Just how far would you (legally) go to get your ideal job?
What impressed me most about Eric Romer’s pursuit of an online marketing role with HeadBlade was how he got their attention by using the very skills they were searching for.
The successful Hollywood actor and musician, Will Smith, has been a source of inspiration for many people, young and old.
In this short post I want to mention briefly my plans for 2010 and how they’ve evolved from the experience of the last 12 months.
Two things I’m fairly sure of:
1) Goals > Action > Feedback > Evaluate > Updated Goals…
2) Goals are most attractive when seen as ‘plastic and malleable’ because the mallet of experience can both shape and shatter…
Incredible as Glenn’s achievements are, what drew me to their story was how Heather changed from a ‘corporate mom’ to an explorer, author and ‘extreme’ sports adventurer. She’s written a book, “No Ceiling”, which describes how she broke though (often painfully, and not without struggle or sacrifice) both external and self-imposed barriers to achievement and fulfillment.
Here’s Sherry, writing from America’s career break HQ, ‘Briefcase to Backpack’, explaining her motivations for leaving a ’secure’, well-paid executive role.
Craig Nathanson, ‘The Vocational Coach’, doesn’t mince words when he’s talking to people about the world of work. His key message is that life’s too short to be spent doing work you loathe.
Ever find inspiration and hidden messages in the oddest of places?
Recently they’ve been making an appearance for me in song lyrics – take this from the 1993 Tears For Fears song, “Break It Down Again”.
“Sell the sizzle, not the steak” – some readers may know of this famous phrase from the world of sales and marketing; and attributed to the master American salesman of the 1930s, Elmer Wheeler.
It precisely summarizes how advertisers appeal to human nature – they sell through the senses (“hmm, steak smells good!”) and to our emotional triggers.
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
It’s a well written piece – with the subheadings from page one alone telling a particularly torrid and alarming story (e.g. Quarter-million jobs, Self-worth, No Callbacks, Transaction bubble, Nobu’s Retreat).
According to my Tokyo headhunter contacts, most all the Foreign Banks are in lock down mode for IT hiring. Good people are being let go, sent overseas (Singapore is popular) or outsourced.
