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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
Book Review: Networking is Dead
We all know that we need to network to find people to hire or to get a new job. But too often, our networking is random. That’s why you should read Networking Is Dead: Making Connections That Matter. Wilson and … Continue reading
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Tagged agile hiring, Hiring Geeks That Fit, job search, Manage Your Job Search
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The Company Doesn’t Love You
I’m rearchitecting Manage Your Job Search (again). One of the things I’m doing is working on the introduction, explaining to people why they need to consider agile and lean as a system in which to work on their job hunt/job … 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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Tagged cultural fit, culture, job hunt, Manage Your Job Search
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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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Tagged cultural fit, culture, job hunt, Manage Your Job Search
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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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Tagged introduction, LinkedIn, Manage Your Job Search, network, recommendation, reference
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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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Tagged career, career development, experience, Manage Your Job Search
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Interviewing for an Agile Project Management Job
Now, say you are looking for a job as an agile project manager. Some people might say that’s a crazy job. But hang in there with me for a minute. Imagine you have two or three teams, larger than two … Continue reading
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