Nice guys don’t get hired.
Pardon the poor grammar of the blog title. The proper “Nice guys are not hired” or “Nobody hires nice guys” sounded too soft. I want to relay the harshness of the reality with language just as harsh. Being proper does not always get the job done, just as nice guys don’t always get hired. It confuses most people. I had a client Josh, who was a nice guy. Everybody thought Josh should be able to get a job because he is a really nice guy.... [Read More...]
Do monsters talk to you at work? If not, you are in trouble.
(This is the first of a 3 part series) I used to think monsters were only make believe and for children, but they are real and they exist at your work. I’m on a plane bound for Dallas Texas to visit a friend and mentor. Enter Lewis Gordon, size 50 shoulders, full, thick beard with strands of curly silver woven within. The plane is nearly full and he eyes the open middle seat next to me. He then perceives all 6 foot 5 of me. Dr. Lewis Gordon... [Read More...]
Career Advice: Be successful like Toyota and stop working.
What does Toyota’s halting of sales and production of cars in the US have anything to do for anybody in career transition and seeking a job? Everything if you are trying to chase dollars and jobs at the expense of career longevity. Toyota North America decided to halt manufacturing and sales in the US today because they were “chasing numbers” and “grasping for salvation” according to New York Time’s Hiroko Tabuchi today. The recent... [Read More...]
Crush It: Chance meeting with Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary at St. Louis World's Market (for the wine) I enjoy getting surprise good news. The kind of where you want to drop everything and pay attention. I’m on Lewis Howes’ mailing list. If you don’t know, Lewis is the LinkedIn specialist. About once every 3 months the native St. Louisian hosts a “LinkedIn” networking party here in the land of the Arch. I was unaware of the party tonight and he kindly sent me a reminder, like any good... [Read More...]
Media Scrub: Before you search for job on the net, search yourself.
The Internet is a powerful source of information on just about everything, including on you. Several HR heads have secretly told me they do an Internet search on the names of employee candidates. I like anybody in touch with employment legal trends said, “Isn’t that illegal?” They shrug their shoulder and explain the law is gray in this area. But more importantly they have a pile of 200 resumes all with similar stats applying... [Read More...]
The 5 worst ways to search for a job.
Here is some sad news for job hunters. You probably are doing the exact opposite of what you need to do to land a job. Even more sad, many career ‘experts’ are fueling the misconceptions of what effective job hunting strategies are. When you compound it with the information age you find a whole lot of people doing what they think is productive work and getting nothing in return. I daily come across people who are frustrated at the lack of... [Read More...]
Do you feel like a Dilbert Ninja?
I came across this Dilbert cartoon today. I deftly saved laughing hot tea through my nose as I read it. Truth is most people feel, they are paid to do nothing and are hopeless. Read More →
