Category: blog

Tell Us about Your New Job

Are you discouraged by the headlines about unemployment? I’m ready for some new ones. To that end I’m asking for your stories about how you found your new job or… Read more »

What Do You Want?

Deceptively simple question, right? When I ask people this question I see their eyes drift upward and to the right. I see them start to envision what they have and… Read more »

Ethically Right?

Knight Kiplinger of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance was queried in the October issue about the decision of a guy who accepted a job offer, was trained and became part of his… Read more »

How Effective are You When You're Worried?

I’m a pretty good worrier. Being a parent, I can muster up a lot of things to worry about. Once I get started I can worry about all sorts of… Read more »

Brave or Brazen? Bold Tactics Don't Always Get the Job

By DANA MATTIOLI Originally posted in Wall Street Journal Online, 8/31/09 Recruiters say more job seekers are taking unusual steps to be noticed—almost always without success. Instead, the recruiters say… Read more »

Is gambling possible as a full time job?

Many people today enjoy playing various casino games at both land based and online casinos. It’s always exciting to play these games and the ability to win cash is an… Read more »

On to Plan B: Starting a Business

This article originally appeared in The New York Times By MICKEY MEECE August 22, 2009 CALL them accidental entrepreneurs, unintended entrepreneurs or forced entrepreneurs. A year and a half into… Read more »

Is it time for you to be fired? Laid off?

More than one of my clients needs to be fired. OK, maybe just laid off. That would be ideal. One of my clients has been wanting to make a change… Read more »

In a Near-Death Event, a Corporate Rite of Passage

Take a look at this and notice the valuable questions Chambers asks when he interviews candidates. Great lessons here for all of us. Life is demanding that all of us… Read more »

August 2009 Newsletter

Daisy Swan & Associates – August 2009 Newsletter Hello Readers, At this writing, I’m taking my inspiration from Jim Collins, an individual and author I respect and admire. The other… Read more »