Ten Incredibly Stupid Inte...

As the economy heats up, companies are going to be looking for people and that means interviewing.  Here is my take on the ten most idiotic interview questions I’ve heard over the years, with a smart-aleck answer and the real answer appended. 1).  Where would you like to be in (three) years. “Gee, I’d like to be in the Bahamas wealthy and not listening to your idiotic questions,” would be my...

It’s About Asking for It, ...

This post is written by Nicole Heckers, MA, BCPC, Vice President & Executive Career Coach at Heckers Development Group, LTD. The fear of social blundering (the fear of being perceived as too aggressive) has stopped many would be profitable relationships and deals from ever taking place. Our reluctance to move negotiations forward to avoid blowing the next opportunity (the job offer) or asking for...

Fifteen Secrets For Optimi...

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Pray for Our Country Now

Pray for Our Country Now “It’s all great fun until someone pokes an eye out.”  My mother (and I’ll bet, yours too). I do not often write on this blog on subjects that are not related to employment in some way or another.  But it is time that I, and many others, speak out loudly on an urgent matter. The rhetoric of our political system has gotten out of hand.  There are Facebook pages with...

End Employment Discriminat...

There is a very important bill making its way through Congress right now.  It is S. 1584/H.R. 3017, The Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA.  This bill ends discrimination against people who are gay, lesbian and trans-gendered. I know that this is a controversial stand and it may well cost me some potential clients.  I accept that.  Sometimes we must take a moral stand, regardless of the...

Night Owls vs. Early Birds...

“Early to bed and early to rise/makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.“  – Attributed to Ben Franklin, but really unknown. It turns out that, not only is this old bromide not accurate, it may be just the opposite. In two recent studies (one of which is abstracted on the net, the other one is not) by the University of Liege and by a Japanese researcher Kanazawa (read the Liege abstract)...

How To Get An Honest Trans...

I got an email today from someone who does not live in Denver.  He indicated that he had been scammed by a so-called Executive Transition Coach.  Unfortunately, I hear this from person after person. When there is a recession, especially with the high unemployment of this one, the cockroaches come out of the woodwork to prey on unsuspecting people with promises of quick placement and fantastic salary...
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