What Do Career Search And March Madness Have in Common?

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By Linda Van Valkenburgh, MS, CCMC, CJSS Another exciting season of NCAA Men’s Basketball is moving in the direction of the playoffs.  Soon there will be words thrown around like March Madness, being invited to The Dance, the Sweet Sixteen, the Elite 8, The...

10 Things To Bring Job Search Success In 2012

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By Linda Van Valkenburgh, MS, CCMC, CJSS As an Executive Career Coach, I work with clients who are involved in strategic planning, goal setting and other types of analysis.  They handle projects valued at millions and billions of dollars using planning tools that...

Strength and Resilience in Career Search

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By Linda Van Valkenburgh, MS, CCMC, CJSS As the 9/11 ceremonies are observed around the country, I am struck by the strength and resilience that the people of this country exhibited in the throes of this terrible tragedy. To all of those people who lost loved ones, be...

Rules of Engagement In Career Search – Preparing For The Interview: Part 1

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By Linda Van Valkenburgh, MS, CCMC, CJSS In my last posting, I discussed some of the out of the ordinary things that people have been encountering as they work towards getting a face-to-face interview. In a prior post, I discussed the telephone interview and the way...

Off the Beaten Path in Career Search

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By Linda Van Valkenburgh, MS, CCMC, CJSS I speak to many people conducting career campaigns and, when listening to their stories, I am struck by how the rules of looking for a job have changed.  As a result, I thought that it might help you to hear about things that...