Five Tips for Playing the (Job Hunt) Game

Black and white close-up of game board

Living in Wisconsin, I am one of many who follow the Green Bay Packers. And this season has been a pretty amazing one. Until Sunday night, that is. Not only did they lose the game, they were trounced. I’m guessing that not many people thought that the highest seeded team would go out in their [...]

Should You Always Follow Through on Goals?

Herd of sheep blocking road

Over on the JibberJobber blog, Jason Alba talks about a goal that he had set to walk 500 miles in 2010. But he had some setbacks that affected his progress toward that goal, and he ultimately fell short. Is that really a failure? If you just look just strictly at the fact that he made [...]

Five Basic Manners for Interviewing

Do you mind your manners when you go on job interviews? Here are a few of them that deserve your attention: Be prompt when responding to an interview request. If you get a message from a company requesting an interview, your response should come by the end of the next business day. If you are [...]

You Failed? Way to Go!

My daughter and I recently had the opportunity to watch Meet the Robinsons, a Disney cartoon that came out in 2007. This was my favorite scene in this movie: How cool would that be if people celebrated failure all the time? It does make sense — failure is an opportunity to make discoveries. It can [...]

Defining Failure

Computer Message: "Hard drive detects imminent failure."

The concept of failure is one that is thought about a lot during a job search or when considering one’s career. It’s something that strikes fear in the heart of pretty much everyone. That fear of failure can cause people to limit the risks they take, to stay in their warm comfort zones, and, in [...]

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