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Category Archives: Agile Job Search
Personal Kanban for Your Job Hunt
One of the problems with a job hunt is that it’s a big and complex project. You need to decide what to do and when. Who do you interview with? Is it time to iterate on your resume? Do you … Continue reading
What Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 3
In Part 1, you thought about your culture, and built your lists. In part 2, you developed your questions, and thought about the data you wanted to gather. You started with closed or behavior-description questions, so you had a place … Continue reading
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What Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 2
You have your lists from What Culture Do You Want in a New Job, Part 1. That means you have six lists: Three things you enjoyed talking about at work Three things you shook your head about, or made you … Continue reading
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What Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 1
One of the things I suggest in Manage Your Job Search is to think about your culture when or before you start interviewing. How do you do that? An organization’s culture is made of these three things: What’s okay to … Continue reading
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How to Ask for an Introduction or a Recommendation for a Job on LinkedIn
I have a large LinkedIn network. I have worked hard to build that network. I bet some of you reading this are part of that network! So it’s not surprising that I receive requests from people for introductions or recommendations … Continue reading
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Learn From the Expert: How to Correctly Answer the Hardest Interview Questions
Today, I have another guest post from Patrick Rosario. Take it away, Patrick! Job interviews are not something that most of us look forward to, and even the most confident of job seekers can fall prey to a case of … Continue reading
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How Long is a Technology Career?
Matt Heusser has a great column over at Stickyminds this week. Take a look at A Long View of the ‘Short’ Technology Career. If you are an older job searcher, and you are looking for a job, one thing you … Continue reading
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Know Your Previous Job Patterns
If you are looking for a job, it’s more important that you know what your previous patterns are, so that you can make a choice: Do I repeat my previous pattern this time? Without knowing, we tend to repeat the … Continue reading
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Ask Questions of the Hiring Manager and the Interview Team
In an interview, you have an opportunity to ask questions. Good interviewers will ask What Questions Do You Have For Me? What questions do you ask? It depends where you are in the interview process. First, ask about culture. As … Continue reading
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Agile Weekly Podcast About Manage Your Job Search
I recorded a podcast with the Agile Weekly folks. In Agile Weekly Podcast #63, we spoke about Manage Your Job Search, and how kanban can help you. I was suprised by some of the questions, especially by keeping to the … Continue reading
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