The great LYJ post “Help Me Help You” got me thinking about the recent requests I’ve received—both good and bad—for serving as a reference or putting in a good word for a jobseeker. Here are some suggestions for the right approach to tapping into your network for this favor:
Do ask individuals with whom you’ve worked
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Panelists/Group Leaders:
– Judy Bosco, Manager Staffing, MTV Networks
– Dionisia “Dion” Cespedes, Business Consultant and Strategist
– Linda Descano, President and Chief Operating Officer, Women
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– Karen S. Goins, Executive Coach
– Juan Nunez, Diversity Leader, Unilever
– Aaron W. Smith, Author/Financial Advisor
When I first started working for myself, networking was my stumbling block. I hated meeting and talking to strangers. By nature and nurture, I was a self-declared introvert. (I tend to take after my dad, who famously declared on a hiking trip in Denali National Park, “There are too many people here,” and stomped away.
An interesting op-ed in the New York Times, “Genius: A Modern View”, by David Brooks maintains that genius isn’t born, it’s made.
Referencing recent books, “The Talent Code” by Daniel Coyle and “Talent Is Overrated” by Geoff Colvin, Mr. Brooks points out that the key factor separating geniuses (ranging from Mozart to Tiger Woods) from the
There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
Wayne Dyer
This is the title of a chapter in Jon Kabot-Zinn’s book Wherever You Go There You Are. In it, he tells the story of Buckminster Fuller who was going to take his life but instead decided to live as if he had taken his life, thereby freeing himself from worrying about how things worked out
I recently attended an event with a pre-networking component which allowed me to see that some of my networking skills were rusty. I spoke with one woman and quickly realized we had little in common. I knew there was a polite way to leave the conversation so we could both move on to other people
This is the number of resumes a small arts nonprofit in NYC received for a current job opening, according to a friend of mine. 900 is the number they received in one day.
I report this not to inspire fear or doom in jobseekers but more as a reminder to applicants that when you apply cold
When Felix Frankfurter, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice from 1939 to 1962, was asked how he became successful, he is said to have replied that it was “luck.” Similarly, Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female justice appointed to the Supreme Court, averred that her appointment to the bench was a “classic example of being the
Check out My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire and The Anti 9-To-5 Guide: Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube by Michelle Goodman.
Anyone who is thinking about working freelance or shaking up the normal paradigm of work in this country, or has already
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