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𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟮

This week I'm as excited to pay homage to my guest speakers as I

𝗕𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 — Job Search Tip #94

If you watched the Super Bowl last night, you might have witnessed

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 — Job Search Tip #93

I just completed a job-readiness workshop for our re-entry partner. It was

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟭

As far as I know, I'm the only career coach in the Massachusetts One-Stop

𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝘀𝘆𝗽𝗵𝘂𝘀 — Job Search Tip #92

You know Sisyphus. He's the dude in Greek mythology who was punished by the gods to

𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 — Job Search Tip #91

I'm a very impatient guy when it comes to assembling products. Every

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗦𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Lately, the people who volunteer to appear as guest speakers for me have been awesome. Teegan A.

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 — Job Search Tip #90

Recently, I received an invite from a #LinkedIn member who wrote a personalized message but

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸?

One Jack Kelly wrote an article addressing and importance of announcing 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 your job

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 — Job Search Tip #89
 
If you've been unemployed and have had to collect unemployment insurance (IU), you understand the meaning

𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸

In this series of 10 "soft skills" that help you succeed in the

"The #1 way to land a job is through networking."

How many times have you heard that message cited as the key to a

𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

In this series of 10 transferable skills, today I'm going to address self-motivation.

𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆

I begin this series with one of 10 soft skills required for you

𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘁: 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲

It's hard to tell the state of mind she's in because #LinkedIn Messaging can't convey it. Although, I know

𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 — Job Search Tip

It's our first meeting. He's going to be a quiet one, sitting

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 — Job Search Tip #99

I've written on the importance of mock interviews and how, as the candidate,

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 — Job Search Tip #98

My client sits there looking a little bewildered. "I have applied for

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲? — Job Search Tip #97

This is not an area I visit on many of my connections'

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗛𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

Normally I agree with what #ChatGPT feeds me, but today I didn't and told the bugger so.