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Job Search Tip: Finding the hiring manager, Part 2

July 2, 2009

Career Adventure will celebrate the Independence Day holiday tomorrow, July 3.  Those of you in the U.S. — enjoy the holiday!  See you all next week. So, strategic job seeker that you are, you’re working on applying for a great job the right way — by connecting with the hiring manager directly.  You’ve tried calling [...]

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Incremental choice and your priorities: Get what you want faster

June 29, 2009

If you’d like to catch up, so far we’ve talked about the power of incremental choice and how it applies to job search and relationship building. My to-do list is unwieldy at best.  It includes big picture items (“develop training,” “evaluate landscaping”) and day-to-day grind (“buy bread,” “call Mom”).  And as much as I work [...]

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Personal power: Power is not a four letter word

June 25, 2009

A manager I know is a rainmaker.  He’s a personality, a force to be reckoned with.  His success and reputation precede him in the industry and his talents are sought after.  He’s everything you’d want for your team, except for his tendency to ignore the needs of those around him. In this situation, there’s a [...]

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Daily leadership: Incremental choice and relationship building

June 15, 2009

Last week we talked about the concept of incremental choice, looking at each decision as an opportunity to bring you closer to your goals.  Next, we put the concept in the framework of your job search, as a way to keep focused and motivated towards your goals.  Today, we tackle incremental choice and leadership. Leadership [...]

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How to get the job: Incremental choice and job search

June 11, 2009

Earlier this week we talked about the power of incremental choice and how you can achieve big things through focusing on the individual daily choices that you make that bring you either closer to or farther from your goal. So how do we apply this concept to job search? Track your job search activities. Keeping [...]

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Time blocking for an effective job search plan

June 1, 2009

In a previous post, I shared one potential structure for a job search plan.  Now, I’ll admit that it seems a bit complicated.  But when I put the plan together, I wasn’t focused on spending 10% of my time on follow up.  Instead, I focused on a time management technique called time blocking. What is [...]

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Leadership through effective meetings

May 29, 2009

I was reading a post at All Things Workplace on understanding the purpose of meetings to make them more effective. It’s a great read.  So often, people forget that effective meetings accomplish something. Effective meetings also enhance perceived leadership.  A great leader knows how to support others in their pursuit of success, and a vaguely [...]

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Featured Post @ Control Beating Copy: Increase your income, not your hours

May 22, 2009

Today you can find me over at Control Beating Copy, with some quick tips on productivity.  Freelancers and entrepreneurs: this one’s for you. Career Adventure will observe the Memorial Day holiday (technically, I’ll be observing a rummage sale, campfire, six-month old and potentially golf course) and will resume it’s regular schedule on Tuesday.  See ya!

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Networking with confidence: You cannot fail

May 21, 2009

photo credit: chuckp “Networking” — the buzz word that we use today to refer to meeting people and building relationships — can be an uncomfortable proposition.  One common form is the networking event, where you snazz up your look, head to some cocktail hour or luncheon or conference, and spend time figuring out how to [...]

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Wrong job? 3 Ways to Know

May 19, 2009

photo credit: sergis blog Are you in the wrong job? If you’ve gone through the steps of figuring out what you love to do, trying to do more of what you love, and have become more effective at it, but you still aren’t feeling engaged, motivated, successful, or valued, your best efforts may not be [...]

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