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What do you do when you can’t exactly answer the question that’s been asked you in an interview? Sometimes you need to reframe the question, to look at it in a less obvious way. In other words, you come up with an effective work-around – like those clever ones that get you past various roadblocks [continue reading…]
I’m going to tell you a secret. Job search books aren’t my favorite thing to read. Nevertheless, I’m enjoying Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get a Great Job by Orville Pierson, and not just because it’s well written and has an encouraging tone. This book does a great job of dispelling the [continue reading…]
Interview authentically and strategically. These are the “yin and yang” of good interviewing. Actually, these aren’t truly opposites. The real opposite of strategy is randomness, or carelessness, which sometimes comes wrapped in the flag of “just being real.” Many job candidates fail to be strategic. They interview in an honest and straightforward way, but without [continue reading…]
I know, it seems way too slick to mention this much-loved old New Year’s Eve hymn in the same breath as a suit-and-tie word like “networking.” But the old song asks a good question: “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never called to mind?” You may have old friends and acquaintances you haven’t talked to [continue reading…]
I’m pleased to have contributed two of the “Top 25 Tips” for a recent article on About.com. What will you do to make 2014 a very rewarding year in your career? How can I help? Share1ShareTweet
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