KEEPING YOUR SPIRITS UP DURING YOUR JOB ...
We all know about the ups and downs of job hunting. Some weeks are very active with interviews and meetings, while others are slower. Here are things you can do to keep your spirits up. SPEND ENOUGH TIME ON YOUR JOB SEARCH Job hunting while unemployed should take up about 35 hours of your week. This includes research, networking, meetings, direct mailings, interviews and writing...Learning About the Job Hunt from Ferris ...
Found in The Wall Street Journal By John Brownrigg John Brownrigg was a senior manager at Corporex Companies LLC, a real estate development company. Mr. Brownrigg, 54, was laid off in August 2008 after almost two years with the company. Previously, he worked on commercial real estate and construction projects for General Electric, Ericsson and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital...Learn From Mistakes
By ALEXANDRA LEVIT I spent most of my early career trying to do things perfectly. And as you can imagine, this didn’t work out very well. Screw-ups happen, and how you cope with them is a strong measure of your overall effectiveness in a work environment. Courtesy Alexandra Levit Alexandra Levit Merry Miller, 39 years old, of New York City, was a professional harpist and a...How to find the right job for you
found @ “Brazen Careerist” written by Penelope Trunk’s September 23rd, 2009 We reorganized the company today. We brought in a new, interim CEO, who’s not me. For many entrepreneurs, that is their worst nightmare. But I couldn’t be happier. For one thing, it’s a sign that my company, Brazen Careerist, is doing well. Remember when the company was running out of...4 Common Job Hunt Dilemmas Solved
By Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing Overcoming unemployment during a job market drought can present quite the dilemma, all on its own. It can be particularly problematic, however, for job seekers without a college degree or with a questionable work history, for instance. Barriers such as these are all it takes in today’s highly competitive job market to screen job seekers out of...Strategic Job Search – Researching...
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their positive comments about my first article. It is my pleasure to share my experience on The Job Trekker, and in return get your feedback and questions. Last week I discussed assessment tools that help you identify or target the jobs and industries most suitable for your skills and goals. Maybe you are already doing...Brave or Brazen? Bold Tactics Don’...
Found in the Wall Street Jourmnal: 8/31/09 By DANA MATTIOLI Recruiters say more job seekers are taking unusual steps to be noticed—almost always without success. Instead, the recruiters say candidates often hurt their chances by appearing brazen, overly persistent or rude. In April, a job candidate scheduled an hourlong interview for himself by sending a meeting-request invite via...Laid Off And Looking
The Wall Street Journal follows out-of-work M.B.A.s as they search for jobs in a post-meltdown world.Found www.wallstreetjournal.com August 28, 2009, 7:30 AM ET By Kenneth Jones Kenneth Jones was laid off in March 2009 from Nortel Networks Corp. where he worked as a services product line manager. Mr. Jones spent 11 years at the company with roles in IT operations, software development,...DOWN, NOT OUT : HOW TO BOUNCE BACK
LOSING A JOB CAN BE A CRUSHING BLOW — HERE’S HOW TO BOUNCE BACKBy TORY JOHNSON August 3, 2009 In 1993, I was a 22-year-old hotshot. Or so I thought. As a publicist for NBC News, I was living on the Upper West Side, enjoying a nice life. Not bad for a girl from Miami Beach who had always dreamed of making it in the Big Apple. I was on a roll. While still in college, I had...Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philo...
Found on www.ted.com Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure — and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work. Share on...
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