How to Get the Attention of Hiring Managers: Are You Properly Dangling Your Carrot?

You have only 15-20 seconds, at most, to get the attention of hiring managers.  In a high unemployment job market, you just must dangle a “value carrot” and communicate what significant results you can deliver and produce better than other qualified candidates.  Common sense would dictate that assembly line, look-alike resumes (like chronological resumes) won’t stand out when over 20 …

Unemployment Numbers Don’t Add Up

  I am a motivational author, trainer, and blogger so when disinformation and miscommunication are released by the government to hide the truth, someone has to speak out!  The latest unemployment rate, according to the government, fell from 9.4 percent to 9.0 percent last month. Hogwash! Either the data is inaccurate or the government better find an accurate and truthful method to …

Job Campaigners: Personal Branding Made Easy

Terror, anxiety, stress, depression, overwhelm, and a sense of hopelessness permeates the entire process of securing employment.  Have you ever considered that job seekers need to master more skills than a CEO of a Fortune 500 company?  While CEO’s hire and surround themselves with qualified experts in diverse disciplines, job seekers must master most disciplines themselves including goal setting, strategic planning, …

Why Does Everyone Have To Be Right?

How Do Problems Get Solved When Everyone Thinks They Are Right? Is it true that schools now contract police during Debate Classes because each party to the debate is so intense; so confident that they are correct, that if they don’t win the debate or get the other side to accept their views, violence will break out?   Has the United …

8 Tips to Run Your Day like a Millionaire (No Matter Where You are at Now)

He asked me, “How many hours a day does a happy, successful, and financially independent person have?”  I thought about it for just a few seconds and figured that it had to be a trick question.  But I decided to play along.  “24 hours a day,” I responded; waiting to hear why that was the wrong answer.  To my surprise, …

You Already have Everything You Need to Land a GOOD Job

OK, so you need to land a new job.  I assume that a new, well-paying job will significantly enhance the quality of your life and the life of your family; am I right?  So if securing a new job will dramatically improve your life, your bank account, your health, and state of mind… why don’t you do what you know …

Get LinkedIn or Be Left Out

The Rules Have Changed ! Indeed, the rules have changed for landing a job or moving up in your career. No, they are not changing; they have changed.  Job seekers can no longer rely on traditional methods of landing jobs by depending on recruiters and employment agencies, the classified ads, referrals, and job postings; not even their closest contacts!  LinkedIn …

10 Tips to Reduce the Time It Takes To Land a Job

According to a 2010 survey conducted by CareerBuilder, the time it takes the average job seeker to land a job in today’s job market is 6 months. CNNMoney reported that it takes job seekers approximately 30 weeks to find a new job today.  Reality and statistics provide clear evidence that it takes somewhere between 6 and 7 months to land …