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Posts Tagged ‘job’

No More Excuses — Get A Life Not A Job

Apr 18, 2010 | 1

About 6 months ago Paula Caligiuri and I did that social networking magic - we scheduled a call. Yes, a real phone call. Yep, we took it "offline" and talked, imagine that! Anyway, during the conversation she told me about her new book Get A Life Not A Job. I couldn't wait to read it... Did you know 94,365 hours of your life are spent working?…

A job as a Relationship — Is it a Fit?

Apr 04, 2010 | 6

Wedding day blues, cold feet, jitters...... that cold clammy uncertainty of the wedding day that many people experience. It's not unlike the committing to a new job. Most of us spend at least as much time with our work as we do our significant other. Peter Lanc has some tough questions for candidates and potential spouses..…

How to Work the Job Fair

Mar 27, 2010 |  

It's almost time for the NEPA Job Fair so I have been busy with the job fair blog, getting speakers lined up for the job search strategy seminars and working as a member of the great team that puts this event on every year. It occurred to me over coffee this morning that maybe the reason people come to job fairs with baby strollers, in flip flops and sweatpants is because it's held in an arena where they are accustomed to attending events as a spectator. Let me fix that misconception right now...…

Just Get Over It

Dec 18, 2009 | 11

Did you ever make up your mind about a person before you even got to know them based on their name, their appearance or something else about them? Ever get that gut feeling you just weren't going to like someone, or they weren't intelligent or it just wouldn't work out? That's dangerous behavior in the candidate selection process.…

Yes Virginia, You Can Get a Job During the Holidays

Nov 24, 2009 | 4

Holidays are supposed to be chipper and cheery, full of wassail and frosted cookies. Instead, for the unemployed it can mean deepening depression, further financial worries and feelings of no light at the end of the tunnel. But it doesn't have to be that way. With the right attitude the holidays don't have to get in the way of your job search and your success.…

I’m Recruiting You!

Aug 23, 2009 |  

To what length would you go to achieve a goal? How willing are you to do whatever it takes to accomplish a mission? Today I met with about 100 Army National Guard and Reservists to discuss their benefits under the new GI Bill. You know what? I was impressed. Now I'm recruiting you to go out and hire one (or more) of them. Here's my pitch...…

A Social Media Intervention

Aug 15, 2009 | 4

Broadcast into the twittersphere on 8-15-09, "Work sucks...screwin around on Myspace LOL". This calls for a social media intervention and a pack of Socialmediadone™ gum. We'll be talking about all this and more on Monday evening at 7:00P.M. with Ralphie Aversa on 97bht.…

Workin’ on Gilligan’s Island

Aug 01, 2009 |  

The travel agent booked you a seat on a three hour tour, you got caught in a storm and landed on an island with others that is a microcosm of society at large. You are a castaway in world not of your choosing where others are amused at your plight and your foolishness. Good luck sita' ... your job search landed you on Gilligan's Island.…

The Art of Baking

Jul 10, 2009 | 5

My col­league across the pond, Bill Boor­man, thought it curi­ous that I was hav­ing a dif­fi­cult time not mak­ing food analo­gies in my blog post com­ments today and told me he wanted to bake me a vir­tual cake. Thank you Bill for being my first guest blog­ger ♥ Now here’s Bill! I don’t know if…