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TweetShare Let’s face it. None of us are really fans of PowerPoint. The common complaint is that far from adding color and pizazz, PowerPoint hasn’t proven to make presentations any less boring or dull. In fact, many argue that the very reliance on rote slides and sequencing can make speeches and presentations worse. But like [...]

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TweetShareThis is a post that I literally could have written on day one of this blog. I’ve held off because, as most of you know, I’m the founder a resume writing company, so I didn’t want to look like a shill. Too much, anyway. But last weekend I was brought in to look at the [...]

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TweetShareNow and again, I think of an idea for a post. Then I research it. And sometimes I find a much better post talking about exactly the thing I wanted to post on. This is one of those times. I wish I had posted this. Since I didn’t, I’ll link to it. These are 6 [...]

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TweetShareI wanted to post this story, and then I found this picture that tied together both of today’s informational posts. I’ll just quote from the first line of the story: When even lawyers are nervous about losing their jobs, you know things are getting rough. Lawyers In The Lurch (Businessweek)

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TweetShareAnother Monday morning. Did you hit up your local Starbucks this morning? Have you heard that it might not be around much longer? Starbucks, suffering in the stock market, recently announced it was closing 600 under-performing locations. Is your favorite locale on the list? Check here for the full list of closings. Why is Starbucks [...]

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TweetShareIf you have career or job search question you would like answered on this blog, click here to Ask Brian. Carlotta asks: Help! My boss just got fired! The entire office is in a state of panic! Now, normally the Ask Brian questions are a bit longer than this. But in the case of Carlotta, [...]

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TweetShareI’ve mentioned before that I’m a veteran of the “startup company” environment. Getting a job at a startup can be a hell of a boost for your career… if you survive it. You can learn more in 1 year at a startup than you can in most other work environments. The ad-hoc nature of the [...]

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TweetShareHere’s a bit of light-hearted advice for a busy Thursday. From ExperienceProject, 10 Signs It May be Time to Quit Your Job. My favorites: 4) You start looking forward to meetings, because it’s an hour long opportunity to shoot knowing looks to that one other really disgruntled employee and laugh on the inside. And… 3) [...]

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TweetShareRecently, we discussed ways to prepare for/manage work during the vacation season. The website unclutterer.com has another idea for helping you manage your tendency to veg out in front of your computer during holiday’s/weekends. Let’s face it, we’re all champion procrastinators. We sit down with work to do… but an hour later, we’ve read blogs, [...]

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TweetShareIf you have career or job search question you would like answered on this blog, click here to Ask Brian. Reader A Bummed Out Wife asks: My husband made a terrible mistake in his past that continues to affect him now. He pled guilty to growing marijuana with the intent to distribute it for sale. [...]

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