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Fallon, Pat
Fallon Worldwide
Farr, Michael
Feldman, Mark D.
Fey, Tina
“15 Best Places to Waste Time on the Web, The” (
PC World
article)
Financial Times
Finding Your Perfect Work
(Edwards, Edwards and Tarcher)
Fink. D.
firing
attitude and remarks upon
enlightened
learning from
negotiating termination, checklist for
positive applications
support groups
Flaig, Sally
Flynn, Nancy
Foley, Fran
following your heart (in career choice)
Food Network
foreign language skills
Fortune
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Framingham State College
gatekeepers
dealing with
electronic résumé screening
interviewers as
Gates, Bill
General Mills
General Motors
Generation Xers and Yers
Getting the Job You Really Want
(Farr)
Gigwise
Gillman, Sid
G & K Cleaners
Gladwell, Malcolm
gloom and doom personalities, avoiding
goal setting
Golden State Warriors
Google
Chrome
Timeline Search
graduating college student’s job search
contacts, making
internships
interviewing
managing online identity
networking
time management
Grant, Cary
Greengard, Samuel
grooming.
See
appearance
guarantee, ninety-day
Habitat for Humanity
Hammer, Langdon
handshakes
Hansen, Mark Victor
Hartford Business Journal
Hartford Courant
Harvard Business Review
Harvard University
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Hawthorne, Sophia
Hayes, Christine
headhunters.
See
recruiters
Hercules, Labors of
Highly Effective Networking
(Pierson)
Hill, Sarah Hightower
hiring process
criteria
designing ideal job
extending process
game plan for landing ideal job
human resource executives, role of
job search of graduating college student
money-back guarantees, offering
multiple interviews, purpose of
negotiating terms of employment
offer details
pay cuts and
pickiness in approach to
psychologists’ perspective on (
See
psychologists’ perspective on staffing decisions)
talent and
timing
Hitchcock, Alfred
Hively, Jan
Hoffman, Jan
Holiday Inn
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.
Holtz, Lou
Home Depot
Horowitz, Etan
HR Certification Institute
human resources executives
Iacocca, Lee
IBM
ideal job.
See
perfect job
identity on Internet, managing
If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, You’ll Probably End Up Somewhere Else
(Campbell)
Indianapolis Colts
Indiana University
indispensability
industrial psychologists
information sources
InfoUSA
In Search of the Perfect Job
(Lowstuter and Lowstuter)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Intel
International Software Testing Qualifications Board
Internet
avoiding wasted time on
educational resources on
identity on, presenting
for job searching
research resources
résumé writing resources
social networking
support groups
interviews
appearance
asking questions at
Chambers’ question
fine-tuning résumés following
Know More! Job Interviews
approach
lunch
Mackay 44 preparation checklist
mealtime
multiple, purpose of
people building skills, question on
performance anxiety, conquering
post-interview homework
preparation for
questions during
rehearsing
research for
revealing questions and answers
scheduling of, first versus last
second-round
thank-you notes
video training for
iPhone
Irvine, Robert
Jackson, Andrew
Jefferson, Thomas
job description, fine-tuning of
job loss, signals of pending
job market, and change
job measurement standards, setting
job offers
jobs
danger signals of impending loss of
keeping, tips for
Mackay’s Law and
job search
appearance
C-level job search
competitor firms, getting to know
creativity and
daily planner
goal setting
of graduating college student
interviews (
See
interviews)
as job
networking (
See
networking)
note taking
psychological evaluations and
reading
recruiters’ advice
researching company culture
thank-you notes
volunteer work
job specifications
Judge Business School (Cambridge University)
Kahn, Robert L.
Kansas City Chiefs
Kaufman, Ron
Keppie Careers
keeping job, tips for
Kiam, Victor
Kirkpatrick, Bill
Kleinschrodt, Michael H.
Knight, Bob
Knock ’em Dead
(Yate)
Know More!
(training program)
Know More! Job Interviews
(training program)
Korn/Ferry International
Kowitt, Beth
Langer, Amy
Langley, Monica
Law of Large Numbers
Lehigh University
Leisner, David
library research
lifetime job strategy
LinkedIn
Lipp, Robert
Lombardi, Vince
Lowstuter, Cammen B.
