by Rick Christensen | Dec 13, 2018 | Interviewing, Job Search, Rick Christensen
Adults say the Funniest Things – especially in interviews. Undoubtedly a high-pressure situation – both candidate and hiring manager are under strain to appear professional but friendly, confident but not arrogant, unique but not weird. Unfortunately, it... 
by Rick Christensen | Dec 6, 2018 | Career Development Partners, Job Search, Rick Christensen
Knowing how to research triggers and utilize them in your job search will help you land a job faster than anything else you could do. A trigger is an occurrence that initiates someone to take an action. If you are in a job search a trigger is something that might... 
by Rick Christensen | Nov 29, 2018 | Job Success, Rick Christensen, Success, Successful People
Recently I have met and visited several very successful people. In our conversations I have noticed they all share two characteristics – a clearly defined goal and the expectation of success. Successful people know what success looks like. They can see it,... 
by Rick Christensen | Nov 27, 2018 | Ethics, Human Resources, Leadership, Outplacement
It is said that on the scale of most stressful life events, death of a spouse, divorce, and loss of one’s job are at the top of the list. How you, as a manager, handle the separation of an employee can have lasting repercussions on future morale of the remaining... 
by Rick Christensen | Nov 22, 2018 | Rick Christensen, Success, Successful People
I was recently re-acquainted with this story. I could not find an attribute for the original author, but I thought it was worth sharing. A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked. “Who would like this $20...
