4 R’s for Successful Job Search Networking (guest blogger – Katherine Moody)

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Katherine Moody is this week’s guest blogger and our Subject Matter Expert for our Career Mastermind call on November 24th.  A self-proclaimed “reluctant networker,” she will talk about her vast experience on the topic and techniques to make the process easy, natural, extremely fruitful…and, …

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“Your Job Will Come” with Aaron Crowe – Job Boards

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On this episode of Aaron Crowe’s  ”Your Job Will Come,” we talk about the job boards.  We tackle why they don’t work, how you can work around them, the role they can play in your job search and much more.

In addition to hosting this talk radio show …

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Top 10 Tips for Terminating Telephone Terror (guest blogger – Wendy Weiss)

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This week’s guest blogger is Wendy Weiss   - “The Queen of Cold Calling™.”  She is the expert on making cold calls and will be our Subject Matter Expert on next week’s Career Mastermind call.  Wendy will cover why you must cold call, …

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How to Look for a Job without Saying So

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A coaching client came to me with an opportunity that appeared to be wrapped in a problem. Christine was a financial services executive who had been downsized as a result of crashing markets.  Her opportunity: to attend a tradeshow where the top companies for whom she …

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What the? – Strange Tales from the Job Search Front

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This week’s story from Neal Wiser will leave some of you shaking your head while others may wish to live vicariously through him.  Wherever you fall, the story is entertaining and Neal’s parting comment: priceless.

I used to work in Hollywood and once interviewed with a “hot” production …

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What the? – Strange Tales from the Job Search Front

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Many times there is a “question behind a question” in an interview.  But, this week’s “What the?” story from our reader Jean  has me wondering what it might be.  Take a read and then weigh in with what you think …

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When Getting to “No” is Better Than “Yes”

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The foundation to the success of every step of the job search – from identifying the right job, to securing the interview, to getting an above market offer – is in first identifying your “Solution.”  Without this firmly defined, …

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How I Got the Job – Andrea Greenwood: The Importance of Mindset

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This week my interview is with Andrea Greenwood.  As a financial services executive she experienced a double whammy in her job search: an imploding industry and depressed job market.  Despite that bleak combination, she championed the circumstances and “got the job.”  Listen in as she …

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“Your Job Will Come” Interview with Aaron Crowe

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Listen in as I am interviewed by Aaron Crowe for his BlogTalkRadio show “Your Job Will Come.”  We discuss techniques drawn from my military experience that can be implemented in the job search, a networking approach that trumps the “elevator …

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