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Creating your job contingency plan

Sean Johnson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:28:32 +0000

Today’s podcast talks about contingency planning, and why it’s just as important in your personal life as it is for the government or a business. I talk some specifics in this one, and I’d love your feedback – things you agree with, things you hate, whatever. Feel free to comment on the blog or drop me an email.

Thanks as always to The Autumn Film for the music.

Resources mentioned in this podcast:

The Ladders provides resume critiques (100k jobs only unfortunately.) If you have suggestions for other services without the salary requirement, feel free to include in the comments below.
I’ve actually created online resumes for buddies of mine in the past – you can see an example for my buddy Greg. Feel free to use for inspiration, or if you’d like one yourself, drop me a note.
How to make any resume better.
Euro Pacific Capital is run by Peter Schiff, who was the economic adviser for the Ron Paul campaign. His books are extremely useful (and very contrarian) for developing an “oh crap” plan yourself.

Unnetworking

Sean Johnson — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:47:21 +0000

In this podcast, I discuss the problem with what many people believe to be “networking” and suggest an alternative, more natural approach.

Love it? Hate it? Find my voice nasally and grating? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or via RSS. Thanks for listening.

Don’t tick people off

Sean Johnson — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:01:41 +0000

In my second podcast, discover why I think the easiest, possibly most powerful way to position yourself or your company in the marketplace is to focus obsessively on what ticks people off.

Special thanks to The Autumn Film for jazzing it up with the tunes – you can download four free songs from their most recent album at http://theautumnfilm.com/share, and you can follow them on Twitter.

Baby’s First Podcast

Sean Johnson — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:26:35 +0000

I’ve been wanting to podcast for a while, but life has always seemed to get in the way. I decided this year would be the year where I’d give it a try, so I picked up a Blue Snowball microphone, made myself comfortable with GarageBand and started recording.

The result is a discussion about your Personal Image, a concept I first wrote about five years ago when I created my (suddenly timely, equally obscure) book A Bright Red Package. With so many people out of work, looking for work, etc. I decided it might be a good time to dust off the material and see if any of it was still relevant. Turns it it was.

So put on your headphones and take a listen. If you have feedback on how to improve it (make it shorter, make it funnier, never do it again, etc.) please let me know. I’m looking forward to exploring this with you!

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