Cookie Cutters are for Baking…Not Job Searching!
October 7, 2009 by sparktalk · View Comments
By J.T. O’Donnell
Two of my career coaching friends, Miriam Salpeter and Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter have started a program where a collective group of coaches can offer advice on a certain topic. This is the first question they put out there for us to answer, “What can job seekers do to avoid falling in the ‘cookie cutter’ job search mode?”
Cookie Cutter Job Search…”What’s that?”
It’s when we Read more
Job Search? Better Think Location, Location, Location!
June 8, 2009 by sparktalk · View Comments
By J.T. O’Donnell
People are often surprised to hear the first step in ’10 Key Steps To A Successful Job Search’ is to choose a place to live. It sounds obvious and easy (which is always good for a first step, right?), but honestly, there is no better way to narrow down a career search than defining where you want to live while you work. If your answer is “anywhere,” then Read more
Put Some Humor In It, Would Ya?
January 12, 2009 by sparktalk · View Comments
By J.T. O’Donnell
I recently got an e-mail from a guy who wanted to know if there were any entertaining career guidebooks on the market. He said he had gone to the library and taken a bunch of popular ones out (I shall not name names), but they all made him fall asleep. Read more
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