Category Archives: Persistence

The Key To Job Search

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Steve

Job Search has been written about, blogged about and talked about as much anything I know of short of sex.  Somehow, we keep finding more to say… My thought today is to simplify.  With all of the talk, writing etc. … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Steve

Do you pay attention to the news?  It sure has been weird when anyone talks about the economy!  Are we going over the “Fiscal cliff”?  That sure sounds horrible!  Who the heck wants to go over a “Cliff”?  Does that … Continue reading →

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Networking Success: Steve

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Steve

I had one of my clients challenge me about networking last week.  Her comment was “Name one person who actually got a job this way!”  Well, I’m that person.  I started in IT in 1982.  Between the current depression and … Continue reading →

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Informational Interviews

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Steve

We’ve been working on networking and “informational interviewing” in particular the last couple of weeks in the NFJS groups.  Doing this has brought home some of the challenges this process represents. For most of us, the very idea of going … Continue reading →

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The value of focus

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Steve

The NFJS groups have been have been working on researching companies and opportunities and this process re-enforced the value of having a specific goal.  There are all sorts of great old clichés for this, “If you don’t know where you … Continue reading →

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Working a Room Part 2

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Steve

I’m still working my way through How to Work a Room by Susan RoAne.  The next thing to capture my attention is her discussion of introductions.  I spend a lot of time working with people on their personal “elevator pitch” … Continue reading →

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Working a Room

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Steve

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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Humility

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Steve

This past week had a bunch of things going on that got me thinking about the nature of “humility”.  Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated April 4th, Passover started April 6th and Easter was April 7th.  All of them center … Continue reading →

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Preparation

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Steve

This blog has been focused on job search (it is after all “Notes From the Job Search”), but key to successful job search is being successful when you are working, then recognizing it and recording it.  I get it that … Continue reading →

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Brian’s Note

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Steve

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again:  The coolest part of my job is the people I get to work with.  We had our first ever  All-NFJS picnic over the weekend and it was just fun.  People from … Continue reading →

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