Experienced MIT Grad For Hire
Just as I was motivated to a start my blog www.oracleofny.com to keep in touch with the hundreds of people from around the world who contacted me by email and telephone with words of encouragement and job leads after my sign board publicity initially went viral, I was motivated to write a book after I eventually landed a job and hundreds more people contacted me proclaiming I was an inspiration and seeking job hunting advice. During the cold, lonely winter nights and on weekends, while my wife and children were in Omaha and I was working at an accounting firm in NYC, I started writing Experienced MIT Grad For Hire based on my personal experience and career coach Paloma Bowland’s transformational advice. I wanted to share my inspirational story and give encouragement to the many people who gave me encouragement when I needed it most — during my long stretch of unemployment. I wanted to reach out to people all over the world with words of help and hope. Even a year and a half after my photograph and story first went public, they continued to circulate the globe — and even a year after I started working again, many people asked for the details of my inspirational act, unique job search, what I learned and where it had taken me. I realized that I enjoy — and am good at — helping others, so I decided to share the tools I learned from my experience — to inspire people to think and act in new ways to land a job. Anyone who is looking for a job or who could use a bit of personal inspiration may be interested in my informative tale of creativity, bravery, perseverance and practical job hunting advice.
Just as I was motivated to a start my blog www.oracleofny.com to keep in touch with the hundreds of people from around the world who contacted me by email and telephone with words of encouragement and job leads after my sign board publicity initially went viral, I was motivated to write a book after I eventually landed a job and hundreds more people contacted me proclaiming I was an inspiration and seeking job hunting advice.
During the cold, lonely winter nights and on weekends, while my wife and children were in Omaha and I was working at an accounting firm in NYC, I started writing Experienced MIT Grad For Hire based on my personal experience and career coach Paloma Bowland’s transformational advice.
I wanted to share my inspirational story and give encouragement to the many people who gave me encouragement when I needed it most — during my long stretch of unemployment. I wanted to reach out to people all over the world with words of help and hope.
Even a year and a half after my photograph and story first went public, they continued to circulate the globe — and even a year after I started working again, many people asked for the details of my inspirational act, unique job search, what I learned and where it had taken me.
I realized that I enjoy — and am good at — helping others, so I decided to share the tools I learned from my experience — to inspire people to think and act in new ways to land a job.
Anyone who is looking for a job or who could use a bit of personal inspiration may be interested in my informative tale of creativity, bravery, perseverance and practical job hunting advice.
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Chapter Three – Get Professional Help<br />
Hello, It’s Paloma<br />
I have changed careers several times during my life, and it usually took only a few<br />
months to find a new job even in a new field of work. However, this time, something was<br />
different. Nothing seemed to be working. Over six months had gone by, and I was still<br />
unemployed. Not only that, but I was world-famous, and I was still unemployed. What<br />
was my problem? What was I doing wrong?<br />
I did not seek professional help while I was unemployed, but I am sure grateful<br />
that a professional career coach contacted me.<br />
In response to my publicity, a couple of professional career counselors and<br />
resume writers had emailed to say that they could help me find a job. I had tried working<br />
with one in the city, but he had been pressed for time and after an energetic initial<br />
meeting, neither of us had followed through.<br />
However, Paloma Bowland—a career management coach and business strategist<br />
working with JibberJobber.com—was different. She sent me an email telling me about<br />
her career management site and then called to tell me what to do. She must have done<br />
something right, and I must have needed help, because as the summer progressed, I found<br />
myself in daily telephone contact with her, changed my job-hunting paradigm, went<br />
through a transformational experience—and found a job.<br />
When Paloma called, she told me she would not only help me find a job but<br />
would also help me take charge of my career.<br />
First, she gave me numerous tips on conducting and managing interviews. Next,<br />
she convinced me to do a thoughtful self-evaluation and revise my resume. Then she told
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