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NSoW founder, Brooke Allen, asks his job candidates to help each other find work rather than compete for the one job he is trying to fill.
by: Brooke Allen
I am hiring a replacement for Adrienne, who is my assistant at my day job, and also editor of No Shortage of [...]
by: Brooke Allen
People ask me how I can have so much time for so many things. In addition to the fact that I do not watch television, I learned a little secret from Peter Pichler of Stockholm, who is one of the wisest, most productive, rational, scientifically trained, and humane people I know. [...]
Article and Video Interview by Brooke Allen
I’ve often wondered what can be done to make it fun to learn new skills and hunt for a job. Surely if FarmVille can make farming fun, and Call of Duty can make war fun, isn’t it possible for the people who [...]
by Brooke Allen
My good friend, Ray Schmitz, called me up last Wednesday and said he was ready to talk to people publicly about his business that was going to revolutionize real estate brokerage.
I was expecting him to ask me to invest but instead he told me the most romantic [...]
by Steve Amoia for No Shortage of Work
Playing baseball was Joe DiMaggio’s first real job as an adult. He had worked at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco with his father, and sold newspapers as a boy. Neither job held much appeal to him.
Few first jobs in life could have [...]
How my grandparents thrived during the 1930′s.
by: Brooke Allen
The Great Depression was very good to my Grandparents, and it wasn’t a matter of luck so much as the approach they took to their circumstances. What they did, you can do.
In the mid 1920′s they met on a date in [...]
by: Adrienne Rodney
Journalism is everywhere. Blogs, Twitter, Podcasts – all give voice to a new generation of reporting. But is every journalist a reporter?
What about finance? Is there a difference between a financial journalist and a general reporter? What do financial reporters need?
KNOWLEDGE
“I don’t believe anyone can [...]
by: Brooke Allen
Jesse Schell has taught game design for ten years at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center, founded by Dr. Randy Pausch and Dr. Donald Marinelli. He is a former chairman of the International Game [...]
by: Kristen Contrera
Unemployment rates are at an all time high in the financial sector and hiring managers have their pick of the litter. So it seems logical to ask, in this day and age while the financial industry is undergoing so many changes, what skills are most valued on Wall [...]
Book review by Frank McGrath
At one time or another, everyone has gone to a networking function, returned with a stack of business cards, and said “well, now what?” That literal and figurative inert pile of cards is evidence of an evening of pleasant conversations – and not action. Talking to [...]
by: Kitti Brady
Recently I was asked to share some thoughts on what I’ve learned about job hunting so far, so I put pen to paper and came up with a list of the four most important tools any job-hunter should have in their kit.
Okay, maybe this is all stuff you already know. [...]
by: Brooke Allen with Adrienne Rodney
This article is about working for free and a follow-on piece will discuss educating yourself at minimal cost.
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Q. Are there laws that prevent you from working for free?
A. NO. You are not breaking any law if [...]
But is it a seduction or a search for true love?
Paul Zak is the founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics, Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University, and he is credited with the first [...]
by: Adrienne Rodney
My father, Mark Rodney, the musician, told me something profound that his musician father, Red Rodney, told him, “Whatever you do, whether it’s playing a guitar or building an atom bomb, learn you craft well; so when you get out into [...]
Interview by: Brooke Allen
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LISTEN TO NEIL and learn to MASTER A JOB INTERVIEW from a master.
Years ago, Mike Myers (aka Austin Powers) taught Cambridge educated Neil Mullarkey how to be funny, and along the way Neil discovered his [...]
How making the right changes will ensure success at finding a new job or career. by Brian Tracy
A conversation with Henry Mintzberg, Professor of Management Studies at McGill University.
By Brooke Allen, founder of No Shortage of Work
“Perhaps business schools should issue recall notices.” These words were spoken last week by Henry Mintzberg, a featured speaker at a Fordham University conference titled, “MBA [...]
By: Brian Egge
In the mid 1990′s the advent of the Internet promised to make our lives easier and markets more efficient. The availability of information and low transaction costs made sites like eBay and Amazon possible, and in turn changed many primary and secondary markets. The Internet has also had a [...]
How you determine the ideal job or career for you and the key to success in it once you do. by Brian Tracy.
Your time is your most precious resource. One of your chief aims in life is to invest your time wisely, and that means choosing your work and your career with [...]
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