by Kristin Davie, exclusive for WWDS. Kristin is a 2009 college graduate who is still looking for her first job. She writes about her search for all of us. In the popular 1989 movie Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner is commanded by an unknown force to build a baseball field in his Iowa corn field [...]
Kristin Davie–Still Looking, But Expanding Her Job Search
Posted in September 10th, 2009
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Monkey in the Middle
Posted in August 26th, 2009
By Kristin Davie, special for WWDS I was never a fan of monkey-in-the-middle as a child. I didn’t have a growth spurt until I was in high school and my brother seemed to come out of the womb at 6”3. My distaste has only seemed to have grown in adulthood, even at a respectable height [...]
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The Backstory: How One New Author Got His Book Published, by McGraw-Hill.
Posted in August 15th, 2009
by admin in Culture, Daily Wisdom, HR, Interviews with People Who Have Interesting Jobs, Job Seeker Advice, On The Job..., People, Quotes, Work-related
Ed. Note: Gary Cohen is a friend of mine here in Minnesota. He is a proven entrepreneur, one of the companies he started went from two employees to over 2,000. Seriously. He is a thoughtful, interesting guy to say the least. As he was developing his business, he discovered how important being a leader was [...]
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Indeed CEO on His Business Model: What He Said Is Not What You Think You Heard
Posted in August 5th, 2009
Ed. Note: There’s nothing quite like CEO-speak, as Indeed CEO Paul Forster proved recently in a podcast. So leave it to Toby Dayton, President and CEO of LinkUp.com, the fastest growing job search engine on the web, to clarify and examine exactly how Indeed makes money. Today and yesterday, he wrote two relevant and insightful [...]
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How Adam Lambert Can Win American Idol, Easily.
Posted in April 17th, 2009
First, I am no American Idol expert nor would anyone take musical advice from me. But that isn’t stopping me from giving Adam a bit of advice. Adam, for those of you who don’t know, is the semi-weird-but-charasmatic contestant who appears to be coasting into the finals. He’s no Carrie Underwood, but he is very, [...]
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Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, US Air Hero Lands On Hudson River; Speaks, 1/24/09
Posted in January 16th, 2009
Ed. Note: Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is the cadet in the middle. OK, I could have known him. Seriously. I was two classes ahead of him at the US Air Force Academy, meaning that in the summer of 1969…you remember that summer, don’t you?…I was one of the upperclass cadets who was responsible for his first [...]
What To Do When You Hear, “We’re Not Hiring.”
Posted in December 10th, 2008
“We’re not hiring,” is the HR equivalent of “your price is too high.” In both situations the candidate and the sales rep hang their head and move on. There is no faster way to get rid of a sales rep. And it is the exact same thing with job candidates. If the company or HR [...]
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Generous Bloggers, Career Coaches and Writers: Thank You.
Posted in December 6th, 2008
One of my favorite bloggers is Texas Robert Hruzek, whose blog at Middle Zone Musings is always a treat. Each month, he runs blog contests and the WILF theme for December is What I Learned From the Generosity of Others. I have made so many new friends by writing these infrequent and often off-point blog [...]
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The Jed Clampett Rule For Increasing Sales in Tough Times.
Posted in October 9th, 2008
by admin in Culture, Interviews with People Who Have Interesting Jobs, Job Seeker Advice, Work-related
Ok, bear with me. Jed Clampett was the main character on the hit TV comedy in the early 60′s, Beverly Hillbillies. Backstory: Jed was out huntin’ for some food, missed his shot, and up from the ground came a “bubblin’ crude, oil that is.” Watch the 54-second intro clip here: [youtube 2xKAEQNhjHs] Ok, remember that. [...]
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Ode to Toys
Posted in July 27th, 2008
Ever since he was a kid, Conrad was the smartest kid in the room, but still played well with others. He grew up with a slide rule hanging on his belt, but mostly today it’s all about programming, from T-SQL to .NET, and he applies his wide experiences to solving business problems for his clients. [...]
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