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Why Do So Many American Corporations Eat Their Young?
Five days before Christmas, a family member (a rising star Division Director of Engineering) told me he’d just been fired. QUESTION: Why do so many American corporations eat their young? MY ANSWER: Because beneath the veneer of all their “we’re so wonderful” PR, much...
A Perfect “No Excuses” Role Model to Help Laid-Off Mid-Level Executives Get Interviews
Noah Galloway and I have never met. I doubt he has read any of my “Ideal Candidate” D-I-Y résumé-writing books. As I write this, Noah isn’t trending on social media, so I’m not being opportunistic. I’m simply in awe of his accomplishments and his “don’t quit”...
PASSED OVER FOR PROMOTIONS? NEVER AGAIN!
Employed, High-Five-Figure, Mid-Career Professionals Passed Over for Promotions You Know You’ve Earned Don’t Ever Again Be Passed Over for Promotions You’ve Earned. This is the first of a series of strategic posts to help you be a TOP CANDIDATE each time you apply. I...
Will your résumé’s relevant content make a CEO interview you?
“If your résumé contains relevant content, customized to the requirements specific job you seek, and if the format is eye-catching, the number of pages is irrelevant. You will be interviewed.” – Don Burrows The CEO liked the relevant content of Greg’s 4-page custom...
Are you a webcam presentation / interview rock star?
Does your job offer depend on a successful webcam presentation / interview? When you’re the finalist and an intercontinental webcam presentation / interview is all that stands between you and a job offer, you may feel a little nervous. Think about this: You may be the...
MY LIFE'S EVENTS
How to Get Interviews! Stop Sending Job Search Junk Mail
How to Get Interviews! Stop Sending Job Search Junk Mail
International Training and HR Consulting – in Spanish and English
Domestic/International HR Management
First job out of grad school. Personnel Director with Marriott Hotels – 100% vertical learning curve
Direct Commission as Second Lieutenant, USAR
Master of Arts – Latin American Literature and Area Studies / minor in journalism
Getting started. Note the handkerchief
About Donald M. Burrows
You CAN be an “Ideal Candidate” every time you apply Definite Purpose: Teach people to “tastefully boast” and be an “Ideal Candidate” Personal Code: Judge by Results. Often harsh. Always fair Truth: “Through the streets of Bye-and-Bye one arrives at the House of Never” My obsession for the last three decades has been helping job seekers, solopreneurs, freelancers and executives-in-transition realize how incredibly competent and powerful they are, and use their accomplishments to stand out like a Meatball on a plate of spaghetti, customize their credentials to each opportunity, present themselves as “Ideal Candidates” and win interviews. During 18 years of domestic and international senior Human Resources management, my duties included recruiting and hiring, from entry level to executive, for Marriott Hotels, Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company, Cigna Worldwide, Dole and Chiquita. One accomplishment of which I’m especially proud: When I was Latin American Area HR director for Cigna Worldwide, Corporate decided to centralize their international operations and closed their various Area headquarters.
