How to REALLY get a GREAT JOBhttp://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/The Latest Blog Entries from How to REALLY get a GREAT JOBYou are under paid, right?Folks who never do any more than they are paid for, never get paid more than they do. (Elbert Hubbard)You are under paid, right? I got a call from three business analysts from one international company in the same...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=682Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTPrepare to be a managerPrepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise, oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility, strength alone will not do. (Earl of Chesterfield)Prepare to be a ma...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=681Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTYou vs offshoringThe tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. (Rod Serling)You vs offshoring IBM consolidated all of the development work for one of its major initiatives in Bangalore. I can...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=680Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTA kick in the teethYou may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. (Walt Disney)A kick in the teeth Can you believe Walt Disney said that? He was such a nice guy!<br...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=679Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTIt’s the manager’s faultThe key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided. (Casey Stengal)It’s the manager’s fault A manager is making you happy or miserable. A recent study by the...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=678Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTWhen your brain stopsThe brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get into the office. (Robert Frost)When your brain stops GM and Ford are laying off workers. Th...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=677Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe stripper in courtThere is more to life than increasing its speed. (Mahatma Gandhi)The stripper in court She uses clothes as a weapon. To win a Texas millionaire husband she dressed provocatively. Then her husband died and she wa...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=676Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTThat famous resume test -- plusThere is more to life than increasing its speed. (Mahatma Gandhi)That famous resume test -- plusThe Marines test their men so that under ideal conditions they can strip down their rifles and put them back together...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=675Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTNot 12 seconds, it is 5.7 secondsI took a speed reading course and read “War and Peace” in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. (Woody Allen)Not 12 seconds, it is 5.7 secondsI heard the Wall Street Journal did a study and found that the average r...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=674Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTBoomer brain drainOpportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. (Thomas Edison)Boomer brain drainDepending on exactly where you set the line, the baby boomers start retiring around 2010....http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=673Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTYou, not a committeeA committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. (Sir Barnett Cocks)You, not a committeeCall up our office after 6 pm. Usually no one is there. Listen to my voice mail message. ...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=672Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTBasic job pointersThere will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails. (Richard Rybolt)Basic job pointers</str...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=671Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe hostile interviewReality continues to ruin my life. (Bill Watterson in Calvin and Hobbes)The hostile interviewJill had to interview with the person she was going to replace. That person was being fired. It was an uncomfortable si...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=670Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTMirrored windowsThis is the rock-solid principle on which the whole of the Corporation’s (IBM’s) Galaxy-wide success is founded…their fundamental flaws are completely hidden by their superficial flaws. (T.H. Nelson)Mirrored windows<br ...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=669Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTWhere to fishGive a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak. (Jay Leno)Where to fishWhen I was a ch...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=668Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe 5 pound call girlThe best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. (Arthur C. Clarke)The 5 pound call girlIn one anecdotal instance Sir Winston Churchill was at a high cl...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=667Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTHustle while you waitGood things come to those who wait. But only what is left behind by those who hustle. (Abraham Lincoln)Hustle while you waitHere in the USA we wait in lines. We get upset when someone cuts in front. So we wait ...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=666Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTWhistle while you workWhen a dog runs at you, whistle for him. (Henry David Thoreau)Whistle while you workJason has had 3 promotions in 2 years. His pay has gone up 50%. His attitude is a delight. If there is a tough job, he’ll rally...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=665Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTBut this isn’t an interviewHolding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. (Joan Lunden)But this isn’t an intervi...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=664Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe millionaire mindMoney doesn’t always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars. (Hobart Brown)The millionaire mindAn ex-NFL football player told me how he got to the bi...http://www.howtoreallygetagreatjob.com/blog/details.aspx?entry=663Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT