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Oct 12, 2020
5 min

Summer Is Over. It’s Time to Ramble On with Four Observations for Your Search.

In my youth, I collected every Led Zeppelin album as soon as they hit the record store. I was even fortunate enough to see them live in...

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

Dan Troup

Feb 12, 2020
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

Jan 23, 2020
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...

Thanksgiving. Find a Way to Add “Thanks” to Your Job Search.

Dan Troup

Nov 27, 2019
2 min

Thanksgiving. Find a Way to Add “Thanks” to Your Job Search.

I love Thanksgiving. Hands down my favorite holiday of the year. For me, it always seems like the work world slows down and fades into...

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

Dan Troup

Nov 19, 2019
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

Nov 12, 2019
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

Nov 5, 2019
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...

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. Which LinkedIn Subscription Plan is Right for Your Job Search?

Dan Troup

Sep 18, 2019
6 min

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions. Which LinkedIn Subscription Plan is Right for Your Job Search?

I have a confession to make. For me, any major purchase decision I make takes weeks if not months. It’s not that I am reluctant to part...

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

Dan Troup

Sep 4, 2019
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...

Networking, Friendship, the Lasting Value of Customer Service and a Story that Begins on 9/11

Dan Troup

Aug 28, 2019
4 min

Networking, Friendship, the Lasting Value of Customer Service and a Story that Begins on 9/11

If you are over the age of 25, you likely remember exactly where you were and what you were doing on the morning of September 11th, 2001....

Jerry Maguire, Tom Cruise, Mission Statements and the Problem with Exploratory Interviews

Dan Troup

Aug 20, 2019
4 min

Jerry Maguire, Tom Cruise, Mission Statements and the Problem with Exploratory Interviews

One of my all-time favorite movies is Jerry Maguire featuring Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger. The movie opens with a pivotal scene where...

Job Search Technology in 2019. Blessing or Curse?

Dan Troup

Aug 13, 2019
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...

Three Ways to Upgrade Your Job Search or How I Learned to Grill (a little better) This Summer.

Dan Troup

Jul 10, 2019
4 min

Three Ways to Upgrade Your Job Search or How I Learned to Grill (a little better) This Summer.

It’s summer in Upstate NY. Forget the old joke about nine months of winter and three months of bad sledding! The weather is beautiful....

Neil Armstrong. Apollo 11. The Power of Networking. And My Father.

Dan Troup

Jun 18, 2019
3 min

Neil Armstrong. Apollo 11. The Power of Networking. And My Father.

With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing coming up next month and Father’s Day this past weekend, I wanted to share a...

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

Dan Troup

May 21, 2019
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

May 15, 2019
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...

It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over. 4 Job Search Tips for the Over 50 Job Seeker.

Dan Troup

May 7, 2019
5 min

It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over. 4 Job Search Tips for the Over 50 Job Seeker.

When you are looking for great quotes to headline a blog article, you can’t get any better than Yogi Berra. The famous NY Yankees...

Truth in Advertising, New Monster Ads and Your Job Search

Dan Troup

Apr 23, 2019
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

Apr 2, 2019
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...

Dan Troup

Mar 26, 2019
4 min

The Wizard of Oz and Two Phrases to Eliminate from Your LinkedIn Profile

One of the first movies I ever watched and fell in love with was the Wizard of Oz. Trust me. My interest was not in the possible deeper...

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