To get a good job, you do not have to sell yourself. Needs-meeting is what you are after – yours and others.’ You are offering to help those you meet support their own and others’ needs getting met. A Profile is a tool to a) help you think through what you want to do, what you’re best at, b) see the value of it, c) work out how to communicate it and d) help others see the value and help you communicate it to others beyond the conversation you are in. When you are available to be found to fill certain needs, you can be offered the job of your dreams.
Read moreMeditation on a Pear in Job Search Space
What do you think about pear, about being in a job search, trying hard to be found?
Read moreIt Takes a Metropolis
Starting my business has required the talents of many people beyond my own. Here are the talents I received in abundance from my colleagues, friends, acquaintances and people I’ve never even met, yet they’ve had important influence on me developing my business:
Read moreThe Unbearable Slowness of Time During a Job Search →
Job Seeker time is different from the rest of the world’s time. What makes it disorienting is what isn’t there, a loss of the sense of time –
Read moreFor the Record, I Do Not Hate Resumes (I just don't want you to use them much)
The goal of a resume is never to get a job. NO resume can get you a job. A person will get you a job, a person who senses that you are the fit they need. The goal of a resume development process is to find out who you are,
Read moreDo you feel like you’re looking for a needle in a haystack? Instead, Be the Needle!
There are two ways to find a job: look for a needle in a haystack, or be the needle employers are looking for. How do you do that? Read on…
Read moreThere Are Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics to Drive You Into New Action in Your Job Search
Job seekers complain that there are no jobs. Here’s why it seems like that: Less than 6% of the jobs that will be filled by professionals are found on job sites. So what’s a job-seeking professional supposed to do?
Read moreBest Career Advice for Shortening Your Job Search →
“Why, oh why is my search taking so long?!”
Very often obstacles blocking us from successfully concluding our job searches are internal to us, not the external problems we are led to believe. I’ve seen this over and over again and I can help you identify and remove them. This video will share some stories of what happens when we’re unaware of how we interact with people and how much hope there is for us to complete this part of our journey with hope in our hearts and joy I our eyes.
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