College Grads – A Few Tips on Working Job Fairs
I just returned from a job fair at a mid sized university here Ohio. Overall, it was a great experience, and I was pleasantly surprised with the amount and level of talent that attended. Similarly, I was impressed with the number of companies that attended. According to the directory, there were over 100 companies, ranging […]
Search For The Champion Within
A friend of mine, Pete Cline, is an active and avid motorcycle racer who has had a fair degree of success in the sport of motorcycle road racing. Getting to know Pete and getting familiar with his activities has prompted me to think of my own goals and striving to be the best. Pete put […]
More Thoughts for College Grads and Soon To Be Grads
Jim Lane is a gent I have gotten to know, and really hit the nail on the head in a recent post in his blog: http://gbqueue.com/2011/06/08/lane-career-coaching-columbus/ The short story is that for the graduate or soon to be graduate to achieve their goals: Begin with the end in mind. What do you want to do? […]
How To Prep for An Interview: Basics for College Grads and Interns
I just completed interviewing and hiring for three entry level recruiter positions. The candidates I interviewed were generally fresh college graduates with intern or other light experience. I reviewed dozens of resume’s, conducted phone screens on sixteen (16) candidates, interviewed six candidates, and extended three offers. Of the sixteen, at least 10 had the skills […]
Networking for the Introvert
I participate as a coach in a program called “CareerTrack”. It is run by TechColumbus (www.techcolumbus.org), a organization that does a wonderful job of promoting the technology community and business here in central Ohio. The CareerTrack program provides services to job seekers in the technology market place to assist them in landing their next position. […]
Developing Your Personal Inventory
An observation from the past 30 or so years of my career is that fate has put me into very different jobs and roles. I have worked for different types and sizes of companies, and currently work for a company that is the second largest in its market space from a global perspective. What has […]
Creating A Career Tracking and Assessment History
Objective self assessment is a wonderful thing. The moments where we recognize our strengths and weaknesses can lead us to the most impactful learning we will ever experience. I had one of these moments a few years ago. I observed throughout my career that it always seemed that when I invested time in personal and […]
How I Spent My Summer Vacation – Work Related?
I just returned from vacationing for 8 days or so in Lincoln, NE. Lincoln is not exactly a hotspot resort destination for the general public, but it is a mecca for a group of auto racing drivers. To get a flavor for what motivates 1,200 or so drivers from all over the country to spend […]
Change…Then and Now
A bit off the path of regular business… I have been fortunate in my life and career in that at a very young and impressionable age I was introduced to Change. “Mr. C” as I sometimes call him made a brash and unannounced entry into my world when I was a lad of maybe 11 […]
Employment Outlook
My company, Manpower, has been producing this survey for 47 years, and it has proven to be an accurate assessment of the outlook for employment. Manpower US Pressroom To me, the most interesting aspect of this is that it reflects a general optimism, and is consistent what I see here in central Ohio. Clients are […]
