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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 [...]
Adrienne Rodney is leaving her job as Brooke’s assistant and decided to talk about what she is doing and how she is going about it.
NSoW: So you’re looking for a new job. Why are you leaving your current one?
Adrienne: When I started working for Brooke almost three years ago (April 2010) it [...]
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: 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 [...]
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
You think you got it bad? Try waiting in a mile-long line where a callback is like hitting the jackpot and landing a part is like going to heaven.
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First Lesson: CHANGE THE GAME
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
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 [...]
Learn how to have purposeful conversations with anyone, and the job interview will be a piece of cake.
by: Brooke Allen
When Darya Gorlova met Lola Falkowski through No Shortage of Work, they did not just chat; Darya interviewed Lauren about her business, LolaFalk.
Seventy No Shortage of Work subscribers converged on the offices of New Work City on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, for what can only be described as our best networking party yet.
Unlike our prior party there was no music, which was a welcome relief; our crowd was loud enough. By 8:00 p.m. it [...]
Why is it that lazy people accuse people who are helping themselves of acting out of desperation?
I was waiting for the uptown #6 subway train in New York City when I overheard a conversation between two men in early middle-age; one standing and the other sitting.
The one sitting said “The market sucks; I [...]
David said, “Every day, I want working here to be your best option.” David is the founder of the company I work for, and we were discussing what would go into my employment contract. It is standard, in this industry, for people in my position to have two year non-compete clauses, which mean that if [...]
I don’t have much turnover in my group. Everyone has been with me for between 5 and 10 years. Sadly, Darla, who I only hired last year, has had to leave. She did wonderful work and we all loved her. And she liked it here too, but something unfortunate came up.
So, [...]
(Or anywhere else, for that matter.)
NSoW recently caught up with Ken Caldeira at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a climate scientist working at Carnegie Institution’s Dept. of Global Ecology on the Stanford University campus. He is also a Professor (by courtesy) at [...]
(Or anywhere else, for that matter.)
After reading Ken’s excellent post on how to get a job in a science lab, I just had to ask a few more questions. His answers are applicable to GETTING ANY JOB.
Brooke: Ken, I’ve known you for years – we met in the [...]
by Lou Belle
Jobnob is not your typical recruiting event. I had the opportunity to attend the Jobnob event in NYC on Tuesday, February 9th along with Brooke Allen and a few other NSoW members (As discussed in greater detail in the last NSoW newsletter, Jobnob’s [...]
By: Margaret Buj
All books about career strategies and job hunting list networking as the first place to start in looking for employment. It is more important than an excellent resume or polished interviewing skills. In fact, thanks to networking, you may land a job without the need of ever sending [...]
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