Category Archives: Marcus Buckingham

Brand vs Passion

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Steve

I had an interesting conversation with my son the other day.  He commented on one of my themes:  “The goal is to get a company to hire you for what you normally do”;  which he interpreted as building a career … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Job Search Tools

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Steve

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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Strengths (again)

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Steve

My last entry was on the book Now Discover Your Strengths so obviously it’s a key element in the Notes From the Job Search (NFJS) approach to job search. Another component of NFJS is our suite of weekly support groups … Continue reading →

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Now Discover your Strengths

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Steve

If you read this regularly, you will have noticed that I try to focus on the positive and help people build on their strengths. A piece of this comes from Now Discover your Strengths, and somehow I’ve missed writing the … Continue reading →

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