Removing Obstacles to Success
July 7, 10:54 am
by Dan Bobinski
At a recent business breakfast I learned something about a potential vendor that made me decide not to do business with that person—The person’s bad manners.
Here’s what happened:
The menu was large and had a good variety to choose from, but nothing seemed to “fit” for this person. In a disgusted voice, the person […]
March 14, 2:23 pm
We love new inventions, and the Internet is one of them. Rank it up there with the light bulbs, the wheel, and 18volt power drivers on the list of AWESOME inventions. But the Internet if vastly different than those other inventions–because YOU play a part in it. Web-based services are now ubiquitous, and only God knows how many pages of info […]
December 24, 12:47 pm
Christmas time is a tough time for anyone to be out of work. Not only emotionally, but truth is that not a lot of businesses do any hiring in mid-t0-late December.
But — for a short time window — help is here, and it’s free. The outplacement firm of Challenger, Gray, and Christmas is providing free job search […]
September 6, 5:31 pm
Bill Cottle, Director of the Student Technology Assistance Program at Boise State University, tells me that their distance learning rooms are used for more than college classes.
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July 6, 3:42 pm
Ever land your dream job only to find out it was really a nightmare? Such is the possibility when we don’t do our homework. An interview should really go both ways: They’re checking you out / You’re checking them out.
But how do you check them out?
Well, I came across a few questions the other day […]
June 11, 4:18 am
Anyone who’s ever interviewed others for a job knows how time consuming it can be. So when something crosses my path that seems like it could make such a task easier, I tend to take notice.
That’s what I did when I heard about Simulation on Demand (from etc-easy.com), which tests and predicts success levels for […]
June 1, 5:16 am
Someone just sent me an article about mistakes made when job seeking from CareerBuilder.com and I have to laugh. When I’ve received resumes I never cease to be amazed at the blunders committed by job seekers. Probably the one that befuddles me most is providing a whacky email address.
The CareerBuilder article gives the examples of […]
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