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The Art of War for Job Search (Part 2)

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Continuing the analogous relationship between war and a job search from The Art of War for Job Search (Part 1), additional points from the thirteen chapters of Sun Tzu’s book on how to win follow here: Strategic Military Power – The use of inherent power should be self explanatory, but other translations of the original Chinese text have this chapter titled Energy (Giles), Directing (Wing) or Forces (Wee). All of these titles indicate the need… Read More »The Art of War for Job Search (Part 2)

The Art of War for Job Search (Part 1)

A classic in modern military study, The Art of War by Sun Tzu has its origins in two and a half millennia of Chinese tradition. It not only survives to this day as a military document it has found its way into other doctrines and a diverse number of applications. My copy of The Complete Art of War is the 1996 English translation by Ralph Sawyer and it is reputed to be one of the… Read More »The Art of War for Job Search (Part 1)

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 25 thru December 1, 2012

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In case you missed this week’s articles, here is a summary:               The Best of Make HR Happen  – This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen.             When is Enough Enough? – In college I was extremely fortunate to have friends… brothers in both a spiritual and fraternal meaning of the word… who had a unique way of educating… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – November 25 thru December 1, 2012

When is Enough Enough?

In college I was extremely fortunate to have friends… brothers in both a spiritual and fraternal meaning of the word… who had a unique way of educating each other on reality vs. fiction in life. It was a tough-love type of message that could only be communicated by people who were close enough to get the message when outsiders might have been offended. What was that message? When one of us would get a little… Read More »When is Enough Enough?

Job Seekers and the Sisyphean Slippery Slope

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A Greek myth as related by me… in a nutshell – Historically, Sisyphus was the founder and King of Corinth. According to Greek mythology, he was a very bad dude (not a literal translation). Those were tough times, but even in that day he was seen as a thug,murdering travelers passing through his city just on a whim. Nothing was sacred to him and even the gods knew him as a cunning trickster. He even… Read More »Job Seekers and the Sisyphean Slippery Slope