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Continue reading →: PinkSlipMixers Kickoff Event – Palo Alto 1/12/10
Hi folks, A quick post to promote the next PinkSlip Mixers Tuesday 1/12 event in Palo Alto (details lifted from PinkSlipMixers.com). I will be there to participate and help in any way I can. If attending, please drop by and say hello. PinkSlipMixers Bay Area Kick off 2010! Event details When: 6pm…
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Continue reading →: Jobsite Profile: Trovix.com (Part 1)
The gist: I had time during the winter break to do some surfing and decided to poke around a few more job search portals. One of them, Trovix.com (currently in beta), piqued my interest. The site contains an interactive tool allowing the candidate to search based on location (proximity search). Also, the…
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Continue reading →: What Am I Worth?…..A Cautionary Tale
Recently, a friend asked me for insight regarding negotiating his salary for a new job. Considering that many of us may go through similar situations, I wanted to provide an overview of his situation, and share some of my observations. Background: My friend, like many others these days, is facing…
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Continue reading →: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
That’s right, I said it. I can’t tell you how disappointed I am that as a society we can be so sensitive when it comes to such a simple greeting. I KNOW – Not everyone celebrates it. I KNOW – Christmas can mean very negative things for some of us.…
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Continue reading →: What I’m Blogging About – NEED YOUR HELP! 9/15
Hi folks, I am returning to you to ask for help. I have a series of new topics that I am writing about and am looking for some input on what you, as readers would like ot read first: 1) HM’s Head (with apologies to Herman’s Head) This is my…
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Continue reading →: Jobsite Profile: Startuply.com
The gist: Sorry folks. I’ve been busy a bit with work and a few other things, so some extracurriculars have suffered. I hope to try to have mor accessible content on a regular basis. It just depends on bandwidth. That said, what should we talk about today? How about another…
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Continue reading →: How Do You Get Them To Say YES!?!?
Recently, I spoke with fellow jobseekers and we all reached similar conclusions: It is VERY difficult to get YES for an answer. What is the secret? How do YOU do it? What can we learn from each other? I hope that this post serves more of an exercise in learning…
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Continue reading →: Follow-on to Who’s hiring in 2009-2010? Post…..
I am listing a couple of add-in categories that augment the trends listed in the previous job trends article: As before, I have included a quick-list, in case you prefer not to have to read through the entire list: #1) Collections #2) Transportation and related Infrastructure Improvements #3) Education, Arts, and Urban…
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Continue reading →: So You Want To Be An Astronaut?
I had this interesting idea for a series of blog posts. I thought it might be interesting to write up something fun and career-related at the same time. How about this: When most of us were growing up, we all had fantasies about what we wanted to be when we…
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Continue reading →: How Fast Do You Go…..
…..before someone stops you from hitting the wall? As some of you know, my wife and I are Oakland Athletics fans. To be honest, it is especially hard to admit that to myself, much less others. I understand that in the series opener against the Angels, the A’s lost 10-1.…
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