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The Hospitality and Lodging Industry in the United States is booming with strong growth in overall revenues and average price per room. Notwithstanding external factors such as international terrorism and the rapid rise in fuel costs, most industry forecasts predict continued growth in revenue.Rece
If you have been following the recent advertising news you will notice that more and more major advertisers are looking to smaller ad agencies to handle their campaigns.Is it because they feel bad? Is it because they are cheaper? Or is it because they see the level of creative talent of s
A former co-worker, a temporary co-worker at that, once called me after I’d started my own business. He was interested in starting his own business also, and wanted to pick my brain for information. I hadn’t worked that closely with them; he was in accounting, and I was in credit, but that wasn’t particularly relevant at the time. We met for coffee, and discussed various aspects of starting a business in our field.
Over the next year, I heard from him once or twice. He was having problems getting his business off the ground. I commiserated with him and offered suggestions. After a year, he decided to look for a job, and asked if I’d be a reference. I hesitated because we hadn’t worked together much, but remembered enough about our days working for the same company to agree to provide a reference should someone call.
And that was the end of that. Imagine my surprise when an employer called me two years later asking about someone I couldn’t offer any specific information on. What did I really know about the applicant? That he couldn’t get his business off the ground, where mine was keeping me busy? That I hadn’t heard from him in two years and had no idea what he’d been up to? After all that time, I couldn’t offer much in the way of h
While I encourage you to follow your parent’s direction and always use “please” and “thank you” as they are greatly appreciated by all, these are not the words I reference in the title of today’s post. The words that I’ll share with you in the text that follows are not used nearly often enough and when use
Over the next year, I heard from him once or twice. He was having problems getting his business off the ground. I commiserated with him and offered suggestions. After a year, he decided to look for a job, and asked if I’d be a reference. I hesitated because we hadn’t worked together much, but remembered enough about our days working for the same company to agree to provide a reference should someone call.
And that was the end of that. Imagine my surprise when an employer called me two years later asking about someone I couldn’t offer any specific information on. What did I really know about the applicant? That he couldn’t get his business off the ground, where mine was keeping me busy? That I hadn’t heard from him in two years and had no idea what he’d been up to? After all that time, I couldn’t offer much in the way of
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Over the next year, I heard from him once or twice. He was having problems getting his business off the ground. I commiserated with him and offered suggestions. After a year, he decided to look for a job, and asked if I’d be a reference. I hesitated because we hadn’t worked together much, but remembered enough about our days working for the same company to agree to provide a reference should someone call.
And that was the end of that. Imagine my surprise when an employer called me two years later asking about someone I couldn’t offer any specific information on. What did I really know about the applicant? That he couldn’t get his business off the ground, where mine was keeping me busy? That I hadn’t heard from him in two years and had no idea what he’d been up to? After all that time, I couldn’t offer much in the way of
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And that was the end of that. Imagine my surprise when an employer called me two years later asking about someone I couldn’t offer any specific information on. What did I really know about the applicant? That he couldn’t get his business off the ground, where mine was keeping me busy? That I hadn’t heard from him in two years and had no idea what he’d been up to? After all that time, I couldn’t offer much in the way of
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I’m certain the employer did not get a positive impression from my inability to respond to her questions.
Have you kept in touch with your references? Do they know you well, know your strengths and weaknesses, how you work, can they recommend you, can they attest to your outstanding work ethic and character? They could be asked these questions, and if they barely knew you once upon a time, their hesitation when asked is not going to help your prospects.
Check in with your references. Find new references who can speak about you positively and without hesitation, without trying to remember who you were once upon a time. Don’t assume that the reference list is only a formality and won’t be checked. Assume that every person on it will be asked in-depth, probing questions about you, and have confidence that these questions will be answered as you would want them answered.
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