Susannah Breslin: Her Forbes Blog Is Gold

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Susannah Breslin was a successful journalist with a television background, who got fired, got cancer and started freelancing. She blogs for Forbes now. Subscribing to her blog is not a bad idea.

Here's a taste via two of my faves:

1. "How To Sell Yourself"particularly hit home with me, as in my advertising life I sell other people's products -- with aplomb and gusto, I might add; however, when I am the product, I am hesitant.

2. I particularly like "Here's Why No One Wants To Help You" and it's page 2 follow-up, "How To Get People To Help You," because I have often found myself in convervations with other job-seekers wondering why we know so many people but no one wants to drop everything to help get us work.

If Only All Companies Were Like Google

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This is a great New York Times article, but don't let the title -- "How to get a job at Google,"-- fool you.

The advice and vision about hiring can translate to any job in any type of business.

"Do you step in and lead. And just as critically, do you step back and stop leading?"
Well, do you?

"Do you embrace the better ideas of others?"
Well?

"You need a big ego and small ego in the same person at the same time."
Sounds like a tight squeeze, but perhaps worth a try.

There is a reason these people are successful: there attitude towards hiring is out of the box and unconcerned with whether you were president of the chess club.