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Latest blog posts from My Odyssey blog

Should I accept a counter offer?
Lately questions about counter offers have been popping up in many Linkedin groups. “Should I accept a counter offer?” “What is wrong with accepting a counter offer”? “”Have I permanently damaged my relationship with my employer?” “Isn’t a counter offer a good thing?” “After...
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Published 2 days ago

Network or Don't Work, 80/20 Strikes Again
The magical old 80/20 rule seems to impact every part of our life and business. For example we know that 80% of all jobs filled in 2010 will be filled through networking and only 20% will be filled through the traditional paths of using recruiting firms, job boards and classifieds. Despite this...
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Published 3 weeks ago

The new pandemic
The encyclopedia defines a pandemic as an epidemic of an infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region. There is a relatively new infection spreading through this country’s unemployed population. It is rapidly taking the form of a pandemic. It is highly...
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Published 4 weeks ago

Have a good plan and work it
When people start working with me or they are mounting a good search on their own they are amazed at how much work is involved in running an effective job search. Customizing resumes, cover and follow up letters, job boards, target company research, networking research, reading, calls, calls...
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Published a month ago

My newest happy graduate
“If your job search skills are rusty and your network is slim, you really need a coach to help you navigate the new world of job hunting. Mark Warren is both good and reasonably priced �" you can afford him even on a tight budget and you can’t afford not to have his help. I had searched for...
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Published 2 months ago

How do you handle "send me your resume"? Act like a good recruiter.
Almost every time you talk to somebody during your networking activities you will be ask to send your resume. You should deal with this request the same way good recruiters do. Since the dawn of third party recruiting if a recruiter presented a candidate to a potential employer he has been...
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Published 2 months ago

Why do so many people wait six+ months to fix their job search?
My greatest frustration as a job search coach is watching so many people wait so long to take advantage  of professional help that by the time they act it is  almost to late. By the time they feel desperation they are out of money,in a panic and are condemned to continuing with the same...
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Published 2 months ago

The New Year & your job search
There will be no positive changes in the job market during the first quarter. In fact some time during the first half of the year the government will be forced to pull back on its attempts to prop up the present economy through the creation of massive debt. Despite what this administration is...
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Published 2 months ago

The worst coaching tip of the week
The market is being flooded by people claiming to be a coach who actually do not have a clue how to teach somebody to conduct an effective job search. They are failed recruiters, out of work HR generalist and people who think that since it feels good to give advice they must be good at it. Here...
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Published 2 months ago

How to choose a job search partner
I recently asked this question on Linkedin. Why would somebody who has been looking for a job for longer than three months not seek the  help of a job search specialist when everybody knows that if you keep doing things the same way you will get the same results. In other words that three months...
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Published 3 months ago