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A better way to job-search
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When the Job Search knocks you down then you have two clear choices, lie there, whine and complain, tell yourself that life isn’t fair and cry like a baby or alternatively you can get up and move on. We are going to ignore the first option as that should never apply and [...] When the Job Search knocks you down then you have two clear choices, lie there, whine and complain, tell yourself that life isn’t fair and cry like a baby or alternatively you can get up and move on. During the job search process there are a number of times when “following up” is an appropriate activity. These times include; after the application, after a networking meeting or after an interview. Let’s examine each of these: A tourist walks into a pet shop in Silicon Valley, and is browsing around the cages on display. While he’s there, another customer walks in and says to the shopkeeper, “I’ll have a C monkey, please”. Following our earlier post about equating job search to working with the Media or Press I thought it worthwhile to consider the section that is focused on having your quotes ready. Listening to the recent trials and mistakes being made by one of the world’s larger companies, BP it struck me that Job Search is very like dealing with the media or press. Thinking back to earlier parts of my career where it was deemed necessary that I undertook training in how to deal with the [...] Skimming through another piece of Spam email the other day as I was clearing out my junk mail the word “Keyword” caught my eye and I wasted 2 minutes of my life that I will never get back. I won’t bore you with the content but it did set me thinking just how important keywords [...] So here is a quick update on the “Should Men Wear a Tie to an Interview” question that we posed the other week. For those who missed it, the question is still live on LinkedIn and the more responses we get the happier we are. Question: Why did the chicken cross the road? Buddha: Colonel [...] Unfortunately, marketing is one area in a downturn that generally gets hit hard and early with layoffs. To add insult to injury, marketing is generally the last group to start hiring once the economy turns around. |
Simon Clay Michael
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