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Job hunting triumphs come often. Getting a job is always the cumulative result of a hundred victories. Those victories should be celebrated over and over in your mind. Yes, you need to notice that you failed to finish the next step, but you shouldn’t focus on a defeat and exclude the victories leading up to [...]  In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. (unkn) Are goals useful? One famous study showed that people with written goals coming out of college earned several times more than people without written goals. But, look at yourself. If you still have the same written or unwritten goals you [...] When I started at EDS I was learning at an incredible rate. Pay raises came quickly and easily. By my third year things slowed down. By my fifth year I settled into a dreary cycle of little new personal growth and cost of living raises. I managed to get assigned to a new team using [...] The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that preys on speed records and shortcuts, unmindful of the past, uncaring of the future, existing only for the moment and the quick fix. (Jeremy Rifkin) Lufkin is the premiere maker of the pumps sucking oil from Oklahoma’s prairies. In 1981 used Lufkin [...] Most of your frustration in a job search comes down to 2 situations at the company you are applying for. First, the recruiter is told: “We have a candidate we like better, but we want you to keep Jim warm, okay? We might end up hiring Jim if this other guy doesn’t work out. Don’t tell [...] This is a great article on how to get a job. It summarizes a lot of the ideas I try to get across. Here’s how a gentleman in the advertising business made it from the mailroom to the head of the company. I call it “Be a fish out of water.” And you’ll shortly see why. [...] If you want to do something else, look for someone who can help you achieve that dream. You may first have to hitch your career to a place that will help you pay for the school education you need. The time will come when you are too constricted there. You will have the school education. Next you need People don’t want to be rude to you. People you work for don’t want to waste your time. The receptionist doesn’t want to stand in the way of your goals and ambitions. It is not human nature to wish the worst on strangers. Most often they are in your way through ignorance, incompetence or fear. The best solution is to At halftime the team is down by 20 points. In the locker room the coach says: “Yes, we got beat in that game we just played. Now we are going to play a new game. It’s time for payback. A new game starts when you step out on that court. You’ve got to adjust the [...] Are you the guy who meets a girl and after an hour says, “Let’s cut to the chase. I’m hot. You’re hot. Baby, if you won’t MARRY me tonight, you must not like me. Let’s just call the whole thing off.” When the fit between a candidate and the job seems perfect, and there is a delay, I often hear: “I’ve been waiting….. |
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