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Practice Economic Disobedience in Your Job Search
By: Peter Weddle
What would you do if you were approached by a secret online group of workplace activists who said vulture capitalists had rigged the job market against you? And, how would you react if they also told you that the only way to protect yourself was to practice “economic disobedience?”
What’s “economic disobedience?” It’s the practice of refusing to accept the boxes employers try to put us in. These boxes limit our sense of possibility – our hope for the present and the future – and, as a result, they undermine our ability to achieve success.
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By: Paul A. Greenberg
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Why Intelligent Enthusiasm Always Wins the Job Offer
By: Martin Yate, CPC
In a tightly run job race, when the two top candidates have equal qualifications, the job offer will always go to the most intelligently enthusiastic candidate. The problem for most of us is that interviews are stressful events, and under stress our defenses go up and any natural enthusiasm for our work is buried in a wall of stiff professionalism. This can get in the way of winning job offers, because employers see enthusiasm for your work as signal that:
Read MoreCan You Handle A Restaurant Interview?
By: Martin Yate, CPC
Restaurant interviews usually happen once you have demonstrated that you are capable of doing the job. Consequently, an invitation to talk business over food means that you are under strong consideration. Meeting in a restaurant offers the interviewer a chance to see you in a social setting that encourages examination of the more subtle skills that play a role in work once you begin to climb the professional ladder of success.
Facing a hiring manager’s questions is bad enough, simultaneously eating and drinking only increases the stress. As the questions fly, your social graces, communication and inter-personal skills are all being judged, as is the question of whether you can be trusted to represent the company gracefully and in a professional manner. Interviews in restaurants can be recipes for disaster unless you pay attention to some simple rules.
Read MoreAre Your References Working For You?
By: Martin Yate, CPC
It is said that 75% of employers check references, yet many people never speak to their professional references at all, or do so only at the end of a job search, when a job offer is imminent. This can be a costly mistake.
When you intend to use certain references because you believe that they will speak well of you, why not confirm it and leverage that good will throughout your job search? References can represent superb networking resources, after all, who better to ask for a lead or a referral than someone who knows and thinks well of you? Contacting potential references can even lead directly to jobs with their employers. The worst that can happen is that you identify and have time to replace a weak reference with a strong one.
Read MoreTen Ways to Ruin an Interview
By: CareerCast.com
You've sent out countless resumes and have finally been called in for an interview. This is the point where you can make it or break it. If you perform well, you may finally get the job you've been looking for.
Then again, if you commit one of these 10 ways to ruin an interview, you'll be walking away with nothing to show for it. These do's and don'ts should prepare you for the interview so you don'tmake any mistakes.
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