I have been a fan of Alexandra Levit for some time. If you are even remotely interested in career development, HR or job seeking, her voice is one of the clearest and best. You can find her almost anywhere when you simply google “careers.” When I received a pre-publication copy of her new book NEW [...]
Archive for January, 2010
There’s Cold and Then There’s COLD
Posted in January 13th, 2010
by admin in Work-related
Ed. Note: Last week, temperatures hit minus 20 degrees or so here in scenic Minnesota. I had to smile when I heard that schools in Nashville were closed due to the THREAT of snow. About that same time, someone sent me this email. 65 ABOVE ZERO: Floridians turn on the heat. People in Minnesota plant [...]
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Why HR Doesn’t Answer When You Apply
Posted in January 13th, 2010
My daughter did an experiment for me two summers ago. She applied to job openings she’d found on a couple of big online job boards. She was a recent college graduate and her resume looked similar to those that cross your desk. It was well done–no typos–and the cover letter was nice too, specifically addressed [...]
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This Terrorist Thing: Solutions Please
Posted in January 9th, 2010
Ok, people have been asking me about the terrorists, what suggestions do I have that might be helpful? After going through airport “security” a few days after the Christmas day bomber almost made it to the Virgin Promised Land, I thought I would pass along some thoughts. So in no ranked order, here are some [...]
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Ahead of the Bell: LinkUp Called the Jobs Number (and will continue to do so)
Posted in January 8th, 2010
Yesterday in his blog, @TobyDayton, using data provided by LINKUP, our job search engine that grabs only jobs off company website, ‘called’ the unemployment numbers issued today by the Department of Labor. Even though everyone else was predicting sunshine and roses, Toby said…wait, not so fast, the numbers from LinkUp tell a different story. The [...]
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There’s An APP For That.
Posted in January 7th, 2010
by admin in Daily Wisdom
Along with “Where’s the beef?” and “Can you hear me now?” this phrase–”TAAFT”–is being used everywhere in popular culture, not just in Apple ads. (disclosure: Apple is not giving me anythin for this ‘endorsement.’ Hint, hint) Catch phrase, I think they call ‘em. And Good Grief there’s even a website called App For That, where [...]
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Why Bloggers Are More Fun Than “Journalists”
Posted in January 6th, 2010
Ed. Note: Two days ago, this blog was named by MinnPost.com one of 10 Minnesota blogs that ‘deserve’ to be followed. This is a big honor, knee slap. That got me to thinking about this blogging thing. Why, how, when and all that. After doing some 1300-odd posts, I have reached the conclusion that is [...]
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Plenty of Jobs in the Sales Prevention Department
Posted in January 3rd, 2010
by admin in Daily Wisdom
Chances are good that your organization has a Sales Prevention Department, in addition to a Sales Department. Too many rules, too many discounts available for certain kinds of customers, or all sorts of hoops and barrier for sales people and customers to jump through and over before they buy. If this Sales Prevention unit has [...]
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Seth Godin’s “Frustration Decade” and Me.
Posted in January 2nd, 2010
Seth Godin’s first entry for 2010 is a wake up call for everyone who lives an engaged life. He sees two major trends happening in this new decade. In a strange way, I find this piece wildly motivational. I am wondering if you do as well? Why do think this motivates me? (Here are the [...]
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