A reader of this blog is Jacob Share, who runs JOBMOB in Israel. Since he is the same industry as we are, I thought it would be interesting for my readers to hear a foreign perspective on the recruitment process. Jacob wrote this post exclusively for us. While the job hunt is universal, every country [...]
Archive for June, 2008
How Job Hunting in Israel is Different.
Posted in June 16th, 2008
by admin in Work-related
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The One Sales Tip That Prevents Objections
Posted in June 13th, 2008
by admin in Work-related
This may well be listed under “annoying and breathlessly obvious” to most of you, but here it is. Too often, we hear sales people fail to present their price correctly. They are either embarrassed by the price, wish it were lower (because they think everyone makes decisions based on price alone), or just have doubts [...]
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Follow Up on the Farm Job.
Posted in June 11th, 2008
New technology and media fascinate me. I am laughing at myself here because I was the guy back in the 80′s who looked under the fax table to see where it really came from. And now, TIVO-ahead and now I am even blogging, mostly instead of building birdhouses or playing bridge. Anyway…. Recently, I went [...]
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42 Rules for Your First Week. Do’s and Don’ts.
Posted in June 10th, 2008
So yesterday Harley and I are talking about his daughter who is working at a hospital in Tennessee. She’s 23. She is assisting in the emergency room when a doctor decides he has to intubate a patient. If you happen not to watch HOUSE, you can see what intubate means here. Right as he is [...]
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The Too-Cool-To-Work Worker and What To Do With Him.
Posted in June 9th, 2008
by admin in On The Job...
It starts in grade school. Depending on the school, or the class, kids notice who is doing well in class, and who isn’t. The first negative comment might come from the biggest boy, or the girl with the blondest hair…it makes no difference or reason. But there it is—the kids pick on those other kids [...]
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The Anti-Graduation Speech
Posted in June 9th, 2008
(Admission: I once told a graduating class during a commencement speech that since they would not long remember what I said, the least I could do was to give them each a bag of M and M’s. That way, years later, if anyone should ask them about their commencement speaker, they could admit they forgot [...]
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Your Resume Headline Should Get My Attention, First.
Posted in June 5th, 2008
by admin in Work-related
HR people report they spend about 15 seconds on each resume. 15 seconds! How can you ever hope, then, to make your resume so appealing, so noteworthy that it makes it over to the next pile? The answer is NOT to print it on a toilet paper roll, either, or some other dumb idea. Instead [...]
The 30-Second Entrepreneur.* Thanks, Ken.
Posted in June 3rd, 2008
by admin in Work-related
Last month, Ken Blanchard released his latest book, The One Minute Entrepreneur. In it, he traces the fictional Jud McCarley as he starts up a new speaking business. Don’t get me wrong, it’s all good stuff: short, pithy advice from a proven author. (Not sure why it took three authors to write it, but that’s [...]
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