Tag Archives: job hunting
Advice from a Job Search Columnist
If you buy my book (click on the cover to the right here), you’ll read about two times when I lost my temper with a boss and what the consequences were for me. reading that should help you avoid meltdowns. Continue reading
Where Can You Buy “Always Be Job Hunting”
Wherever you decide to buy it, I know you’ll learn important lessons from it and I look forward to discussing those with you here. Continue reading
Why Should You Always Be Job Hunting?
Finding a job, especially a first job, can be such an ordeal that, once you have it, you’re likely thinking “I’m all set now, no more worrying about a job.” I’d say that’s exactly the wrong way to think. In … Continue reading
Guest Post Part III: What is a ‘Job’ Today?
One morning, tired of the traditional approach and with nothing left to lose, I put on a suit, commuted down the hall to my home office-studio and hired myself.
It wasn’t so much that I “formed a company with me as CEO,” as much as I stopped thinking of myself as “unemployed” or, even worse in my book, “retired.” Continue reading
Guest Post, Part II: What Does a Job Mean Today?
By the time I returned home late that night, my life and those of about 1,000 of my former colleagues had been dramatically altered. Our company had eliminated our jobs. Continue reading
Guest Post: Welcome to Transition Nation or What Does Working Mean Today?
As a downsized executive who’s gone from a long-term corporate earner to a freelancer stringing contract jobs together into something resembling a livelihood, I made a sudden and stunning connection to these guys. Were these “networking” laborers really so different from myself…? Continue reading
Should Marissa Mayer Have Been Job Hunting While Pregnant?
Should Marissa Mayer have been job hunting while pregnant? My answer is of course she should, my book is called “Always Be Job Hunting,” after all. Continue reading
The Budget Challenge Once You Have a New Job
The lesson for others: getting a job is a battle. As a manager, functioning in a new job also is a battle. Continue reading
AlwaysbeJobHunting.com is Expanding to Include Job Leads
AlwaysBeJobHunting.com, like a career itself, is an ever-expanding endeavor. We’ve now added a jobs page where we’ll post leads for jobs we hear about. If you have leads, please let us know. The page also will serve as a networking … Continue reading
Lessons to Be Learned from Mark Winter’s Job Hunt
Interviewers can sense people that have lost faith in themselves. Who wants to hire a beaten-down person? Would you? I’ve interviewed people like that when I’ve been hiring and couldn’t end those interviews fast enough. Continue reading



