First Job Problems: Experience Required!

First Job Problems: Experience Required!

“I am looking for my first job, but all of the positions I find require 3-4 years experience! This is ridiculous!”

This is a common complaint that I have heard from many people entering the work force. As a new graduate, finding that job that matches your ambitions, academic emphasis and experience is getting tougher and tougher. With statistics from the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics showing that 13.5% of new graduates with bachelor degrees are unemployed and 20%+ are underemployed (due to lack of hours, overqualified, or seasonal employment), one case see where the frustration derives. When someone is nearing graduation or beginning to think of job prospects, I normally ask 3 questions to recalibrate the young grad

Hiring the Best by Using Smart Interview Questions

Hiring the Best by Using Smart Interview Questions

In recently going through a series of interview processes and in preparing to interview others, I started thinking a lot about hiring practices and the interview process. Nowadays in many large companies, there is a very structured and rigid set of questions a potential employer can ask. Many interview questions are based on HR practices and rules/regulations in regards to hiring practices to minimize discrimination. In order to limit the liability a company has in hiring someone. Questions are asked from a subset of possible approved questions. This has limited the hiring ability, but in order to hire the best, one must be able to ask the perfect follow-up questions to make sure the right person is getting in the door.

How bow hunting reinforces my marketing skills

How Bow Hunting Reinforces My Marketing Skills

One of my passions in life is archery and bow hunting. The more I reflect and meld my work-life balance, I can see how my life flows into my work. From one passion, drives another, so in my case, I can see how my bow hunting skills and techniques help and reinforce my marketing skills. All of the skills and steps that I go through, before and during a bow hunt, are all of the skills and steps needed in marketing to bring products to market with the highest degree of success.

Aligning My Passion and Career

Aligning My Passion and Career

When what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be the best in the world at, and what drive your economic engine come together,not only does your work move toward greatness, but so does your life. Simply put, when you are deeply passionate about what you do, you move toward greatness.