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Why am I Still Unemployed?

Posted by John Heckers on Jun 8, 2010 in Career Management, Executive Job Search, General Career Info, Job Seeker Behaviors | 9 comments
I often hear this question.  Realistically, I see two kinds of people.  Those who we wonder why they would ever remain unemployed and those we know why they’re unemployed.  Here are some of the top reasons that you might be remaining unemployed. First, let’s look at some of the reasons that people...
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Executives Have a Moral Obligation to Help Others

Posted by jheckers on Dec 5, 2009 in Business Ethics, Career Management, General Career Info | 0 comments
This is a post unlike most of my others.  It is a call to action for those of us who are blessed to help those who are in trouble.  I don’t expect this to be a popular post.  But it is a needed one.  I may even lose business over it.  Oh well.  But please don’t just read this post.  Act on it...
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10 Signs You Need Help With Your Job Search

Posted by John Heckers on Nov 16, 2009 in Career Management, Executive Coaching, Executive Job Search, General Career Info, Interviewing, Job Seeker Behaviors, LinkedIn, Networking, Résumés | 0 comments
Do you really need help finding an Executive job?  Why would anyone need a “coach” for this? I hear this question all of the time.  The answer, unfortunately, is usually “yes.”  Here are some questions to help you decide. 1).  You’ve been unemployed more than a month and you have had less than...
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Communicate for Heaven’s Sake!

Communicate for Heaven’s Sake!
Posted by John Heckers on Sep 26, 2009 in Career Management, Executive Job Search, Interviewing, Job Seeker Behaviors, Networking | 0 comments
Someone I know has an inability to communicate information in response to questions. For example, I said “How much does that cost a month?” The answer was “Well, I bought it for a year.” “How much,” I asked again, “does it cost a month?” “Well,” was the answer, “maybe I bought it for...
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Making It Through The “Financial Crisis”

Posted by John Heckers on Oct 7, 2008 in Business Ethics, Career Management, The Great Recession | 0 comments
Sorry for the hiatus — my wife and I have been moving from one side of town to the other. We had sold a loft we owned and lived in about 3 years ago. This was at the advice of our “C” Level clients and a banker friend. We, therefore, didn’t wind up losing tens of thousands of dollars on it, as...
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Ten Career Limiting Moves for Executives

Posted by John Heckers on Aug 26, 2008 in Business Ethics, Career Management, Executive Coaching | 0 comments
As you move up the executive ranks, there are certain behaviors that will give you a boost, and others that are very career limiting moves. Here are some of the career limiting moves and how to avoid them. 1). Getting too close to your boss. This may seem counter-intuitive, but don’t let yourself get too...
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Integrity

Posted by John Heckers on Aug 25, 2008 in Business Ethics, Business Management, Career Management | 0 comments
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson) We live in a country which has become bereft of honor and integrity. Integrity is a concept about which I should never need to write. In times past a man or woman without integrity would be ostracized by the...
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Your Ego is Your Worst Enemy!

Posted by John Heckers on Aug 4, 2008 in Business Ethics, Career Management | 0 comments
Over the years that I’ve been helping people with their careers I’ve seen a couple of types of executives. There are those who are spectacular successes and those who are successes. Give me the one who is merely a success any day, because, sooner or later, the “spectacular success” is going to crash...
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