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If You Are Looking for Leeches, Skip the Pond, Go to Your Credit Card Company Two seemingly unrelated stories caught my attention yesterday. One was about corporations stockpiling cash and the other was about consumer savings rates, which moved into negative territory for the first time according to the U. S. Commerce Department. Credit card companies have no legal limits on what they can charge for interest and fees. What Is the Most Critical Career Choice Graduating Students Make? After reading The Tao of Warren Buffett, I discovered that Buffett had some very valuable information on what students should know when selecting their first job after graduating. According to Buffett, one not only needs to learn what kind of business to invest in but what kind of business to work in. Learn why. How to Make an Incredible Impression During Your Most Vulnerable Moment When you start a new job, even if it is a part-time job, you can be thrust into a needy situation that could cause harm to your psyche and confidence. This real life story tells you how you can make an incredible impression during your most vulnerable moment. There is a real lesson to be learned in surviving in the work-a-day jungle of everyday life. The Greatest Explosion Can Only Occur When Opportunity Meets Preparedness There is probably not a day in America when at least a million employees wonder "When am I going to get promoted?" or "I am so upset that they promoted him and not me?" These workplace sentiments tend to happen because employees tend to look only at opportunity, and employers tend to look only at preparedness. The reality of life is that the greatest explosion can only occur when opportunity meets preparedness. The Biggest Mistake Potential Hires Make While Interviewing for a Job While interviewing, sometimes the potential hire talks himself or herself into an offer and then right back out. The reason why is they commit the biggest mistake a person could make when interviewing for a job, and this is it: They are asked a question, they answer the question, and then they feel compelled to explain or justify the answer they have given. Get the full story. Before You Interview, Learn and Practice Ed's "Zip a Lip" Theory My best advice to clients about to interview for a job is to treat the interview like an IRS audit. When the Internal Revenue Service thinks you are cheating on your annual tax return, and they ask you a question during an audit, it is a real good idea to answer the field auditor's question and shut up. The same strategy works during job interviews. Learn the technique in this article. 2 Things We Cannot Teach Employees: Judgment and Personality Development We can teach people a lot of things, but there are two things we cannot teach people, potential hires or employees—judgment and personality development. We acquire judgment by making judgments, but unfortunately, some people have better judgment than others. Personality development cannot be taught because it is not driven by professional development but rather by personal growth. Learn why it matters. Potential Hires Who Are Quick to Judge May Be Quickly Eliminated by Interviewers Female executives who are bold and aggressive do not rise up the corporate ladder as quickly as you may think. Female executives who use a self-confident but much softer, indirect approach do not highlight or reinforce any pre-conceived notions that they might be too bold, too aggressive or too judgmental for a higher position. Learn why it matters in dealing with male executives. Female Executives Who Are Too Bold and Too Aggressive Do Not Rise as Fast Female executives who are bold and aggressive do not rise up the corporate ladder as quickly as you may think. Female executives who use a self-confident but much softer, indirect approach do not highlight or reinforce any pre-conceived notions that they might be too bold, too aggressive or too judgmental for a higher position. Learn why it matters in dealing with male executives. Job Interviews - When He Asked, "How Do You Motivate Yourself?," I Was Without a Good Answer A reader emailed me with this question: "I was in an interview, and was asked this question: How do you motivate yourself? I could barely answer the question. What would you suggest?" That is a great question that deserves a great answer. After managing dozens of employees over the years, I can tell you not what I think, but what I know. Get the full story. Too Many Overpaid CEOs Are Really Smooth Operators Who Produce Little When you understand that the average CEO in America makes 400 times what the average worker makes, you could get upset. When you have an environment where chief executive officers of companies can rack up a pitiful financial performance and still continue to rake in millions of compensation for being essentially incompetent, it is even more upsetting. What are we to do?

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