Staging Your Job Search

February 20, 2011

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Job seekers should consider enrolling in Theater 101.  Exploring the mechanics of how to create a scene for a stage play offers unexpected rewards in upgrading your job search skills. What is a stage play but a series of activities design to engage an audience.  The audience is not told [...]

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Boost Your Career With Social Media

January 22, 2011

What is your learning style?  Do you learn visual (see), auditory (hear) or kinesthetic (hands-on)?  Watch the video or check check out these “10 Social Media Job Search Tips.” [I especially like the “Use it Purposely” Tip.] /Jaazle Blogger

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Who’s Going to Work for the Working Man

December 29, 2010

 Bon Jovi – Work For The Working Man Unemployment Extension Won’t Help 99ers

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Happy Holiday and Season Greetings

December 19, 2010
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Two Elevator Speeches are Necessary

November 25, 2010

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Networking is the process of communication that consists of using contacts and relationships (oftentimes a third party) to gain access to decision makers in the hiring process.   Historically, in the job search preparation stage, job seekers have been instructed to create and rehearse a brief networking (elevator) speech.  The original label of [...]

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I think my most difficult interview question is….

November 5, 2010

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. [My lecture was on effective interviewing.  Students were instructed to respond to their most difficult interview question.  I share this encounter because it reflects the plight of many a job seeker.] Several answers came across as long balls knocked right out of the park.  Still many responses to this question missed the target.  Focus was off.  Responses too literal.  Souls [...]

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Do You Job Search from Your Eyes or the Employer’s Eyes?

September 19, 2010

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. Sit down at you computer.  Pull up a blank screen and start typing a list of all those items you want from a potential employer.  What is on your list?  Better pay, job security, health insurance, vacation time.  Are you done?  Did you complete your  list of what you want [...]

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Crypotgrams: Why They Are Important To Me

August 20, 2010

20 August 2010 Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled. (George Bernard Shaw) 11 August 2010 I have this incredibly passionate feeling about what I do that can make me annoying, and I recognize it. People ask me if I could [...]

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Taoist Tai Chi and HR: Each One Develops the Other

August 10, 2010

By Lori S. Goldsmith, SPHR, GPHR One of my new followers on Twitter, @Kyle McShane, asked me how Tai Chi has helped me in HR.  My immediate thought was how Tai Chi has taught me to have an “open mind and open heart”.  I started practicing Taoist Tai Chi in September 2000 as a last [...]

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Add a SWOT Analysis to Your Job Search

August 3, 2010

By Larry Goldsmith, CWDP, P.E.T. A SWOT analysis is a powerful strategic planning tool used by businesses to identify their Strengths and Weaknesses, and to examine the Opportunities and Threats that menace them.  Businesses use this method to look at themselves, both internally and externally, to uncover opportunities (or challenges) which in turn they can profit from. [...]

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