Archive for March, 2013

By far the biggest mistake that job seekers make today is spending too much time on-line looking for a job. I’m not suggesting that this is not an important part of the process, but with competition for jobs so tough these days, the chances that you’re going to simply apply on line and land that job are very slim. In fact, by the time a job is actually posted on-line there is a high probability that the primary candidates have ...

A woman attended one of my workshops recently and at one point I asked her a fundamental question – “How do you make a difference?” She went on at great length trying to answer the question, but she didn’t have a concise answer.

The number one mistake job seekers make today is that they cannot put their finger on what is the essence of who they are. With such a critical question they can’t give an answer that is tight and ...