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5 Reasons Why You Need to Build Associative Models with Decision Makers' Brains

The brain’s capacity for memory consists of nodes of stored information connected by neural links of varying strength. When a node is...

6 Reasons Why Public Sector Employees Need a Social Media Presence

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) annual conference is providing personal career consultations with conference attendees....

10 Cover Letter Clichés You Must Avoid

I was one of those ornery hiring managers who wanted to be challenged by a candidate’s cover letter and dazzled with an achievement-heavy...

6 Secrets to Enjoying a Rewarding Career from a Hiring Manager’s Perspective

We all know the role talent, knowledge, and experience play in getting hired and succeeding in any professional career. But little is...

5 Signs You Suffer from Career Entropy™

Your career and your professional brand can suffer from entropy as well (“Career Entropy” doesn’t seem to exist as a formal term, so...

6 Tactics for Working a Job/Career Fair

I’ve been involved with my share of job and career fairs over my 25+-year career, mostly at conferences that sponsor the event. The...

Why Video Résumés are a BAD Idea

“First Impressions Video”, “Video Cover Letter”, and “Video Résumé” all sound like creative and unique ways to be remembered by hiring...

Recognize These 8 Career Blind Spots?

We all have blind spots in our personal makeup. Sometimes we need feedback from others to bring them to our awareness. Blind spots result...

The Myth of Momentum

Sports figures, sports writers, and fans all talk about the importance of momentum and the role it plays in a team or individual’s...

Playing Powerball: What the Numbers Say About Us

Powerball tells us a lot about how some people use math, rationality, and education in general when buying lottery tickets. (source: The...

Do You Suffer from “Twitterhea”?

You know how some pop music radio stations play your favorite song so much that you quickly get sick of it? When that happens, that song...

A Simple 5-Step Job/Career Strategy Cycle

In Confessions of a Hiring Manager Rev. 2.0 (Second Edition), I write of a simple 5-step cycle for keeping a job and career strategy...