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“The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.” – Socrates It’s still a tough job market out there, and although many companies reduced their workforce last year, many actually added jobs. While not every company on the Best Companies list added jobs, many did. Today’s list [...] [...]
“Fall seven times; stand up eight.” – Japanese Proverb Author Byline: Matthew Warzel Author Website: http://www.mjwcareers.com For every employer who must downsize, there is an employer who needs to hire the right person for the right job. In any circumstance, businesses are always hiring someone that can make them profitable now! “We have a hiring freeze,” does not [...] [...]
“Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.” – James C. Humes When I was a teenager I was in a band (who wasn’t in the 70′s?) and also involved in community theater. I remember those auditions. There were all these people in an auditorium waiting to audition for “the part”. Not only [...] [...]
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.“ – Lao Tzu It’s 6am and the car is waiting outside your house to take you to the airport. Bag and briefcase in hand, you head out to the car for the beginning of yet another tiring business trip. You think back to [...] [...]
“Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be.“ – Robert Brault The problem with choosing a career is that you’re not often sure of what you really want to do for the rest of your life. While some people are lucky enough to know what their chosen path [...] [...]
““I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy-but that could change.” – Dan Quayle Author Byline: Cathy Eng, CARW, Owner of Resume Rocketeer, Inc. Author Website: http://www.resumerocketeer.com These days, employers have very little time to spend looking through resumes in search of those with the right skills sets. In fact, if you [...] [...]
” When I was a kid, we lived near a pond that had frogs. Every summer, I would go with my friends to collect tadpoles. Although we lived in the suburbs, this particular pond was somewhat polluted with various bits of junk floating (or permanently “moored” to the bottom). None of us knew exactly how deep [...] [...]
“If at first you don’t succeed, you’re running about average.“ – M.H. Alderson I think that being #1 is somewhat overrated. After all, if you are in the top “anything” that is pretty good. When prepping for today’s post, I was trying to think of something where I came in first during my life and the [...] [...]
“The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it.” – Author Unknown Author Byline: Joshua Waldman, CareerEnlightenment.net Author Website: http://careerenlightenment.net/confidence/stressed-out-job-seekers HOUSE: I love the cranky bastard. During last year’s season finale of the TV show House, though, I learned something … [...] [...]
“And it goes on and on, oh, watching the river run, Further and further from things that we’ve done, Leaving them one by one.” – Kenny Loggins A number of years ago I went on a canoeing trip with my son’s Boy Scout troop. Early one morning the Scout Master, six scouts, two canoes and I [...] [...]
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