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    The Power of Storytelling and 3 Ways to Accelerate Your Job Search
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Power of Storytelling and 3 Ways to Accelerate Your Job Search

    From our earliest years, we have been conditioned to respond positively to stories. As parents, we start reading stories to our children...
    Deer Hunting Season, An Empty Sales Office, and Leveraging Company Culture to Win Your Job Search
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    Deer Hunting Season, An Empty Sales Office, and Leveraging Company Culture to Win Your Job Search

    Many years ago, I was a newly minted sales manager running a Xerox corporate sales team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sales target in hand, I...
    The World Does Not Owe You a Job. Why You Need to Develop a Job Search Plan.
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    The World Does Not Owe You a Job. Why You Need to Develop a Job Search Plan.

    Decades before mixed martial arts (MMA) popularity swept across the land, there was professional boxing. In the early 1900s, boxing was...
    Teddy Roosevelt, Night at the Museum, and Mastering the Hard Stuff in Your Job Search
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    Teddy Roosevelt, Night at the Museum, and Mastering the Hard Stuff in Your Job Search

    Note to the reader: This article uses the term "manhood" in reference to historical quotes. I take the non-gender view of the term and...
    Houston, We Have a Problem. The Hook Statement and Three Ways to Improve Your Job Search.
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    Houston, We Have a Problem. The Hook Statement and Three Ways to Improve Your Job Search.

    Earlier in my career, I worked in sales for an enterprise software company. We began every fiscal year with a sales kickoff meeting...
    I Wish I Had More Hair. And 4 Things That You Can Actually Change to Improve Your Job Search.
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    I Wish I Had More Hair. And 4 Things That You Can Actually Change to Improve Your Job Search.

    When I was young, my father used to repeat a saying every time I would wish for something that simply was not going to happen. He would...
    Forget Tunnel Vision. Four Ways to Use Sales Rep Vision for Your Job Search.
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    Forget Tunnel Vision. Four Ways to Use Sales Rep Vision for Your Job Search.

    In my youth, my parents limited my television time to 1.5 hours per week. In 1966, I invested a portion of that time watching “The Time...
    Job Search Technology in 2019. Blessing or Curse?
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Job Search Technology in 2019. Blessing or Curse?

    Back before the dawn of time, before Al Gore invented the Internet and we buried our heads in our phones, there was no such thing as job...
    Bad Mistakes. I’ve Made a Few. How to Recover from a Mistake in Your Job Interview.
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Bad Mistakes. I’ve Made a Few. How to Recover from a Mistake in Your Job Interview.

    Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 30 years, you are familiar with the Queen song “We are the Champions.” Watch any...
    Three Ways to Add Luck to Your Job Search and Land Your Next Job
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Three Ways to Add Luck to Your Job Search and Land Your Next Job

    If luck were exclusively defined by success at the poker table, then I would be one of the unluckiest individuals in the world. For many...
    How to Structure Your Day to Find Your Next Job. A Day in the Life of a Successful Job Search.
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    How to Structure Your Day to Find Your Next Job. A Day in the Life of a Successful Job Search.

    In 1967, The Beatles released their Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Featured on that legendary album, was a song titled “A...
    Two Essential Job Search Strategies I Learned from My 94-Year-Old Mother
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    Two Essential Job Search Strategies I Learned from My 94-Year-Old Mother

    This past month, I visited my mother to celebrate her 94th birthday. Still living at home, with assistance, she is an amazing woman who...
    Truth in Advertising, New Monster Ads and Your Job Search
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Truth in Advertising, New Monster Ads and Your Job Search

    If you are looking for this week’s article to include a list of tips and tricks to improve your job search, you are going to be...
    The Rule of Three (Mistakes) and Your Job Search
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Rule of Three (Mistakes) and Your Job Search

    What do Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol and the Declaration of Independence have in common? Both that classic piece of literature and...
    Fortune Favors the Prepared or 5 Ways to Win the Interview
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Fortune Favors the Prepared or 5 Ways to Win the Interview

    “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” - Abraham Lincoln If you want to succeed in...
    Tough Job Search? Don’t be a Turtle!
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Tough Job Search? Don’t be a Turtle!

    It was July 3rd and the year was 1985. I was in a car with my girlfriend, engagement ring hidden safely in my pocket, racing the setting...
    My Worst Interview. Ever.
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    My Worst Interview. Ever.

    My worst interview ever was not a job interview. It was a college admissions interview. The interview lasted a total of 5 minutes. My...
    Free Solo Climbing, El Capitan, and Your Job Search
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Free Solo Climbing, El Capitan, and Your Job Search

    At this year’s Oscars, the award for Best Documentary went to Free Solo, a film about Alex Honnold's free solo climb of Yosemite’s El...
    Pick up the PACE in Your Job Search
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Pick up the PACE in Your Job Search

    In Upstate NY, we call January and February the winter slog. These are the two winter months that you have to get through. Survive...
    The Screen Pass vs. The Screening Interview
    Dan Troup
    • Jul 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    The Screen Pass vs. The Screening Interview

    The screen pass in football (the American version) and the screening interview in the job search process share a common word. How you...
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