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Job search mistakes

With all the resources and advice available online, it’s astonishing to see people continue to make the same mistakes when job searching. I’m not talking about the big, laughable mistakes like showing up to an interview inebriated or inadvertently bad mouthing a former boss to his best friend. I’m talking about the small, seemingly innocuous, yet completely avoidable mistakes people make. But you don’t have to be one of them. Use this list as a sort of checklist against these common mistakes, and protect your job search against painful mistakes.  You should always avoid: Typos on your resume They make you look unprofessional, proofread with extreme prejudice. Waiting for the job to come to you You should be proactive, make a list of the top 10 companies or jobs you want and figure out how to go after them. Relying on job postings An online ad is going to generate thousands of responses. Instead, focus much of your time on networking to find those unadvertised positi...

Initiative: Escape from Inertia

The word initiative is defined as the first step or first move or first action taken towards an endeavour, where as inertia holds everything and everyone bond to its initial or original state and status quo, more or less keeping you from making that first move.

It is YOU

One day not too long ago the employees of a large company in St. Louis , Missouri returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door. The sign said: “Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym.”

Motivation

Definition of motivation is quite simple - the reason or reasons why we do something or behave in a particular way. In this life, in my opinion, having a good and rational motivation means a lot, because it makes you believe in yourself and other people. That kind of motivation comes from ourselves and everyone around us. They have big and significant role in constructing the motivation that makes the difference.

A Tale of Two Seas

As you probably recall, the Dead Sea is really a Lake, not a sea. It’s so high in salt content that the human body can float easily. You can almost lie down and read a book! The salt in the Dead Sea is as high as 35% - almost 10 times the normal ocean water. And all that saltiness has meant that there is no life at all in the Dead Sea. No fish. No vegetation. No sea animals. Nothing lives in the Dead Sea.  And hence the name: Dead Sea.

Don't give up, just keep on driving!

A story of steadfastness A lady was driving along with her father. They came upon a storm, and the young lady asked her father, What should I do? "He said "keep on driving"... Cars began to pull over to the side, the storm was getting worse."What should I do." The young lady asked?"Keep driving," her father replied. On up a few feet, she noticed that eighteen wheelers were also pulling over.