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Conversation Tip #1 There is no such thing as “employers.” I’m referring to the way jobhunters use that word, to reach conclusions after just two interviews at two different places. You conclude “Employers just won’t hire me or someone with my background or someone with my handicap,” or nonsense like that. My friend, you’re reaching way beyond the facts. Fact: You interviewed with two employers (or six, or twelve) and they wouldn’t hire you. Those two. Those six. Or those twelve. They hardly speak for all twenty-two million active businesses that are out there. Fact: “Employers” are individuals, as different from one another as night and day. “Employers” span a wide range of attitudes, wildly different ideas about how to hire, a wide range of ways to conduct hiringinterviews, and as many different attitudes toward handicaps as you can possibly think of. You cannot possibly predict the attitude of one employer from the attitude of another. All generalizations about “employers” (including those in this book) are just mental conveniences. Fact: There are millions of separate, distinct, unrelated employers out there with very different requirements for hiring. Unless you look dirty, wild, and disreputable, and smell really bad, if you know what your talent is, I guarantee some employer is looking for you. Even if you’re crazy, there’s some employer crazier than you. You have to keep going. Some employers out there do want you, no matter what the others think. Your job is to find them. Fact: There is a big difference between large employers (those with hundreds or thousands of employees) and small employers (alternately defined as those with 25 or fewer employees, or as those with 50 or fewer employees, or—the most common definition—as those with 100 or fewer employees). The chief difference is that large employers are harder to reach, especially if the-person-who-has-the-power-to-hire-you-for-the-jobyou-want is in some deep inner chamber of that company, and the company’s phone has a voice menu with eighteen impenetrable layers. Don’t think your interviewing experience with small employers will necessarily be at all like that. Fact: There is a big difference between new companies or enterprises,
and those that have been around for some time, so far as hiring is concerned. A recent study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that newer companies with fewer than 100 employees, which were less than five years old, created a net gain of 1.7 million jobs in 2016, while older similar firms had a net loss of 505,000 jobs. 2 So when hiring is tight, you will want to concentrate on small firms, and newer small firms, at that. Don’t think your interviewing experience with new companies will necessarily be at all like the rejection you had with old ones. Moral: Don’t get discouraged by your interview turn-downs. As I mentioned in our first chapter, job expert Tom Jackson 3 brilliantly described the outcomes of job interviews at a whole bunch of places as follows: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES As Tom points out, every “NO” you get out of the way, gets you one step closer to YES. (Or, preferably, two YESES.)
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THE 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter
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It was the best of times, It was th
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A Two-Minute Crash Course on How Mu
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market (that’s 455,000 people) or
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humans.” 7 Experts predict betwee
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two, to see what that job or field
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Internet, you will be wise beyond y
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Page 56 and 57: Alternatives to the Classic Resume
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Page 60 and 61: looking for one thing: a reason—a
Page 62 and 63: Summary Okay, one more time: since
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Page 70 and 71: What’s going on, here? Why such a
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Page 91 and 92: Conversation Tip #9 It’s the smal
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And so, when the employer has state
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The Sixth Secret of Salary Negotiat
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Conclusion: If Nothing Works Rememb
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It is common sense To take a method
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The Two Very Different Strategies f
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Sure, it’s harder to use this app
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The Eleven Best and Worst Tradition
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3. Answering local newspaper ads. T
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along the way. And done well, as in
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you for time spent pursuing them. B
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CHAPTER 7
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Why a SELF-Inventory Why does an in
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the next chapter. 6. If you are con
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How to Do a SELF-Inventory These ar
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initially—you may not be able to
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Section A. Here I put my list of te
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workbook pages are larger—8½ x 1
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Self-Inventory, Part 2 The Flower E
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I Am a Person Who… IS ALL THESE T
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workbook pages are larger—8½ x 1
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Petal One, Worksheet #1 A HEXAGON:
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gathered in the same corner of the
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column of the chart, and in the fou
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It’s important to know this befor
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DISTASTEFUL WORKING CONDITIONS CHAR
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PRIORITIZING GRID FOR 10 ITEMS OR L
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work-ethic,” “a positive attitu
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skills,” “financial skills,”
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As you can see from the side arrows
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ead those books. Next I designed a
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your first story.
