Archive for June, 2010
3 Front runners for the Larry King Spot
Four Good Questions for Your Interviewer.
How long have you been in charge of your present group? How many of the original people remain? How many people have left and what were the reasons for their departure? What sort of provisions do you make for this kind of turnover? Describe the sequence of work planned for your current project. Is the [...]
Cutting Down Trees, Some Chainsawing Tips I Heard About
I heard about this so I thought I would interrupt the normal subject matter and pass these two tips along. If you have a dead tree in your yard, and you decide to crank up your old chain saw…this is what I heard, mind you…be sure you check for a couple of things. First, check [...]
Networking Tool For Everyone (free)
They say the best method for finding a job is via “networking.” (The second best is to find a job on a company’s own website, made simpler by LinkUp.) But since few of us “network” for a living, we are awfully bad at it. I am trying to help here with a new tool you [...]
I Must Be Missing Something
Gulf Coast oil spill The spill has gushed at least 1.6 million gallons of oil into waters off the coast. [Since corrected to an estimated 126 million gallons as of June 21 by further research.] Ok, that is bad. But then there is this: Supertanker capacity varies, but Wikipedia says most carry about 2 million barrels. [...]
Tony Hayward is Tone Deaf
And since he has no PR advisers, I thought I would give him some advice on things he might want to avoid in the coming weeks, until the Oil Slick is a memory. 10 Things Tony Hayward Should Not Do 1. Don’t go bar hopping with Tiger. 2. Don’t be seen anywhere with that UK [...]
My Dad Could Be Superman If He Wanted and Other True Stories
Ed. Note: Remember those grade school days when you would brag about your dad? Some stories were real, others were fairly far fetched. Can you be BOTH Yogi Berra AND Superman? Over time, those larger-than-life dads, er, heroes, faded and became smaller, more real, flawed. It has been years since anyone asked me about my [...]
Heat Up Your Job Searching Skills: Networking 101 and 102
Ed. Note. The following post is part of the Career Collective series of monthly posts. The best way to find a job is via networking, people say. And the second way is via the company’s own career page on their website. My company finds all those company websites with careers and presents them to job [...]
Need Some Motivational Help?
I heard it again on Monday. A job seeker group wanted to know E X A C T L Y how to keep one’s motivation high when the frustrations of job searching day after day seem overwhelming. I didn’t have a great idea for them. Think Positive rah rah rah. Instead I should have told [...]
Why Soccer Won’t Catch On
Ok, flamethrowers at the ready? I tried to watch some of the World Cup soccer the other day, the USA vs UK match, game, gaggle, whatever they call it. Frankly, the noise drove me crazy. Come to find out the noise was not swarms of bees but a horn that is popular at soccer events [...]
