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The Politics of Dancing
“The politics of dancing… The politics of, ooh, feeling good… The politics of moving, aha… If this message’s understood” – The Reflex, lyrics, The Politics of Dancing Four years ago, I attended my first Penguicon. To say it changed my life, or at least put a new perspective on it is an understatement. I ran…
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There Is No Silver Medal In Job Searching
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank For the past 15 years (or so), I have been in 100% control of my career. I switched jobs a couple times and usually it involved with being professional and ensuring no bridge was burnt. Well,…
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The Call Center Experience
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank I rarely Tweet, however I sent a Tweet to @ATTCares the other day stating, “Congratulations, it’s official. I’d rather go to the dentist than call your technical support.” I was immediately replied to and then followed-up…
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The Humble Sales Guy
“That’s nice, you look like a Helen. Helen, we’re both in sales. Let me tell you why I suck as a sales man.” Truth be told, I don’t really suck, but wow have I felt like I do lately. September 16th was my last official day at Cisco Systems. I was part of a massive…
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Why and How To Act Like a Human
If you’re in sales, you can mass email 1,000 people with the same message and hope to get business from a small percentage of them. If you’re a job searcher, you can do a quick search for “java”, click “select all”, and mass-apply for 200 jobs without even reading the description. If you’re a recruiter,…
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Is It Time To Stop Networking?
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank I do a lot of reading to keep up with the industry. Lately, I’ve been coming across articles like this one from Forbes called, Why You Should Stop Going to Networking Events. Wait, what? We started…
