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“Always look on the bright side of life” – Eric Idle
Remember as a kid when every three day holiday weekend the local radio station would countdown the “1000 greatest hits of the (decade, century, millennium, blah blah) “? And you would listen over the weekend, hoping not to miss the number one hit? I remember [...]

“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.“  – Confucius

Author Byline: By Dave Kim
Author Website: http://www.whatdoyouwantfromthem.com/
It’s that time of the year where a lot of people in the restaurant industry start assessing their current situation. There are a lot of question one asks oneself but the predominate question is “Am [...]

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?” – Robert Schuller
Finding a job and working hard are all part of what we consider the standard path to success. Yet several entrepreneurs under thirty took the road not taken–they started their own businesses, some even before graduating from college–and they hit [...]

“Oh, my friend, it’s not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left.” – Hubert Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States
Job loss is not easy to deal with. Whether you knew it was going to happen or you were surprised. My post “I Lost [...]

“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” – Carl Sagan
Most (if not all) job searches must leverage technology to be successful these days. Even the “low tech” methods require that you have a resume in Word, pdf or some other electronic [...]

“It’s a jungle out there kiddies. Have a very fruitful day.” – Jimmy Buffett
It is a jungle out there, whether you have a job or are out of work and looking to find new employment. But this is about more than just surviving in the jungle, it’s about being successful in the jungle (like the [...]

“There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold And she’s buying the stairway to heaven.” – Led Zeppelin
Okay, let’s be honest, it’s all about money in the end. “No way” you say, “money is not the driving factor for me, it’s all about the experience”. So maybe that’s true, but unless you are [...]

“If you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes” – Anonymous
I’ve spent so much time providing advice and leads to people looking for a job that I’ve actually not thought about those who want to keep the job they’ve got. If you’ve worked long enough you’ve seen someone (or know someone) who has lost [...]

Okay, so I admit it – I’m a fanatic with job search (and, therefore, this blog). When I’m looking for a job I’m obsessed. A victim of the financial services implossion last year (yes, I admit it), I found myself without a job on October 30 – arguably the worst time you could be looking [...]

“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
A picture of the desert (the current job market) and a quote about building a forest from one acorn (that acorn representing the job you will get). The Fortune 500, successful companies by definition. But they didn’t start out in the Fortune [...]