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Best Place to Start Your Job Search

Published October 3rd, 2007 in Job Search, Networking | No Comments »

Before you go frantically posting your resume to every job website on the Internet, you might want to look a little closer to home. As the expression goes, it’s not what you know, but who you know. While this has long been a cliche, its truthfulness is well recognized by most.

But wait a minute, you might say—I don’t know anybody. Well, you may not think you know anyone, but is that really the case? Unless you’ve been hanging out in opium dens (conducting research for a class project, of course), you are probably acquainted with dozens of people. (more…)

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Success by Association

Published September 20th, 2007 in Networking | No Comments »

It’s true. You are known by the company you keep. So why not formalize your associations by joining a business group of some kind? Whether a business owner or a newly hired employee, there’s an organization just right for you. In so many ways.

A “chamber of commerce” for example, is nothing more than a business network made up of business people who have banded together to promote trade, settle disputes, gather information and regulate various businesses. Chamber members also work together as a political body to influence laws relating to doing business in cities and towns. There’s power in numbers, and being a member of a Chamber of Commerce can add a new dimension to a work network, something that’s a lot more social than the annual meeting of the local Law Association, for example. (more…)

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Know When to Say When

Published July 26th, 2007 in Office Talk, Resumes, Networking | No Comments »

I used to work for a sociopath. I know what you’re thinking. Everyone seems to have worked for a crazy boss at some point. But this guy wasn’t your usual corporate psycho taking credit for other people’s ideas and sabotaging their performance reviews. He was a berserker boss who rampaged through the company like Godzilla through Tokyo.

He’d been brought in to run the day-to-day operations so the owner could take a more conceptual role. Instead of inspiring enthusiasm and trust, his arrival resulted in a total meltdown of company morale. Within a year, there was 100 percent turnover in a company of 30 people. (more…)

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One is the Loneliest Number

Published July 20th, 2007 in Networking | No Comments »

Shari has a problem. She likes her job as a magazine advertising accountant. Her salary is good, her benefits decent, and management doesn’t mind if she takes the two weeks of her vacation at the same time. Her problem? It’s becoming increasingly difficult for her to avoid after-hours socializing with the four other women who share her office.

It’s not that she doesn’t like them. In fact, she does her fair share of socializing with them during the work day. (Studies have shown that American workers lose about two hours a day to socializing, a “time wasting” activity that comes in just after “Internet browsing” as a drain on work productivity.) (more…)

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