A company’s push to get a leg up on its competition is akin to running a rather grueling race. With most firms struggling to keep pace with their peers and simply remain in the contest, others lag far behind. Still others focus and go the distance. What drives one business to dash triumphantly through the […]
In times of economic prosperity, such as the post World War II “Baby Boom” years, companies seeking to hire new talent took much at face value. While it was necessary for job candidates to complete applications, and perhaps less necessary in those more stable times to present a resume, the potential employer was more apt […]
We’ve all had them, those hellish days when we’ve wished we had never tumbled out of bed. Interviewers have those days as well.  Constrained by business ethics to conduct themselves with the utmost professionalism, the fact remains that those who must interview prospective employees often deal, simultaneously, with larger issues. When these personal matters spill […]
You’re still toting that bushel of lemons; in the wake of your termination, you are praying that someone will part with that vital recipe for making lemonade. Taking stock of your strategy-to-date, you convince yourself that you have done everything right. You have prepared, or have had a professional service prepare, a truthful yet compelling […]
Commanding officers and enlisted service people in every branch of our military often strategize and live by an interesting and sound concept whose adage advises, “If you want to eat an elephant, eat it one bite at a time.” Unless stranded on the African veldt or the jungles of India with the barest of supplies, […]
One of life’s brutal realities is the loss of employment. Coming to terms with your layoff or termination is not easy. It is particularly difficult when: your pink slip marks the separation between you and a position that you have worked diligently to achieve; you must leave the corporation to which you have given many […]
