job search guru

job search guru

Abraham Lincoln, Bringing People Together, and Your Career

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)
Loading...

Several years ago, after September 11, 2001, I was speaking with the founder of an internet consulting firm in San Francisco. The firm was getting ready to close its doors and go out of business because all of its work had gone away. During the several...

continue reading >>

Filed under Advancement, Featured Leave a Comment  

You Need to Be in Favor with the Right People

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (2 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Loading...

When I started my first company, back in 2000, I and the other people who were with me at the time sat down and had a three-day meeting during which we discussed what we wanted the company to be then and what we wanted it to become. It was an incredible...

continue reading >>

Filed under Advancement, Featured 2 Comments  

Practice Makes Perfect

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading...

A year or so ago I was at a wedding, and a very successful doctor started talking to me. I was very impressed with this doctor and already knew of him through several people before our meeting. He was involved in some fascinating and cutting-edge research...

continue reading >>

Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 7 Comments  

Finish What You Start

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (4 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)
Loading...

If you drive less than an hour outside of any major city in America, you will very quickly begin to see a different world. Typically, in the best neighborhoods and areas, the lawns are well maintained and there is not much to see beyond trees, flowers,...

continue reading >>

Filed under Featured, Goal Setting 20 Comments  

Find Joy in Your Life’s Work-and Never Be without Work

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading...

In my work as an advocate for people to find jobs, I insist that the people who work for me enjoy their own jobs, and this includes the recruiting team. I expect the recruiters I work with to thoroughly enjoy, appreciate, and respect the people they...

continue reading >>

Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Goal Setting 8 Comments  

Charlemagne, the Roman Empire, and the Importance of Good Leadership

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading...

Over the past several years I have become fascinated with leaders and entrepreneurs and what makes them successful. The power of an entrepreneur or leader — to take an idea, unite people around it, and create a long-functioning and successful organization...

continue reading >>

Filed under Featured, Life Lessons 1 Comment  

Feral Children, Puzzles, Jews, and Filters

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (3 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)
Loading...

I remember growing up around kids with books of puzzles and games in elementary school and junior high school; these were always the kinds of kids that did not fit in. They also got beat up after school, were awkward during gym class, got pushed around...

continue reading >>

Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 3 Comments  

Sick Crows, Your Attitude, and Being on the Winning Team

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading...

Over the past week I have been witnessing something extremely unusual in my backyard. There is a crow outside, who appears to be ill – he’s not doing well at all. The crow appears to be infected with West Nile Virus. He wanders around appearing...

continue reading >>

Filed under Featured, Staying Positive 6 Comments  

Scientific Advertising By Claude Hopkins

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
Loading...

Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins is one of my favorite books. It is a classic book and something that many people I know who are extremely successful have claimed as the source of their success. The book was the first popular book to talk about...

continue reading >>

Filed under Self Improvement Books Leave a Comment  

Influence: How to Exert It

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

Yoritomo-Tashi presents to us ideas that enormously dominate the human mind through this tremendously inspiring book, Influence: How to Exert It. In the twelve lessons contained in this book, the methods by which influence may be exerted and exercised...

continue reading >>

Filed under Featured, Self Improvement Books 3 Comments  

« PREVIOUS   showing 31-40 of 51   NEXT »

Job Market

The Importance of Fitting In

By on Jun 13,2024

The ability to fit into your work environment is among the most important parts of obtaining and retaining a job, even more so than your skill level. Fitting in means nothing more than being comfortable in one’s work environment, and making others similarly comfortable. Employers want to hire people who will embrace their approach to business and the world on physical and moral levels, so you must strive to fit in with their worldview.

continue reading

recent posts

Want Powerful Career Advice?

Get my free newsletter and strategies that make people successful



Subscribe!