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Job-Hunting Resources

By Gene Burnard  June 12th, 2008

What a pleasant surprise to open the NY Times Sunday paper and see three familiar names of leaders in the job search industry. All I consider friends. Richard Nelson Bolles spoke at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan recently. If you haven’t heard of Richard Bolles, he is the author of the classic job hunting reference book “What Color Is Your Parachute“. The 39th annual edition will be published in October 2008.

As part of his presentation at the Manhattan Y, two of the resources he recommended for online job search were RileyGuide.com and Job-Hunt.org. Both I know well. Margaret Riley Dikel and Susan Joyce, respectively, operate the two sites. Both are no-nonsense editors/authors that take tremendous pride in the quality and depth of information offered. The material is well researched and the tell-it-like-it-is is refreshing. I recommend that all job seekers visit both sites as the material from each is complimentary.

Richard Bolles, still going strong at 81, conducts periodic workshops at his home in the San Francisco Bay area. Nancy Peterson, of Workforce50.com, recently attended his workshop and will write more in a future blog post. To learn more about Richard, his books and workshops go to JobHuntersBible.com .

Learn more about yourself. Take a test!

By Nancy J. Peterson  May 12th, 2008

Ever wonder what it is about a job that you just don’t like? In my earlier jobs I was frequently discontented but unsure of the reasons. There were always so many variables to consider – my bosses, my peers and coworkers, the nature of the work, too much travel, the deadlines, the office, the commute, the predetermined programs and so on. Later I worked in a position that provided great levels of satisfaction, despite long hours and regardless of the salary and benefits, which were very good. It was not until a graduate class in Negotiating that I became aware of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI for short.  (more…)