A mentor recently said to me, “Ask for the order.”
“What do you mean?” I asked. “What do you want? Go order it up,” she explained. “Where do you want to be in the next 30 days? Speak in absolutes. Tell people, ‘I need to do this. How do I do this? Can you help me?'”
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I’m excited to offer my second class for women job seekers in DC beginning March 2 for five consecutive Tuesdays. See all of the details here. I look forward to working with talented women in DC on their job searches. Please email me at alyssa@alyssabest.com for more info and to secure a spot.
Here are a couple of testimonials from participants in
I’m excited to offer my fourth class for women jobseekers beginning February 1 for five consecutive Mondays. See all of the details here. I know that 2010 holds much opportunity in store for jobseekers and I’m glad to be able to work with talented women in NYC on their searches. Please email me at lyjnow
I was talking to a good friend the other day who recently had a baby and is really loving her life at the moment. In addition to enjoying every moment with her adorable son, she and her husband are both working part-time and so have time to spend with each other and with their
Hi, my name is Pam and I was a student in Suzanne’s Love Your Job Search course in the early fall. I had just gotten back from teaching in Japan through the JET Programme and was looking for a job for almost four months. Last week, I finally found my dream job, working in university
Everyone wants job offers but sometimes you get an offer for a position you’re on the fence about. What do you do? This is the situation for one of my LYJ Search students. I found the following passages useful to consider if you find yourself in this fortunate position.
From the book: Interviewing and Salary Negotiation
LYJ is excited to have 3 events coming up in October and November. Thanks for letting your networks know about these opportunities:
1. Our very first workshop for women attorneys contemplating a change. This one-day workshop on October 25th will be co-led by former attorney and now legal recruiter Jennifer Bird and career coach Suzanne Grossman.
My good friend Dori Saltzman, a writer and editor, interviewed me about my LYJ Search classes for her blog:
http://ginksthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/09/interview-with-founder-of-love-your-job.html
Thanks Dori!
Over the weekend, I saw the new movie featuring Alexis Bledel, Post Grad, which chronicles a recent college graduate’s attempts to find a meaningful job after falling short of her lifelong dream of working at a publishing house. It’s sort of like watching what would happen to Rory Gilmore if she decided to pursue publishing
This is a blog post I wished I had written so I am re-posting. It speaks to what I see as one of the biggest challenges of jobseeking right now: staying positive. This is a guest post from Lindsey Pollak’s Career Blog which I subscribe to and highly recommend.
This guest post is by Sandra Naiman, author of The
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