minneapolis, MN 55416. I will package them up all up and send them directly to him. For those of you who don’t know, before Dick started [...]
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Another Missive from Will B. Happy, Entrepreneur Turned JobSeeker (it’s been tough)
Posted in February 22nd, 2007
Some people tend to think of career changes as these big life changing events…they don’t have to be, do they? A career or any of life’s bigger more meaningful pursuits involves a macro huge goal with lot of little pieces loosely fitting together over time. I have had quite a few course corrections over the [...]
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Seven Steps to Remarkable Customer Service
Posted in February 21st, 2007
An entreprenuer, Joel Spolsky of Fog Creek Software, took the time to pass along his seven steps to remarkable customer service. You can read them HERE. Here is a brief tease: Number 2. Suggest blowing out the dust. Number 6. Practice puppetry. (I said brief–read the article, it will take you 5 minutes.)
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HR Cartoon of the Day
Posted in February 21st, 2007
Ok, I know it is about creatives and advertising…but doesn’t the same thing happen in almost any department? Especially in HR from other ‘professionals’ who think they know the HR skill set.
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Wil B. Happy: Still a Tough Road, But He is Making It
Posted in February 21st, 2007
So, now you are in a strange city, with no job, but a bright future, no doubt. Tell us about your new routine. One of my best friends lives in New York so it has been nice to catch up. My friend and his wife have a 1 year old child. Like many parents they [...]
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PLP-12: Britney Spears (it was the hair thing)
Posted in February 20th, 2007
by admin in Work-related
  You can now bid on Britney’s hair, ns, here. Open bid is $1million. OK, I chalked up the marriages to being a celebrity, and pretty much getting whatever or whoever she wanted. Then, her flashing incidents to poor judgement and too-short skirts. Then, the baby incidents to being a new mom, stress and all that. [...]
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More From Will B. Happy: Recovering from the Loss
Posted in February 20th, 2007
More of the interview with Will B. Happy, an entreprenuer who flamed out at his recent startup and is working his way back. It is a tough road, he is going through something akin to grief. I have heard that having the dream and executing the dream are two very different things. It is easy [...]
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Rubber Phoenix: Bouncing Back Up
Posted in February 19th, 2007
Interview Note: We have a family friend who is brilliant, educated in Europe, very successful at a string of big time jobs, he has even testified before a sub-committee of Congress on a topic in his field. Some time ago, he decided to start his own company. You have seen this happen before, right? A [...]
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Seriously Now: JobDig Will Translate Your Help Wanted Ads.
Posted in February 16th, 2007
For some time now, we have offered this world-class option for our customers—we will [tag]translate any help wanted ad[/tag] into any one of five different languages. If you are in [tag]HR[/tag], think how impressive you will be to have actually taken some concrete action on a diversity goal. Too many people pay only lip service [...]
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