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I watched the NBA Finals on Sunday night like a lot of people. As a Portland Trail Blazers fan, watching the Lakers win was like watching Lex Luthor (Kobe Bryant) take down Superman (Dwight Howard): the villain won. As I watched as the Lakers celebrated and the Magic sat there with glazed over eyes, I [...]
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If you haven’t guessed yet, I am a pretty action oriented. Not to abuse my self-imposed limit of one sci-fi reference per year, I subscribe to Yoda’s adage from Star Wars, “Do or do not. There is no try.” This isn’t an “A” for effort world here folks. Winners celebrate. Losers go home. I love [...]
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It is one of the first thing people say about composing your resume: make sure you don’t have any spelling mistakes. Or certainly, a spelling mistake means certain doom even if the rest of your resume looks great. And really, not a day goes by when I don’t see a comment on twitter about how [...]
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A few years ago, I listened to a lot of political talk radio. In an age when a bunch of my peers were listening to podcasts and that sort of thing, I was trying to dial in the static on the AM radio. I stopped listening to political talk radio because it is terrible. Now [...]
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Those who have followed this blog for a while may remember that I blog for Vault.com in addition to the other projects I have going on. I don’t highlight my work there too much but I wanted to point you all to a four week series I just completed about how to do a job [...]
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I love receiving reader e-mails. I got one this weekend that I just have to share with you all from reader Adam in Illinois in response to my post about stupid snap judgments that hurt your career:
Your advice always seems to benefit employers more than employees or job candidates. You really drive for advice that [...]
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Note: This is a guest post by John Flanagan over at CSN Chairs taking on my point that you can’t recession proof your job. A couple great points here so take a read. -Lance
It seems like every time you turn on the news, read the newspaper or just happen to overhear a conversation on the [...]
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I got an e-mail from Johnny over at AskMen.com about an article they published regarding recession proofing your job. I read it with great interest as I’ve seen a few of these sorts of articles before and they haven’t come through. What silver bullet would they demonstrate that could ensure success and job security during [...]
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I have seen several questions from both the employer side and the employee/freelancer side of the equation. Really much of it is coming around due to economic conditions. Some employers are afraid to hire a full time employee so they are considering contractors and freelancers. Some people who have been out of a job for [...]
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Two and a half years ago, I wrote about a job candidate being told they were overqualified for a position. Here is a quick excerpt:
I wouldn’t hire a VP of Sales to mop the floors (however much I would enjoy the sight). You want someone who will like the job, who will do well, and [...]
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