Law of Attraction in the Job Search

Today I did the first session of the new Job Search course. We talked about very fundamentals:

• attitude
• getting something for nothing
• paying the price
• being the CEO of your own corporation
• dreaming vs living in the fantasy world
• 80/20 and 90/10 rules
• getting out of the comfort zone
• having a mentor

We watched the "Law of Attraction" movie. I think lots of the folks might have some attitude adjustment on the way.

Now I am going through the video taken in the class making new PowerPoint slides for the next run of that same session. I wish we have more time to discuss the movie.

Job Search Marathon begins Friday, July 30, 2010

Normally I teach 4 hours how to get a job. We go pretty much over all the critical issues. The reality though is not as bright as I want it to be - most of the folks are ignoring the basic rules when it comes to looking for a job.

Obviously knowledge how to look for a job by itself is not enough. The appropriate action should be taken. It is really amazing how many people who really need a job would not do anything appropriate even if they are given the detailed outline, step-by-step instruction.

I decided to do something of a larger scale to help our graduates in getting the right mindset and more intimate knowledge of the job market internals. Friday this week I will start the first draft of the 40 hours (10 sessions, 4 hours each, one session a week) Job Search class. We have day-time class going on and the new project would be done in day-time (10am-2pm). The second run, which will incorporate lots of improvements, starts in a month (night time 7pm-11pm).

I am hoping to bring lots of cool things to share with those, who read the blog.

Lets start the blog!!!

I started the Portnov Computer School in August of 1994, practically 16 years ago. About 3000 students went through out career training program in Software Testing. About 3000 individual live stories are populating my mind. I feel that I have to write my own testament and share the lessons I have learned over time. No real names will be used, just real stories, real emotions, real feelings. Real things sometimes are much more difficult to believe to - I learned that the hard way. It is for you to judge.

I will mix today's excitements and sadnesses with those, which happened in the past. In my memory I cannot sometime easily place the correct time stamp. In the middle of night I created that blog and placed that very post.

Mazeltov !!!