Have You Thought About Becoming a Motivational Speaker?

Thom Singer just wrote a post called Busy, but no complaints! The life of a motivational speaker.  Thom has been a speaker since I knew him, and was one of two authors I spoke with before I came out with my first book.  For most of the time I’ve known him he has had a [...]

How to Survive a Layoff

Manny Otiko is a PR professional who wrote a great post called Tips on Surviving a Layoff.  You’ll have to read his post to get the explanations of all of his points, which are:

Be Patient. Based on today’s economy he argues that it takes considerably longer to land a job – not our fault but [...]

What is your (career) purpose in life?

I’ve been thinking about a blog post from Penelope Trunk titled Being an expert takes time, not talent. On my mind was this part:
Figure skating is a good example. I figure skated for ten years. I was good, until I went through puberty and then was clearly the wrong body type to be doing double [...]

The Art of Finding a Job Fast

This week I read something from Richard Bolles (Author of What Color is your Parachute). He said the job search is not a science, it is an art. This is what has bugged me about a lot of job search advice – the advice comes across like a science (”do these 13 things [...]

The Only 2010 Career Resolution I Can Think Of

Oh sure, there are lots of resolutions to make.  Some are fans of making them, some are not fans.
Perhaps your job search resolution is to find your dream job.
Perhaps your career resolution is to get out of a dead-end job and move into a real career – again, your dream job.
Perhaps you resolve to network [...]

U.S. Unemployment Map – A Story

I got an email from Steven Gallison, who runs the Maryland outplacement organization known as POAC, with a link to a map that shows unemployment changes by county of a year.  This is a sobering depiction of what has happened with the unemployment rate over time … crazy stuff!
Note that the figures are based on [...]

Facebook for Executives

Tomorrow I’m doing a webinar called Facebook for Executives – I’m jazzed to share what I’ve learned about the new stuff in Facebook, and to help professionals and executives get up to speed on what they should be doing and how they could do it in Facebook.
Facebook is not the first, nor is it the [...]

The Job Search in a Recession

Another thing I learned earlier this week (at a job seekers network meeting, with over 100 job seekers) was that it’s better and easier to find a job during a recession.
The logic was that there are less people switching jobs – people who are employed are nervous to change jobs so they stay put, which [...]

The “Recession” is “Over”

Yesterday I heard the recession is over.  I immediately emailed the only guy I know who follows the numbers from the government and wondered what he would say, and I was surprised to hear his response.
Indeed, the recession may be over.  Mark Hovind’s analysis and conclusions can be found on his recession page.
I tweeted about [...]

Job Search (and Career) Epiphanies

I recently wrote a post called Becoming Uncommon in your Job Search, based on a blog post I read from Glen Plantz (original post here).  The idea is cool, along the lines of personal branding, and how to me memorable and unique…
Dan Johnson left a really insightful comment.  Dan has been in job search (and [...]