Over the past few weeks I've seen several stories such as the one in the video about people doing desperate things to find jobs. Now I understand desperation, but all these stunts will get you is time on CNN. I doubt whether serious offers will come. Your best hope is a great resume and strong networking!
Free Stuff!
- 8 Strategies to Deal with a Layoff Notice
- Download a FREE copy (mp3) of my 45 minute keynote address: "Personal Training for Total Career Success"
- Does Your Career Need a Kick? Get my FREE Report "7 Steps to Total Career Fitness"
- FREE report "The 5 Most Common Speaker Mistakes and How to Avoid Them"
- FREE E-Book "The People Skills Primer"
- Have a Book Inside You? Let Me Help You Get it Published!
FREE Video Courses!
- The 3-Legged Stool of Great Performance
- The Cycle of Performance Management
- Will and Focus: The Key Skills for Management Learning
- How to Take Control when You Feel Helpless
- Go FULL Speed to Create Personal and Professional Breakthroughs!
- How to Make a Good Decision in a Crisis
- How to Work a Job Fair
- How to Write a Great Cover Letter
- The Anatomy of a Winning Resume
- The Purpose of a Resume
- How to Use Web 2.0 to Expand Your Job Seeker Network
- How to Set Good Career Goals
- How to Make More Money by Being an Expert
- How to Become a Thought Leader
- How to Put Others First
- How to Demonstrate You Have a Heart
- How to Show Somebody Your Total Focus
- How to Release the Aspirations of Others
- How to Set a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG)
- How to Build Morale by Recognizing Personal Milestones
Get Malcolm to Speak at Your Event!
Marketing Yourself for Your Dream Job
- Visit me on Facebook!
« Setting Better Resolutions for 2009 | Main | Develop Your Reading Muscles »
December 10, 2008
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
Your comment could not be posted. Error type:
Your comment has been posted. Post another comment
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Managers: Worried about losing your superstars?
- Get my FREE Report "8 Steps to Keeping Employees Motivated in a Recession"
Malcolm in the Media!
- Malcolm Quoted: "Workout for a Job" WUSA Channel 9 TV
- Malcolm quoted: Gym'll Fix You. Google News - July 2009
- Malcolm interviewed on DC's Let's Talk Live - How to Find Your Dream Job - June 2009
- Malcolm Interviewed on Fox 5 News! June 2009
- Malcolm Quoted: "Strayer Offers Job Hunting Seminar - www.myfoxdc.com - May 2009
- Malcolm quoted: "Work Out to Get Work: Exercise and Finding a Job" The Washington Post Express - May 2009
- Malcolm Quoted: Cover Letters that Catch the Eye - Yahoo Hot Jobs - May 2009
- Malcolm quoted: "In Tough Times, More in Their 20s are Losing Their Jobs" March 3, 2009 The Baltimore Sun
- How to Find a Job in a Tough Economy - Smartblogs.com - February 2009
- I Just Got Fired, Now What? November 2008 - Men's Fitness Magazine
- Surviving Hell Boss - November 2008 - Men's Fitness Magazine
- Turnout high for job hunter's workshop - January 2009 - The Gazette
- Malcolm does a resume review - November 2008 - The Washington Post
- Malcolm quoted: "Hoping the Upswing is Nigh" The New York Times
- Malcolm quoted: "Solving Your Money Affecting Relationship Problem" Rita Watson: Relationships
- Malcolm quoted: "Taking Control of Your Career Once You Are Hired" Civilian Job News
- Malcolm interviewed on MC Campus Conversations TV
- Malcolm quoted: How to Ask for a Raise (and get it) from lifehack.com
- Malcolm does a resume review - February 2008 - The Washington Post
- Malcolm Featured in the June 2008 issue of Men's Fitness Magazine
Career Fitness Tools
- Administrative Professionals Training: Partnering with Your Boss for Total Organizational Success ™
- Career Fitness Coaching Plans
- Enroll in my 6 Week Marketing Yourself for Your Dream Job Audio Course!
- Free Job Hunting Tools for you!
- Get my report "How to Write a Winning Resume"
- Individual Coaching for NSPS Success!
- Job and Career Building Tools, Audio, and Books
- Just Got Your Layoff Notice? Let me give you a Career Jumpstart!
- Resume Review Service - Let me partner with you and get you a WINNING resume!
- Sign up for HOT JOB notifications!
Malcolm on TV!
Get Malcolm's Other Books
- Purchase online using our secure server!
- 12 Simple (but not simplistic) Principles Every Manager Needs to Know
- Endeavor to Persevere: 10 Steps to Create Breakthrough in Your Personal and Professional Life
- Who Am I? How Your God-Given Personality Defines the REAL YOU
- From Cave to Cubicle: A Practical Guide to Organizational Behavior
- Podium Paranoia: Transforming Fear Into Knockout Presentations
Recent Posts
- Encouragement is not an Annual Event
- Who's in Charge Here Anyway?
- Smoking Can Be Beneficial to Your Health!
- You're the Greatest? Prove it!
- Who Cares?
- About the coach!
- Service - A Key Component of Career Success
- With Will and Focus, You Can Fix Anything!
- The Business of Satisfying Needs
- The Not-So-Secret Formula for Job Security
Categories
- Books
- Business
- Career Transition
- Cover Letters
- Current Affairs
- Current Trends in Employment
- Customer Service
- Diversity
- Education
- Finding Jobs
- Goal Setting
- Interviewing Skills
- Job Satisfaction
- Leadership & Management
- Networking
- People Issues
- Personal Development
- Personal Motivation
- Professional Development
- Public Speaking
- Resume Tips
- Salary Negotiation
- Skill and Ability Assessment
- Web/Tech
- Who Are You?
Recent Comments
- CLAYTON20ROSARIO on Encouragement is not an Annual Event
- Janet Spates on The Not-So-Secret Formula for Job Security
- CHLOEyf22 on Navigating the Chess Match of Life
- CindiaChambers on Take Control of Your Future!
- Peggy McKee on Survive and Thrive in Times of Radical Change
- Kyle Ryman on Delegation for Growth
- Frode H on Delegation for Growth
- oluwatosin Alonge on How to be an INTRAprenuer
- Malcolm Munro on The Seductive Power of Misery
- Joe Newman on The Seductive Power of Misery
Comments