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What is it most of us really want from work? We would like to find the most effective, most productive, most rewarding way of working together. We would like to know that our work process uses all of the appropriate and pertinent resources: human, physical, financial. We would like a work process and relationships that meet our personal needs for belonging, for contributing, for meaningful work, for the opportunity to make a commitment, for the opportunity to grow and be ... (Read More)

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  Recently a job seeker asked me - "it has been 6 months, what am I doing wrong - why haven't I been hired?".  Sound familiar?  Here is the good and the bad news: Unfortunately, the length of this person's job search is normal for today's economy. According to the BLS, the average job search currently lasts for about six and a half months (seasonally adjusted average) - http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t09.htm. Hopefully this number will ... (Read More)

1.  Follow companies that you are interested in and pay attention to their jobs, their values, and their accomplishments.  Re-tweet and respond when appropriate (For example re-tweet news of a great accomplishment or milestone and be sure to congratulate them). 2.  Share your search with your network (tell people what you are looking for).  For example.  "I am a graphic designer with 5 years of experience looking for a growing company to ... (Read More)

  Recently a job seeker asked me - "it has been 6 months, what am I doing wrong - why haven't I been hired?".  Sound familiar?  Here is the good and the bad news: Unfortunately, the length of this person's job search is normal for today's economy. According to the BLS, the average job search currently lasts for about six and a half months (seasonally adjusted average) - http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t09.htm. Hopefully this number will ... (Read More)

1.  Follow companies that you are interested in and pay attention to their jobs, their values, and their accomplishments.  Re-tweet and respond when appropriate (For example re-tweet news of a great accomplishment or milestone and be sure to congratulate them). 2.  Share your search with your network (tell people what you are looking for).  For example.  "I am a graphic designer with 5 years of experience looking for a growing company ... (Read More)

“Those who are micro-managers and tightly in control, are really quite out of control, unable to see the bigger picture.”  - unknown In the last blog, I wrote about internal assumptions that drive our behaviors.  In working with leaders, I’ve found that there’s one area where these assumptions are really prevalent.  It’s an area we know well because it makes us feel safe:  controlling. Controlling tendencies show up in ... (Read More)

“Those who are micro-managers and tightly in control, are really quite out of control, unable to see the bigger picture." – unknown In the last blog, I wrote about internal assumptions that drive our behaviors. In working with leaders, I’ve found that there’s one area where these assumptions are really prevalent. It’s an area we know well because it makes us feel safe: controlling. Controlling tendencies show up in many ways. ... (Read More)

This article was orginally published in the Denver Post and is being re-printed here. Last week, Lauren, a 35 year old woman in advertising whom had been downsized, came to see me. Lauren's first question was whether I thought engineering or nursing were good fits for her. She also wanted to know the hot careers in 2010. This is often where people start their career transition process - with a wide variety of possible interests and looking to find the next "big ... (Read More)

Want to Start a Business? Learn How to Make All the Pieces Fit Before You Start. Starting a business can be like putting a puzzle together for the first time: there’s all the sorting, then fitting the pieces together, then hoping none of the pieces are actually missing. In the end, the greatest satisfaction comes from seeing the completed picture. Sometimes the pieces fit together without any problems. Sometimes it takes a second set of hands and an objective eye ... (Read More)

The following are some tips to be successful in the music business as as musician or business man / woman.  If you want to be in the music business you must drive and persistence, and must not be selfish and must be able to colloborate and work with others. You also need to recharge your energy each day, because the ups and downs of the music business can burn you out. THE 20 REASONS HOW MUSICIANS SUCCEED 1) You work to be a star instead of fantasizing about ... (Read More)

“Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes” This morning I was walking Cai to school, he started a conversation on languages and I was reminded of a story. Around my 17th birthday I was hitch-hiking through Europe stopping at various climbing venues. For part of the journey I was accompanied by a friend. Somewhere in the middle of France we were picked up by an Italian in a VW Bug, neither Tom or myself spoke Italian and so we were expecting the next few ... (Read More)

This infamous question is asked in almost every job interview.  Use it as your opportunity to shine.  Prepare your answer in advance and practice delivering your message.  Here are a few tips as you develop your answer. Give your potential employer a glimpse into what it is like to work with you.  Are you someone who is known for getting things done rather than talking about?  Maybe your skills lie in bringing a team together that was having ... (Read More)

Sports, Music, and Movies these are three of the most competitive and challenging jobs to find and obtain, however with careful planning you too can earn a living and make a career in these exciting fields. Often times the factors in finding career path is who you know or more importantly who knows you, education, how much money you have, or simply how hard you are willing to work and how much you are willing / able to sacrifice. I urge you to not get into this career ... (Read More)

Denver Workforce Center Employment Event to be Held February 8 Information and pre-recruitment event to connect job seekers with employment and training opportunities   The Denver Workforce Centers are recruiting job seekers to fill up to 300 job openings with Metro Denver businesses in early 2010. To develop a pool of eligible and qualified candidates for these openings, the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) will host a Workforce Information and ... (Read More)