Category Archives: resources

Boolean Logic

It is really easy to be intimidated by a term like “Boolean Logic”.  What the heck is that?  There all kinds of discussions on the internet about it, but what is it? It’s actually fairly simple, the hard part is … Continue reading

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Working a Room

One of my favorite people and a former client, George Gibbs turned me on to a really terrific book on networking that I simply must pass on.  The title is, How to Work a Room by Susan RuAne.  As I … Continue reading

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Tools

For all of the cautions I throw out regarding internet use and getting lost in it etc. it brings some amazing resources into our homes/offices. Here are two that are new to me and that I’m really appreciating. I wish … Continue reading

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Top Ten Job Search Tools

Bruce’s Top Ten List got me thinking along similar lines, so here are the 10 things I think are the best tools in job search. 1. Friends; Kind of weird to put our friends in the category of tools, but … Continue reading

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Buzzwords

It’s amazing how persistent generalizations are. Recently, Manu Sharma posted a blog entry detailing the 10 most overused buzzwords in Linkedin Profiles in 2010. In early 2009 Squawk Fox posted a great article titled “Six Words that Make Your Resume … Continue reading

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Seattle Times Article

Looks like an article that has been worked on for the last several months will finally appear this weekend!  Check out Sunday’s Pacific Magazine in the Seattle Times.  It’s sad in a lot of ways, because there is a human … Continue reading

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Tuning Linkedin

Recently I ran into a really terrific video focusing on how a recruiter should use LinkedIn. This video is a blog post on http://www.booleanblackbelt.com/. The author is Glen Cathey who at least at the time this video was made was … Continue reading

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Dunn & Bradstreet’s Million Dollar Database

This post was written by Michael Casey. He is one of the folks working with NFJS and a salesman with a terrific track record who has committed to moving into a role that allows him to drive resource sustainability within … Continue reading

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Sustaining your job search

What does it take to continue something when you get no feedback? No complaints, no compliments, no objections, no heckling, nothing. I ask this because that’s what happens with 90% of your job search. It is also true if you … Continue reading

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Internet Tools

The longer I work in the area of job search and the more I learn about the various tools available to a job seeker, the more I realize how confusing it is. Perhaps the biggest challenge is figuring out an … Continue reading

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