June 24, 2011 · 9:23 am
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As you probably know, one of my favorite TV channels is The Food Network and since it’s Friday, I want to focus on one of their programs for our Foodie Friday Fun. This is the seventh season of The Next Food Network Star which I think is a really interesting program for a number of reasons. The biggest name to emerge from the show is the past winner Guy Fieri, who has become a star on NBC (Minute To Win It) as well as on a number of food-related shows but a few of the other winners, and runners-up, have continued on The Food Network and help to prove that the process works. Can it work for you? Continue reading →
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Tagged as business, cooking, Employment, Food Network, Guy Fieri, hiring, Interview, Job interview, managing, nbc, Television, Television program
August 4, 2010 · 1:40 pm
I had a lovely meeting this morning with a friend of a friend who’s trying to get started in the business world. She’s bright, well-educated, personable, and kind of lost. As we were talking, I realized that she’s in a situation similar to lots of folks so I thought today I’d briefly share some of the things we discussed in the hopes that since you’re on one side of the hiring equation or the other (looking for work or looking for workers) you’ll chime in. Continue reading →
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August 3, 2010 · 10:42 am
Don’t you get angry when you buy a product and find that it’s not at all what you were expecting? Sometimes I’ll see new products in the supermarket and look at the package and try it. Of course, the beautiful dish on the box looks nothing like the soggy mess on my plate. I never know at whom to get mad – the marketer for doing their job or myself for being such a dope.
The same thing happens in catalogs or on-line. Lovely product descriptions that are only marginally like the thing that arrives in the box a few days later. The funny thing is that people do this every day and they often do it with the single most important thing they have to sell: themselves. Continue reading →
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