The document provides 7 truths for a highly successful job search: 1) Being true to yourself and speaking the truth will help your career, even if it initially makes you uncomfortable. 2) Discovering truths requires both reason and heart. 3) Continually learning and growing in wisdom is important for success. 4) Your network, resume, cover letter, and interview skills should highlight your unique strengths and value. 5) Do your current work well, even if you want different work, to build your reputation.

1. 7 Truths of a Highly Successful Job Search by Barry Kleiman www.jobologist.com

2. How the Truth Will Set You and Your Career Free Half a truth is often a great lie. -Benjamin Franklin Truth has beauty, power and necessity. -Sylvia Townsend Warner The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it. -Pearl S. Buck The one who buries the truth in the ground for safekeeping will lose it, while the one who does something with the truth will receive more truth. -Chip Brogden

3. The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. -Gloria Steinem We know the truth, not only by reason, but also by heart. -Blaise Pascal All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. -Galileo

4. I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. -Abraham Lincoln

5. Pork belly = bacon Who knew?

6. Most people spend their whole life climbing the ladder of success, only to find that it’s been up the wrong wall.

7. Pork belly = bacon Who knew?

8. Hamlet: Act I Scene III This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. -Lord Polonius

9. Chief cause of failure & unhappiness is trading what you want MOST for what you want NOW . -Stephen R. Covey

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11. What Why What matters most to you?

12. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. -Walt Disney

13. What Why What matters most to you?

14. Have I got a car for you!

15. Hamlet: Act I Scene III This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. -Lord Polonius

16. What is YOUR brand?

17. NaCIO = How will you market yourself?

18. How can you convey your value? What are you bringing to the party? resumes

19. Emeril says, “Save your “seasoning” for the kitchen!”

20. Elevator Speech: A very short overview of you. What you do, what you’re about, why you do what you say you do. Make it compelling, make it enthusiastic and bring an energy about it that people feel. The ride from the ground floor to the 3 rd floor could lead to the penthouse. You never know when an interview is going to begin!

21. Make a claim and give a tangible example that adds credibility to that claim. Be your own infomercial!

22. When you prepare and understand what your truths are you should have them at the tip of your tongue. So when you’re in an interview you’re prepared to use tangible examples to bring claims to validity. Otherwise they are just words. We’re not talking about being untruthful. Take the truth and use it. This evidence proves the defendant is guilty.

23. NaCIO =

24. Resumes are viewed as art.

25. 10 times the applications for the people that they accept. You don’t want to be one of those people whose resume doesn’t stand out.

26. Make it appealing!

27. Cover letter as Ad Copy =

28. It’s better to be loved or hated than tolerated.

29. Do you stand out?

31. Hamlet: Act I Scene III This above all: to thine ownself be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. -Lord Polonius

32. B enefit B elievability B ounce

33. Judge a man by his questions, not by his answers. -Voltaire

34. Questions convey values.

35. Judge a man by his questions, not by his answers. -Voltaire

36. Mining your acres of diamonds. What does that mean? Utilize your network!

37. One need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune. The resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community.

39. Mining your acres of diamonds. One need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune. The resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community.

40. What are you trying to do? Be honest with everyone. What are your goals? How can they help you moving forward? Let them know what you’re looking to do and why you’re looking to do it.

41. Pork belly = bacon Who knew?

42. Whatever you’re doing, do it well. That is the most important thing. You have a fundamental obligation in life to do the best job possible. If you don’t like what you’re doing, do a good job at it anyway. This is your branding!

43. I want to ask you a question, and that is: What is your life's blueprint? -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

44. 1: Deep belief in your own dignity - that you have worth & significance. 2: Determination to achieve excellence.

45. Study hard and burn the midnight oil. Stay in school!

46. BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE!