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Have
you made the commitment? Is 2002 going to be a better year for
you than 2001? Last year was brutal in so many ways: September 11th,
the obituary for the dot.com era, the most layoffs in decades.
But it’s finally behind us and we get to breathe a sigh of relief
and hope for a better 2002. A few New Year’s resolutions for
your career could be a good start, don’t you think? When it comes
to resolutions getting that raise, promotion or a better job is
usually near the top. Many of you realize the current employment
situation is temporary. Those who prepare now will benefit most when
times improve. Take a few minutes and catch up on current openings,
trends and more good career tips such as these our top
ten new years tips >>
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Priorities
by
Jeff Brown - Pres. Comprehensive Search |
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Setting
New Years resolutions is a tradition for some of us, unfortunately,
not keeping them is also a tradition for many. How do you
guarantee the most results from your efforts? Setting priorities
may be the key. By elevating what is most important to the top we
see quicker, more meaningful results and tend to stay more
motivated longer. Read
Article >>
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Watch
those References
- Jeff
Brown |
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By
now you’ve all probably read or heard about
George O’Leary who had just been hired by Notre
Dame as their new football coach only to resign in
disgrace. He reputedly claimed to have a Masters
Degree and to have played collegiate football,
when in truth he had done neither.
I don’t want to waste a lot of time
speculating as to the motivation of O’Leary or
for that matter of other people who do the same
thing. The
fact of life is a high percentage of resumes and
applications contain untruths.
More >>
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New
twist on an old friend. |
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As
recruiters we
seem to see it all. Job Seekers and Clients will do some
pretty innovative things just to get themselves or there
jobs noticed. One constant question we get is what can I
do to improve my odds of getting selected. Just recently I
noticed a candidate for a position sending a link to a web
page that contained his resume instead of an attaching it
to an email. His logic was that even though Word or
Acrobat documents are a de facto standard not everyone can
read them. Not only that, he added, but many company's
firewalls intercept all email attachments. So while you
are wondering if you are in line to be interviewed. The
hiring manager may be looking at an empty email
wondering... what's this?
More
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Changing
the rules |
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In the recent downfall of
energy giant Enron several facts are coming to light. One
seems to be that key executives profited while many
employees lost life savings. Certainly, this is another catastrophic
collapse. I am curious though of what elements led to the
downfall. Was there not someone willing (or able) to look
at the problems, voice an objective opinion and hopefully
effect action? Why do leaders take a Nero like position
and concentrate on trivial matters while Rome burns?
You may have heard people
speak glibly of insanity as "Doing the same things
over and over but expecting different results". In
business we are sometimes so close to the problem that we
fail to see what it is really doing to our business. So,
we keep on doing the same old things yet faithfully
or blindly expecting a different outcome. Through a
combination of several seemingly unrelated
experiences I recently managed to gain an insight into
looking at things from a new perspective and finally
change the rules.
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"I do what I say, I
say what I think, I think what I feel."
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Gandhi
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