by Rick Christensen | Jul 22, 2021 | Interviewing, Rick Christensen
During your job search process, it’s important that you verify what you are saying and also confirm your understanding of what is being said to you. This is especially important in the interview process. Below are some common phrases that may be...
by Rick Christensen | Jul 15, 2021 | Job Search, Rick Christensen, Success
Goal is defined as the object of a person’s ambition or effort; an aim or desired result. What makes successful business people so successful? Are these folks smarter? Or just plain lucky? I would argue neither. The difference between how successful people and...
by Rick Christensen | Jul 8, 2021 | Career Transition, Job Search, Rick Christensen
One of the greatest challenges of any job search is establishing and maintaining momentum regardless of results achieved. Your job search is a learning experience that will build character and teach you things about yourself you never knew. It’s often effective...
by Rick Christensen | Jul 1, 2021 | Rick Christensen, Successful People, Your Career
In preparing to go the fireworks display on July 4th it occurs to me that many of us are feeling much like our founding fathers. Oppressed, exploited, or demoralized, not about the direction of our country, but about our careers. We may feel that we are in a...
by Rick Christensen | Jun 24, 2021 | Interviewing, Rick Christensen
I recently saw a thread on LinkedIn with the subject “Do I really need to send a thank-you after an interview?” I know it was my own bias, but I read it with a whiny inflection that sounded like a spoiled child asking if they really needed to thank Aunt Clara for the...