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The Dangers of Getting Jobs Through Friends
Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure. “Oh, I already have a friend there. I’ll just contact him.” In the job market, it’s one of the more common things we hear...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, Job Market 4 CommentsHow to Talk about Other Interviews in Your Interviews
One of the questions I receive quite often from people I work with is whether or not they should talk about other interviews while they are interviewing with a potential employer. Let me emphasize one thing: This is one of the more important questions...
Filed under Advancement, Featured, Finding a Job 3 CommentsDo Not Allow the Past to Limit Your Opportunities Today
My one-year old daughter calls a coffee cup “hot” and avoids coffee cups lest she get burned. Until she learns that the coffee cup can also contain coffee, milk, and other foods that will not harm her, she is likely to avoid coffee cups for...
Filed under Featured, How to Succeed, Life Lessons, Staying Positive 6 CommentsYour Ultimate Goal: How You Can Find Job Security
One of the worst things that can happen to people is getting fired from a job with no notice. It can be devastating to lose your source of income unexpectedly, especially in a contracting economy. Losing a job can color our perspective on the world and...
Filed under Featured, Keeping a Job, The Role of Jobs in Today’s World 8 CommentsKing Henry II and Understanding Your Employer
Under King Henry II in the twelfth century, England established a common law. This was a body of law that was common to all parts of the country. Throughout Europe at the time, there was a wide body of law that was applied—there were feudal...
Filed under Featured, Finding a Job, Job Market, Keeping a Job 2 CommentsThe Importance of Culture in Organizations
Employees’ level of success and overall happiness has more to do with a particular culture (which is sometimes also referred to as the personality of an organization) than with any other factor. This article discusses (a) the importance of organizational...
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts, Featured Leave a CommentDo Not Get Involved in the Social Side of the Office
Several years ago we had an employee at one of our companies who was extremely intelligent. This person was older and had worked at several jobs before coming to our company. Although he’d never excelled at any of these jobs, he’d done well enough....
Filed under Employment Do’s and Don’ts 25 CommentsDo Not Ever Be Afraid to Broadcast Your Value
One of my favorite quotes is by Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote: “Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” A similar quote is this: “Build a better mousetrap, fail to advertise it or let people know about...
Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, How to Succeed 3 CommentsAllow People around You to Feel and Believe Whatever They Want
When I was about nine years old, I was driving down the street with a relative and we saw a huge, pale man who was walking down the side of the road flipping off cars and screaming at them. The man didn’t have a shirt on and seemed extremely...
Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 6 CommentsIf You Want to Earn More, You Need to Be Worth More
Your financial requirements and what you would like to earn have nothing to do with what you are worth in the market. In running my various organizations, I have hired superstars from the very best universities with the very best work histories who ended...
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