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“One theme that runs through many [job hunting books] is just plain harmful: the advice to "just be yourself." Wrong. Remember that first day on your first job, when you went to get your first cup of coffee? You found the coffee machine, and there, stuck on the wall behind it, was a handwritten sign reading: YOUR MOTHER DOESN'T WORK HERE PICK UP AFTER YOURSELF You thought, "Pick up after myself? Gee, I guess I've got to develop a new way of doing things." And so you started to observe and emulate the more successful professionals around you. You weren't born this way. You developed new skills and ways of conducting yourself, in effect creating a professional persona that enabled you to survive in the professional world.”

“i'd rather not look for a job... to let a fine one find me. And that definitely wouldn't define me as a snob!;)”

“What someone may lack in talent can be more than made up for in self-motivation, self-direction, and follow-through.”

“Do you want a level of income to fit your lifestyle or a lifestyle to fit your income level?”

“I am suggesting that we don’t put the “income” cart before the “contentment” horse.”

“Labor saving devices have destroyed many jobs but have given rise to many new ones. It simply is up to us if we are going to resist or embrace the future.”

“The construct of retirement is dubious at best and a farce at worst. Expectations contrary to this are to be dashed.”

“Adaptability is the name of the game; if you understand that you must now be adaptable and flexible, you will find a way to succeed in your career. If not, you will succumb to job market pressures.”

“In the name of all that is holy, please consider the wages of a particular profession before you select that degree plan.”

“Whereas previous generations had to face some unpredictability, current generations are facing unprecedented levels of instability.”

“Finding a job that is a good fit is as much about you selecting the right company as it is about them selecting the right candidate.”

“Can’t we do better with Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software?”

“When presented with an open door in your job, drive a Mack truck through it.”

“There remains a natural career progression even though the tougher job climate seeks to delay it.”

“Our career mantra should be learn, relearn, repeat.”

“We don’t deserve our job. Period.”

“When my father was 17, he went to Montreal and found these submarine sandwich shops that were really successful, and weren't in Toronto [his home town]. So he went to my grandparents and said: "Look, you have to give me the seed money to open up one of these places. We'll make a fortune. They've got lines going round the block. There's nothing like that here." And my grandfather's response was: "Look, I'm sure these sandwiches are really good, and if we scraped the money together we could make a lot of money and your mother and I would be really proud of you, but you need to find something that has *magic* in it for you." It was off of that conversation that my father went to college on a music scholarship, started a film club and became one of the most successful directors of all time.”

“The surest way to ensure career extinction is to resist change and adaptation.”

“Everyone is dispensable but some are more dispensable than others.”

“Regardless of profession or title, at some level we are all hired to do the same job. We are all problem solvers, paid to anticipate, identify, prevent, and solve problems within our areas of expertise. This applies to any job, at any level, in any organization, anywhere in the world, and being aware of this is absolutely vital to job search and career success in any field.”