Talent Alley

An imaginative job seeker ensured that his profile and pitch would be seen by his targeted hiring executives. All for less than $6. How this can work for you, too.

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In Episode 9 of our real-life, real-time job search experiment with Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn, we prepare for an interview with the CEO of a potential employer. Tim’s success in developing his personal branding characteristics and his distinctive personal branding statement (I’m the guy who can build the relationships with the people you most [...]

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Though readers may view this ongoing series tracking the job search of Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn as an interesting case study, for Tim this is real life. The guidance we provide needs to produce real results in the form of a job offer out there in the real world. That’s why this morning’s call [...]

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Day 4 of our real-life, real-time job search with Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn. For those of you just tuning in, we’re documenting the real-life job strategies and efforts of a Cleveland-based sales executive whose looking for a new job. So far, we’ve had Tim create his social media identities on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, [...]

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No one is above having to write an appealing and intriguing resume to attract attention from a prospective employer. Not even Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. A copy of a letter da Vinci wrote (full text below. original at right: click to enlarge) to the Duke of Milan seeking a position as an armorer was [...]

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For those of you still skeptical about the value of a thoughtfully written thank you note to those you interview with, I present the story of an anonymous Cleveland executive (let’s call her Jane Doe) who was told yesterday that she received a six-figure job over her competitors because she was the only candidate who [...]

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In a recent series of eBay auctions, consumers paid more than $3600 for previously owned, everyday objects that were purchased from garage sales for $129. These were objects that should never have fetched more than a few dollars but generated bids that amounted to nearly 30x their original cost. So, what led to this huge inflation [...]

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