“He who attracts luck carries with him the magnet of preparation” – William Ward Name: Jonny Simkin Age: 22 What exactly do you do for a living? Co-Founder and CEO of SwoopThat, LLC What state do you represent? California Did you go to college? Where? Harvey Mudd College What did you study there? Engineering […]
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This post could have been titled: Quit making it So Difficult on Yourself to Get a Job, but that’s a little too wordy and negative. It’s coming from talking to a client who attended a job search workshop where the speaker advised people coming in for a job interview to not bring anything with them. […]
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“Managing your time well makes you successful. I like to think what I’m good at is the meta-skills, because if you’re going to have to run with people who are faster than you, you have to find the right ways to optimize what skills you do have.” – Randy Pausch, “Time Management” lecture I founded […]
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Too many times candidates and people in networking situations feel that they have to put on their “interview persona”–which simply isn’t true. Be real, show some personality to increase how much an employer likes you. This week I worked with a client (and yes, I know you’re on my list (smile)) who was having a […]
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The first four months of this year have provided all sorts of weather challenges all over the country. We started the year off with record-breaking snow storms. In April, there were major tornadoes (over 300 in one day), and now flooding. What is going on with this weather? Are you prepared for whatever weather disaster […]
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