Miriam Salpeter has reviewed my book, Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career on her highly popular blog Keppie Careers. She writes: This book helps you with every aspect of telling your story — from figuring out what the story should be through tips for … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling and Career
Job-Search Stories Are Especially Important for Career Changers
Coinciding nicely with the publication of my book on storytelling in the job search, Wall Street Journal columnist Alexandra Levit wrote recently about the need to “carefully craft your story before heading out on interviews” — especially if you are changing careers. It’s not easy to convince employers, Levit notes, … Continue reading
When to Tell an ‘Egomaniac’ Story — and When Not To
Most of the time, when I read articles on storytelling applications or techniques, my brain clicks into asking: “Can I apply this information to the job search or career advancement?” Shawn Callahan recently posted an interesting entry on the Anecdote blog, How to tell a story about yourself without sounding … Continue reading
Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career Releases Today
The day is finally here. My book, Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career, is released today. Here’s a description from the publisher: With layoffs on the rise and the job market flooded with competition, individuals can no longer rely on traditional methods to yield … Continue reading
Career Passion Interviews Reveal Stories That Inspire Career Decisions
It’s always a treat to come across resources that truly reflect the career portion of A Storied Career. I love the idea behind Pursue the Passion: The goal of Pursue the Passion is to get people to think differently about career paths. We want current and future workforces to not … Continue reading
Toward Friendlier Workplace Communities through Storytelling
As I told my new “discovery,” Andree Iffrig, I’m amazed that after nearly four years of combing the Internet for storytelling materials, I had never before come across Andree’s work. Andree has agreed to respond to a Q&A, so I’m hoping to learn more about what sounds like a fascinating … Continue reading
Have Any HR Horror Stories?
Creative Business Resources is holding a HR Horror Stories contest. Details, fully outlined here, including submission instructions (deadline is March 27), are highlighted here: Have a story from work that would give your HR manager a headache? Submit your HR horror story and you could win The Office Ultimate Package … Continue reading
How Many More Times Is She Gonna Promote That Darn Book?
Umm, maybe just once more after it is actually released on April 1. I got copies of my new book this week. I’m really embarrassed because I’ve been writing the title incorrectly for months. The title is Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career, but … Continue reading
Surefire Cover-Letter Technique: Incorporating Stories
With my new book, Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and Propel Your Career, about to be released (April 1, no foolin’), I thought I’d run this excerpt that also appeared on Quintessential Careers: Why would you went to employ storytelling in cover letters — or indeed in … Continue reading
Jobless Stories with a Twist: They are Career Counselors and Recruiters
As a followup to Friday’s entry about Unemployed Bob who is attempting to collect stories of the jobless through his eponymous blog, I came across the story of Greg Dillon, as told by CNN’s Jennifer Reingold on CNNMoney.com. What makes the story especially interesting is the fact that Dillon is … Continue reading