Lowstuter, Clyde C.
lunch interviews, etiquette for
appearance
asking interviewer questions
eye contact
follow-ups after
handshakes
ordering
paying bill
punctuality
résumé, discussion of
at table
Macalester College
MacArthur Foundation
McCannon, Joe
McCombs, Red
MacGregor Fast Pitch Softball
Mackay, Carol Ann
Mackay, David
Mackay, Harvey
MBA Commencement Speech, University of Southern California
Web site and contact information
Mackay, JoJo
Mackay 44 Interview Preparation Checklist
Mackay Lucky
MackayMitchell Envelope Company
Mackay 66 Customer Profile
Mackay’s Law
Mackay Sweet 16 questionnaire
Mackay 33 for Employees and Managers
Mackay 22 Post-Interview Homework
Madison, Gail
Masterpiece Theatre
Mazzitelli, Teresa
Mazzitelli Group
MBA
MBA Commencement Speech, University of Southern California (Mackay)
Medtronic
Metropolitan Opera
Michelangelo
Midas Touch
Midternships: Internships @ Midlife™
Milwaukee Bucks
Million Dollar Baby
Mills, Elinor
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota Rubber
Minnesota Vikings
Mirrione, Gloria
Miss America (beauty pageant)
MIT
modesty
money-back guarantees, offering
Monroe, Marilyn
moonlighting
Moore, Gordon E.
Moore, Tom
Moore’s Law
“Most Likely to Succeed: How Do We Hire When We Can’t Tell Who’s Right for the Job” (Gladwell)
Mount Sinai Hospital
Mozilla Firefox
multiple interviews
multi-task careers
Murrow, Edward R.
Nation, Carrie
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Football League (NFL)
NBC
negotiation
of employment terms
of expected results on being hired
of raises
of termination
networking
agile networkers
alumni affiliations
assessing and maintaining network
and C-level job searches
contact outlook
network pruning and maintenance
octopus exercise
social
newspaper databases
New Yorker
New York Times
niche hiring
Nichemanship and Pitchmanship
niche marketing
Nielsen (ratings)
ninety-day guarantee
Nixon, Richard
Noll, Chuck
Nord, Mary Weber
North Carolina State
North Star Resource Group
notchmanship
note taking
Nozkowski, Thomas
Nutrition World
Obama, Barack
obsolescence, sweaing off career
octopus exercise
offers
O’Leary, George
Ohio State University
O’Neal, Lucille
O’Neal, Shaquille
Olympics
One-Stop Career Centers
“OpenCourseWare” (MIT course)
OSHA
overconfidence
overweight persons, discrimination against
Oxnard Chamber of Commerce
Packer, Gregory F.
Page, Larry
Paige, Satchell
“pain-points” of organization
Paxson, John
pay cuts
Peale, Norman Vincent
peers as career factors
people building skills
perfect job
checklist for
game plan for landing
performance anxiety, conquering
performance standards, setting
perseverance
personal intelligence system
personal makeovers
Phelps, David
Phelps, Michael
Phoenix Suns
phoning contacts
physical conditioning
pickiness, in approach to hiring
Pierson, Orville
Pillsbury
pitchmanship
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pontiac
Pontillo, Tony
Porter, Terry
positioning, for career opportunities
post-interview debriefing
post-interview homework
Potter, Harry
power clothing
PowerPoint
preparation
for first interviews
for second interviews
presence on Internet.
See
identity on Internet, managing
“Price of Pressure, The”
Printz, Mary
promotion, analyzing loss of
psychological evaluations
psychologists’ perspective on staffing decisions
downscaling
networking
role of psychologist in hiring decisions
temporary positions
traits sought after
Publicis
punctuality
Quiet Strength
(Dungy)
Quality Assurance Institute
questions for interviewers
RadioShack
“Rah, Rah, Résumé!”
raise, asking for a
Rather, Dan
reception areas
C-level jobs
contacts with
extended hiring process
job search advice from
recruiters
Reeves, Ellen Gordon
references
ReferenceUSA
rehearsing interview questions
Reinsdorf, Jerry
Reisdorf, Luke
rejection and setbacks
adjusting résumé after
dealing with
learning from
reactions to
rebounding from
Remick, Tierney
Remington Products
research
Google Timeline Search
libraries
LinkedIn
newspaper databases
résumés
electronic screening of
of executives
fine-tuning, after setback
holes in, options for plugging
limits of, as a credential
lunch interviews, discussion at
padding
strategies for
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