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Copyright © 2014 Richard N. Bolles
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our skills grid, etc., etc. And kee
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PRIORITIZING GRID FOR 10 ITEMS OR L
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Effective Energetic Enthusiastic Ex
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If you want to know what your trait
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I Am a Person Who… HAS A CERTAIN
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what areas of human life in particu
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for now, your goal is to just cast
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Self-Employment Transportation, War
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and #2 into one of these bins, go b
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Money is important. Or else we’re
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udget of what they think they will
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Support for your parents (if you’
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I Am a Person Who… PREFERS CERTAI
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example, the negative factor “rai
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I Am a Person Who… HAS COMPLETED
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4. Give Through the practice of ans
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10. Incidentally, for U.S. citizens
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CHAPTER 9 You Get to Choose Where Y
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corporate training and educational
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Fifth, You Need to Learn as Much as
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person in the place, if the subordi
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to reach. However, don’t just joi
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CHAPTER 10 How to Deal with Any Han
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I have only worked for volunteer or
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Everyone Is Handicapped You may won
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your favorite five things that you
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Dream Killers What about a disabili
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Disability or Prejudice? That’s t
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They will hire you IF you come with
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There is also a free 67-page workbo
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The Last Handicap: Shyness During t
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Copyright © 1986 by D. Porot. Used
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So, when you first meet them, ask f
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In Conclusion: Self-Esteem Versus E
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What is success? To laugh often and
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for a manufacturing age, while O*Ne
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of any test are descriptors—not o
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see all the possibilities, and only
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The Third Way to Choose/Change Care
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THE SYSTEMATIC BREAKDOWN AND BUILDI
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The Fourth Way to Choose/Change Car
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Interviewer during your first move
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10. Solutions Architect 11. Marketi
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firm place to stand, when you are m
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5. Robin Pogrebin, “Pritzker Priz
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CHAPTER 12 How to Start Your Own Bu
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this one looks interesting. What ar
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a. Make a list of five things you a
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To help you make your own home busi
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home, but also designing harps, wit
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Working Solo (www.workingsolo.
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website, but now not for free; he r
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This book is used by 10,000,000 rea
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indignant biblical questions was,
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The Meaning of the Word “Mission
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The Secret to Finding Your Mission
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The Two Rhythms of the Dance of Mis
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Some Random Comments About Your Fir
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In light of this larger view of our
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Temple called Gratitude. What is re
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every step of your way.” But inst
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know this is part of your Mission,
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Some Random Comments About Your Thi
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Jesus promised: “When the Spirit
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APPENDIX B A Guide to Dealing with
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Ten Things We Can Do to Deal with O
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food banks, hospitals, housing aid,
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Well, then, what does God do? To wh
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Economic Activity, March 8, 2011. 2
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If You Decide You Need One Fortunat
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How to Lose Your Shirt (or Skirt) S
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interview. One of the brightest cou
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(Give them 15 bad points) You want
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angry. If you are dealing with a ca
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Of course, a job-hunter might—on
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A Sampler The following appendix is
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Of course, if you’re calling a lo
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APPENDIX D Sampler List of Coaches
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*Career Choices Dublin, CA Contact:
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Larsen, Lauralyn Career Counselor &
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Zenoff, Victoria Richmond, CA Phone
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Alpharetta, GA 30022 Phone: 678-822
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Earlwood, NSW 2206 Phone: 61 2 9787
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www.johnleescareers.com *Real
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THE FINAL WORD: Notes from the Auth
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cerebral hemorrhage, at age fifty-e
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A Grammar and Language Note I want
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR DICK BOLLES—more
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Please make a copy for your own rec
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Building-block diagram of skills Bu
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Diagrams A minus B equals C Buildin
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temporary (temp agencies) Employmen
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ADDITIONAL HELPFUL RESOURCES FROM T
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