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Setting Expectations: Recruiters as a Constant Career Companion

If it is done right, the bond of trust that is built between a recruiter and candidate for hire is stronger than almost any others that happen after the hire. A recruiter is not a social worker, but honesty between professionals builds a relationship that may last a lifetime. One internal company survey that explored this phenomenon saw a perception that the human resources partner for a group had less trust or recognition as an… Read More »Setting Expectations: Recruiters as a Constant Career Companion

Egoism: Enemy of Employment

One truth that we live by is that we need to look out for Number One… if we don’t toot our own horn nobody else will do it for us. It seems that we have all suffered from the perception that our trust has been betrayed by those we expected to help us. In a knee jerk reaction we rely on egoism to guide our actions and we learn not to expect help from anybody.… Read More »Egoism: Enemy of Employment

A Job Search Requires More Than One Lens

All of us are people-watchers at one time or another. We can find amusement in watching people perform in their own one-act unrehearsed and unplanned play as they stumble through life unaware that anyone is watching. When it becomes necessary, we consciously, or maybe unconsciously, focus our observation on others in order to learn acceptable behaviors and successful patterns of actions. For a job seeker, there are many lessons to be learned about changing the… Read More »A Job Search Requires More Than One Lens

Slaying Your Dragons in 10 Easy Steps: A Job Search Tutorial

Our images of dragons have two possible sources: Mythology or an actual incident that by the game of gossip has been exaggerated into the fire breathing monsters we see in movies. Contributors to Wikipedia give several possible sources of the story of Saint George and the Dragon. Looking for a logical explanation for the legend other than pure entertainment of the masses, the story from Wormingford in Essex, England sounds the most plausible. “A dragon,… Read More »Slaying Your Dragons in 10 Easy Steps: A Job Search Tutorial

A Job Search Is Reality, Not Reality TV

Well, the truth is out now. I absolutely loathe reality TV. One part of me is in deep admiration of the producers who epitomize capitalism by capturing something that is marketable, selling the concept and raking in tons of cash. God bless America! On the other hand, most of them appeal to the most frivolous of all animal instincts and with shock and awe attempt to pass off abnormal behavior as reality. These should all… Read More »A Job Search Is Reality, Not Reality TV